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  • From: "Lisa Rollens" <rollens@fidnet.com>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Definition of area measurement; quarter acre in size
  • Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 16:09:35 -0500

Paula, I listened to David Blume talk at an OEFFA conference in OHio a couple years ago. He was the second highest producer in Northern California, with the help of extended family. This was measured in dollars. He farmed 2 acres. Probably had a greenhouse so he could stick more plants in the minute others were pulled/cut/sold. It takes planning, but still...that's a lot of fruits and veggies! Lots of labor and built up fertility, too. Wonderful! Lisa


----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Hatfield" <paulahatfield@yahoo.com>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Definition of area measurement;quarter acre in size


Steve,
Thanks for this information about measurement. How much food can be produced in 1/4 acre of land? Enough to feed a family of 4 adults?

Paula


Steve Diver <steved@ipa.net> wrote: Interesting notes, Sharon..... but it's not clear how
you got started and where you wound up.

Be that as it may, a 1/4 acre of land is also roughly
equivalent to a "rood" and a 1/4 acre of land is roughly
equivalent to the size of a "dacha garden" in Russia.

The rood is an old measurement with lots of interesting
equivalents, including the amount of land that might
be given to a a serf to raise food for their family.

The dacha garden was an official land allottment under
the Soviet system. Nowadays, there is more fresh produce
of certain fruits and vegetables raised in dacha gardens
than on commercial farms in Russia. The dacha gardening
experience has also inspired by a growing interest in
ecologically-centered spirituality in Russia.

My garden in Arkansas was a quarter acre of land and
so I've spent a lot of time thinking about that size
of land and how much you tend and grow on a part-time
basis.

It is the perfect size "country" garden, meaning that
it's a huge garden that requires a certain amount of
equipment, hand tools, and mulches to accomplish;
and secondly you'll need a family to eat all the food
and help put it up through canning and freezing.

If push comes to shove amidst socio-economic meltdown
and people need to rely on their own gardens to survive...
... similar to the situation in rural Russia, where it's
said that, "if you don't raise your own food, you don't
eat".... instead of driving to the grocery store, then
be on the lookout for a suitable spot of land with good
soil and water about a rood in size.

A qarter acre of land is 104' x 104' in dimension.

Steve Diver





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