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Garden Master
Does anyone else watch this show?
I don't - by any means - consider my little 'glorified back yard' farm a homestead, and I'm pretty sure I'd be dead within a month if I tried to go 'off grid'... But these people CRACK ME UP!
I tend to be a bit of an over-planner and feel like I have to research any new adventure half to death before I'll consider actually jumping in. These folks are blowing their entire savings to move into the middle of nowhere with barely any shelter - most don't have running water - many don't have any plan for dealing with their own waste let alone the animals' that they bring with them. I haven't seen an episode yet where there was any real plan to protect livestock from predators and most don't even have a basic idea of how to give basic care to the pigs, chickens, etc that they plan to live off of.
In the one I watched last night, they were pretty sure that the water they were watering their garden with was poisoning the plants ... but hadn't thought to have it checked and they were still drinking it!
Makes me feel like some kind of 'homestead genius' when I look at my canning cabinet full of meat & veggies that I raised and preserved.
Of course... I'd be pretty hard pressed to have accomplished any of that without electricity and running water....
I don't - by any means - consider my little 'glorified back yard' farm a homestead, and I'm pretty sure I'd be dead within a month if I tried to go 'off grid'... But these people CRACK ME UP!
I tend to be a bit of an over-planner and feel like I have to research any new adventure half to death before I'll consider actually jumping in. These folks are blowing their entire savings to move into the middle of nowhere with barely any shelter - most don't have running water - many don't have any plan for dealing with their own waste let alone the animals' that they bring with them. I haven't seen an episode yet where there was any real plan to protect livestock from predators and most don't even have a basic idea of how to give basic care to the pigs, chickens, etc that they plan to live off of.
In the one I watched last night, they were pretty sure that the water they were watering their garden with was poisoning the plants ... but hadn't thought to have it checked and they were still drinking it!
Makes me feel like some kind of 'homestead genius' when I look at my canning cabinet full of meat & veggies that I raised and preserved.
Of course... I'd be pretty hard pressed to have accomplished any of that without electricity and running water....
