TABLE #1:
NUMBERED OBJECTS or NON-CROP AREAS in PICTORIAL D1
| NUMBER(S) | Quantity |
NUMBERED OBJECTS (also called "NON-CROP AREAS") |
SQUARE
FEET | ACRES |
| 1 | 1 |
MEETING / DINING / MAIN KITCHEN (100' diameter) | 7,854 |
0.180 |
| 2,3,4 | 3 | FOOD STORAGE DRYING ROOMS (25' x 35') |
2,625 | 0.060 |
| 5 | 1 | LAUNDRY ROOM (25' x 35') |
875 | 0.020 |
| 6 | 1 |
MASSAGE / WEIGHT TRAINING ROOM (25' x 35') | 875 |
0.020 |
| 7,9 | 2 |
SHOWER / TOILET / SINK BUILDINGS (25' x 35') | 1,750 |
0.040 |
| 8 | 1 | TOOL SHED (25' x 35') |
875 | 0.020 |
| 10 | 1 |
GARAGE for tractors/vans/pickups (25' x 35') | 875 |
0.020 |
| (not labeled) | 1 |
ENTRANCE ROAD / DRIVEWAY (25' x 300') | 7,500 | 0.172 |
| CA | 1 | CENTER AREA (large red-brown circle) |
33,358 | 0.766 |
| 11 thru 18 | 8 |
RESIDENCES, 50 foot diameter & lawn | 35,343 | 0.811 |
| 19 thru 42 | 24 |
RESIDENCES, 35 foot diameter & lawn | 57,020 | 1.309 |
| PP | 1 | PARK & POND AREA |
72,500 | 1.664 |
| S | 3 | SAUNAS (20' diameter, 1 in PP) |
628 | 0.014 |
| H | 3 | HOT TUBS (20' diameter, 1 in PP) |
628 | 0.014 |
| A | 1 | OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER (50' radius) |
1,963 | 0.045 |
| F | 3 | FLOWER GARDEN (60' diameter) |
8,482 | 0.195 |
| RF | 1 | RECREATIONAL FIELD (200' x 150') |
30,000 | 0.689 |
| L | 1 | PET LIVESTOCK SHELTER (35' x 40') |
1,400 | 0.032 |
| (not labeled) | 1 |
GRAPE ARBOR, in Grape Vineyards (25' x 30') | 594 |
0.014 |
| M | 1 | MANURE DROP-OFF (30' X 40') |
1,200 | 0.028 |
| G | 1 | GARAGE, for cars (60' x 35') |
2,100 | 0.048 |
| E | 1 | EXTRA STORAGE BUILDING (50' x 50') |
2,500 | 0.057 |
| PL | 1 | PARKING LOT (170' x 170') |
28,900 | 0.660 |
| Z | 3 (1 counted in PP) |
GAZEBOS (30' diameter) | 1,414 | 0.032 |
| W | 3 (1 counted in PP) |
FOUNTAINS (20' diameter) | 628 | 0.014 |
| B | 1 | BASKETBALL COURT (50' x 75') |
3,750 | 0.086 |
| T | 1 | TENNIS COURT (36' x 78') |
2,808 | 0.064 |
| C | 16 | COMPOST BINS (15' X 25' each) |
6,000 | 0.138 |
| (not labeled) |
80 (45 count-
ed in PP) | BENCHES (3' X 10'each) |
1,050 | 0.24 |
| | TOTALS: | 315,497 |
7.24 |
We see from TABLE #1 above that there is about 7.24 ACRES OF NON-CROP GROWING
AREAS out of the whole 40 ACRES. So there is almost 33 ACRES of space that could be used for CROP
GROWING AREAS and other uses.
From TABLE #2, below, (the data for the first year of the community) we can do some arithmetic
and see that there are nearly 20 acres of crops (1.73 + 13.04 + 0.77 + 0.25 + 3.86 = 19.65 ACRES).
