▲ 277 ▼ the perfect spot to plant my ten year old bag of freeze dried survival seeds (slrpnk.net) submitted 1 year ago by stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to c/memes@slrpnk.net 73 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (5 children) What's wrong with some greenery to frolick around in? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children) It’s fine but you can’t really play sports or have a picnic or a barbecue or set up a slip n slide or many other fun activities that lawns are good for! Also a dense jungle of food-bearing plants like tomatoes is highly susceptible to disease. Tomatoes need a lot of airflow to keep their leaves dry so they don’t develop powdery mildew. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lime@feddit.nu 7 points 1 year ago (3 children) if you're subsistence farming you won't have time for slip n slides permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Maybe if you’re using 18th century farming technology. In the modern day we have things like drip irrigation and tractors. Even a 1940s tractor is more than enough for a 1 acre plot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) that increases your operating costs enormously though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* Not really. Drip irrigation is pretty cheap. As are old tractors. The expensive part is buying an acre of land. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children) It’s fine but you can’t really play sports or have a picnic or a barbecue or set up a slip n slide or many other fun activities that lawns are good for! Also a dense jungle of food-bearing plants like tomatoes is highly susceptible to disease. Tomatoes need a lot of airflow to keep their leaves dry so they don’t develop powdery mildew. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lime@feddit.nu 7 points 1 year ago (3 children) if you're subsistence farming you won't have time for slip n slides permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Maybe if you’re using 18th century farming technology. In the modern day we have things like drip irrigation and tractors. Even a 1940s tractor is more than enough for a 1 acre plot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) that increases your operating costs enormously though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* Not really. Drip irrigation is pretty cheap. As are old tractors. The expensive part is buying an acre of land. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lime@feddit.nu 7 points 1 year ago (3 children) if you're subsistence farming you won't have time for slip n slides permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Maybe if you’re using 18th century farming technology. In the modern day we have things like drip irrigation and tractors. Even a 1940s tractor is more than enough for a 1 acre plot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) that increases your operating costs enormously though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* Not really. Drip irrigation is pretty cheap. As are old tractors. The expensive part is buying an acre of land. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Maybe if you’re using 18th century farming technology. In the modern day we have things like drip irrigation and tractors. Even a 1940s tractor is more than enough for a 1 acre plot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) that increases your operating costs enormously though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* Not really. Drip irrigation is pretty cheap. As are old tractors. The expensive part is buying an acre of land. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) that increases your operating costs enormously though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* Not really. Drip irrigation is pretty cheap. As are old tractors. The expensive part is buying an acre of land. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* Not really. Drip irrigation is pretty cheap. As are old tractors. The expensive part is buying an acre of land. permalink fedilink source parent