February 2012
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Hectic
Last week was very busy and over the weekend my wife held me hostage and made me clean, rearrange furniture, organize, sort, do yardwork, etc. Also had Science Projects to finish the last two days with the kids, so now its on to catching up on my own school work!!
I got some great books on Homesteading and Companion Planting, some more seeds that I wanted (which is crazy, since I really have no...
Willie Nelson and 300,000 Other Activists Sue... →
occupyonline:
Little did Willie Nelson know when he recorded “Crazy” years ago just how crazy it would become for our cherished family farmers in America. Nelson, President of Farm Aid, has recently called for the national Occupy movement to declare an “Occupy the Food System” action.
Nelson states, “Corporate control of our food system has led to the loss of millions of family farmers,...
“We have a government that says it’s okay to eat Twinkies and Cocoa Puffs and...”
– From sustainable farmer Joel Salatin. Quote captured by Amy Eddings on WNYC Culture blog. (via newanddifferentsun)
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Ex-Mother-in-Law
Bought me and my wife two tulips for Valentines Day, already grown and needing to be transplanted. I have no idea what the hell to do with Tulips. In two years, I’ve only read/looked up about edible stuff…………now I gotta figure out where to plant these amongst the garden plants and have found zilch in the way of ‘companion planting’ for them.
Anyone have a...
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Like a Proud Papa!!!
My first seed that I saved from last year sprouted this morning. One of my Red Chile Peppers that I have in the rack-o-plant starts, and I have to admit it was very exciting to see!! I have some cilantro and cayenne seeds I saved also in some dirt (as well as a few more red chile), so I hope I have more a-comin’.
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OccupyKXL: The 99 Percent Takes A Stand With 24... →
Keystone XL Pipeline: Texas Farmer Wins Temporary... →
“…A coalition of environmentalists, conservative property rights activists and landowners are mounting a full court press against TransCanada in an attempt to derail the oil company’s attempts to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in Texas. On Monday, they won a small victory when a Lamar County judge issued a temporary restraining order against the company’s plans to do construction...
Watchsustainable-sam:
The Ultimate Farm to Table Feast
This is great!!
Watchnicolefaires:
Our Soil Sifter 2.0. This is a major improvement on Soil Sifter 1.0 which needed two people, one to shovel and one to push the rocks down with a rake because the angle was not steep enough. A little innovation just freed up one person to do something else. The pile we are shovelling from is a pile of composted horse manure mixed with soil and rocks, and we’re removing all the...
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funwithplantingplans replied to your photo: A Back to the Roots oyster growing kit we got at…
Good luck! I bought that kit a bit ago and only got a few mushrooms out of it. Then they just started shriveling up when they were teeny. I didn’t change the misting or anything. Hmmm ah well, hope you have better results!
Thanks!! I have a slight bit of skepticism on how the results will...
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Petition to evict Monsanto from central Texas. ... →
growfoodraisehell:
Occupy Austin is working in tandem with farmers, ranchers, food producers, and concerned citizens to evict Monsanto from central Texas.
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Home Depot run with the wife.
Scored some plants to put around the house
2 Pineapple Sage
4-pack of mustards
Greek Oregeno
2 Strawberry (1 Quinalt, 1 Sequoia)
Red Onion set
Random Grape vine ( Monukka Seedless, impulse buy ……now where to plant?)
Asparagus thingys, but I had forgotton they take years and we won’t be here that long. Gotta find a good home for those (Anyone need a 6-pack of asparagus...
Susan G. Komen Foundation Also Stops Funding... →
In addition to pulling funds from Planned Parenthood for The Susan G. Komen Foundation also decided to stop funding embryonic stem cell research centers making it fully transparent the organization has evolved from non-political non-profit to a partisan advocacy organization.
That means the loss of $3.75 million to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, $4.5 million to the University...
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