Comments on: An Abudant Life http://prayingforparker.com/an-abudant-life/ Raising a Special Needs Kid in a Typical World Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:44:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sistertoawonderfulboy http://prayingforparker.com/an-abudant-life/comment-page-1/#comment-418736 sistertoawonderfulboy Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:11:09 +0000 http://www.prayingforparker.com/?p=1397#comment-418736 Living off of food grown off your own property (or almost there ;)) is such a wonderful feeling! This is the first year we have been able to do that and it is amazing. We are still harvesting tomatoes, lettuce & peppers from the garden. Since our family is so big, we planted quite a few plants of each thing that we planted (like 54 tomato plants, haha). Hopefully next year we can expand even more. One of the biggest ways my family lives self sufficiently is by having our own goats, pigs & cow. My 15 year old sister milks 12-20 (depending on the time of year) milk goats twice a day. That brings in about 8-12 gallons of milk a day. All of which we easily consume! And, the milk we don't drink she makes cheese out of. The pigs are very economical to raise, since they can run our pasture and drink any extra milk (mainly from the cow). We don't drink the cow milk, but we make butter out of it. A gallon of cream will make about 2 lbs of Butter. Then with the Buttermilk we can make pancakes or biscuits. And the skimmed milk can either be used for baking or given to the pigs. Qadoshyah - Family of 13 ;) Living off of food grown off your own property (or almost there ;) ) is such a wonderful feeling! This is the first year we have been able to do that and it is amazing. We are still harvesting tomatoes, lettuce & peppers from the garden. Since our family is so big, we planted quite a few plants of each thing that we planted (like 54 tomato plants, haha). Hopefully next year we can expand even more.

One of the biggest ways my family lives self sufficiently is by having our own goats, pigs & cow. My 15 year old sister milks 12-20 (depending on the time of year) milk goats twice a day. That brings in about 8-12 gallons of milk a day. All of which we easily consume! And, the milk we don’t drink she makes cheese out of. The pigs are very economical to raise, since they can run our pasture and drink any extra milk (mainly from the cow). We don’t drink the cow milk, but we make butter out of it. A gallon of cream will make about 2 lbs of Butter. Then with the Buttermilk we can make pancakes or biscuits. And the skimmed milk can either be used for baking or given to the pigs.

Qadoshyah
- Family of 13 ;)

]]> By: Wendy http://prayingforparker.com/an-abudant-life/comment-page-1/#comment-418480 Wendy Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:37:35 +0000 http://www.prayingforparker.com/?p=1397#comment-418480 I quadrupled our garden space this year and also planted some peach trees. Gardening here in southern Texas has proved very difficult. We had a 3 week spell of 105 degree days and no amount of watering saved my plants from burning up. Arghh! I have a better plan for next year. I cook home made meals in bulk and freeze family portions. I recycle old jeans into other items like skirts and dog beds. I try and be as creative as possible. I taught myself to make home repairs like pulling up and replacing a toilet and patching drywall. It's an uphill battle to take care of things around here but I get great enjoyment doing it myself! I quadrupled our garden space this year and also planted some peach trees. Gardening here in southern Texas has proved very difficult. We had a 3 week spell of 105 degree days and no amount of watering saved my plants from burning up. Arghh! I have a better plan for next year. I cook home made meals in bulk and freeze family portions. I recycle old jeans into other items like skirts and dog beds. I try and be as creative as possible. I taught myself to make home repairs like pulling up and replacing a toilet and patching drywall. It’s an uphill battle to take care of things around here but I get great enjoyment doing it myself!

]]> By: Randi http://prayingforparker.com/an-abudant-life/comment-page-1/#comment-418411 Randi Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:23:43 +0000 http://www.prayingforparker.com/?p=1397#comment-418411 Thank you Tammy, you and your family are such an inspiration!! Thank you Tammy, you and your family are such an inspiration!!

]]> By: Emily http://prayingforparker.com/an-abudant-life/comment-page-1/#comment-418332 Emily Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:53:27 +0000 http://www.prayingforparker.com/?p=1397#comment-418332 Wow... you are amazing! I too love our food storage. I use it up more quickly that I can seem to fill it... but that's what it's there for, especially during these rough times. Wow… you are amazing! I too love our food storage. I use it up more quickly that I can seem to fill it… but that’s what it’s there for, especially during these rough times.

]]> By: Jennifer http://prayingforparker.com/an-abudant-life/comment-page-1/#comment-418343 Jennifer Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.prayingforparker.com/?p=1397#comment-418343 Wow, that is all so amazing. I really want a garden, but have a little backyard. I also want to learn to make all this great stuff I read that everyone freezes. I am very impressed. Wow, that is all so amazing. I really want a garden, but have a little backyard. I also want to learn to make all this great stuff I read that everyone freezes. I am very impressed.

]]> By: Barbara http://prayingforparker.com/an-abudant-life/comment-page-1/#comment-418334 Barbara Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:03:13 +0000 http://www.prayingforparker.com/?p=1397#comment-418334 I'm thankful for Tammy & Parker. Also. I’m thankful for Tammy & Parker. Also.

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