tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post5025345904423039956..comments2024-03-12T11:03:59.528+02:00Comments on Living in Egypt: The Relaxing Country Life - Hah!Maryanne Stroud Gabbanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00858132776788616956noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-41219757898881956942007-07-03T21:32:00.000+03:002007-07-03T21:32:00.000+03:00I'm about 15 km south of Nazlit Semman, where AA a...I'm about 15 km south of Nazlit Semman, where AA and the other pyramids stables are. I usually visit Giza on night rides. It's a lot easier. We have much, much nicer desert to ride in.Maryanne Stroud Gabbanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858132776788616956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-43557843853189694072007-07-03T21:26:00.000+03:002007-07-03T21:26:00.000+03:00whereabouts in Cairo are you? My cousin keeps her...whereabouts in Cairo are you? My cousin keeps her horses at AA, which I visited last year, and it was quite an eye-opener!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-49009905347815225862007-06-22T02:32:00.000+03:002007-06-22T02:32:00.000+03:00Excellent idea cairogal. It's sometimes referred t...Excellent idea cairogal. It's sometimes referred to as CSA (community supported agriculture) and goes hand in hand with organic or farming as you've mentioned. It is a new concept in Egypt however. Yet I was told about this lady in Maadi (Cairo, Egypt) that has an organic farm and distributes the harvest using the method similar to the one you have mentioned. Interested people pay her a fixed monthly price and go to her once a week to get their share of the crops. A very nice concept. I wish I can do like her one day soon.Ashraf Al Shafakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13813620764143070326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-70951492102889069662007-06-21T06:00:00.000+03:002007-06-21T06:00:00.000+03:00Amazing! I love this post of yours. Not only is it...Amazing! I love this post of yours. Not only is it interesting, but also informative. Seems that it takes a lot of effort to keep your own farm. I wish I had a day full of such kind of work. Perhaps one day, I hope soon, I will leave the polluted Cairo and have my own small farm.Ashraf Al Shafakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13813620764143070326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-83892978026945521102007-06-20T00:11:00.000+03:002007-06-20T00:11:00.000+03:00What if you made next year's crops a 'co-op' garde...What if you made next year's crops a 'co-op' garden. People would share responsiblities in planting, water, weeding, and harvesting. They also get their part of the finished product. It could have a market w/ those seeking organic produce.Susan https://www.blogger.com/profile/06455506176926199209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-85072631512346997052007-06-19T08:37:00.000+03:002007-06-19T08:37:00.000+03:00And who is going to do all that extra work of pick...And who is going to do all that extra work of picking, packing, selling? We plant a garden and we see things growing...simple. What we don't see is the rest of the picture. Are you going into the farming business or are you living on a farm because you like it and have a garden. Two very different propositions. Before you know it, you've been engulfed.Maryanne Stroud Gabbanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858132776788616956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-37661439807978104472007-06-19T08:24:00.000+03:002007-06-19T08:24:00.000+03:00I'd say just get whatever is extra and sell it, no...I'd say just get whatever is extra and sell it, no matter how meagre an amount it may seem to you. Also, why not tell your employee's to tell their families to tell the people they know that they know someone who grows vegetables who has a lot of extra if they would like to come buy some (probably at a cheap price would be better, I mean at least you're not throwing it away, and who doesn't need some extra cash? :D ) In Egypt you see all the time people selling vegetables and fruits along roads and anywhere there are people. You know, the businesses that will never go out of business are those that feed people, since people will always need to eat. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-60695578812091510702007-06-19T07:18:00.000+03:002007-06-19T07:18:00.000+03:00The problem with "watching something grow" is that...The problem with "watching something grow" is that once it has grown you have to do something with it. What are you going to do with all the cucumbers or peppers or rabbits? What all this does, aside from wearing you out pickling peppers or cucumbers...or even packing them up to unload on unwary friends, is to put you back in touch with the entire production/consumption cycle of food. I'm very careful now about how much I plant of something because I know that I have to deal with the crop. We are not only supplying ourselves but also sending food home to my employees' families. Not really enough to make any money selling it.Maryanne Stroud Gabbanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858132776788616956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-36613772135446233252007-06-19T04:21:00.000+03:002007-06-19T04:21:00.000+03:00Apparently human beings who became agriculturalist...Apparently human beings who became agriculturalists were shorter and smaller than hunter gatherers. I guess maybe the exhaustion didn't help. Yes, for sure, raising veggies and animals does indeed sound like an awful lot of work. People who idealize the 'grow your own' concept are dreamers. Give me yurts and horses any day. :)<BR/><BR/>gk<BR/>torontoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-54830369189583520232007-06-19T03:20:00.000+03:002007-06-19T03:20:00.000+03:00Extremely interesting! I'd really like to live suc...Extremely interesting! I'd really like to live such a life, with all its hard work included. I think just watching something grow and mature in front of you, whether plant or animal, makes up for that. Really brings you in touch with creation.<BR/><BR/>Hope to see some more interesting posts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com