Self-Reliance

Thoreau highly valued self-reliance. While he was living at Walden Pond, Thoreau was able to provide for his physical, as well as financial needs. This picture illustrates aspects of Thoreau’s life that aided in his self sufficiency. These things include fishing, the bean field, and the trees. These things provided him with food, income, and wood, all of which were vital for his survival.
“...I cultivated with beans, what with planting, and hoeing, and harvesting, and threshing, and picking over, and selling them...I might add eating...(128)."