Message: 3 Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 09:36:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re:
[StPaul] re: "amhine2" response. To: popman
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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. ]
Yes, definatly serious.
>From the looks of what walks into McD's , I would say
we need a lot of those 700 calorie days.
[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. ]
Ever hear of canning? Man, the settlers must have been
able to survive up here���right?
[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. ]
You get the seeds from people who have them left over
from their processing. They'll just give them to ya.
How can you work? Simple. Reduce what constitutes a
full work week like we're SUPPOSE to be working.
Twenty-five to thirty hours per week is plenty of
servitude leaving plenty of time to do other things.
[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 ]
Less pavement and more dirt is one answer.
Animal farms? The only people that care about those
things is the people who own them. If society cared,
like they should, these dens of cruelty would have
been out of the picture long ago.
Thkx for your response.
R. Hanson.
St. Paul.
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