17/ ...but that's not what this article is doing! This article is keeping the cow on 1/2 acre and growing crops on the other 1/2. That's not enough food for a cow, AND you're going to need to import hay for the winter. There goes self-sufficiency.
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18/ On the other hand, 1/2 an acre for a garden / crops is EXACTLY the wrong amount. It's too small to justify a tractor and all the implements you'd want, but it's too large for 2 adults to handle on the weekends and after work.
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19/ Then, of course, they drag in all the typical permaculture onanism. "Your pig will plow the ground for you!!!!" No, it will not. Have you seen what pigs do? It's not "plowing"; it's "tearing up". Once a pig is done rooting, you have ruts you can twist an ankle in.
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20/ I could go on, but I'll sum it up simply. When I was 9 or 10 or so I'd draw endless pictures of the super cool house I'd have as an adult: indoor swimming pool, secret cave, library, movie theater. This article is that for 30 yo aspirational people in Cambridge.
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21/ Here's the test you can use to tell daydreaming from actual knowledge: "do they include pictures?" If the article includes artist's conception, it's just jerking off. If it contains pictures it MIGHT actually work. /exeunt
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23/ oh, and for reference, my farm ("farm") is: * 0.1 acres of crops (pumpkin, corn) * 3 acres of grazing pasture ( ~10-15 sheep) * 0.05 acres greenhouse garden * 0.07 acres vineyard * 5.5 acres pasture for haying * ~50 acres unused / woodlot
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24/ * 0.1 acre pig run * 0.05 acre turkey run * 0.05 acre goose run It is a LOT of work to keep up with the 0.2 acres of crops / vineyard / greenhouse... especially when feeding animals every day, splitting wood (which I buy, not fell), etc.
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Yeah, we tried felling trees the first year of hearing on wood. Interesting experience, quickly supplanted with delivered truckloads of logs. Much of survivalism is trying something once to experience & proving you can, then realizing you live in modern times for a reason.
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