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Igel

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6. Maybe this year

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:22 PM

Mar 2020

all the people in my neighborhood who complain about the food desert we live in and who have back yards developed to St. Augustine grass and little more will repurpose some of their dirt.

Not that into hope, however. Much more satisfying to complain and use that as an excuse for crappy diets.

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Subsistence living examples from some of you older ones in days gone by [View all] Blueplanet Mar 2020 OP

I think there will be something like the old victory gardens this summer, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #1

We need more gardens Blueplanet Mar 2020 #2

I'm hoping customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #42

I used to watch these videos all the time during the Financial Crisis meadowlander Mar 2020 #3

which story do you want?? handmade34 Mar 2020 #4

Living off the grid and homesteading! Blueplanet Mar 2020 #7

I have a few acres handmade34 Mar 2020 #10

handmade34-what is a food coop? Blueplanet Mar 2020 #11

yes, my chickens are my pets handmade34 Mar 2020 #13

Have you ever read any books from the Foxfire series? democrank Mar 2020 #17

all of them handmade34 Mar 2020 #18

Beautiful Blueplanet Mar 2020 #14

My city won't allow chickens, much less a cow Maeve Mar 2020 #5

Maybe this year Igel Mar 2020 #6

This may be a time to rid ourselves from a crappy diet. Blueplanet Mar 2020 #9

True story: dixiegrrrrl Mar 2020 #46

I visit my daughter who lives on a farm in Indiana at harvest time. tavernier Mar 2020 #8

The only thing I can share won't be much help. phylny Mar 2020 #12

It helps a great deal. Blueplanet Mar 2020 #19

I did that in the 1980's. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2020 #15

I've made butter in a blender Blueplanet Mar 2020 #20

I KNOW! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2020 #45

Many forests and woods were hunted out Lars39 Mar 2020 #16

I Built a Mother Earth Homestead The River Mar 2020 #21

You do the best you can to live a healthy life Blueplanet Mar 2020 #22

A number of people where I live went back to the land in the 70's but didn't last long. Kaleva Mar 2020 #23

If you have cream, you can make butter in a few minutes without any equipment. trackfan Mar 2020 #24

Yes-takes a whole lot of shaking Blueplanet Mar 2020 #26

I still do much of this. Arthur_Frain Mar 2020 #25

I love baking bread Blueplanet Mar 2020 #28

There were days that pulling the flour out of the cupboard Arthur_Frain Mar 2020 #44

Plant an extra row of corn for the crows backtoblue Mar 2020 #27

Well, a lot of us have been pushed into apartments. LisaM Mar 2020 #29

Baking bread is easy and therapeutic. Do it! Glimmer of Hope Mar 2020 #30

My 84 year old husband is from a farm in Ireland CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #31

Thank you CountAllVotes Blueplanet Mar 2020 #35

A beautiful post MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #37

I thank both of you that replied CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #41

All the best to you and yours CountAllVotes Blueplanet Mar 2020 #43

We canned fruits and vegetables radical noodle Mar 2020 #32

Handkerchiefs-Heirlooms Blueplanet Mar 2020 #38

I'm ready to think about a commune. hamsterjill Mar 2020 #33

Don't forget that people are made out of meat. hunter Mar 2020 #34

Love rice Blueplanet Mar 2020 #39

We're baking our own bread since it's now difficult to find MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #36

I'm not old, but I am glad during these times that I know how to cook just smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #40