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  • This reminds me of the houses/farms/space ships designed by fifth graders; it's like the AI came up with a list of things that should be there, and put them there, and called it done, without even considering what would work and what wouldn't.
  • For how many people?
  • I don't see cows or Chickens so none of my people
  • I don't know what I'm looking at here. I upvoted at first on the premise, but the reddit post doesn't have any information other than a link to AI Slop.
  • This needs to be adapted to your landscape. Plants don't care if you intended them to sit pretty in a ribbon or horseshoe formation, and they will definitely have better growth on a different patch of your land.
  • This exact title or slight variations on it have been posted on Reddit for years. Before AI. Search the web.
  • This is interesting but conceptual - where are the 'as-built' plans?
  • There are none. It doesn't exist. It's AI slop produced without any practical consideration for the production of even a small percent of one person's caloric needs over such a small area.
  • Flagged. There's no substance to this post.

    Update: found the source for the image

    https://theselfsufficientbackyard.org/

  • not the source, its affiliate website
  • I'm more interested in the conversation than the post - always looking for like-minded self-sufficient people. My dream (one day) is to invest in a local aquaculture operation so me and my community have access to fruits, vegetables, and fish protein no matter what else happens.