Twin Oaks permits the accumulation of labor credits by individual members. This means that I can work 55 hours one week, say, instead of the required 48, and bank the extra 7 until I want to use them for vacation. I can take my vacation either here on the farm or elsewhere. In either case the vacation time I’ve earned by working “over quota” is in addition to the 2 weeks the community gives every member each year outright. The average Twin Oaker by these means takes 7 weeks of vacation per year. This is literally the average. That means that exceptionally hard workers take 10 to 12 weeks some years, travel across country, or visit Mexico. Who on the outside gets this kind of flexibility?
