Lothlorien- self sufficient community?

[Lady Snickerdoodle]

But would there be enough ground? And what about sun exposure or climate?

i say give them the bow, get the wine and when they're not looking, steal the bow back again...

[drigel]

id get greedy and sneak back to get a drunk Mirkwood sylvan into a dice game for some of those green jewells

[Lachwen]

Ah, but remember, there were large open spaces in Lórien near the Anduin (remember where the Fellowship has a picnic with Galadriel and Celeborn before leaving?), so I'm sure there could have been other open spaces devoted to grain. And, of course, flour doesn't HAVE to be made from wheat. Nut flour often works just as well.

Though I still giggle at the Elf-in-overalls mental picture. Can't you just see one playnig the opening bars of "Dueling Banjos"?

[Lady Snickerdoodle]

On the rope discussion (well there wasn't one but ssh...) I realized that they had spun and woven them out of thread-y material, so that kills the arguement for elf hemp. (lol)

Farmer Elf: Aiy'all...

[Lyta_Underhill]

Though I still giggle at the Elf-in-overalls mental picture. Can't you just see one playnig the opening bars of "Dueling Banjos"?

They's a lot of people in overalls 'round heah, but very few Elves. Mostly they look like Gimli in a pickup truck or the animated Boromir with bad legs! (You might be able to tell I'm speaking from the Deep South here!)

But seriously now, I wonder at the grains of sand in the box Galadriel gave to Sam (besides the Mallorn seed). "I suspect every grain has a value." Perhaps the Lorien Elves had discovered the secret of fertilizer and crop engineering. Maybe they had advanced arts of agriculture that would make them more likely to be self-sufficient, or maybe it's just the magic of Nenya! Whatever it is, it's deep down...

Cheers,
Lyta

[Ophelia]

Yeeeees .... I almost forgot about that ...
Well if the content of the box , which Galadriel gave to Sam , made things grow faster and healthier , why not say they didn`t have to put too much of a work in to the growing of plants
And I did not mean hat the Elves of Lorien had such heavy equipment and they lived in hasey style . They might have done things like that with a hoe (it doesn`t even have to be made of mithril , gold or silver could do aswell ) . But the point is - they had to do some work like this to keep their flower gardens , at the least , in some order , so why not grow some veggies aswell ?
And besides , even if they did trade with other elves , where did these other Elves get the products to trade . I tend to think they grew it all . So if others can do that , howcome you do not like the idea of Lorien Elves growing plants to survive ?

-Ophelia-

[Lady Snickerdoodle]

So if others can do that , howcome you do not like the idea of Lorien Elves growing plants to survive ?

I'm not against it, I just like arguing.