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NYTimes.com – The Dervaes are living the green life in Pasadena, Calif.

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    @joejjl : nobody NEEDS genetically modified farming – just like global warming, it’s a myth/lie sold to the people for profits of monsanto, etc.

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    @xherdarkangelx : good for you! planning, learning, starting one project at a time, slowly but surely, even if you are renting, you can still get started. The physical part of it is only a part – you can use your time while renting to learn, get things set up & then you’ll be ready to be successful at this. Earthworm composting, distilling alcohol (for fuel), design & use composting toilet, design & build your rocket stove, plan your garden, buy seeds, identify livestock you want, just do it!

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    ……this is just to cool !! We all consume…but,how many realy produce?…to be as self-sustaining as possible is intelligent living!!

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    …..I can see the plants being ok by the city ordinances but,how do you get by keeping livestock within city limits?

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    You can’t do this in my neighborhood. If I tried to turn my lawn into a garden they would say it brings the price of the houses around mine down so I can’t do it!

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    You should consider writhing a how to book. I have a plan as how to market it over the internet. If thats something you would like to do. I would be willing to help you get it off the ground.
    This my first time to offer this to anybody. So please do not think Im get rich nut or whatever.
    Its your hard work and mind set that fills me with amazement.
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    Wow that so very cool. I think your family has the tools that most of the USA have lost. You can mark my words.
    If the USA stays the path we are going now, people will be beating your door down for the wonderful insight you have.

    P.S. I do care if you lost half your crops..

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    “Does anybody care that we pretty much lost half our crop?!”

    No lady, I don’t care that you lost your damn crops because you made the retarded choice to live inside of a modern society and reject all of mankind’s inventions that use electricity and could possibly make your life easier. If you are so against using the power grid, then get out of the place you’re living at and go move elsewhere. You made the choice of that lifestyle.

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    Nice, I love it, but I’d try to get my hands on more solar panels!

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    I don’t like these people it’s hard to extract revenue out of them ! LOL.

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    I think they are doing great! They are doing what they can to conserve. They never said, that they did without plastic or tv. They just mentioned that in some things they do without electricity, and the things like a blender we all could do without and use a manual one, we are just LAZY.
    21 wf, you sound jealous. Do you earn $90 an hour? If I did, I would have a self sufficient farm, but that is just me, because I don’t deal with life on a wage an hour basis.

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    Anyway, this is how most of the world has lived all through history. It’s nothing new, it’s not a fad……it’s how humans have survived since we discovered we could grow on our food.

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    yes and the indians traded hides for knives and beads. Whats your point?

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    keep ur 90 an hour im tired of being a slave to the bank and job

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    It all depends on how much your time is worth. I doubt anybody with a real career earning for example $90 an hour would resort to growing their own food.

    Also when you do your own thing, the government can’t tax it. When the government runs out of money, it’d prohibit that lifestyle, no matter how green it is.

    I see they use plastic. That’s not green. Plastic took energy to produce.

    I believe the whole green thing is a fad that’ll fade eventually.

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    Yup, zoneing will pay them a visit in the future. It will mean an end to their livestock.

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    yea, and they should convert to some very old religion ;) ))

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    Just wait till your Gov’t comes and takes it all away….

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    This is how my late grandparents survived the Great Depression in East York, now part of Toronto Ontario.

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    lol aint that the truth, my friends have always wondered at how strong i am and never lift weights and i explain to them that i spent the first half of my life living on a ranch/farm lol :)

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