Preparing for Uncertainty and Self Reliance

[Speaker to Animals]

You also said that about the Three Sisters method, with zero evidence.

Crop rotation is key, but rotating the animals through the fields would replace all of the tilling/fertilizing needs as well. It's just a matter of getting the layout and fencing right... You could feed a neighborhood from 5 acres.

Read about what happened as a result of the last Homestead Act in the Great Depression.

You're talking about the Dust Bowl? Yeah, that will happen without rotation/irrigation/fertilization. Doesn't link up to your idea about the Three Sisters tho.

What do you mean? I am pretty sure three sisters requires you to leave the soil fallow for at least one year too.

Three sisters might save you from having to rotate crops, but it doesn't save you from having to leave the land fallow every few seasons.

It's also pretty limited. You seem to get a lot of three different foods, but most of us want other things. Potatoes, wheat, spinach, carrots..

[C-Mag]

I'm thinking about feeding out a couple wiener hogs next year, hows that for rotation?



MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Bacon !

[Penner]

The Dream...

What no hops inthat graden?

[TheReal_ND]

Estrogen mimickers. Bad stuff. *chugs beer*

[Fife]

I'm thinking about feeding out a couple wiener hogs next year, hows that for rotation?



MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Bacon !

When does hog killin season start up there?

.... meanwhile, speaking of hawgs, here's a goodie off of Fife Field Cam from just the other day:

[TheReal_ND]

Oh man. That's like twice the size of our white tails. I hate this state so much sometimes.

[Penner]

Estrogen mimickers. Bad stuff. *chugs beer*

You literally need hops to make beer.

[TheReal_ND]

[Fife]

Estrogen mimickers. Bad stuff. *chugs beer*

You literally need hops to make beer.

Are you literally sure on that one?

[Speaker to Animals]

Oats used to be used as well.