tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15551659.post5538782637312349041..comments2023-06-15T05:11:03.408-07:00Comments on Kit Burns was framed!: Of Human Vagabondagealpharathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10399655031407319997noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15551659.post-43752143259926814102008-08-23T00:06:00.000-07:002008-08-23T00:06:00.000-07:00I have no yard. Maybe I could start a garden on t...I have no yard. Maybe I could start a garden on the roof of the building ...Malnurtured Snayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506933474730575045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15551659.post-51362136830133956352008-08-21T19:58:00.000-07:002008-08-21T19:58:00.000-07:00My Mom has talked in the past about the Victory Ga...My Mom has talked in the past about the Victory Gardens planted during her childhood. She told me how Grandpa learned to plant the corn on the outside rows on the south and west - it shaded the tomatoes so they wouldn't burn up in the hot summer sun. As I recall from reading some of the old cookbooks from that era (I collect old cookbooks - weird, but true) the primary reason for planting the gardens was that during this time there were "ration stamps", and if you had a Victory Garden, you could use those precious stamps for things like sugar, and flour. <BR/><BR/>I know more and more people who are just chucking it all, and going out into the world for a year (or three or four). The logistics can be tricky (do you store your stuff, or sell it to finance the trip? What about your bills? Your pets?) but every one of them has been glad they did it. Just take your laptop along, and keep on blogging!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15551659.post-76934192002874703942008-08-21T19:54:00.000-07:002008-08-21T19:54:00.000-07:00What would it cost?(Not that cost is the only cons...What would it cost?<BR/><BR/>(Not that cost is the only consideration.)<BR/><BR/>Seriously. Let's say you could rent out your house for a year at a rate that would cover your mortgage & taxes, with maybe a little bit of profit, and you could sell or turn in your vehicles without taking a hit, and let's say you have no financial responsibilities other than the house & vehicles. You're on the move, couch-surfing at your convenience, or pitching a tent on public land whenever a spot looked good to you.<BR/><BR/>What would that lifestyle really cost?<BR/><BR/>Someone should figure this out.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I'm still working on my concept for a front yard, aesthetically advantageous veggie garden for my little wooded plot within city limits. It wouldn't be a "victory garden," the likes of which my mother used to go on and on about. <BR/><BR/>It would be a Defiance Garden, providing e. coli-free spinach and tomatoes, and myriad salad greens the prices of which currently have me screaming.<BR/><BR/>I think you could enjoy growing a veggie garden, if only you planted it in a spirit meaningful to you. You could make it <I>about</I> something other than raising food. You could grow corn, for example, and make it your personal "F*ck you" to a government that uses our tax dollars to subsidizes farmers not to grow corn, which we're now paying $4 for a dozen ears rather than the $1 we were paying for a dozen ears twenty years ago.<BR/><BR/>And consider this: you could easily acquire two rabbits at no cost and enclosures for them dirt cheap. Rabbit is good animal protein, easier on the heart than either beef or chicken, and it reproduces faster than you can skin it and throw it on a spit. Rabbit poop makes for fabulous fertilizer. Their pelts would create warm and comfy outerwear. Their feet would make you the luckiest man in the world. Super-deluxe bonus prize: You would never be at a loss for total cuteness and cuddliness.<BR/><BR/>Rabbits are not as attractive as the Dexter cow, but they aren't a zoning violation.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, if we're Defiance Gardening, screw the zoning, and let the chips fall where they may.<BR/><BR/>But back to the earlier thing, I'd be really curious to know what it would cost a person to vagabond for a year. You may be onto something.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802695378617927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15551659.post-78911324880815933712008-08-21T16:12:00.000-07:002008-08-21T16:12:00.000-07:00Only if I can go too.Only if I can go too.beckyboophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663633663224962767noreply@blogger.com