15/ And every single detail in the thread above differs in Maine vs Ohio vs TN vs TX.
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16/ So, anyway, to restate my thesis: * yes, you need tools to garden. One could imagine a starter set of spade, shovel, irrigation tube, weed barrier, trowel, dibbing stick, etc. And have 54 variants for zones 1-6 times crops A-I. * ...but you need so much knowledge too.
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17/ So it's sort of like asking "I want to paint portraits of people, but also still lifes of apples - which two 'how to paint' kits should I buy? Why does no one sell these?"
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18/ Studying how to forage dandelion leaves and how to process acorns to make them edible, and all the rest is a fun hobby, but, yes, we're agreed that if SHTF, it's a non starter. I suspect even an expert would be hard pressed to find 500 cal/day https://twitter.com/rich_marie/status/1197887675455307779 …
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19/ Very cool! Yes, I certainly think this is doable - I mean, we have an existence proof in recent times from American natives, etc. (a) I'm super impressed (b) off on a tangent from original question re "garden in a box" kits. https://twitter.com/rich_marie/status/1197888743543164931 …
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20/ I've been hobby farming for almost 6 years now, and despite: * 6 years of practice * dozens of books read * somewhere between $10,000 and $100k on equipment, depending on how you count my results are still inconsistent
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21/ $20k low end = tractor + 1 or 2 implements, plus a bunch of shovels & random crap high end includes that plus a greenhouse, raised beds, underground water to the green house, butcher equipment, a new subpanel + chest freezers, labor, fencing, irrigation, weed barrier, gates
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22/ (a) I bet half by volume, not by calories. A dozen tomatoes look great on the table, but ... (b) I suspect your parents had years of experience dialing the whole process in, no?https://twitter.com/ctdonath/status/1197891741229162496 …
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23/ ok, then this sounds like it's perfectly compatible with my view of things, yes? or am I missing something?https://twitter.com/ctdonath/status/1197892946781188096 …
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Camping Roomba @ctdonathReplying to @MorlockPGrains & meat were bought, yes. That's dense calories. Seemed like they got the big garden under control pretty quick, but was LOTS of effort, and the near-self-sufficient step was made after years of small suburban garden. Sure wasn't an out-of-the-box experience.2 replies 1 retweet 21 likesShow this thread -
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Not arguing. Just sharing experiences, to wit: there's no turnkey "off-grid 1500 calories a day guaranteed, just sign here". ~500 cal/day was a bunch of work, gets exponentially harder.
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ok, cool, we're entirely on the same page
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