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To: Neeka who wrote (727756)	10/4/2020 2:25:19 PM
From: isopatch	3 Recommendations Recommended By KLP pak73 THE WATSONYOUTH Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794266

Hi Neeka, Enjoy talking about this lifestyle as not everyone is familiar with what's required to be almost entirely self sufficient. Here's my perspective. For people working day jobs & bringing up kids? There's rarely time or the desire to grow most of their own food or tractor mow a 3 acre lawn. Care for lots of landscaping, around the house + ornamental garden & the usual flower beds. We have young 28 yr old local man who works for us part time & rounds out the modus operandi. . There's a big difference in how much equipment AWA time you need to do all this. We didn't have the time until after we retired. In this rainy, somewhat snowy, climate; equipment needs winter storage to remain in good condition. 2 story garage, equipment storage, harvest area & cluttered workshop are lined with cabinets, work benches & wall racks for a long list of power & hand tools? Needed larger area for indoor equipment, garden tools & two large food freezers. 2 Deere lawn tractors (decided to keep the old one after add of more expensive, heavy duty, model, last summer) rotary mowers for steep banks & trim where tractors can't get. Weed eaters, chipper shredder, rototillers, chain saws, the list list goes on & on. Nice to have plumbing & large sink in workshop AWA another one downstairs for cleaning produce & garden hand tools. 7' high metal shelving lines the walls downstairs. Large metal fence sections for climbing vegetables have to be removed from the garden in winter. Stored side by side with some junk we never seem to get around to throwing away.<lol> Central downstairs area has several 10'x 15' horizontally stacked storage platforms. 1st about 3' off the floor & another 4' above it. sstoring stacks of small & large tarps. Have to have those, when needed for frost protecting vulnerable berry bushes & vegetables. Also rolls & sheets of larger black plastic to blanket garden (except winter garlic patch) from fall to spring. Great Spring labor saver because there's no need to do extensive weeding before Spring planting. One other requirement to do all this. Enjoying a (largely) self sufficient lifestyle. Notably different than living in a beautiful rural environment with cool wildlife, trees, wild plants & flowers of all kinds, everywhere. Life is good, Isopatch As always, please excuse sub standard editing & proof reading. I never know when or where it's going to pop up.