Anne Miller

I agree with Carla about growing what you like to eat.

Grow what is easy for you.

I grew eggplant one year because it is sometimes used as a meat substitute in recipes.

I did not know it was going to be so prolific and I could not find a way to cook it that I liked.

I have loved learning about RMH and would love to have one.

If only I lived in a bigger house...

I guess I could get some #5 cans and fashion one out in the yard though that would only be a rocket stove.

I would love to hear how the market garden did over summer and fall?

The garden looked like it was off to a good start...

I too was curious so I ask Mr. Google who said,

but some newer "biodegradable nitrile gloves" use additives to speed up breakdown in landfills, though they still degrade into microplastics, not fully disappear.

Thanks, everyone for your help in 2025.  Lets make 2026 even better!

A New Year is an option to get a fresh start and make 2026 better than 2025...

Have a good one, everyone!

Alley Cat wrote:While I am here, we have both expressed interest in converting the business into a cooperative or pirate-ship model, where the booty from jobs is split equally amongst workers, perhaps with set pay increases on the interval of 1 year during the apprenticeship period and lower - but still regular - pay increases after the completion of the worker's apprenticeship. Obviously some profit will have to be retained by the company to cover overhead. Will such a conversion take a great amount of time and resources, or will it only require to will to see it done? Can it be done at the same time as we shift business 'ownership' over to me, or perhaps just after?

As the ownership shift to you an LLC might be a good step in the right direction.

Making the business model an employee owned LLC could be handled by the same lawyer who does the LLC.

Take into consideration that things happen so do something before something happens and the estate goes to probate court.

Dareios Alexandre wrote:Thanks for your thoughts, although I'm not sure I agree about the power lines, and for me, being off grid is a priority. For me, my priority is to grow a wide range of diverse fruit varieties with maximum self sufficiency as the main goal.

Anne Miller wrote:Power lines close to the property is a must even if a person is off grid as that is something that might be added as folks age and running electric from the nearest pole is expensive.

I wasn't considering high lines as suggest by someone.  I was thinking the normal electric lines.  Lines that don't obstruct views.

We have owned an off grid property for over 30 years,  There is a power line though we just did not want to pay that expense.

It was my dream to live off grid.  The property was not set up to maintain electric, etc so Dear Hubby just could not pull the power cord from the TV.

We have enjoyed that property and our daughter fell in love with it so the property has been well loved and now serve a BnB business.

If the goal is to grow fruit  and live a self sufficient lifestyle then that makes water a major priority.  Of course water catchment is very possible with enough rainfall.

similar to Catie, I used human shears to groom dogs.

And on dear hubby ....

I use a razor to cut mine and other`s hair.

When the trim combs came out I was sold.

Dear hubby has not been to a barber shop since we got married.

Water is a necessity and hauling water is no fun.

For most folks road noise is a deal breaker, especially from a very busy road or if there are small children.

Being off a paved road with light traffic sounds okay to me.

Power lines close to the property is a must even if a person is off grid as that is something that might be added as folks age and running electric from the nearest pole is expensive.

Flooding is a deal breaker as it is not possible to predict what Mother Nature is going to do even if the cause was a broken dam.  Loss of property and lives are too precious.

I love a gentle slope and I live on top of a mountain.

What else?  It depends on what you want the land for. A permaculture project is could mean different strokes for different folks ...

Gardening and animals or one or the other or living a sustainable life?

My property came with a water well, a pond, electricity, and sewer ... all the comfort of home, including an unfinished house.  The ultimately, best purchase we have ever made.