This vision includes shutting down large-scale scientifically run farms and replacing them with small organic homesteads and urban gardens.

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Attractive new homesteads are increasingly those attachable to pre-planted or redeployed infrastructure.

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Sure, the traditional handheld tools allowed us to survive, to clothe and feed ourselves, to keep us warm and to develop thriving homesteads.

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The region makes for prime cycling country thanks to paved bike paths and numerous secondary roads free of city traffic, while the mountain surroundings and unique Cape-Dutch homesteads (marked by the prominent central dormer gable of the buildings) provide spectacular scenery.

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