Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

And another problem not usually mentioned - any garden beginner faces a
learning curve, and there's a lot of bad information out there.  "We're
gonna move to the country and live off the land" is pure Green Acres. If
they weren't growing where they lived before, they aren't going to get
enough results to stay with it.  

Sure, anyone can garden. But learning how to get good production with the
least effort and input cost is what really pays off in the long run.
People who have to spend money and work their butt off to harvest a few
potatoes or squash are going to do without. 

No time to beat around the bush. If we don't start with the soil itself,
then it's time to learn another occupation and let someone else grow out
food. 

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net

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On 7/20/2006 at 7:16 PM Amanda Peck wrote:

>Not "sneering" at IC's who are down to 4 or 8 from a high in the 30's or 
>40's.  And if the people are like the ones in a community that I'm
>familiar 
>with, that four or eight may break down on the order of--
>
>Half have full-time jobs outside of the IC.
>
>The remainder have other commitments--from personal projects to school to 
>volunteer work in the larger community to grandchildren--that would
>prevent 
>them from really getting serious about doing agricultural work.
>
>
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