Comments on: Searching for “Plan B” http://www.getreallist.com/searching-for-plan-b.html Deal With Reality or It Will Deal With You Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anna Bring http://www.getreallist.com/searching-for-plan-b.html/comment-page-1#comment-859 Anna Bring Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:55:20 +0000 http://www.getreallist.com/?p=1001#comment-859 I enjoyed reading your article and the two comments. I am a small scale gardener myself. In Sweden (Europe) where I live, we have a system with alotment gardens; small pieces of land, with or without a little hut on it, that you can rent very cheaply. Mine is without a house, only 150 square meters of excellent soil, that I rent from the city of Malmoe where I live, The Scania soil is said to be 10+, that is WHO or whoever, had to break their scale to incorporate these Scania soils. For me it is pure pleasure and recreation to work on my miniature piece of land. I actually imported my first tomate seeds from Richters in Canada, because I had heard abourt the wellknown Brandywine seed that they had. The first year I had one beef tomate weighing as much as 900 grams, almost a whole kilo! I use no pesticides. I put in a lot of labour, but I find it extremely pleasing. The sensation of being literally grounded, of getting to know your own land, the earth you walk on, is very enriching. My piece of land brings me an abundance of fruits and berries, vegetables, herbs and masses of beautiful flowers. I have become very interested in lilies for example... In the alotment area where I am there are a lot of people from different parts of the world who have come to Sweden. I guess in their home countries it was more natural than it is here to still grow your own basic vegetables etc. This makes an interesting meeting between worlds. We learn from eachothers' food cultures. It pleases me to know that some of these people who might have a hard time economically at least have found this great means to get joy and pure food products in their lives. I enjoyed reading your article and the two comments. I am a small scale gardener myself. In Sweden (Europe) where I live, we have a system with alotment gardens; small pieces of land, with or without a little hut on it, that you can rent very cheaply. Mine is without a house, only 150 square meters of excellent soil, that I rent from the city of Malmoe where I live, The Scania soil is said to be 10+, that is WHO or whoever, had to break their scale to incorporate these Scania soils.

For me it is pure pleasure and recreation to work on my miniature piece of land. I actually imported my first tomate seeds from Richters in Canada, because I had heard abourt the wellknown Brandywine seed that they had. The first year I had one beef tomate weighing as much as 900 grams, almost a whole kilo! I use no pesticides. I put in a lot of labour, but I find it extremely pleasing. The sensation of being literally grounded, of getting to know your own land, the earth you walk on, is very enriching. My piece of land brings me an abundance of fruits and berries, vegetables, herbs and masses of beautiful flowers. I have become very interested in lilies for example…

In the alotment area where I am there are a lot of people from different parts of the world who have come to Sweden. I guess in their home countries it was more natural than it is here to still grow your own basic vegetables etc. This makes an interesting meeting between worlds. We learn from eachothers’ food cultures. It pleases me to know that some of these people who might have a hard time economically at least have found this great means to get joy and pure food products in their lives.

]]> By: Liz McLellan http://www.getreallist.com/searching-for-plan-b.html/comment-page-1#comment-707 Liz McLellan Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:04:49 +0000 http://www.getreallist.com/?p=1001#comment-707 Our plan B is to deepen and reinvigorate our sense of community. We will suffer or thrive together. There really is no plan B for individuals, as we and our safety and health depends on the safety and health of our neighbors. The millions of people that live in suburbs and cities will not be able to leave. Most invested deeply in where they are given the state of the housing market. We are all less mobile. Time to turn to your right and turn to your left and get to know the people around you. This is not a bad thing! The anomie of the suburbs as they have been for the last 60 years is toxic. Some people hate the movie Revolutionary Road about life in the burbs. But there is something there! We've built hyperlocavore.com to encourage people to dig in and thrive where they are! Hyperlocavore is a yardsharing community built to encourage people to grow food together, reinvigorate their communities, eat fresh food from much closer to home, teach the kids that food doesn't come from factories, and introduce people to the unutterable pleasure of a real tomato! "Survivalism" is a fantasy. Community is reality. Join! It's free! Our plan B is to deepen and reinvigorate our sense of community. We will suffer or thrive together. There really is no plan B for individuals, as we and our safety and health depends on the safety and health of our neighbors. The millions of people that live in suburbs and cities will not be able to leave. Most invested deeply in where they are given the state of the housing market. We are all less mobile. Time to turn to your right and turn to your left and get to know the people around you.

This is not a bad thing! The anomie of the suburbs as they have been for the last 60 years is toxic. Some people hate the movie Revolutionary Road about life in the burbs. But there is something there!

We’ve built hyperlocavore.com to encourage people to dig in and thrive where they are!
Hyperlocavore is a yardsharing community built to encourage people to grow food together, reinvigorate their communities, eat fresh food from much closer to home, teach the kids that food doesn’t come from factories, and introduce people to the unutterable pleasure of a real tomato!

“Survivalism” is a fantasy. Community is reality.

Join! It’s free!

]]> By: Douglas Hvistendahl http://www.getreallist.com/searching-for-plan-b.html/comment-page-1#comment-704 Douglas Hvistendahl Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:56:50 +0000 http://www.getreallist.com/?p=1001#comment-704 I've read the "Mother Earth News" magazine since the 70's. Among other useful things were articles leading to excellent gardening books. Even in North Dakota, we are able to grow a large portion of our vegetable needs in the back yard! I’ve read the “Mother Earth News” magazine since the 70′s. Among other useful things were articles leading to excellent gardening books. Even in North Dakota, we are able to grow a large portion of our vegetable needs in the back yard!

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