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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

How To Grow Enough Food To Live On

Here are some good reads on how to grow enough food to live on.

http://www.peakprosperity.com/forum/growing-our-75-our-own-food-our-yard-1-year/47353

http://readynutrition.com/resources/proof-it-can-be-done-a-microfarm-in-the-subburbs_17112009/

http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=97148

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101003180710AARI0qE

http://growfoodeasily.com/growing-food-for-self-sufficiency.php

http://hungrymotherorganics.com/archives/1334

http://www.verdant.net/food.htm
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The Florida Homestead

Property Size:
7626 SF (82'x93')/0.175 acre

House Size:
1234 SF/0.028 acre

Patio Size:
500 SF/0.011 acre

Farmable Land:
5892 SF/0.135 acre

St Petersburg, FL - Zone 9b

Harvest 2014

Total Harvest size: 107 lbs 5.1 oz

Beets: 3 lb 13.2 oz
Broccoli: 1 lb 2 oz
Broccoli Leaves: 8.3 oz
Cabbage: 11 lb 7.2 oz
Calamondins: 5.8 oz
Carrots: 6 lb 12.4 oz
Chinese Cabbage: 3.8 oz
Collards: 1 lb 8.6oz
Cranberry Hibiscus: 1.1 oz
Eggplant: 13.5 oz
Key Limes: 7.8 oz
Kohlrabi: 2 lb 5.6 oz
Lettuce: 5 lb 10.8 oz
Moringa: 11.7 oz
Mibuna Mustard Greens: 4 lb 12.9 oz
Mustard Greens (Giant Red): 6.1 oz
Nasturtiums: 0.3 oz
Papaya: 50 lbs 14.0 oz
Parsley (Flat leaf): 3.5 oz
Parsnips: 3.1 oz
Peas: 11.8 oz
Peppers (Thai): 5.3 oz
Tomatoes (cherry): 8 lb 1.2 oz
Turnips: 2 lb 7.3 oz
Turnip Greens: 2 lbs 5 oz

Eggs: 480

Out of Pocket Cost (YTD): $161.13
~$86 chicken feed
~$10 chicken scratch
~$14.23 Garden Tone & two packs of seeds
~$22.49 replacement tires for wheelbarrow
~$6.47 weed & grass killer (for future driveway)
~$21.94 16 lbs of Espoma Garden Tone

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