Cheers P , had bees but they buggered off . You do get the double bonus of honey and wax for candles etc , but you also have the cost of pest and desease treatment , swings and roundabouts .
The stevia plant and sugar beet are both easy to grow . Sugar beet is very easy to produce sugar from , and the waste is animal feed !
The coffee alternatives i have tried and would rather go back to drinking tea , they were kack ! lol.
Dandilion root , acorn , chicory , yuk yuk yuk and camp coffee , oh god , the smell of that stuff would make me chuck up .
No i would be happy with just tea , grew up on that so no probs there .
Yes L , the money chase is all consuming . Whether it be for survival within the system for the poor , or , the insatiable greed of the rich .
The 30's will be nothing compared to what is around the corner , if 'they' don't initiate their get out of jail card , WW3 !
Although i have no money , i have no bills or debts and my land is mine . It is hard getting to where i am , but it is so much better than the alternative , the money chase = the system .
Good luck with your new way of living .