I’ll attempt a 3 day Fast this week. Hopefully, the Flying Sub will not malfunction again, like the F…ck’n Star Trek Transporter….
According to DeepSeek, the Odds that the Rothschild patriarch and his wife would pop out 10 kids to create his Empire in their 18th Century Frankfurt Jewish ghetto are 1 in 10,000.
Think About It….
You’d better Plant-a-Garden….
DeepSeek:
The original patriarch and matriarch of the Rothschild dynasty are Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812) and his wife, Gutle Schnapper (1753–1849). They were married in 1770 and had 10 children who survived to adulthood.
Here is the complete list of their children in order of birth:
Birth Order Full Name (Life Years) Notable Role / Branch
1 Schönche Jeannette Rothschild (1771–1859) Daughter
2 Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773–1855) Head of the Frankfurt branch
3 Salomon Mayer Rothschild (1774–1855) Head of the Vienna branch
4 Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836) Head of the London branch
5 Isabella Rothschild (1781–1861) Daughter
6 Babette Rothschild (1784–1869) Daughter
7 Carl Mayer Rothschild (1788–1855) Head of the Naples branch
8 Julie Rothschild (1790–1815) Daughter
9 Henriette “Jette” Rothschild (1791–1866) Daughter
10 James Mayer Rothschild (1792–1868) Head of the Paris branch
Mayer Amschel’s strategy of sending his five sons to key European financial centers established the international banking dynasty. Notably, he stipulated in his will that only male descendants could inherit the family’s assets and run the bank.
Every time after hung over, derelict “Scotty” fixed the broken Transporter, they’d test it on Uhuru because she was “Black” and she wouldn’t “Put Out” except for Spock.
100% support you here! Ive been ‘carnivore’ for about 7 years now and lost 10kg and kept it off. The biggest benefit I find, however, is a significant increase in mental clarity, stamina and ‘clock speed’… no ‘carb comas’ for me any more.
I hear a change in tone with the PP crowd with some serious thinking. Chris and Mike with “This is IT!” got through to us.
What do you have to offer?
What do I need? Offer potential visitors concrete requests.
Come live on my farm –But bring tools, plans and lumber to build a 10’x20’ chicken coop and fencing for a 20’x30’ outdoor run for the chickens. And enough chicken feed for 3 years.
Come live on my farm–but bring a tractor.
Bring your own work boots (4 pair), carhart jackets, work clothes, bedding.
Rather than carrying preps in a trailer, rent a storage locker in the destination town. (Or, put a costco shed on the property and fill it well ahead of time.)
Find a local doctor with an x-ray machine in his office. Let him/her know that you will pay cash and barter (a chicken, two dozen eggs, cans of beans) for services in the future. When his insurance company network goes belly up and he faces bankruptcy, he is likely to walk away from his office and medical equipment if he doesn’t know that there is another way.
In the spirit of furnishing newcomers simple survival methods, here is a guy who ran his car at idle (0.22 gallons/hr) for 5 days, powering his house essentials with just a 2000 watt full sine wave inverter:
Northwest Wyoming… population density 2 souls per square mile. 200 miles from nearest town of note. 10 miles to nearest cluster of homes. One road in, one road out, and it crosses a river bridge.
Three year supply of food in the pantry building… Flour, Rice, Beans, Quinoa, Pickled eggs, Oils, Salt, Sugar, Seasonings, Cures, Dry soups, Canned meat and fish. Plus three freezers filled with butter, home butchered chickens, lard, Candy.
500 propane tank connected to our backup stove/range in the pantry building. Inverter generator with enough fuel to keep the freezers running for years. 500 gallon diesel bulk tank. American 920 pressure canner and big stock of jars and lids. Pectin. A dozen Coleman kerosene lanterns with spare parts and fuel. Some Feuerhand lanterns and spare parts. Night vision gear.
Bible.
Many pairs of good quality footwear and appropriate clothing.
Insulated chicken coop with a self sustaining flock of 20 Rhode Island Red and Americauna layers and roosters producing a dozen eggs a day. A flock of a dozen or so Narragansett heritage turkeys on the pasture.
I’m not sure it has to be that expensive or extreme does the person have a yard? How many fruit trees could you plant? How about perennial veggies? Raise rabbits? How about pigeons? …. All minimal investment, minimal space…There are books that show how to provide for a family of 4 on as little as an 1/4 acre…. I am stuck in suburbia , but I got 1/4 acre shop out in the country…. I planted 100 fruit trees 62 of em survived, one apple tree is producing 200 apples now… at 100 calories per apple , that’s 20000 calories 10 days of food for zero effort…. Granted it’s the oldest and best one planted 2 years before the rest but times that by 62 in a couple years that 620 days of calories again zero effort…. How about just buying a raw piece of land? stuck downtown in a condo or apartment ? I used to buy 1/4 acre unbuildable lots for 1k , now they they are costing 5-10k but that’s still not 1/2 a million . Need shelter on your raw land with a garden? How about a used camping trailer ? 1-2k you should be able to set up something survivable for 10-15k or even cheaper
Yes, if land is that cheap where you want to buy. It’s not here. There is nothing under 100,000 CAD and that’s just a lot, not an acre. Anything with arable land, water, buildings etc. is upwards of 500,000. Sounds like some PPers have access to cheaper property than I do, so that’s great.
