permaculture

["Lisa Rollens" <rollens@fidnet.com>]

Paula,  I listened to David Blume talk at an OEFFA conference in OHio a 
couple years ago.  He was the second highest producer in Northern 
California, with the help of extended family.  This was measured in dollars. 
He farmed 2 acres.  Probably had a greenhouse so he could stick more plants 
in the minute others were pulled/cut/sold.  It takes planning, but 
still...that's a lot of fruits and veggies!  Lots of labor and built up 
fertility, too.  Wonderful!  Lisa


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paula Hatfield" <paulahatfield@yahoo.com>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Definition of area measurement;quarter acre in 
size


> Steve,
>  Thanks for this information about measurement.  How much food can be 
> produced in 1/4 acre of land?  Enough to feed a family of 4 adults?
>
> Paula
>
>
> Steve Diver <steved@ipa.net> wrote: Interesting notes, Sharon.....  but 
> it's not clear how
> you got started and where you wound up.
>
> Be that as it may, a 1/4 acre of land is also roughly
> equivalent to a "rood" and a 1/4 acre of land is roughly
> equivalent to the size of a "dacha garden" in Russia.
>
> The rood is an old measurement with lots of interesting
> equivalents, including the amount of land that might
> be given to a a serf to raise food for their family.
>
> The dacha garden was an official land allottment under
> the Soviet system. Nowadays, there is more fresh produce
> of certain fruits and vegetables raised in dacha gardens
> than on commercial farms in Russia.  The dacha gardening
> experience has also inspired by a growing interest in
> ecologically-centered spirituality in Russia.
>
> My garden in Arkansas was a quarter acre of land and
> so I've spent a lot of time thinking about that size
> of land and how much you tend and grow on a part-time
> basis.
>
> It is the perfect size "country" garden, meaning that
> it's a huge garden that requires a certain amount of
> equipment, hand tools, and mulches to accomplish;
> and secondly you'll need a family to eat all the food
> and help put it up through canning and freezing.
>
> If push comes to shove amidst socio-economic meltdown
> and people need to rely on their own gardens to survive...
> ... similar to the situation in rural Russia, where it's
> said that, "if you don't raise your own food, you don't
> eat".... instead of driving to the grocery store, then
> be on the lookout for a suitable spot of land with good
> soil and water about a rood in size.
>
> A qarter acre of land is 104' x 104' in dimension.
>
> Steve Diver
>
>
>
>
>
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