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I don't want to offend you, I've lived differently than I do now, but just brainstorming here: sounds like a big piece of property to be able to plant that much
by eggy 11y ago
I don't want to offend you, I've lived differently than I do now, but just brainstorming here: sounds like a big piece of property to be able to plant that much. Go minimal to your comfort level. I am not talking a yurt here on 1/10th of an acre, but minimalism can be very rewarding in today's super-size culture.
- eggy 11y agoNot sure I understand the negative, sensitive downvotes to my comment; I was being sincere and careful with a prefatory remark. I grew up in Brooklyn below the poverty line, within a small space, had kids, moved to rural NJ, and lived in a moderate-sized house. I now live in East Java, Indonesia, have been vegetarian for over two years, and started a way of dealing with recycling and management of trash here, as well as an informal outdoor class for 9 to 11 year olds. All of my stuff is in an 8ft x 12ft room that I share with my wife and one-year old baby girl. It's minimalism is compensated by the fact that I can just walk outside. More than half of the houses around me have dirt floors, and their combined electric usage is less than that of one of my friend and his family's household. The reply was to somebody who seemed to really want to know some options, and I gave him one, that I also live by. It's anonymous downvotes without explanation like this, or the seemingly sensitivity-policing of people on this forum that make me think first-world problems are just that.