Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Phil Bunch" <pbunch@cox.net>]

One of the nice things we have going is the village where our place is
located. These people have been living on the land for generations and they
know how to do it. Very few of them are really dependent on the larger
economy. They take advantage of it where they can but they know how to live
without it. 

Also they are very willing to teach a dumb gringo how things work. One
important social event is shelling corn together and making corn cakes. It
sounds kinda primitive but I've made some very good friends that way and we
sure get all the news that matters :-) Of course there are a lot of parties
and music and all but it's mostly homespun and gets to the root of things.

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Good, hang in there. Now we might or might not have a few years to develop
more self sufficiency. YMMV. What I'm seeing from many sources is our
economy could take a serious dive overnight without warning. Watch the
daily decline of the dollar. Inflation is the opposite side of the coin and
the relationship between dollar fall and inflation is automatic. TV news
has been showing foreign tourists coming here to buy - because their
currency buys more and ours buys less and less. We are now having serious
inflation in the U.S. What bothers me is the speed things can cascade. The
whole world financial is wired together instantly, unlike the
communications in the Depression. Of course I'm not ready. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 11/25/2007 at 9:39 AM Phil Bunch wrote:

>That occurs at lower elevations. We are up at nearly 8000 feet and the
>climate is cool. I'll be working for a few years but soon enough we will
be
>moving toward dependence on the garden and animals. Actually I'm glad
there
>will be a few years to learn the local ropes. I find this forum to be
>useful
>and will continue to participate.
>
>Phil
>
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