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11 September 2015


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About Me

Charles Sanders
I live in southwestern Indiana with my wife, Patti. We are the parents of three great children and have 4 tremendous grandkids! For many years, we lived on about 40 acres in the rugged hills of Martin County. There, we raised grass-fed beef cattle, tended a large garden, a small orchard and had a home greenhouse, honeybees and a large woodpile. We currently live in neighboring Daviess County where I work, garden and continue to write about homesteading and other topics. I am nearing 65 years old and was an Indiana Conservation Officer for over 37 years. I’m a licensed General Class Amateur Radio Operator (Formerly KB9STE, now W9ROX) and I enjoy making homemade wine, wildcrafting, shooting, hunting, and trapping. I’m a frequent contributor to Backwoods Home Magazine and have also written for Fur-fish-Game, Indiana Conservation Afield, Outdoor Indiana, Good Old Days, Back Home, and other publications. My books include The Self-Reliant Homestead. I retired in June 2013 and am currently enjoying working on our off-the-grid cabin, orchard, and garden over on our old place. Thanks for visiting!
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On August 23, 1785 THOMAS JEFFERSON, our Founding Father and an avid farmer, stated to John Jay, "Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands. As long, therefore, as they can find employment in this line, I would not convert them into mariners, artisans, or anything else."

"Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. Where tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization." - Daniel Webster


I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries, as long as they are chiefly agricultural. - Thomas Jefferson
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