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Sustenance

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noun: sustenance

food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.

Delineate

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describe or portray (something) precisely.

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Spring Planting &

Sustenance Gardening

March 29, 2016 Show

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Spring Planting & Sustenance Gardening

First is to delineate the difference between hobby gardening and sustenance gardening.

Hobby gardening is as the name implies; a hobby. This type of gardening is often a low priority, not always low effort, and almost never low cost activity to get people outside and working the soil. Whatever the garden yields, most of the time the “true value” of the act of gardening was derived way before the harvest if there is any.

Sustenance gardening is a fancy word for what most people during the agrarian periods of man’s existence did to survive. Say what you will about urban living but the fact is it completely altered the way man lives and fostered the explosive development and growth, nearly unprecedented, in the 20th century (1900’s). In the 18th century and before, over one third of the entire population were farmers. That is what it took to support the population with the necessary sustenance.

Today in the 21st century man has completely forgotten the building blocks of life and society and being caught up in the whirlwind of technology has placed its own survival in jeopardy. Rome had a massive technological boom, mechanical innovations catapulted (no pun intended) forward their ability to make, think, eat, and live in luxury. Unfortunately for them they missed some basic realities. While they brilliantly designed viaducts and indoor plumbing, they ignored the fact that they depended upon others; mostly conscripts and slaves. They needed them to grow crops and raise animals for their consumption.

In spite of all of Rome’s accomplishments and advances they had placed themselves at the mercy of those who they believed were beneath them. Conversely, Attila the Hun made alliances and sustained themselves by their own doing and those of their allies all invested in common interest. Rome fell to them because, Attila took Carthage. Carthage was the heart of the sustenance on which Rome depended. Although Attila did not live long enough to see the victory that he created, Rome fell as a result.

We would be well served to maintain a solid foothold in first hand agrarian skills and experience. In the “Good Acre” article on Mother Earth News’ website published in 1973 the author writes about how during the first and second world wars people grew victory gardens. If you are a prepper, survivalist, homesteader or just working to be prepared that article is a good read. Such a situation could easily become a reality for us in the USA. Greece has been in such trouble that the people have been experiencing similar survival challenges.

Visit our companion website PracticeSelfReliance.com and checkout the sections on gardening and the other projects like canning and more.

We are looking at having several hands on classes in the garden over the next month be sure to check back on the our class and seminar page and also to apply to join our meetup groups.