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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Leslie wrote:
> I'm looking out my window at my weed covered sandy desert land.... 
> and smiling and thinking "what pasture?"   I will try to find out 
> from the "earthship" guy if his pigs, when he had them, ate the 
> typical desert weeds.  Although I can see he kept them in a rather 
> small penned area.

Even if they don't eat them, they will uproot them and you will nicely
tilled soil.

> Oh,,,,,,,,,,, I've seen some people post they can 1000s of jars of 
> food a year.  For how many people is that?  And is that 1000 jars 
> eaten every year, or is there a rotatation going on where food grown 
> one year is to cover 2 years of eating or what....

For the latter question, both.
With respect to the former question, if 1000 seems like a lot, count the
cans and packages in your pantry and in your freezer.  Estimate your
yearly use to put it in perspective.


> I asked him where he got the tires.  A local tire store, paid him to 
> accept delivery of them.  He received 600 tires and they paid him 
> $300 (half the going rate at the time).   LOL.

I told you there were places that would pay you...

B


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"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will
not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius
will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the
world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone
are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve
the problems of the human race"

~ Calvin Coolidge