Lasagna Gardening: “If someone told me years ago that he or she had found a way to do an end run around the sweat equity of traditional gardening, a way around digging, weeding, and rototilling, a way to produce more regardless of time constraints, physical limitations, or power-tool ineptness… well, I would have checked that… Read More »
Tiny Farm Blog | organic gardening: vegetables, herbs, flowers – growing local food: “For tomorrow’s farmers’ market, Lynn, Andie and Jordan harvested more of this year’s Jerusalem artichoke. The tubers have gotten noticeably bigger since pulling some just a couple of weeks ago… Chokes are a really simple, satisfying harvest, at least, when you pull… Read More »
Oil depletion is the most critical aspect in the systemic collapse of modern civilization, but altogether this collapse has about 10 principal parts, each with a vaguely causal relationship to the next. Oil, metals, and electricity are a tightly-knit group, as we shall see, and no industrial civilization can have one without the others. As… Read More »
by Betha Mmari Beekeeping was once considered a simple hobby, but is now a billion-dollar food market industry that requires time consuming skill. The act of beekeeping has grown tremendously since its conception as a hobby, and many people throughout the world enjoy honey because of keepers’ efforts. Any new beekeeper needs to ensure that… Read More »
There’s a new breed of Americans stocking up on canned goods and ammunition. It’s not the guy hiding out in a backwoods shack. It’s your neighbor. Jim Wiseman is a fire protection contractor who works "with my hands and the sweat of my brow," and a 54-year-old father of five. He lives about as far… Read More »