Reply #20: I can grow things in the yard

[barb162]

I do lots of ornamental gardening along with interplanting blueberries, asparagus,tomatos, apple and peach trees. When things get tough I will pull the ornamentals. One suggestion, start growing fir trees for firewood; they grow fast ( although wood burning pollutes). I have no real answers here. A friend of mine was thinking of going to a commune type environment where a bunch of families get together and depending on skills do this or that so they can survive as a small community. I can cook well (but don't like to). I bet I can be more frugal than you. (Question: how many times can you reuse aluminum foil).