101 little things that tell you you're self-sufficientish

[Millymollymandy]

Bit of a follow on from no. 65

67. Making a salad out of 'weeds' in the spring before your lettuce is ready for picking.

[2steps]

68. seeing them not as weeds but as food

69. jars of jam lined up cooling before storing for later

70. Always carrying a bag of some sort incase you could across a great find while out. (or on realising you've forgotten searching for a droppeed crisp packet or something to bring your tresure home in )

[the.fee.fairy]

71. Upon coming back from holiday, after checking the animals, you go straight into the garden to check on the veg patch and the greenhouse. You then wander round the house checking every room to see how the drying/growing is going on each windowsill. Then you let out a wail because the slugs have had a party and have eaten the lettuces...

[Stonehead]

72. Sitting down to a meal of your own roast pork, carrots, beans and baked potatoes, only to be disappointed because after one mouthful of pork you realise that you're never going to be able to keep Gloucester Old Spots again. Why? Because while it is delicious and much better than commercial pork, it's nowhere near as good as the Saddleback pork you had the night before! (And yes, the flavour was consistent across all six GOS we had, while the Saddleback is definitely on a higher plane. Sigh!)

[Cardinal]

73. The delight in finding out the charity shop has demijohns in.
74. Driving past a fly tip and wondering what useful things you could make from the rubbish.
75. Looking at every species of flora and wondering what you could make with it.
76. Material & monetary assets become insignificant and for once your days are taken up with something more important than drinking alcohol; you have to make it!


Cheers,
The Cardinal

[dibnah]

77. Watching my son discussing jam making with his great grandmother and reciting a bread recipe.

[chadspad]

78. The smell of tomato plants
79. The smell of the herbs when u brush past them.
80. The amazing amount of things that re-seed themselves from the previous year - free veg!

[Cardinal]

81. With the early mornings and late nights, and in accordance with the life of self sufficiency, the bags under your eyes have now turned into ‘bags for life’.

[ofGaia]

82. Knowing that we have enough rain water supplies to keep us and the garden going through the drought, so we are unaffected by new water restrictions.
83.Wandering down to collect cherry tomatoes and snow peas for dinner only to discover the kids have beaten me to them.

[legendaryone]

84 : Still getting a thrill from steam rising off your compost heap

[hedgewizard]

85. Realising your co-workers have started to use you to predict the weather for the weekend by asking you what you're going to do
86. Getting indecently excited by seed catalogues
87. The thrill of running your hands through a tray of newly-dried beans
88. Feeling panicky at the mere suggestion of leaving your plot for a holiday
89. Being forced by OH to put an alarm clock in the shed/tunnel because your trips to collect produce are always affected by "mission creep"
90. Loving each one of the seasons for what it brings
91. Having a slipper full of toad wee (don't ask)

[Milims]

92 Completely losing the ability to look at anything for what it is - instead you look at it for what it could be with a bit of ingenuity, elbow grease or several hours cooking!

93 Wondering why you aren't filthy rich by now - after all you buy all your clothes from the charity shop, grow your own veg, make christmas prezzies your self, brew your own booze, gather food from the hedge rows or buy it reduced to clear and freeze it

[Milims]

94 - when your OH has to drag you kicking and screaming away from the forum to finish the tea you started an hour and half ago.........erm........see ya later gotta go check the chips..............

[Shirley]

93 Wondering why you aren't filthy rich by now - after all you buy all your clothes from the charity shop, grow your own veg, make christmas prezzies your self, brew your own booze, gather food from the hedge rows or buy it reduced to clear and freeze it

Ya know.. I reckon that makes you a millionaire-ish!!!! Your life is rich - you only need enough money to cover the things that you can't do yourself..

[Shirley]

91. Having a slipper full of toad wee (don't ask)

But... no.. sorry,,, I have to ask LOL