37/ same energy as You slaughtered three large pigs, you butchered one, 1200 lbs of meat to go ... you slip on the ice and break your rib and now it hurts to breath, and you've got 1200 lbs of meat that will rot unless you finish butchering TOO BAD SOLVE THE PROBLEM, SOMEHOW
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38/ you cut down a tree ... and it falls backwards, hanging up on other trees. You now have a 4,000 lb "widow maker" hanging in mid air, and you don't have a winch or a block-and-tackle TOO BAD SOLVE THE PROBLEM, SOMEHOW
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39/ You've gotta be willing to be scared out of your gourd, frustrated, angry at the situation, and kind of overwhelmed ... and still keep your crap together, buckle down, and fix the problem.
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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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10 acre plots were the minimum standard back in England for peasants during the time of one of my ancestors. The farmland wasn't so much about turning a profit, he was a cobbler for that, but about keeping their basic needs cared for.
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