HH, if you're following all of the recommendations that you post on the SUSTAINABLE LIVING FOR CHALLENGING TIMES board and on the Dare To Prepare Board, then I have to say that you're one prepared wise dude.
I've disseminated your information among my friends after I've had them read your posts and I'm glad that your efforts have not gone for naught: one guy is building a small farm; another who once hated gardening now has four raised beds, planning on more, with his two rain barrels, two composters, a compost tea maker; and perhaps ten other people who I've persuaded to either start gardens or expand existing gardens.
In the United States, 2 percent of the people supply the other 98% of the people with food. This is an intolerably risky setup in bad or desperate times. I hope that our little steps will set a trend.
Thanks and I have saved this post too.
sumi