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This is how we do it.

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***Permaculture Ethic: People Care***

Helping a neighbor reclaim his trailer that was loaded with spoiled hay

A neighbor down the road has been having continued health issues limiting his ability to do physical work. He generously lent me his disc to plant the turnips in another neighbor's field across the street from me. I called him asking for advice on how to plant the turnips using the limited equipment I had available and he offered up the disc without question.

After returning the disc, I told him I would be happy to help him out for a few hours as a way of saying thanks for the favor. He didn't hesitate to take me up on it because he needed to get rid of the spoiled hay on one of his trailers. I was happy to take the hay and use for bedding in my chicken compost system.

By helping the neighbor across the street manage the weeds in his field by planting turnips to graze my sheep this winter, I was also able to help the neighbor down the road by returning the favor of him lending me the disc. In each instance I was trying to take care of my community and in return I was rewarded by gaining access to marginal land and renewable resources that those neighbors didn't value as much as I did.

It's taken me several years of living in this area for the relationships to build but we are all winning by taking care of each other.

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