permaculture

[Lisa MacIver <lisamaciver8@yahoo.com>]

Agree, no such thing as self sufficiency, but we can all do more for
ourselves rather than rely on "the system"; moving to a farm however 
large or tiny, and producing more of what you use (and learning to use
what you produce) is both noble and highly doable.

Lisa in Ashland Oregon
urban city slicker turned semirural food producer
www.fwfarm.com

> Experienced people have long advised that the inexperienced move into
> farming gradually, and I agree. As for the dream of self-sufficiency,
> "there ain't no such animal".   Throughout history people have lived
...
> >between the dream of  self-sufficiency and the fear that I'm too
> much of a
> >city slicker. : )



                
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