Similiarly, from TABLE #3, below, (the data for the fifteenth year of the community) we can do
some more arithmetic and we see that there are just over 20 acres of crops
(17.32 + 1.62 + 0.77 + 0.25 + 0.08 = 20.04 ACRES)
So if we calculate how much room we have left over from after the crop acerage is counted, from
the largest acerage, 20.04 acres, we see that we have nearly 20 acres of non-crop space. From
TABLE #1, we have 7.24 acres we must use for other things, so doing the math, we have 12.72
acres remaining for whatever the community wishes. (math: 19.96 - 7.24 = 12.72)
According to TABLE #2 (the 1st YEAR data) the food output is 4.05 pounds per person per
day. TABLE #3's (15th YEAR DATA) food output is 6.61 pounds per person per day. If
you have ever calulated how many pounds of vegetarian food you eat every day, it is most
likely far less than these figures. However, it's better to err on the side
of caution, and plan to have more than you need, rather than come up short on food. You can
always give the extra food away, sell it,or as a last resort, compost it. However, we should
subtract 25% of the food output to allow for: seeds that don't germinate; animals eating the
seeds; bad seed; bad growing weather; etcetera. So with this figured in, there would be over
3.04 pounds of food per person per day per person (out of the 4.05 pounds calculated) and
there's nearly 5 pounds (out of the 6.61 pounds calculated). So now the crop output doesn't seem
so excessive, does it? That's still over 3 pounds to nearly 5 pounds of food per
day per person! Most people are eating a lot if they eat 3 pounds of food per day!
Even so, the community may decide that these yields are insufficient. No problem. There is still
nearly 13 ACRES left over in this plan. That's plenty of space to grow more than enough extra food
to ensure that there is enough food for all as well as space for more activities!
In case you are wondering, the reason the ACREAGE for the fruit trees in TABLE #2 and TABLE #3
is so different is because while these fruit trees are young (the first few years) only about
10% of their acreage area is required for them, since the roots don't need much space at this
stage of their development. Also because the tree crops cast very little shade on other crops
when they're young, other one-season crops can be planted much closer to them, than when these
trees get older and you cannot plant other crops close to them or they will not receive
sufficient sunlight, due to the shade of these trees.
After the first year the 90% of open area (mostly the fruit & nut tree acreage) will begin to
shrink as the trees increase in size and yields, so the one season crops need to be scaled back
proportionately, as is shown in TABLE #2 below. Also reflected in the TABLES is that the GRAPES
will produce little or nothing the first year.
Also you might take note that some fruit trees live to be as much as 100 years old, while still
producing abundant fruit!
TABLE #2: 1st YEAR CROPS for SAMPLE PARCEL D1
| NAME of AREA | APPROXIMATE ACERAGE
-- estimate --
1st YEAR |
YIELD in POUNDS
/person /day |
YIELD in POUNDS
/person /year |
YIELD in POUNDS
/community/day |
YIELD in POUNDS
/community/year |
| NON-CROP AREAS | 7.24 | NONE |
NONE | NONE | NONE |
| FRUIT & NUT TREES | 1.73 | 0.00 |
00 | 00 | 00 |
| ONE-SEASON CROPS | 13.04 | 3.50 |
1,277 | 280 | 102,171 |
| GRAPE VINEYARDS | 0.77 | 0.04 |
15 | 3 | 1,223 |
| HERB GARDENS | 0.25 | 0.09 |
31 | 7 | 2,500 |
| BERRY PATCHES | 3.86 | 0.42 |
153 | 34 | 12,269 |
| EXTRA SPACE | 13.11 |
NA | NA |
NA | NA |
| TOTALS: | 40.00 |
4.05 | 1,477 | 324 |
118,163 |
TABLE #3: 15th YEAR CROPS for SAMPLE PARCEL D1
| NAME of AREA | APPROXIMATE ACERAGE
-- estimate --
15th YEAR |
YIELD in POUNDS
/person /day |
YIELD in POUNDS
/person /year |
YIELD in POUNDS
/community/day |
YIELD in POUNDS
/community/year |
| NON-CROP AREAS | 7.24 | NONE |
NONE | NONE | NONE |
| FRUIT & NUT TREES | 17.32 | 5.54 |
2,023 | 443 | 161,877 |
| ONE-SEASON CROPS | 1.62 | 0.49 |
178 | 39 | 14,236 |
| GRAPE VINEYARDS | 0.77 | 0.42 |
153 | 33 | 12,226 |
| HERB GARDENS | 0.25 | 0.09 |
31 | 7 | 2,500 |
| BERRY PATCHES | 0.08 | 0.08 |
27 | 6 | 2,194 |
| EXTRA SPACE | 12.72 |
NA | NA |
NA | NA |
| TOTALS: | 40.00 |
6.61 | 2,413 | 529 |
193,033 |
You will probably have to rely heavily on the one-season crops for a while.
