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Survival Situaton
The Village Idiot:
--- Quote from: Thor on January 04, 2010, 09:53:24 AM ---Typically, one large animal per acre or grassland would be acceptable. Giving that one acre would probably be a garden and some sort of food bearing trees (e.g., apples, peaches, pears, pecans) That would allow for almost four acres of potential grassland. I would hope to have one horse, a breeding/ milk cow, a pig, some chickens and maybe a couple of turkeys. A beehive would be nice, too, as others have mentioned.
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That sounds right. There would need to be a well or other water source as well.
--- Quote ---My question would be is how many people have the skills to make the farm work?? (such as, mechanical repairs, fencing, home repairs, etc) Many people I know don't know enough because they have been raised in the modern society where we take out vehicles to the repair shop, call out a handyman for home repairs, etc etc etc
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and many of those people live in the big cities, they'll mostly die when TSHTF. Some will become part of roving bands of pillagers and bandits.
Thor:
--- Quote from: FGL on January 04, 2010, 09:56:12 AM ---
That sounds right. There would need to be a well or other water source as well.
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Yep. People would need to insure that there was water available. I've seen many parcels that have no water available unless it's DEEP in the ground.
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and many of those people live in the big cities, they'll mostly die when TSHTF. Some will become part of roving bands of pillagers and bandits.
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And many would die in their attempts at looting, at least around where I live.
Specbid:
--- Quote from: franksolich on January 04, 2010, 08:11:10 AM ---One need only to look at the Ukrainian peasants, who even during the worst years of socialist totalitarian repression, were allowed a small private plot of land, on which they kept 2-3 goats, a couple of pigs, and a bunch of chickens and geese. Very few trees. The usual potatoes, beets, other hearty vegetables that would keep, once harvested, for a very long time in crude dug-out cellars. I don't recall seeing much fruit grown, although surely there was more than what I saw.
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My Ukranian Grandmother, during the depression, grew cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, potatoes.
Canned constantly.
The Village Idiot:
--- Quote from: Thor on January 04, 2010, 10:47:21 AM ---Yep. People would need to insure that there was water available. I've seen many parcels that have no water available unless it's DEEP in the ground.
And many would die in their attempts at looting, at least around where I live.
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I saw a 5-acre tract of land for $3000 or so. But it was in the desert near Mexico. No way Jose. Don't want to live on a tiny tract right on a lake that could flood me annually either.
Specbid:
Now I'm pretty much a city boy, but how about planting certain ground cover which might attract wild game. Don't deer like clover for instance?
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