Challenges of Pursuing Self-Sufficiency Through Gardening
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Summary
The article discusses the challenges faced by Mike Riggs and his wife in their pursuit of self-sufficiency through gardening, highlighting the difficulties of meeting specific demands and the time-consuming nature of tasks like growing and shelling peas.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledHow many square feet of raised beds do you need to meet a toddler’s strawberry demand? I still don’t know.
Have you ever grown peas? Give them something to climb, and they’ll stretch to the heavens.
It is an almost criminal misuse of time.
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