Personal consumption, Do you help produce some of what you use? Options

[Denise]

We all know how much we consume daily, especially when it comes to food and power.
What I want to know is how many of us produce some of the things we consume.

We use solor panels for our power and have a garden with many edible goodies. Every bit helps!
Do you hunt or raise your own meat, have a garden or fruit trees, use solor panels or a wind turbine, etc.?
We would love to hear about it!

[Arbo]

My intent this year was to add a bunch of barrels to collect rainwater, to use to water a planned raised bed garden. Money being what it is, haven't been able to buy the barrels, and transporting 'good' soil costs more than the soil. So I am going to make the boxes for the beds, and this summer work on filling it with dirt that I have dug and brought home and run through my recirc setup at home. Add some organic stuff to mix in, and should have some good growing soil for next year.