Self-sufficiency
by Seymour, John · first published 1973
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on “Ask HN: Hard copy books to keep for the apocalypse” ↗…them a nice new home, cosy and fragrant, along with some onion, garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, and chilli, with a kilo or so of spinach too. As an aside, you probably want to get yourself a copy of "Self-Sufficiency" by John Seymour, and have a read of that.
on “Babylonian Lamb Stew with Beets (1750–1730 BCE)” ↗…new generation might, but who's going to teach them? Not me because I'm only there half the year (when it's hot and I don't want to move). >> As an aside, you probably want to get yourself a copy of "Self-Sufficiency" by John Seymour, and have a read of that. Thanks. I'll have a look.
on “Babylonian Lamb Stew with Beets (1750–1730 BCE)” ↗…they are not self sufficient for food. If you want to make open source sustainable tech you ret a warehouse and buy parts and do it. If you want to live sustainably off the land you buy John Seymour's "Self Sufficiency" book and buy a cow and some chickens amd plant crops. The article talks about making things "from scratch" - but doesn't really define what that means. They're not smelting steel or winding their own…
on “On a farm in Missouri, a radical experiment in self-sufficiency (2013)” ↗