Original Message: ----------------- From: Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 22:27:58 +1000 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: U.S. health care
On 25/05/2007, at 7:09 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > That's true, but if one is really broke, beans and cornbread are > very cheap. > You can get the makings for a family of four for about a dollar. And that's a sustainment diet. > > It's hard to get fruit and fresh veggies cheap. >It's not hard to keep a couple of chooks and have a few herbs and >veggies. We grow herbs, tomatoes and jalapenos (and a pitcher plant) >on a tiny balcony. >That can be enough to turn a sustainment diet into a healthy one. Looking up reccomended fruits and veggies, I see several sites that say at least 5 servings/day. I recall two of you, so that's ten servings a day or >3500 servings/year.....That's a heck of a balcony garden. :-) Is there any chance that this garden provides a tasty accent to your diet, and you get most of your fruits and veggies from another source? If not, can you give us gardening tips? Dan M. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
