Red State Green

I haven’t posted for a while on what I’m doing, so I thought I would 
Planted snow peas today … been repotting some of the many tomato seedlings on my kitchen windowsill … spun some handpainted salmon-colored roving (no, I didn’t paint it, I got it from the farmers’ market last year) … did [...]

We had a nice surprise this morning: Shadow had two bunnies overnight.
It was a surprise as the times we let her and Leon out together, he didn’t even seem to be able to find the right end to work on. But he must have figured it out! LOL The kids were thrilled to see them.
They [...]

A quote from the movie IOUSA, which I’m watching online right now.
So far, it’s pretty amazing. And frightening.

My NOAA radio just went off. The first tornado watch of 2009.
So I put fresh batteries in the radio, in case we lose power. Just need to move a couple things downstairs into the storm room and I’m set.

Where? From the grocery store.
I do this all the time. Sometimes the seeds sprout, sometimes not. If not, you haven’t lost anything. But if they do, you have a wonderful harvest.
Rotten tomato? Save the seeds. Turnip or potato sprouting? Stick it in the ground (or in a pot of soil if it’s too cold out). [...]

I like the idea of not wasting stuff.
People talk about how much restaurants and supermarkets throw away. I stood in Brahm’s yesterday and watched the people behind the counter throw away three orders of fries and an order of chicken strips that fell on the floor, then a whole waffle ice cream cone – just [...]

Freedom Gardens is doing a challenge to see if the combined totals of all the members’ harvests (and foraging) from January to December 2009 can pass a million pounds’ worth. Which sounds like fun!
It also gets me off my duff as far as actually weighing what I harvest, which I tend to forget [...]

A Tecumseh businessman has a unique way of helping his deployed Guardsman employee. (video, safe for work and children)