? It is very easy to get caught up in the ease of day to day life and being able to purchase whatever you want on a whim. It's so easy to get in your car and run down to the grocery to buy what you want to fix to eat that night or to just run through a local drive thru.
Self sufficiency sounds so hard when you think about it and many people are just "too busy" to bother. It just doesn't seem like a realistic goal to some people and it just doesn't seem like a doable thing.
But, self sufficiency doesn't have to be this impossible dream. The common thinking is that you need at least a couple of acres to grow your own food. That isn't true though. As long as you have access to a plot of land, you can grow enough fresh food to feed your family and even raise a few chickens.
If you are lucky enough to own or have access to an acre or two or three, you can obviously do even more to gain more self sufficiency. There are millions of people around the world and in the United States who have gotten tired of the high cost of qualify fruits and vegetables and have decided to till up some land to plant some of their own food.
The initial labor of setting up your garden can be intense but the rewards are great. Depending on how much time and energy you want to put into this project, you can grow your own plants from seeds or invest a little more money and buy plants from a local store. All in all, invest a weekend or two of your time and then an hour or so here and there for weeding, maintenance and harvesting and you too can achieve a degree of self sufficiency.