Hiya

[Esme]

Hi everyone, I'm Maggie but so many people call me Es(me) I answer to that! I have a deep interest in being able to be as self sufficient as possible, I've been like this since I was little - nearly a half century ago. I make my own cheeses, butter, bake bread and stuff like that and am famous for saying, "You can't pay THAT for that - I can make/bake/grow fix it for a fraction of the price!" My home brew is famous - or perhaps infamous should be the right word, lol; and my kids never asked for a plaster to put on a childhood wound because chances are I would put some home remedy on it instead. . .
I keep a horse too, who is trained to do useful things but actually is just a pet and has rarely done a day's work in her life

[JR]

Welcome form another Newbie - I am new to the self sufficient'ish lifestyle, I want to make sure we and our children eat as much of our own home grown food as possible, as well as learning how much better it tastes and what you get out from putting in a bit of hard work.

We have found also spending time doing this over last year it makes you slow down a bit and look at what is important. We both work full time so always seem to be very busy.

Take care
JR

[Millymollymandy]

Hi Esme and welcome to Self Suffish!

[red]

hi and welcome

[Thomzo]

Hi and welcome.

When you get a minute, add your birthday to the list in the ish local. You'll get loads of birthday wishes.

Zoe

[Annpan]

Welcome look forward to seeing you around.

Are you touting for business Zoe? LOL

[Thomzo]

Well gotta find myself something to do next week when I'm off work
Zoe

[Andy Hamilton]

hello good evening and welcome

[Esme]

Thanks for the welcome all, I'm now engrossed trying to read through all the posts, there's a huge amount of information here.

[9ball]

Welcome to SSish Esme!

[ina]

Hiya Esme, welcome to the ishers!

[Merry]

Hi Esme - you`ll find everybody very friendly and lots of useful (and fun) stuff on the site.