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I´m in the position to grow my own food now, one thing I always wanted to do, but couldn´t without a farm.I was incredibly lucky to find a decent farm with some productive apple trees, grow my own carrots, so my three ladies also profit from that, getting organically grown, non pesticide food. I produce my own hay and the only thing I´m still forced to buy is muesli and pellets.

I also grow my own recreational stuff..if you know what I mean... No clandestine meetings behind the trainstation anymore...;)...and free choice of different strains with different effects...;) ATM, I´m thinking about ordering some Psilocybe cubensis spores from the Netherlands, this stuff grows exclusively on equine and bovine dung (some even say that´s the reason why cow are deemed sacred animals in India and horses in Northern Europe)...which I happen to have plenty of...;).

I love to build my own furniture, but sadly lack the time to do so more often. But my sleeping room inventary is almost entirely self built, only my wardrobe is factorymade.

Whew, my wife and I have done a lots. We are almost prepper like.

Chickens for eggs, garden and home canning, we put up grains in in long term storage with oxygen removers. We can heat completely with wood and our wood appliance has room for pots and pans to cook on. A small generator since our biggest electrical use is heating and we got wood for that. Some stabilized gas for longer term use. We have a bunch of super cheap solar panels we tied together as well.

We have an old drilled well that we can use but are also located near fresh water sources. The house is a century old with a metal roof.

To be honest, the biggest problems I foresee are long term feeding the animals since we cannot grow grains, just not enough land. The other issue is medical/vet supplies. They are more tightly controlled here than in the US. I've learned to do everything I can for trauma in equines and that sort of stuff is broadly transferable and doesn't require much in the way of drugs.

I've learned many homesteading skills and can make tools and what not for around the place myself. I'm a little low on raw material but I assume that I can barter skills and coal for that. I've also gotten to know my neighbours and which ones have some skills and which are likely parasites.

But 6 months on my own wouldn't even bother me.

I'm not very old and still live with my mom so there's not a lot of responsibilities yet.

What do you guys do that is uniquely self sufficient, that most would just buy or pay to have done?

Probably nothing.
It's probably just certain things that I don't do often, like painting a plank for my room or something.
But you mentioned something about cooking food for our partners.
Well my mom cooks but I'll try to get her to cook for my girl sometimes.
I always share our meat as she needs that, instead of that fake dry dog food.
When I live on my own, I would definitely do this.
No reason in devaluing my girl. She belongs with me so we should eat together and the same food.
I want to do most things for her as I can, I'm not comfortable with 'professionals' fiddling with her. Although if it really needed to happen I'd of course allow it.
I'm her caretaker so I always want that responsibility on me.

Since I asked the question, I guess it's only fair that I answer it as well.

I bake my own bread using the recent 'no knead' recipes out there. It's fun experimenting with different herbs, seeds, and flours. I can also make pizza dough, pitas, tortillas, and so on. They're all remarkably easy and taste incredible with good ingredients. Aside from tasting incredible, it's great to bring to parties. I bake my bread in rectangular loaf tins for a springier crumb and so I can use it as sandwich bread, but you can even just bake rounds on a cookie pan if you want. It's /super/ easy to do and I recommend everyone try this at least once -- with good flour. Even my first loaf was amazing.

I also know how to manually brew coffee and do so on occasion. I use the pour over method because I feel like it gives you a bit more control over the brewing process. The complexities of coffee are many, and you wouldn't know just by looking at it. Each bean is better at a certain temperature and grind, too cold and it turns sour, too hot and it turns bitter, too coarse and it won't brew, too fine and it'll overextract, and so on. I also learned to create capuccinos and lattes, but those require more specialized equipment for the most part. When you take on a more analytical approach to coffee, the good coffee tastes even better, and the bad coffee, well... the bad coffee gets even worse, frankly. But hey, you'll never have a better cup of coffee than the one you took weeks mastering.

I garden when I can, used to have a pretty diverse lineup of gourds, tomatoes, and berries, (in a supplementary capacity) but now I mostly just grow spices. I'm thinking of getting hydroponics garden in my kitchen, but that's not something I'm terribly motivated to do just yet.It's hard to make that kind of stuff aesthetically pleasing and, vain as it may be, I do take pride in having a beautiful kitchen. I also grow some mint plants, which I dry and use in teas. I've been meaning to get some more aromatic herbs like lavender as well, as I understand that they pair well in both tea and bread.

Regarding crafts, I've only ever made some tied fleece blankets, but I'm not bad with a needle either... even if I am out of practice. I'm definitely not a carpenter, though. Never had the build or attention to detail for it, probably never will.

I quite enjoy doing DIY in several ways. I repair my own car and bicycle, cook most of my food from scratch at home, build some of my own furniture, and repair my own computer and mobile computing equipment also. I also create my own artwork via photography, though that's kind of a standard thing.

I'm still young, so for now... black powder. I have made some firecrackers from it, some exploded, but most of them... turned into huge ball of sparks. Black powder is hard to control, you need to make very strong tube, because it burns slow and hot. Firecracker can be easily destroyed before all material is burned. Maybe I will make a gun sometime, but it's... a little bit illegal and useless here. I have already made a slingshot, it's pretty strong.

Do my own taxes and computer maintenance. But that's pretty much in the realm of professional skills. I suppose I've also learned a bit of costuming and leatherworking from LARPing. The main thing would be teaching myself what I need, because I find other people get in their own way, for the most part. Give me a textbook, manual, or wiki, and I'm pretty much set.

I work on my cars and grow herbs and cook for myself. It's not much, but it's something.

This may not be what you meant, exactly. But I have a job as of this month. My paycheck no longer comes from social security.

Woo?

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I have no special skills or talents, nor any hobbies that I would deem as "productive" or "self-sufficient."

So basically just a NEET. Trying to integrate into today's highly competitive society has proven to be more convoluted than I can reasonably handle.