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[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

From John Seymour's excellent book "The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It"

Layout for 1 acre.

Also, layout for urban garden

And a layout for a 5 acre homestead

[–] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net 38 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I love that book!

The interesting thing about Seymour's one acre compared to the prepper fantasy in the meme is that he doesn't try to pretend an acre is "self sufficient". He optimizes the space for crops that make a big difference to his quality of life - fresh vegetables take up almost half his diagram, for example - instead of putting in a few tiny plots of grain and a duck pond. He has a cow in the same space as the meme does but notes he'll have to buy fodder for it because that's not enough land to feed a cow - but he's cool with that because fresh milk is so important to him..

The difference between an actual farmer and an online bullshitter, I guess.

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yep, it's a treasure! I wish there was a slightly more tropical version sometimes, but the advice generally applies well and lots of things grow very easily here.

It's such a funny coincidence that the layout of several elements is the same that I feel like the meme one must have been inspired by the illustration. I did want to highlight a more realistic take on this concept, and since he puts those 3 layouts right by each other in the book, I also wanted to include them. Like you say, the difference is in focusing on practical realities of the space and getting the most out of it.

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