From: "Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Homestead] What is a homesteader?
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:40:19 -0500
On Nov 18, 2007 9:12 AM, <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:
>
> I will remind you old geezers that Scott Nearing chucked it all in
> Vermont,
> moved to Maine where he dug a 100'x100' garden and built a stone wall
> around
> it, dug an acre of pond, cut all his firewood by hand, when he was older
> than
> both of you. (OK, Gene, I'm subscribing to the myth right now because it
> suits
> my purpose).
>
> Their place in Maine was lovely. It would make a great homesteader
vacation to trek to Maine to see the Nearing's old homestead. Though at
$3.xx per gallon, it would be an expensive vacation depending upon your
starting point, say, Missouri.
By the way Franklin, I use Neptune's Harvest as well. Good stuff. Looks like
thick used motor oil but smells better (ha!).
Half the people in Floyd wear bib overalls. Around here it's no indication
of whether or not you are a homesteader, a farmer, an old hippie, an artist,
someone who just likes bib overalls, or any combination thereof.