Economic Activism and Progressive Living

amfortas the hippie

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13. absolutely.

Fri Jul 13, 2012, 08:22 PM

Jul 2012

I'm cripple, now...and still managed to have a rather large garden. Of course, I've been declining for a long time (global osteoarthritis/fibro)...so I was sure to set up as much infrastructure as I could, before I got so bad that I couldn't.
Rainwater, Graywater(guerilla), Chickens,Geese and Ducks...little fences around the raised beds, so they can mow/weed/eat bugs.
Hauled in 2-5 tons of manure. Fruit trees, etc etc.
It can be done, with a little forethought, and fortitude.
(http://amfortasthehippie.blogspot.com/2012/03/swadeshi-garden-as-charkha.html)
(shameless self promotion,lol)...along the same lines as the OP,and the Victory Garden.
Charka is the little spinning wheel Gandhi used to overthrow the British Raj.
(haven't figgered out the link feature, yet)

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Plant a Garden [View all] saltwn Jul 2012 OP

This is so good. LaydeeBug Jul 2012 #1

Too early to show this year's crop, but last year's garden was a great success Siwsan Jul 2012 #2

Gardening is good, but raising chickens is easier than most people think. Blanks Jul 2012 #3

Store your tomatoes stem side down. obxhead Jul 2012 #4

My tomato crop is doing well, too Siwsan Jul 2012 #5

Last year saltwn Jul 2012 #6

+100 "the easiest most effective form of activism a consumer can participate in" jtuck004 Jul 2012 #7

Publications are helpful saltwn Jul 2012 #8

That's a good thing to keep updated. People try to use "grandma's" or other older recipes jtuck004 Jul 2012 #9

There is a documentary... Blanks Jul 2012 #10

Nice to know saltwn Jul 2012 #11

As bad as the chickens are in this country... Blanks Jul 2012 #12

absolutely. amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #13

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