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While not a practical idea for most, I suspect, it would be nice to be able
to "apprentice" with some Amish farmers. Some of the intensive,
largely sustainable, farming practices that were relatively commonplace
knowledge even as recent as 50 years ago in the US are now a
totally unknown concept to most of us here. My father's parents,
Pennsylvania Germans but not Amish, grew and raised most of their annual food
needs on a plot of land that was less than 1/4 acre. They had chickens for
meat and eggs, a hog or so (one slaughtered each year) and a large variety of
fruits and vegetables, including potatoes, that were either eaten fresh or
canned at home. To them, it was second nature. While I enjoyed the
"fruits" of their plot as a child, I would be utterly clueless how to start
now. I do know how to get to Safeway a mile down the road and know
the aisles so well that I can almost shop blindfolded! Ah, the skills of
modern urban life.
Bob
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