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| | The geese in the garden |
 | | This was small farming, and it meant a real income through selling, whereas today it has really turned into gardening, that is, producing nearly entirely just for one’s own consumption (and also for the existing barter economy). |
 | | She keeps ducks, geese and pigs and has an orchard, though on a much smaller scale than before the fall of the Wall: “One cannot sell [these goods] anymore, because people want it all kitchen-ready now” (9). |
 | | The family also grows a hectare of corn (about four acres) and a few hectares of wheat on leased land in the neighbourhood where the barns are. |
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