This is a nice interview with plant breeder Dr. John Navazio, which spawned some thoughts about seeds, saving seeds, and propagating plants that do well in your garden.
If you’re a relatively new gardener (and even if you’ve been doing this a while), this time of year you’re being inundated with seed catalogs. How do you [...]
If you’re looking to stock up on food and other grocery items, Amazon.com’s subscribe and save
program is one I’m really coming to like. You can order whatever they have and decide how often to get it.
For example, I get a case of Kleenex (we have allergies) every six months. They send an email before they [...]
Hi, everyone!
Doing well over here, busy like anything getting ready for my daughter’s wedding this Saturday, but I wanted to tell you about the local food fair tomorrow (Tuesday, July 14) at the Harn Homestead in OKC. (click the link for a pdf flyer all about it)
It’s sponsored by the Sierra Club and the Oklahoma [...]
Hi, everyone!
We’re having a bit of a cool spell — it’s only 90 instead of 102 here! — and our summer is going pretty well. I just read Sharon Astyk’s blog, which reminded me to do my Independence days update. It’s been quite dry here, the bit of rain we got a couple of days [...]
Dmitry Orlov does it again: Definancialisation, Deglobalisation, Relocalisation
I’m in the middle of reading this and it’s just a great article.
One quote I really like:
It is an unfortunate fact that the recent centuries of settled life, and especially the last century or so of easy living based on the industrial model, has made many people too [...]
Seems that summer is here — temperatures in the 90+ range, sunny, and humid.
Planted four more tomato plants, harvested a lot of onions and scallions, some peas, and a couple cups of blackberries (which disappeared like magic! ). And of course lots of weeds for the rabbits.
Made a braid of six of the [...]
Swine. Flu?
Okay.
First of all, it’s not the swine flu. It’s the H1N1 strain of Influenza A, a combination of bird, human and swine flu.
So how does this work?
The flu bug is the loose lady of the virus world. It will infect just about anything with a pulse, and changes itself to make it more attractive [...]
It’s supposed to snow this weekend, probably starting tomorrow. We’re supposed to get a couple inches; in the panhandle it might be up to eight inches, along with high winds, blowing snow, and all that lovely stuff.It’s blustery and cold outside; I know because I went out and covered up my garden plots again, so [...]
Oklahoma had the highest growth in direct farm sales in the nation from 2002 to 2007, a whopping 209%! Second came Oregon with 163% growth.
Venues for direct farm sales include farmers’ markets, roadside stands, CSAs, pick-your-own sites, online sales, the Oklahoma Food Cooperative, and farm-to-school programs.
Basically, anything where the farmer is selling directly to the [...]
Check this out. It’s a new “Craig’sList” style want ads site called MyMilitaryExchange.com, specifically for military personnel, with listings for military-friendly businesses and “off limits” listings. It looks like it’s brand new (no listings yet), so if you have something to offer it would certainly get attention. Make sure you click your location on the [...]
A quote from the movie IOUSA, which I’m watching online right now.
So far, it’s pretty amazing. And frightening.
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 [...]
I haven’t done a link day in a long time, and I’ve found some lovely ones I thought I might share with you:
Okla-vore – this is a lovely little blog I just ran across, which has some really interesting links.
Next Up? The Food Crisis — by Bob Waldrop, who’s the founder and president of the [...]
The Crosby Mint Farm is still up and running for now, so if you wanted to buy from them and thought it was too late … it’s not. They can still use your help.
[Note from RSG: this was posted on the SharonFoodStorage yahoo group by someone who wishes to remain anonymous. I have edited this for formatting and to remove anything that would identify the author.]
Here is the second part of the Plan written by Ms. Mouse – please remember that Ms. Mouse has no time for questions, [...]
The WaterBOB:
The waterBOB® is a water containment system that holds up to 100 gallons of fresh drinking water in any standard bathtub in the event of an emergency. Constructed of heavy duty food grade plastic, the waterBOB® keeps water fresh and clean for drinking, cooking, washing and flushing. Water stored in an open bathtub, with [...]
Things are getting crazy in the world of finance, aren’t they?
Well, taking steps to be more self-reliant are always good. We’re doing fine here but just talking with friends and family, it hasn’t been that rosy. Found out a friend was in foreclosure but managed to cut a deal. My sister and her husband lost [...]
I realized that I haven’t posted my doings for a while. Here goes:
Planted: Parsley. I also have these carrot plants that sent up lovely white flowers, which are now brown and curled up into a cup-like structure at the top of their stalks. I know that’s where they keep the seeds, so today I rubbed [...]
Here’s an Independence Days update …
This has been an uninspired past few weeks: hot, so dry the ground has cracks in it. The only things that seem to like my yard right now are sweet potatoes and sunflowers.
Can you live on those??
Planted: potatoes
Harvested: some greens
Managed: have been making up uses for the last of the [...]
For some reason, I’ve been finding a lot of finance articles out there. Here’s one I thought was particularly good: Get out of credit card debt now!
Before my husband and I got married (21 years ago this week), we decided that if we ever couldn’t pay the balance on a credit card then we would [...]
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