Yes, you can produce a LOT of fruits, veggies and small-scale protein on a small lot. That’s what I have. Very worth doing. I jokingly call it “the ranch”. (It’s not really a farm though…)
This is why I dislike blanket statements like “buy a farm”. It makes it sound so easy peasy… it is not for many people. Being able to buy a farm is highly dependent on where one lives in the world, the type of government / regulatory system, the population density/mix, and a host of other criteria. This over and above prices & availability.
A $25k property is a pipe dream in BC where Susan and I live, even though we are in very different parts of BC. We can only fantasize of such deals…
25 years ago, I travelled from Australia to Colorado to do a weeklong ‘natural horsemanship’ school. One of the other riders was an anesthesiolgist from Cheyenne. At the end of the school, he gave me a lift towards my next stop, Idaho. He also offered me a job in his practice in Cheyenne. Family commitments prevented me taking it, but it was a true ‘sliding doors’ moment and I sometimes wonder where it might have lead.
Yes and no… its not like we can call up or realtor or go on Zillow and find land for these prices in the US… you have hunt them down. or at least buy a large multi acre parcel that does go into the 100’s. it take work and records search a fair amount if it none of these are going to be advertised. One way is find “cheaper” land listed on zillow or your realtor and then go pull the township records on neighboring lots and contact the owners . its also not a block down the street, we are talking 1/2 hour or an hour drive away… I cant find cheap land in Manhattan no matter how hard I try… I dont think anyone is trying to upset anyone by saying go buy a farm, but it does remove dependency…
A key thing to keep in mind if a cheaper unbuildable parcel is listed in MLS at $X… its likely a wishful $ target because how much is unbuildable land worth? its often a %$ guess of nearby buildable value with the optimism it will become buildable sometime in the future… This usually means adjacent owners no longer interested in their land but haven’t advertised or are tired of paying the taxes will often sell for much much less in cash 50% reduction or more… While I dont know where you are located … nothing is impossible, I know ~ where Jan is and yeah that province thats tough best i could do was a 5,000 sqft lot. probably hours away.. but the rest of the provinces seem to have options… I know nothing about canada but here are some examples from each provinces for 10k- 25k they all maybe too far, to remote to cold etc… and wrong for a pile if reasons, my point isnt buy these " i wouldn’t Im sure i could lots nearby as less than 1/2 these prices, my point is thinking outside the box and creativity opens additional options that require less than $100,000 and if you are stuck between a rock and a hard place why not explore it? I was in the same place…my wife wouldnt let me sell our place in the city and i couldnt afford a farm… but i could afford something others saw little value in…
I mean all means you do you…dont think im pushing anybody to do anything whatever works… but anybody serious in exploring a low buck plan B, Im happy to help in anyway i can… just reach out…
Assume it will take at least 3 years to transition into some sort of sustainable food and resource situation. This will be due to external factors like marauders, including local government ‘redistribution’ efforts, and the basic challenge of learning how to and actually setting up self-sufficiency.
So think about how you will stage your food and other supplies, in terms of consumption vs timeline. This also means you need to prepare carefully with respect to food production inputs such as seeds and fertilizer.
While I prefer organic methods, I have also acquired chemical fertilizers for back up, and also to generate certain bulk inputs. It takes time to get a self sustaining organic farm operable, at least in some areas. Your situation will depend on specifics such as precipiation, growing season and soil conditions.
So what it comes down to is that you need to be thinking in at least a 10 year time frame.
Before closing, an example. Where I live I can heat with firewood. So all I need is trees and a chainsaw, right? (No way I want to be cutting firewood by hand) Yes, but what kind of chain saw?
Of course I have a couple of gas fired units, but after some consideration I bought a couple of electric ones, and 3 chains for each one.
With a couple of solar panels and balance of system I should be good for at least 10 years. I also bought an electric splitter and a hand operated hydraulic one.
This is the sort of thing I am talking about with respect to longer term planning. Looking at used golf carts now. Good luck to all.
AND TRAINING. Also need to split wood and letting it age. A year is more better. Even stacking the wood for aging can require special orientation.
Chainsaws are a very dangerous tool and require a lot of maintenance. It’s not like you can easily pick one up and use it. You’re better off buying a substantial amount of split wood and stacking it up, while you learn how to use a chain saw.
the old chainsaws were (in my experience) very tolerant of old gas (sometimes very old), newer saws are not, and come with multiple filters (that clog). I now dump out any gas not used at a session.
@thecountmc. I appreciate the creativity in your approach to finding a possible cheap land ownership solution and it seems to have worked for you. There are however, massive trade-offs with properties like these (I checked a few out).
Partly why rural real estate is cheaper north and east is because the winters are increasingly brutal (Southern BC has comparatively easy winters), so growing long season crops is unreliable to impossible. Tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, beans, corn, winter squash - off the menu. Keeping animals in those temperatures is also a challenge.
A property miles from jobs/amenities in a place with challenging winters means you need a powerful, reliable vehicle. Suddenly your budget has to include those costs. But, how will you even support yourself, much less afford that vehicle, in a tiny, remote community? That’s a real question. And what do you know of the culture of rural Saskatchewan or any of these provinces?
Maybe this approach would be good for a person with a good vehicle who can go explore these places, see if they find a good match. Of course driving to Saskatchewan is a multi-day adventure and it’s only halfway to Ontario.
Maybe finding cheap real estate is a different beast than finding cheap, accessible, arable land with water, a good climate for farming, some sort of building to live in, intact fencing (or don’t bother planting anything), good neighbors and work nearby.
I will keep your outside-the-box approach to finding potential properties in mind though. Even here there might be times when a conversation works better than a real estate agent.
