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> Even a small garden produces more food that one
> person
> or even a family can reasonably eat. If each of us
> would donate, even 1 hour per week, nobody would go
> hungry. Best of all, there would be no profit to pay
> for, just cost and labor, if applicable.
>
Are you serious? Have you ever tended to your own
personal garden? Unless you only require 700 calories
a day, your whole yard would need to be a vegetable
garden to even come close to fulfilling the needs of a
family.
In st paul, the growing season is the end of may to
september. What do you do during the winter? Our
climate here in st paul doesn't grow some items well
or at all. What fruits would you grow? Sure we can
grow apple trees but how long do they take before they
bear fruit? sure can't grow any citrus up here.
Where do you get the seeds to start your garden?
seeds take money and to make money you need to work
but how can you work if you are busy tending to your
farm plot for your survival and the survival of those
who can farm for themselves.
Its a neat idea but terribly unrealistic. I encourage
everyone to have a garden if they have the space. The
best tomato you ever eat will be the one you grew
yourself. To think a city dweller could grow enough
food to sustain them year round is a bit out there.
and to add, since we all would become vegetarians,
what would become of the cattle/hog/chicken/turkey
farms?
john harris
webber-camden
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