[Ag-eq] Intro

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Hi Tracy and welcome to the group.  We're not real active, but there's a lot of
knowledge here.

What kind of dwarf fruit trees do you have.

Owning chickens is real popular now, so a lot of cities allow people to own
hens.  There is a good book on BARD called Keeping Chickens and it's written
especially for people who want chickens in the city.

Where is your 40 acres?

Other than hiring drivers I don't have any good ideas.  If you worked from home
that would help, but you would still need to shop and such.  Probably in rural
areas many people would be driving into town for work, so maybe you could share
rides that way.  I think it would take a lot of planning and more staying at
home.

Nella

Quoting Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>:

> Hi y'all.
> My name is Tracy, and I joined this list a couple weeks ago.  I went to the
> Ag-Eq meetings at convention in Philly and Louisville, quite some time ago
> now, but the meetings were very interesting and the people were great, so
> here I am.
> I grew up in Montana, but now I live in a town in northern New Jersey, not
> far from New York City.  My inner farmer has to be satisfied with a garden
> and some dwarf fruit trees.
> I envy those of you who are already getting a harvest!  Here, I reckon it'll
> be another 6-7 weeks until last frost.  I'm just starting my cold-tolerant
> plants inside, like broccoli and cabbage.  I have to set up the cold frame,
> so I can start some lettuce and peas.  And fava beans, which like the cold
> and are very tasty.
>
> I'm jealous of people's chickens, too.  I think it would be fun to have
> chickens, but I'd end up running an old-age home for senior chickens in the
> end.  I read some towns in Jersey are allowing some chickens, but haven't
> researched if my town is one of them.
>
> I'd love to live somewhere more spread-out, but don't see how a blind person
> could really manage it, not being able to drive.  My sister and I inherited
> 40 acres from our parents, but it's 20 miles to the grocery store, and I'm
> not sure the local taxi would come out of town.  I'd be like my homesteading
> ancestors, pretty much on the farm all the time, and I'm not up to that.
> So, if people have strategies for a blind person in a rural area, with no
> live-in driver, I'd be interested to hear about it.
> Nice to be here!
> Tracy
>
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