After I finished reading this chapter and thought about the fact that Brende’s goal was to earn $2000, I started to think about the fact that it costs me almost $2000 to cover my expenses here in Tallahassee and I am a single person. How proud he was to earn enough money by manual labor to support them. Of course, he bartered with his landlord for his rent, which helped out quite a bit. He was also proud that he actually was able to grow his first crop of pumpkins, which amounted to approximately 1100 and sold 950 pumpkins. That was quite an accomplishment. It was also interesting to me that because of the harvest moon they were able to work late into the evening.
His next accomplishment was his sorghum crop. This was quite some process and with the guidance and assistance from Sylvan and Ida he processed several hundred jars of molasses with realized him a thousand dollars. I can understand what a wonderful feeling it must have been for him and his wife to move to this community, not knowing anything about farming, and have success with his first harvest.
Fall appeared to be a pleasant and more relaxed time of the year for the Minimites. Because of more spare time people had the opportunity to slow down and reflect on their thoughts. There certainly is something to be said about this type of lifestyle in comparison to the hectic, frantic, world we choose to live in. I don’t think I could give up all technology but maybe there is some place in between.
2 comments:
2000 dollars for expenses for Chad Canfield sounds just about right. Speaking of technology, hows the VIPER engine working on gas money? haha
The calmness of the place in the fall does sound quite nice, especially when i think how busy mine usually are with school and work that time of year
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