>Is it possible to grow enough food in your backyard to live off of (plus chickens as a yard waste disposal) if you also work full time? No. I'd advise against

>Is it possible to grow enough food in your backyard to live off of (plus chickens as a yard waste disposal) if you also work full time? No. I'd advise against trying unless you know what you're doing - the land around your home might be perfectly safe to live on, but it may well be dangerous to grow food in. Large areas of the San Francisco Bay area have horrendously toxic soil as a legacy of the semiconductor industry; the average gardener isn't equipped to test their soil for contaminants. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/lens/the-superfund-sites-of-silicon-valley.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/lens/the-superfund-sites-...