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I mean this in a very nice way, but.... Dude, you aren't "most people" The very fact that you have a rototiller, let alone the bee thing, makes you not "most people". The average American's experiences with any sort of Agriculture at all is limited to "Farmville". I can assure you they...

What I would say is that it is a common thread that binds them and makes them a strong community. Just like FarmerChick said: these groups have some common belief that binds them together. It is part of their survival strategy (to borrow another term from Evolutionary Ecology) As to the...

I'm okay with that. It's their group. I wouldn't dream of demanding entry into the Amish community and then demanding they make changes to suit me. (I know nobody said I was) I agree, I like a lot of their lifestyle, but some of their lifestyle just wouldn't suit me. I'll start my own group...

A lot of people seem to point to certain things going on in their world such as stores going out of business, factories closing, high unemployment and failing infrastructure. I also notice most of these people are from the Midwest or maybe the upper Atlantic States. Well, welcome to the South...

I generally agree, the point is that they are adapting. I doubt they will ever go mainstream, but there certainly have been changes. I also agree we can learn a lot from the Amish and Menonites. I like their honest, simple and straightforward approach to things. Substance over style. If I...

Exactly. I don't remember ever hearing about the Amish selling furniture or woodstoves until just a few years back. We didn't have Amish where I grew up, but we did have Menonites. The very fact that the Amish are now selling furniture and the Menonites are selling baked goods or whatnot when...

The vast majority of plant and animal species that ever lived on our Planet have gone extinct. This was because they could not adapt to changing conditions and failed to reproduce successfully (extinct) or adapted and changed so much as to become an entirely new species (same thing) Other...

I don't know if citronella or such would catch up in that situation. Wish I wasn't about to go work the night shift - I would certainly be out on the patio with a jar and citronella oil just to see. If that is true, then I see two reasons for an olive oil lamp. One is that it is a bit safer...

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I've used olive oil in lamps before. It is okay, but tends to burn a bit smokier than other stuff. If you're buying the oil, citronella oil for tiki lamps is much cheaper than olive oil. You can make a little oil lamp that burns that stuff out of any small glass bottle and something for a...

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A couple of us are currently discussing rainwater collection over in my journal section

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Legs legs legs. By the way - legs. We got a Chinese cast iron one. Yeah, we don't care much for it's origins either, but the price was well more within our reach. We got it at the local Ag-supply house a few years back. It has served us VERY well. We also have a pot bellied bean pot with...

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Progress (or lack thereof) on the solar oven Picked up a grill thermometer that goes up to 700F (as if.....) at the local home box for $7. Bent an aluminum bracket and riveted that inside so it can be read thru the glass cover. Rain or heavy clouds for just about 2 weeks. So today, it...