For years William Whittaker toyed with the idea of becoming more self-sufficient when it comes to providing food for his family. As he lives close to an Amish community he had the opportunity to see how they lived and how they worked and lived off the land by growing their own livestock and crops and using a barter system to get items they did not produce on their own. He sat and though about it and tried to figure out how he could incorporate some of their practices into he and his family's lifestyle. Along with his wife he decided to start with a small backyard garden, growing a few essentia...