Anne Miller

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We manage a 40 acre wildlife area of the Texas Hill Country in the Edwards Plateau at about 3030 ft above sea level. The region is notable for its karst topography and tall rugged hills of limestone. The terrain throughout the region is punctuated by a thin layer of topsoil and a large number of exposed rocks and boulders, making the region very dry and prone to flash flooding. Native vegetation in the region includes various yucca, prickly pear cactus, native grasses and wildflowers. The predominant trees in the region are Ashe Juniper, Shin Oak and Texas Live Oak. Soil is alkaline consisting of caliche and clay.
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Our first house had an old plum tree.  One tree was enough for the two us to share with the in-laws,

Our homestead had a pear tree that was enough pears for our family of four.

Reason to have more trees would be for variety.  One plum, one pear and one peach would be a good variety.
28 minutes ago

Gray Henon wrote:

Anne Miller wrote:The cosmic truths of cheap grocery shopping is that there is no such thing.



My teenager could probably buy a week’s worth of groceries for himself with 4 hours or so of his starting wage.  It would be non-organic but would include sufficient meat and vegetables.  We may not be at the absolute bottom of food prices, but compared to the rest of human history, food is very cheap.  



Many of us do not make $17.99 an hour flipping burgers.

Not knowing how much your son makes though using the $17.99 figure that comes to over $70.00 .  I am glad to hear that your son buys his own groceries.

For folks growing most of there own food maybe grocery store are cheap to them.

And for that article, if I understand what others said, I don't have the luxury of being able to shop different stores to compare prices.
13 hours ago
Phillip, welcome to the forum and to tne wonderful world of the folks at Wheaton Labs.

Many of the threads by the Ants and Boots show the progression of the Lab.

The same with the videos.

You might enjoy this one:

https://permies.com/t/167122/minute-turbo-tour-wheaton-labs
14 hours ago
If you Could only have one Electronic Device, what would it be?

I am going to wait for all the other answers before revealing mine.
17 hours ago
I believe without cob or plaster that fire proof might go away.

Seems to me that a metal, wood or brick with regular 2 x 4 framing would work.

Put up the exterior walls then stack the straw bales inside before doing the interior framing.
19 hours ago
I have a metal (steel) roof.  Mine is not noisy.  I can barely hear it when we have a hard rain.

We insulated with blown in cellulose insulation.

The roof might have been noisy while we were building and before the insulation.
19 hours ago
The cosmic truths of cheap grocery shopping is that there is no such thing.

I used to shop with the sale ads only buyinhg what is on sale.

Now days not much that I buy is on sale so I skip the ads.

I do watch them for Blue Bell Ice Cream sales.  Not many now though once in a great while.

Buy what you need, grow what you can, etc philosophy.

20 hours ago
So has anyone succeeded in getting coffee beans?

If so please explain how you succeeded.
1 day ago
We have feral hogs and I bet that will not keep them out.

The hogs got all my Egyptian Walking onions.

Your garden looks like it will be big enough to share.
1 day ago