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Also, how do you post pics here? The only way I know how to do it is loading them to Imgur and copying the link. But that’s a PITA.
I have a family plot that produces an excess amount of food required to feed us year-'round. The proceeds from selling that excess typically goes toward upkeep costs and expanding what’s already here.
The rest of the profits goes toward hobbies.
Those are hair sheep, not wool sheep. Their purpose is primarily meat, but the bones have many uses as well. One of the farms up the road has wool sheep and my neighbor turns some of that wool into yarn.
Don’t even get me started on the Amish folks out here. lol
tnt
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Very intriguing.
When you say ‘family plot’, are your parents still with us? Other family members involved?
Were your parents professional farmers?
tnt
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Where do you live?
For some reason I thought you were in TX, but I didn’t think there were Amish there.
tnt
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So do you slaughter yourself? Or do you sell them off?
Must be a pretty elaborate set up to efficiently slaughter and butcher fairly sizable animals like that.
tnt
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So that’s super cool and all, but the fact remains, you aren’t wearing clothes made from yarn. Your closet, like mine, is filled with clothes from other countries and a few other states.
WuWei
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When is beef season where you live?
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tnt
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I have to get back to work - very cool getting to learn about your home and lifestyle. Will bounce back in after this phone call. Thanks for sharing.
WuWei
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Lettuce has no nutritional value.
My parents were the first in my American bloodline to not be farmers (though they grew up on farms in Wisconsin and New York). They chose the military as a career instead.
I ended up out here in rural Missouri when I got tired of being around so many people. I grew up on military bases and metropolitan areas (KC, Ft. Lauderdale, Phoenix, etc.). By the time I was 25, I had lived in 11 states. I’ve been here on the property I purchased for 7 years now, which is also the longest I’ve ever lived anywhere in my entire life. Finally found a home as it were. lol
The ones I eat, I slaughter myself when they are about 4 months old, usually right in time for Easter. The rest I tend to sell on Craigslist for 200 each. It’s about the same as I would get in taking them to the cattle auction, but way less work on my part.
Correction, I am wearing clothes made from yarn. You think I want to get sweat and dirt all over my good clothes? lol
I am completely dependent on civilization and I am okay with that.
As I said before at some point we are all dependent on supply chains whether its medicine, healthcare, replacement parts, vet needs. The list is endless.
American society is interdependent on all these different parts.
“American Society” perhaps. Local communities, not so much. 
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I suppose you could not go to the hospital if you fractured your spine or not go to the doctor for some antibiotics if you had an infected wound but you would be pretty stupid not to.
If your main mode of transport is a car or truck and was written off in an accident I suppose you could barter for some chickens for compensation and use a horse and cart but you would pretty atupid to
Yes at some point we all have to rely on someone other than ourselves. Thats how society functions.
And you would be wrong.
Lettuce does have some nutritional value, just not a lot.
Allan
Your right but at some point that local community needs to interact with a wider supply chain. Even the Amish interact with the outside world. When I worked at the local childrens hospital I saw Amish and mennonites ensuring their children received modern medical treatment.
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Local supply chain. Not “someone other than ourselves”
@SixFoot is talking about relying on himself first, then his community.
I don’t need to know how to make clothes if my neighbor does.
It doesn’t need to, it chooses to, in times of peace and plenty.
