I use Twitter and Instagram quite a bit, would love to follow some good self-audience accounts. What are people’s recommendations? (I’d prefer follow individuals rather than people making money from the algorithm, which is hard to find just searching keywords)

What should I buy before the President's Tariffs kick in? Any thing to buy now to manage through another once in a lifetime economic crisis? I am thinking of buying wood stove to use and burn some wood to save a bit on the electric bill and have some BBQs and some cast iron cookware as they are long lasting and non toxic unlike Teflon. What have you done to survive economic crises or collapses? Anything to buy now while its affordable or useful to have before potential prices rise?

This is a genuine question and I am not a bot.

Hey friends - interested to hear stories about what project has given you the best result in your backyard?

Not trying to get too caught up in the medium/average sized space, I'm in Australia and my block (including house) is about 450sqm which is a relatively typical suburban block (the internet calculated this as about 5000 square foot for my friends in the northern hemisphere). Id love to be able to invest in a water tank or a massive space to compost but it's not feasible with my current set up.

My input, and I'm just beginning my journey, is I tore up a whole lot of disgusting concrete and spent a solid year improving the hard, compact, clay soil by aerating it and incorporating composts and gypsum to the point where I can now reliably grow tomatoes, chili, eggplant, zucchini etc.

Very basic but I'm quite proud :)

Keen to hear similar beginner up to advanced stories!

I want to make a video about human waste composting, possibly do it myself. I know about the french hay bales and the horse poop heating, but otherwise I don't know where to get started. What are some good books on human waste compost that I can read to learn more?

Homemade Ranch Dressing

Ingredients ▢1/2 cup mayonnaise ▢1/2 cup sour cream ▢1/2 cup buttermilk or regular milk ▢¾ – 1 teaspoon dried dill weed ▢1/2 teaspoon dried parsley ▢1/2 teaspoon dried chives ▢1/4 teaspoon onion powder ▢1/2 teaspoon garlic powder ▢1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt ▢1/8 teaspoon finely cracked pepper ▢freshly squeezed lemon juice to taste approximately 1-3 teaspoons, adjust to taste

Don’t forget to save the buttermilk left over. It makes for amazing buttermilk pancakes 😊

A vent. All my life along when I tried to be independent financially or physically my family was against it . First was getting out of home and be independent for my studies. Second was starting a saving when I got a job . They use emotional blackmail to stop me (that time I don't know I don't know it was emotional blackmail. I feel like they care for me so that they wants to be with me out of love ). And for savings , I was told that it was a bad idea and they have better idea. (And now they don't even remember about the better idea). So I feel like I couldn't experience the real world and I become afraid of it as I was not allowed to hangout or gain any life experiences . Firstly I used to rebel but as time passes it became my habit. Anxious when stepped out of home or not able to connect with people . As years goby and nothing changed untill I started my family.

Now that I need some help with little baby in home and trying to restart my career. They literally don't lift a finger. You don't believe, they want me to figure it out alone. And the advice is .. Everyone has gone through this and for me I need to independent. That's a great advice but I personally felt the time is wrong. A child should experience and try to adapt to the world when they are ready not to force to gain independence when they are struggling.

Am I doomed ? What can I do to improve my situation? I really don't know anyone gone through this kind of stuff.

Hi, I'm on a podcast with two other guys documenting and chatting about our journeys in smallholding.

One of us has been in his farm for 10 years, the other 2yrs and I'm right at the beginning looking for a farm to buy as we speak,

I'm really interested in hearing other people's stories as most stories I can find are about Homesteading in the US which often doesn't help,

What's your smallholding story and how has it gone?