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To: Argus
Capable of living off the land?

What land? Most of us in the city and 'burbs have postage stamp size lots.

I know how to grow tomatoes and cucumbers, but I doubt that we could live for very long on that. :)

4 posted on 11/12/2008 5:21:10 PM PST by Texas_shutterbug
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To: Texas_shutterbug

You’d be surprised what you could do on a little bit of property.


8 posted on 11/12/2008 5:26:10 PM PST by silentreignofheroes (Should have seen it in color.)
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To: Texas_shutterbug
ever read any of the "foxfire" books?

foxfire the series might also be available at your local library.

the father of my brothers wife has an 8x8 plot as a "front yard" outside of tokyo. he is considered a "farmer." but he does well enough supplanting a portion of his income with fresh vegetables.

12 posted on 11/12/2008 5:32:48 PM PST by robomatik ((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
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To: Texas_shutterbug

There’s a good PBS documentary called 1940’s house - follows a family of 4 as they live through wartime conditions and rationing in London (modern folks with 1940s rules). Amazing how little those folks could live on and did - including victory gardening and an awkward bit when they were told that the rabbits in the backyard hutch weren’t pets.


17 posted on 11/12/2008 5:42:49 PM PST by sbMKE
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To: Texas_shutterbug

Most of us in the city and ‘burbs have postage stamp size lots. “

Most of US in the city know where the unarmed commi-liberals live though.


35 posted on 11/12/2008 6:15:38 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
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To: Texas_shutterbug

You can grow much more in a small space than you can imagine. Look into container gardening and square foot gardening. Of course some people truly have no space- not even a balcony or patio sized yard- they are out of luck but a lot can be grown in even a small yard with planning.


69 posted on 11/12/2008 8:56:15 PM PST by Tammy8 (Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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To: Texas_shutterbug
learn to make soups and stews.....you can stretch your meat budget and use a lot of left over foods....and it is fun to make, and it makes your house smell so good...

actually, buying large size cans of crushed tomatoes or other veggies is pretty economical....open the can, use what you want, put the rest in freezer bags for later use.

72 posted on 11/12/2008 9:05:24 PM PST by cherry
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To: Texas_shutterbug; Argus; silentreignofheroes

We waste so much good land. Median strips. Paved parking lots. Lawns with nothing but grass.

There’s a family in Pasadena (the Dervaes family) who grows 60-70% of their own food on 1/10 of an acre.

And there’s all kinds of neat ideas out there in terms of urban homesteading, gardening on rooftops etc. If we had to do it, we could


84 posted on 11/13/2008 1:10:33 PM PST by Claud
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