Have him start with a community garden plot

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Anonymous wrote:Does he want to eat a lot of peaches?

Peaches for me.

Peaches come from a can,
They were put there by a man

Anonymous wrote:Tell him to just have an affair.
Men are seriously so annoying.

I just snort-laughed water on my laptop.

Anonymous wrote:2-3 acres isn't that crazy - you can find it in a suburb.

LOL not in Washington DC!

My ideal is to be "in the country" with a decent chunk of land and a rural/nature atmosphere but relatively near (within 45 mins of) a major town or city. I would like to retire somewhere like Traverse City, MI but in the more rural surrounding area. In this area, it would be somewhere like Bluemont, VA on the western end of the W&OD Trail.

Get some garden boxes.

2-3 acres isn't that crazy - you can find it in a suburb. And if he wants to grow food and raise animals, as long as he takes full responsibility, why not? I grew up in a rural enclave of a big suburb and it was a really nice lifestyle. We had farm animals, horses, a pool, tons of room to run around, plus farm chores. I say keep an open mind!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in CT on 2 acres about 1.5 hour away from nyc - it’s doable but …why spend months growing something and dealing with bugs when you can just get it for .50 cents at the store lol

.50 cents? Most produce these days cost way more than that. Organic costs even more than that. Most conventional vegetables these days coat at least $1. That can add up if you eat a ton of produce for a family of 4. Inflation prices are only getting worse. People are barely going to be able to afford even things like cucumbers.

Think of tomatoes. I definitely know people who spend a LOT of money trying to grow their own. Buying plants and pots and soil and then trying to keep squirrels and deer out. And they get maybe 5 a summer. The cost is actually WAY more than buying it at a farmer's market.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish there were a good way for people to live like this for, say, two months without giving up their regular lives. It would probably help city folks with country fantasies figure out how they really feel. And I’m speaking as a city girl with major rural fantasies!

If you have the money buy a weekend house with a couple of hundred acres and put a goat on it for the tax break.

what's the tax break?

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Anonymous wrote:Does he want to eat a lot of peaches?

Peaches for me.

You have to blow up your TV and throw away your paper first.

To really save money, you have to do it on a larger scale than a backyard.

I have 1/3 acre and have 3 hens. They're friendly and fun to watch, but after feed, it's probably cheaper to just buy eggs. Don't get me wrong, they are nice eggs, but not saving money.

We also planted a few fruit trees, which are not cheap and not grown enough to fruit. When they do produce, it's not all year, like you don't get a few oranges every week, you get it all in a short time-so you'd still buy some.

I'm in FL and live near several family-pick your own farms and get nearly all of my produce from them. They actually know how to grow stuff, unlike me lol, and I like to support local farmers. When I lived up north, I was in a CSA and again, they knew HOW to grow stuff and my dollars supported it.

Anonymous wrote:I would tell mine to move without me. Plant food? I don’t even water our plants (I don’t care if they die) and we outsource lawn care and gardening because it’s not my thing and my husband is too busy. And chickens stink.

Every time I look out my back window I regret moving from a townhouse to a SFH.

Anonymous wrote:Tell him to just have an affair.

Preferably with a farm girl who grows her own food. She's a two-fer!

I would tell mine to move without me. Plant food? I don’t even water our plants (I don’t care if they die) and we outsource lawn care and gardening because it’s not my thing and my husband is too busy. And chickens stink.

Watch the old Chevy Chase movie "Funny Farm" tonight . It's how I see most of this stuff ends up. lol