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[william Eggers <wce1482 AT yahoo.com>]

Bob, try to ignor these people. First, most of what you need to know to farm 
you can study and learn.  I grew up on a farm and know how to do all things 
they are talking about and probably more.  It's not rocket science you know.  
Second I am considered totally disables and I farm and have for a long time.  
If I can do it, you can.  Things just take longer is all.

--- On Tue, 12/9/08, Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:

From: Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Go ld -- feel free to ignore
To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 12:18 PM

Bob, I own a chain saw.  Great big sucker (30" bar).  So?  I theoretically 
know how to use it but I've never used it.  I won't be using it.

And, I was raised around motorcycle racing.  I even helped my Dad rebuild 
motorcycle engines.  Doesn't mean I could go out and race a motorcycle.

My parents and grandparents did all kinds of things I was raised around. 
Doesn't mean I can do them.

And your mention of root cellars (this wasn't a very good save, btw) is an 
indication that you aren't prepared.  Plus, if you picked up a "huge 
pressure cooker" at an estate sale doesn't mean much.  Why would you
pick up 
a "huge" one?  Do you know how to use it?  Do you know the pressure
required 
for your area?  Did you know that you need to have the pressure gauge 
checked routinely?  Do you know you need to replace the seals?  Do you know 
you can't can in a pressure cooker except for a few items at sea level?

You can own all kinds of things and not have more than a clue how to use 
them and not be able to actually put their use into effect.

We're talking about real experience.  You sound like my teenagers.  All 
teenagers think they are bullet proof and that nothing going to happen that 
they can't take care and gain instant knowledge about.  The world and real 
life get in the way of that attitude and always end up smacking them one up 
along side the head.

That is the point.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bob ford" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>


>I could have written pantry, storehouse, or smokehouse rather than root 
>cellar.  Root cellars were not common where I was raised, but much of our 
>food was grown , harvested and canned.  I know something about it because 
>my childhood occurred in a similar lifestyle.  I have acquired many of the 
>things that people on this list discuss.  Just becuase I don't mention
a 
>vita-mix or a huge pressure cooker, etc, doesn't mean I haven't
already 
>picked one up at an estate sale , etc. over the years.
>
> What exactly are you saying that I should prepare for ?  Being tired and 
> sweaty?  Being frustrated when a crop doesn't perform ?  I think I can

> handle all of that Lynn.  Imagine if it were just you and an imaginary 
> husband.  You didn't have to worry about zoning.  Your (imaginary)
husband 
> had somewhere else to go, for short or long periods of time if
'he' didn't 
> like the stress.  You had no mortgage.  You had several years of canned 
> and dried foods, and some , maybe not much, but some, assets left.  Would 
> you feel as pressured as you now feel?

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On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:59 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

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> I've never personally tested the soil inside of a tire while it was in
> use, or a potato growing in said tire but I am not worried about it, and
> here's why...


Thanks Bev for the thorough explanation, I appreciate it.

lkvp

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