Wizard gardens and food

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 161861

Shelley:
"big is the Weasley property? For all the talk of them being 
poor, you can't be too poor if you own land that feeds you."

BAW:
Have you ever heard the expression "land poor"?  It basically 
means that the family has a lot of land (usually inherited), 
but very little actual cash.  Often the land is not of such a 
nature as to be readily sellable, either.  The Weasleys could 
be in that position.  Perhaps the land is even entailed, which
means that it cannot be sold, but is only held in trust for the 
next heir (usually in the male line, although depending on how 
the original grant was phrased it may pass in the female line 
in default of a direct male heir.)  

BAW