Two hundred thirty-two years ago, this document was signed:
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the […]
“Oh,” a friend moaned when I mentioned I had a garden, “I could never have a garden … I just can’t deal with all the weeds!”
One of my favorite articles on managing a homestead is this one: Nature’s Pace
There are no wastes on a sustainable farm, only opportunities.
So … what do you have an abundance […]
John brought up a really good question the other day: where do you find the resources to learn what you want to?
I could talk about using the internet, or the library, or the bookstore, but what I think is the basic question here is how to learn things. Schools don’t seem to teach how […]
Well, it’s been more of the hot lately, but I think I’ve been reading the news too much. Gas prices, foreclosures, homelessness, food supply issues … all on the rise. And none of the candidates seems to have a clue.
For me, it just reinforces my feelings that we need to become self-reliant, take care of […]
Yesterday was busy again… well, today was, too.
Harvested a lot of snow peapods. I have a quart bag full in the freezer now. I also am getting a collection of peas drying for seed for the fall.
The cutworm-eaten tomato tops haven’t survived. At least I started a lot of them.
Went shopping and found the material […]
Remarks given to the Vestas Wind Technology Training Center, today, in Portland, Oregon.
The full text here.
Discuss.
This is what I’ve been talking about all along. I am so in this challenge: each day, do something that promotes independence (I like to call it self-sufficiency) –
1. Plant something….
2. Harvest something….
3. Preserve something….
4. Prep something….
5. Cook something….
6. Manage your reserves….
7. Work on local food systems….
Go read the entire article, which will give you […]
You might have noticed that I joined a couple of webrings (if you look near the bottom of the sidebar, you can see the links). One of the people running the spinning webring emailed me asking was I sure I wanted to join a spinning ring, seeing as I hadn’t posted about spinning since last […]
Take a look here …
Charlton Heston died yesterday at the age of 84.
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