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=General=
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#metal stakes, fence posts, other posts for fencing and staking of trees
#pipe wrenches; wrench, socket, screwdriver, drilling bit sets
#nuts, bolts, screws, fasteners of all types
#Metal- shafts, rods, tubing, sheet, bar, etc - aluminum and steel
#Lumber - studs, 4x4s, 4x8 sheets
#chicken wire, fencing
#hand tools, garden tools (shovels, rakes, etc), power tools
#hammers, crowbars, pickaxes, wedges, and deconstruction equipment
#rope, wire, chain, electrical wire, electrical cords (broken ok)
#poly tubbing, rubber hose, fuel line, PVC pipe, garden hoses (broken ok)
#canned food, quart jars
#rebar, cement
#manure, pots, soil, organic fertilizer, strawbales
#beehives, bees, honey extractor
#5 gallon buckets
#1/4 hp and higher electric motors
#hinges, shelving
#Exterior paint; wood varnish, wood shellac (for cordwood building finish)
#Good gloves needed for work doing a ''lot'' of handling of rough materials. Most cheap gloves wear out within 1-3 days.
 
 
=Plants=
 
This includes seed, nut, cuttings, divisions, etc:
 
#Excess or unwanted full-size fruit/nut/berry trees/plants for propagation and transplanting (such as when you're taking out a tree)
#Plants for propagation by cuttings, rood division, etc -
##Cold temperature kiwi
##Nanking cherry
##Yellow, full size sweet cherry
##Gooseberries, currants
##Aronia viking cultivar
##Trazels and hazelnuts (blight resistant)
#Diversity of other useful, edible plants
##Perennial garlic
##Perennial parsnips
##Perennial onion
 
 
According to the book "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell,
The hunter-gatherer [[Wikipedia:ǃKung people |ǃKung people ]] work no more than 19 hours a week.
They do not grow any plants or raise any animals, but subsist mainly on perennial fruits, berries, roots, and nuts.
When a bushman was asked once why his people hadn't taken to agriculture, he looked puzzled and said,
"Why should we plant, when there are so many [[Wikipedia: mongongo nut| mongongo nut]]s in the world?"
 
=Books=
 
#Hartmann and Kester, [http://www.amazon.com/Hartmann-Kesters-Plant-Propagation-Principles/dp/0136792359 Plant Propagation Principles]
 
Richard:  I have this book ^^, i didnt have enough space to bring it with me to CDA.  Ill bring it out next time.  I have several others as well:
 
The Nature and Properties of Soils:  Nyle C Brady, Ray R. Weil
Introduction to Environmental Soil Physics: Daniel Hillel
Home Horticulture: Principles and Practices: Marietta Loehrelein
Textbook of Dendrology: Ninth Edition: Hardin, Leopold, White
Environmental Science: G. Tyler Miller, Scott Spoolman
Welding: The fundamentals of welding, cutting, brazing, soldering, and surfacing of metals
 
 
 
#'''The Second Industrial Divide''' by Piore
#''Fruit and Nut Production'' by Brenda Olcott-Reid and William Reid, 2007
#''The Creature from Jekyll Island''
 
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