So your one-season crops may have to sustain you for a few years, but eventually your fruit trees
will start to produce big yields! Look at
TABLE #7: Fruit & Nut TREES, 15 YEAR YIELD ESTIMATES.
to see more specifically what kind of yields you
might expect from them. Beyond that point in time, you will probably have extra fruit, which can be
sold, bartered or given away!
If you wanted to gradually become a fruitarian, what more gradual way is there
than this? It will take a few years for the fruit to multiply on the fruit trees, so meanwhile you
eat the "vegetable" crops that you want (and/or "small fruit" crops like: melons, strawberries,
cucumbers, etcetera). Then as the fruit trees gradually grow over the years, you will gradually,
naturally start to eat the more plentiful fruit from the trees, as they grow up. (By the way,
this is a plan that would accommodate all the foods in The Mucusless Diet Healing System.)
So now we see that we certainly do have plenty of room for high quality organic
food and recreation!
One thing that is often overlooked, initially, in planning an organic community is the issue of
how to deal with human waste or excrement. Click on this link
SAMPLE EXCREMENT BURIAL PLAN DESCRIPTION to see the plan I've devised.
The 40 acre area here, shown in PICTORIAL D1, unfortunately would not have much
room for larger animals, like deer and mountain lions, although there could be places for wild
animals to habitate outside the 40-acre area. However, part of the Garden of Eden concept is
that by most humans living a Garden of Eden lifestyle, similar to this, much of the land that is
currently being used for livestock raising (which is half the land mass of the planet),
and some of the land being used for unnecessary industrial purposes, could be restored similar
to the wild condition that it once was. Then wildlife may be able to flourish once again on 80%
of the land on earth, leaving 10% for the Garden of Eden lifestyle and 10% for cities, as is
described in the
What Is the Garden of Eden Project? paper.
LINKS:
Intentional Communities Website
Footnote:
1 The term "firmament" is a term found in the book of Genesis in the
Bible. However, not much is said about it there. In the book entitled: Your First Contact,
by Sheldan Nidle, the word "firmament" is described as a layer of ice 15,000 feet above the
surface of the Earth, and covering the entire planet! The purpose of it was to create a "greenhouse",
and as a result the entire surface of the Earth was like a tropical paradise! This undoubtedly was
the time of the "Garden of Eden" mentioned in the Bible. The oceans were much smaller then
because much of the water on Earth was used for the firmaments (there were actually 2 firmaments).
There were no big thunderstorms like today, no hurricanes, no tornadoes, etcetera. The cause of
the Great Flood was due to the destruction of the firmaments during a great war on Earth. The
flood wiped out all the ancient records of our past very advanced civilizations, and so the Bible
that we know today was written mostly from just memory. Much technology was also lost in the flood,
so the Bible had to be hand written. That is why so very little is known about our true ancestory
and past history. For more information, the book is featured at this link:
Planetary Activization Organization.