Comments on: livin’ off the land http://www.pharaohweb.com/blog/2006/08/23/livin-off-the-land/ Musing on the present. Reminiscing about the past. Posturing for the future. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cynthasizer http://www.pharaohweb.com/blog/2006/08/23/livin-off-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-107943 Cynthasizer Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:22:03 +0000 http://www.pharaohweb.com/blog/?p=970#comment-107943 my dad can teach us how to make bio-diesel. we should put our lazy asses to work builing the place. we will need to be in great shape for all the agricultural work anyway. plus, i think we should factor seasonal huntin' and fishin' into the food supply. me and my beans and rice are so in! my dad can teach us how to make bio-diesel. we should put our lazy asses to work builing the place. we will need to be in great shape for all the agricultural work anyway. plus, i think we should factor seasonal huntin’ and fishin’ into the food supply. me and my beans and rice are so in!

]]> By: Grizzly Adams http://www.pharaohweb.com/blog/2006/08/23/livin-off-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-107928 Grizzly Adams Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:34:51 +0000 http://www.pharaohweb.com/blog/?p=970#comment-107928 I object to your put-down of my lifestyle. You want to "get back to basics"? Be a real man like me and give up your air conditioning and toilet paper. I object to your put-down of my lifestyle. You want to “get back to basics”? Be a real man like me and give up your air conditioning and toilet paper.

]]> By: Laura Ingalls Wilder http://www.pharaohweb.com/blog/2006/08/23/livin-off-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-107922 Laura Ingalls Wilder Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:04:44 +0000 http://www.pharaohweb.com/blog/?p=970#comment-107922 Fine blog today. Fine blog today.

]]> By: stinkmeat http://www.pharaohweb.com/blog/2006/08/23/livin-off-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-107898 stinkmeat Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:36:07 +0000 http://www.pharaohweb.com/blog/?p=970#comment-107898 If anything I'm not sure your estimate for purchasing the home is right. A good ballpark # for new home construction (high end) is about $175/square foot. That's not including the expense of running utilities around, pouring the foundation...taxes...so if anything I think you're a little low there. Then again you could probably make a lot of it up by building your own windmills or whatever. For water it would be best if there were flowing water on the property. 2 words: RAM pump... The challenges here are maintaining a sustainable system AND maintaining income sufficient to support it in our economy. It would be a very difficult balance. I think to make something like this work in the real world some concessions would have to be made & complete self sufficiency would become more of a lifetime goal to continue to strive for, rather than something you actually achieve and live in. If anything I’m not sure your estimate for purchasing the home is right. A good ballpark # for new home construction (high end) is about $175/square foot. That’s not including the expense of running utilities around, pouring the foundation…taxes…so if anything I think you’re a little low there. Then again you could probably make a lot of it up by building your own windmills or whatever.

For water it would be best if there were flowing water on the property. 2 words: RAM pump…

The challenges here are maintaining a sustainable system AND maintaining income sufficient to support it in our economy. It would be a very difficult balance.

I think to make something like this work in the real world some concessions would have to be made & complete self sufficiency would become more of a lifetime goal to continue to strive for, rather than something you actually achieve and live in.

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