Does anyone sustain their family by their own gardening, fishing, hunting, etc.?

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Not sure exactly what group to post this in.. I’m wanting to find out more information from families who provide for their families through their own gardening, fishing, hunting, etc. My husband and I are starting to move towards providing food for our family mainly from what we can produce or fish ourselves. We have veggie garden’s already that provide most of our summer/fall produce, my husband fishes regularly and prepares the fish for food for us as well and continues ice fishing throughout the winter. The fishing usually provides 1-2 meals per week. Does anyone can or freeze their own vegetables or know anything about how to use your own produce throughout winter as well? We’re also looking into getting our hunting licences to add to this since we want more variety for meat than fish. Does anyone living this type of lifestyle have any advice or insight? Thanks in advance!

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I don’t do this but I wish I lived somewhere where this was an option! It seems so amazing to me! And I feel it gives your children a more close sense of nature vs being so shut in and glued to technology as many kids are these days.

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Yes my husband and I do this. We have a huge veggie garden and we can like crazy to use during the winter. We also live in an area with a high deer population so our sheriff maintains a list of people to call when someone hits a deer and doesn't want the meat. We get along of deer meat that way. My husband bought a commercial grinder and we've perfected some sausage recipes. We had to buy a deep chest freezer.

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My husband and I don’t but my in-laws do. They have 100 acres and use all of it to their advantage. Majority of their property is wooded, and heavily stocked with deer. They hunt enough in the fall to sustain themselves for the year in terms of meat. They do not buy any beef because they send their venison (deer meat) away to be processed into ground venison, hamburgers, sausages, hot dogs, etc. but they do buy chicken, pork and ham. The parts of their land that are not wooded they use for gardening: strawberries, blueberries, cantaloupe, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, kholirabi, brussel sprouts, onions, radishes and even more than that. They do buy produce at the store as needed too but obviously don’t need to so that very often. It’s nice because when we go to visit them they always stock us up on venison and produce!

Does anyone sustain their family by their own gardening, fishing, hunting, etc.?

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