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Self-Sufficiency Acreage Requirement?
-- Remove "nospam" for e-mail "Down Under On The Bucket Farm" wrote in message ... Hi Everybody, I am working on long-term plans for self-sufficiency, oriented to buying some bare land and building an off-grid house, rainwater catchment, composting toilet, etc, etc. One issue is the question of how much physical space would be needed to grow enough food to completely support myself? Depends on the land's fertility and how much work you're willing to do. I read a pretty good book on the subject that said you could support a family of 4 on 5 acres. My vegetable garden measures about 20 feet by 100 feet and even without "too much" labor we can grow enough lettuce, tomatoes, snow peas, beans, carrots, onions, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, kale, and Swiss chard to eat fresh, can and/or freeze and still have some to give to the neighbors and compost. But the soil has been nurtured almost fanatically for nearly 30 years. |
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