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by Ensorceled 117 days ago
People also starved to death if there was a late frost or potato blight.

When I was a kid we had an half acre potato patch a quarter acre vegetable garden. It was a fuck ton of work. It was only possible to keep up because my brother and I did most of the weeding, watering and assorted up keep during our summer "holidays"

I wouldn't wish a subsistence farming lifestyle on anyone.