121 Skills for the Modern Homesteader ...

[BadgeBunny]

Anything to get your blog noticed, I guess ... I gotta say I was pretty disappointed in the list overall, but if these 121 "skills", which reads more like a chore list for my more rural friends with critters and kids, then I've got it made in the shade ... All I need now is the farm ...

http://www.theprairiehomestead.com/2014/01/modern-homesteading-skills.html#sthash.XyarFzO7.BJR1jj5x.dpbs

 

[120 Acres]

Oh geez.

 

[BadgeBunny]

Oh geez.

I know, right??

 

[Lurker66]

Ive never sheared a sherp, spun wool or chopped ice. Unless they mean busting ice for livestock.

And ive never made a pie, let alone a perfect piecrust.

 

[BadgeBunny]

LOL ... I've sheared sheep, but not spun the wool. I've chopped ice ... AND I can make a pretty good pie crust, if I do say so myself ...

 

[120 Acres]

AND I can make a pretty good pie crust, if I do say so myself ...

I dont believe you.

Maybe when I'm through picking these blackberries, you can show me!

 

[mtnboomer]

I dont believe you.

Maybe when I'm through picking these blackberries, you can show me!

Ahh, yes! That brings back childhood memories of raw hands and my Grandma's blackberry cobbler!

 

[turkeyrun]

Ahh, yes! That brings back childhood memories of raw hands and my Grandma's blackberry cobbler!

you forgot CHIGGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[turkeyrun]

Just made it through the first 45 and gave up.
Of those have all the 'skills' mentioned except;
17 - wouldn't consider myself a 'master mechanic'; but between myself, 2 sons, and S-I-L, we can probably get most everything done.
34 - haven't DONE cheese, but wife purchased the makings and is looking into making some mozzarella.
35 - not happening

as hank said: "I got a shotgun, a rifle, and I can run a trotline. A country boy can survive."

 

[KOPBET]

I can tan a hide. My daddy taught me that real well many years ago.