Do you make you own electrical wire, machine parts, and gasoline? Thanks,
--Chris [email protected] +1-301-270-6524 On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 4:56 PM, R A Fonda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 11/29/2012 6:55 PM, Joe wrote: > > So, what's going on in *your* life? ... > > You wrote lines about wine and animals. > > > I live as a semi-recluse in a forested cove in the mountains of western > NC; by "semi" I mean that I drive into town to buy supplies when I need to, > but otherwise prefer to remain on the mountain. I am working toward leaving > an essentially self-sufficient homestead for my wife, sons, and > grandchildren. The only animals I keep in captivity (now) are chickens, > currently 63 of them, and a pig, but I feed deer and turkey, as well as > other birds, during the winter following a failed acorn crop, such as > occurred last year and this, or when there is deep snow on the ground. So > that's what "feeding critters" is about. I raise as much of our food as is > convenient, and the same for animal feed. So that is what the sowing, > tending, and reaping is about; the ATtending is about Ikkyu and me. I make > wine from the wild blackberries, as well as our cherries, plums, pears, and > grapes, so that covers the rest of what I wrote. > > RAF > > >
