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!

[CP]

Thanks Swizz, yep it does feel good to get the wood piled up in the yard rather than cutting in the snow. We'll still be getting at least another chord (shooting for 6 chords) to top off the 5 chords we piled up so far here. Pulled another 2 chords down for the nieghbors already as well as about a chord of "yard wood" for decorations and instant cat trees etc.
That's about 8 chords so far this year.....WHEW! No wonder I'm tired after wood days!

Now it's just chop chop........ got about 2 chords split and stacked with the handy ol' Michigan bit axe. and I still can't find that dang off switch for the heater on the axe handle or the chainsaw!

[swizz]

... got about 2 chords split and stacked with the handy ol' Michigan bit axe.

That's a heck of a workout. A few years ago I bought a Fiskar Splitting Axe and never looked back. It's lighter and has a really good built in wedge design.
"Chords"... does this mean you're whistling while you work?