I have been examining my thirteen skills list these past few days and added a few extra skills. I now have a total of 26 skills on my list.
Animal Husbandry – Completed
Butchering – Completed
Organisation Skills – Completed
Computer Skills – In Progress
Dog Training – In Progress
Get Out of Debt – In Progress
Marksmanship – In Progress
Self Defence – In Progress
Food Storage – In Progress
Building Community – In Progress
Fitness – In Progress
Blade Sharpening – In Progress
Composting – In Progress
Carpentry – In Progress
Sprouting – In Progress
Reloading – In Progress
Fermenting – In Progress
Canning – In Progress
Hunting – In Progress
Wine Making – In Progress
Communication – In Progress
Gardening – In Progress
Grafting – In Progress
Masonry – In Progress
Building a Solar Oven – In Progress
Fishing – In Progress
Some would say that is a lot of skills to complete in one year, and I would agree with that. I don’t fully intend to complete them all this year, I have just made a list of skills I would like to learn or improve upon and I hope to complete at least 13 of them before years end. Any more over the thirteen would be a bonus.
I have an update of my Fodder project. I formed the impression from reading of people growing fodder that the seeds did not require anything apart from some water at the start of the cycle and a warm environment. I was obviously wrong about this, as I have read on http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/growing-sprouted-fodder/72618
I was previously soaking the grain, than transferring them to their grow containers. I have noticed that their growth was pretty slow after their initial sprouting. I checked the fodder yesterday and noticed that the containers were getting dry so I have them a quick soak. The grain in the containers had previously sprouted roots and ceased their progress. After the watering last night I was surprised to see that almost 1 cm of shoot had emerged from almost all the grains. I was missing this key concept of watering that on hindsight was so obvious. I will keep you posted on the progress now that I have sorted this out.