Thank you Don for taking the time to answer. But... >(1) Take up foraging. There are different books depending on where in >the >country you live. (I have a list of recommended books for the NE >US.) My >first outing is tomorrow in Central Park. I'll report back to >the list >afterwards just what foods I bring home. This is pretty interesting, really, but do-able only in summer I guess. I live in Montreal, very cold winter and there's not much nature still around. I will try to grab a book on wild foods and berries of Canada and prepare an expedition wherever's a clump o'trees left! >(2) Start a garden. Though berry bushes can take a few years to get >going. >Then if you can't afford a freezer you can take up canning. Hmmm..Kind of hard to do living in a 4th floor 1 bedroom appartment! >(4) Fishing. Do you live near a body of water that isn't too polluted? >Startup costs shouldn't be too high. Years ago I tried fishing on the St-Lawrence River waterfront, near my apt.. I'm extremely happy to have wasted my day and caught nothing, because I learned afterwards that it's one of the most polluted ever, with PCB wastes and tons of old, dirty, sodium-saturated snow being dumped in it each year! BTW, I found your suggestions to be most creative, Don! Medusa ..................................... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com