29/ fascinating !https://twitter.com/ngvrnd/status/1254849900422012928 …
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40/ Yep, good advice. Also, if you have a summer off, you can look into http://wwoofusa.org/ where you trade labor for internship learninghttps://twitter.com/jcenters/status/1254853319119515648 …
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41/ a b̶o̶a̶t̶ ̶ homestead is a hole in the w̶a̶t̶e̶r̶ dirt that you throw money intohttps://twitter.com/HeadwaysMatter/status/1254853485532758018 …
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42/ yep! I've got a wide variety of 'em. Tractor, brushhog, milling machine, drill press, log splitter, hay baler, etc etc etc caveat: if you're not yet deeply mechanically skilled, you might rather buy new(ish) than save money and buying a headachehttps://twitter.com/spongeworthy2/status/1254854022118256641 …
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43/ Not only does NY have a lot of open land, but it is - for my money - the most beautiful land in the north east. If it didn't have high taxes, I'd rather homestead in the Hudson valley than here in NH. https://twitter.com/NullifiedVoice/status/1254854643173060608 …
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44/ this is a good question! yes, self sufficiency is possible - that's why my wife and I homestead. We raise most of our own food (pigs, sheep, ducks, fruit trees, veggies, etc.). https://twitter.com/NullifiedVoice/status/1254855390891618305 …
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45/ yes, absolutely, used hand tools are a win there are millions of hammers, screw drivers and socket sets that show up at flee markets and garage sales every year my favorite hand tools are the old ones, with a patina of age and good usehttps://twitter.com/spongeworthy2/status/1254855719234400256 …
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46/ another example! > 12 years later so you beat me by about 20 years! Well done! But, yeah, start slow, read, learn, practice, acquire tools, baby steps towards your goals!https://twitter.com/MaxxJayGoad/status/1254855786603438082 …
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47/ A young 33 and already getting close to his goal. Outstanding! Another guy who beat me (I didn't achieve it until age 42). Well done! https://twitter.com/CDan1333/status/1254855879733604352 …
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48/ I maintain the tradition by put my own patina on tools. Baptised a fence stretcher and a ratchet wrench over the weekend.https://twitter.com/spongeworthy2/status/1254857206119280646 …
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49/ Anyway, going to get back to writing for a bit. Will check this thread later. Please feel free to respond w any questions. For those just following the thread, who don't follow me: I'm also an author. Fiction, so far ... but I'm writing a 1,000 page 2 vol book on this
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50/ It will be finished and out later this year (via kickstarter at first). The thesis is basically "I'm a white collar person and I live in the city or burbs ... how, concretely, do I homestead? What do I buy? What do I do? How does <gestures> it all work?"
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51/ What is a tractor? How does it work? What is it for? How do I maintain it? How do I raise pigs? Kill them? Butcher them? Make bacon? Plant a garden? Water it? Kill weeds? Cut down a tree? Heat the house with wood? Raise chickens? Build a greenhouse? Weld a broken implement?
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52/ If you're interested in learning how to move out to the country, become self sufficient, raise your own food, harvest your own heating fuel from the forest - EVEN IF YOU'VE GOT ZERO EXPERIENCE - follow me for the book announcement.
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53/ Strong, strong, strong agree. Those articles exist because people want to believe them. That doesn't mean it's real. Ultra rare exceptions aside, you're not going to make $100k selling microgreens OR become self-sufficient on just 1 acre. https://twitter.com/ThePeeCee/status/1254858339286020096 …
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54/ I go into more detail in this in the book, but ... people eat a LOT of calories per day. Gardens generate a few calories per day for a short harvest season. Chicken eggs are 80 calories each ...and require inputs.https://twitter.com/spongeworthy2/status/1254858893370339331 …
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55/ if you want to talk survival scenarios, there's no replacement for (a) a basement full of pressure canned meat (b) large ruminants that can turn grass into meat.
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56/ yes, good memory! Free skill building! RT
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57/ > can't learn welding can you not? if you've got a garage, watch videos on youtube, buy a MIG welder off of Amazon, have Airgas or similar deliver a tank of AR/CO2, and start practicing on scrap. https://twitter.com/robo_tabby/status/1254860440636723201 …
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58/ it is a legit thing (in the sense that people are doing it) and a really dumb ivory tower idea IMO Essay in the homesteading book about why it's dumbhttps://twitter.com/Cares12Nick/status/1254863777666789376 …
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60/ agree, TONS of great welding content online!https://twitter.com/Bobthewelding1/status/1254864269658804230 …
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61/ excellent question, and I've just added this to the "to do" section https://twitter.com/enginoire1/status/1254864920241303552 …
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62/ Yep, I'm very happy with my ~ 100 year old (120? 150?) Hay Budden. 120 lbs. Not huge, but a good solid size.https://twitter.com/tketkr/status/1254865618056163328 …
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64/ Also, Dave Ramsay has a youtube channel. He sells his content via a course... but he also explains all of it, over and over and over, for free, on youtube.https://twitter.com/thepiclord/status/1254868740094791681 …
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