Everybody can't homestead or farm. Many of the people I know
claim to homestead actually lead very unsustainable lives. A
quiet place in the country is a nice lifestyle, but driving
two hours each way into the city to work is hardly
sustainable.
I really hated living in the suburbs. I rented a room
in a house most of the time I was there, so I couldn't
even use what yard there was. What really got to me
was all of the chemically-induced pool-table-top yards
that never got used as anything but money drains. If
even a tenth of the people who have the space would put
in a garden it would make a difference to our world.
Get off the grass, a yard is a terible thing to waste.
Not long ago I chatted with somebody that raised almost
all of their own vegetables for a family of 5 on a 1/4
acre suburban lot. He also was starting to raise meat
rabbits in the garage.
When I was living in the near-in suburbs of Washington,
DC I met a couple guys running a honey bee display at
the county fair. I said I wished I had a place to put
a hive or two. One of the guys had two hives on the
balcony of his 5th (or so) floor apartment in downtown
Bethesda.
There is a web site at http://www.cityfarmer.org/
that deal with city farming and sustainablety. I think
even rural people should take a look at that site.
There is a web site at
http://www.geocities.com/~newliberty/earthstar/index.html
by a couple who raise much of their food on their
windowsills. It looks like they are in a rural area,
but their ideas will provide fresh greens for anybody
with a window.
==>paul
