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tick66 · Tar Sands Joined: Apr 23, 2005 Posts: 37

Is there anyone from NC preparing for what is coming ahead it would be nice to know of any locals. Me I feel like i am screwed...... I used an awl to turn up a garden today. Muscles telling me i should have been working like this all along......... I am going to feel this tomorrow. Smile

RonMN · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:15 am Post subject:

Good idea! Anybody mear Minneapolis? Since friends & family wont hear it i guess it's time to meet some new friends who will.

Ya think y'r muscles are soar now...wait till harvest time Smile

I've been heavy into gardening for about 8 years now.

ncgoatgirl · Tar Sands Joined: Apr 24, 2005 Posts: 49 Location: NC

I'm in NC. We unfortunately are on a rented farm; other than that , I feel that our chosen way of life has done much to prepare us for PO (or other catastrophes). We raise dairy goats, and have, over the last five or so years, been breeding for smaller goats who have good mothering abilities, and are able to produce more milk on less grain, and hopefully, eventually, on no grain.

We also have chickens, Muscovy ducks, Shetland sheep, small, old-type Morgan horses, and cows (Jersey and Angus).

We homeschool our kids, practice herbal and homeopathic medicine, make cheese, and grow a garden (not this year, though, as we are hoping to move this summer).

We also value our community, and do everything we can to stay strongly connected with our friends and neighbors here. We're still sort of on our own as far as the PO stuff goes, however---we're being viewed as a little "out there". I hope to see that change sooner than later...

We're in the western part of the state---what part of the state are you in? Do you have a supportive community? Is this your first garden?

Cottonball · Coal Joined: Mar 30, 2005 Posts: 5

RonMN: I'm outside of Bemidji, if that counts as "near" Laughing

And, yes, this is some kind of hard work. Cold, too. My house is sheathed with plywood, has two layers of plastic over the window holes, and is heated by two electric spaceheaters. It was tough at -31 F.

Was lucky there were no electricity failures!

RonMN · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:33 am Post subject:

Hey cotton...

I had my 1st taste of it this winter when my furnace dies when it was 15-20 below (out for 4 days). I discombobulated my dryer vent to pump heat into the house...had to make a bed by the dryer & keep turning it on every hour or so.

So i'm very happy as well there was no electric outtage...but i have to admit...it made me think ALOT about having some alternative for heat. I'd like a wood burning stove but the installation is very expensive Crying or Very sad

lateStarter · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:36 am Post subject:

You are way ahead of the rest of the US population. Keep it up! I hope to join you soon from TN.

tick66 · Tar Sands Joined: Apr 23, 2005 Posts: 37

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heyhoser · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:29 am Post subject:

North-western North Carolina here-family homestead in the mountains with a few crop acreage, surrounded by forest, New River at the base of the valley.
Just getting that garden ready!

Lora · Tar Sands Joined: Oct 23, 2004 Posts: 45

Tick66,

I'm in Charlotte. Send me an email at loralouise@hotmail.com

Lora

mentmush · Coal Joined: Apr 11, 2005 Posts: 19

ncgoatgirl: Are you a member of the Piedmont Dairy Goat Association? My mother-in-law is a member...

We're in Asheville, hoping to move to some land that we have nearby soon. We've got lots of plans, few realities so far. Seems like we've been planning for years.

Good luck with your breeding efforts. I'm for the no-grain approach. Seems to close the cycle, and make for a more sustainable system. We visited some farms in France where they raised their goats (French Alpines) exclusively on pasture with great results! (Great cheese, too.)

We don't talk much (really at all) about peak oil with others. We're already viewed as a little "out there". Don't need to add any fuel to the fire.

Cottonball · Coal Joined: Mar 30, 2005 Posts: 5

RonMN: My alternative is a masonry stove built into three-foot-thick cob walls. (See David Lyle's The book of masonry stoves: Rediscovering an old way of warming.) That's this summer's project. But I've only seen it in a book. Be a pity if it doesn't work Shocked

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ncgoatgirl · Tar Sands Joined: Apr 24, 2005 Posts: 49 Location: NC

Hi Mentmush.

I am not a member of the PDGA, though I've been to a couple of their meetings.

Is your land near Asheville? We're in Madison county; there are a lot of folks here that I would think would at least be interested in PO---progressive, politically active, neo-hippies---but instead we have kind of gotten smirks and raised eyebrows when we've tentatively brought it up, so for now we're just going on with our lives, moving in as sustainable a direction as possible.

It's good to hear about the French raising goats on pasture. I got some very interesting responses when I brought it up on the artisan cheesemaker's list last year---people freaked out, thought I was just being cheap, and was going to starve my goats! (I am cheap, but not going to starve my goats Razz

!)Anyway, we're still working towards the no-grain approach---maybe another generation or two?

heyhoser · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:40 am Post subject:

Merle Fest this weekend in Wilkes County. I'm going to swing by and talk with some of the granola's to see what that community is thinking about or has heard about PO. Will probably put up a few signs along the roads: "PEAK OIL? google.com"

If you've got some extra cash laying around, anyone who can make it to Wilkes should go-a lot of people into nature and that kind of thing...

vegasmade · Tar Sands Joined: May 01, 2005 Posts: 85

{Thanks to Vegas and Ron for this idea – post up your general location to connect via PM (or whatever other method you specify in your settings) with other Peak Oilers in your area. You can also join/start a Peak Oil Meetup group at www.meetup.com }

Everyone here is at least aware of PO. And I believe we need to continue discussing/planning at a forum like this. I'm very interested to speak with other people living in southern Nevada also. It may be time to network locally. In fact it's probably past time. Minus the few I've mentioned this too, I can't name anyone in Las Vegas that I know and is also following events. Even most of the people I tell dismiss it immediately. I don't think I can ever prepare properly all alone. Is there anybody out there?
So if you're in my area please post. If you're not, but would be willing to provide quarter to a hardworking/skilled refugee, please post. Maybe a forum categorey for local groups is in order.
Everything is saying sooner, not later. And even if it doesn't happen soon, I'd like the safety in numbers.
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