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So you want to start a kitchen garden? – Part I – Where to get what5 comments

geekgardener wrote 2 days ago: Like I have been postponing on writing a post on how to start a kitchen garden, I am sure few of you … more →

Tags: gardening, Medium, seedstarting, organic, Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, Containers, Availability

Why food?49 comments

matronofhusbandry wrote 3 days ago: I would be rich if I had a dime for every time someone has asked me why we grow most of our own food … more →

Tags: Belly Acres (rant), farm life, frugal living, heirloom vegetables, lost skills, Self-Sufficiency, winter stores, zero mile foodshed

Food Safety News

cindydyer wrote 1 week ago: Reported by Mary Ellen Ryall If you have the opportunity, please read Food, Inc. The book, edited by … more →

Tags: Butterfly, Food Safety, Wisconsin, Happy Tonics, food inc, Karl Weber, Wal-Mart, organic, Joel Salatin

Seed Saving Networking Event Dec. 2, 2009

seedywen wrote 1 week ago: Seed Savers of Powell River invite both previous participants in Seed Saving Project 2009 and new se … more →

Tags: 2009 pilot project, Seeds, Squash, beet, chard, Dry Bean, Peas, pole bean, seed-saving community

The year of the bean15 comments

matronofhusbandry wrote 1 week ago: I’m still not done with those darn “dry” beans!  Sunny days are a precious commodi … more →

Tags: farm life, heirloom vegetables, Self-Sufficiency, Vegetable Gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed

Naked seed pumpkin15 comments

matronofhusbandry wrote 1 week ago: The jury is still out on the naked seed pumpkin in our garden.  The idea of seeds you can just eat s … more →

Tags: farm dogs, farm life, Feed yourself, food preservation, heirloom vegetables, Self-Sufficiency, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, frugal farming

Growing magic beans2 comments

loveplantlife wrote 2 weeks ago: To me, seeds are mini miracles. When I hold them in my hand I get terribly excited by all that poten … more →

Tags: Food, gardening, Plants, Seeds, bean, Grow, heirloom, phaseolus, seedy sunday

Activist’s Message at USF: End Needless Waste of Food

Rady wrote 2 weeks ago: By  The Herald-News (Illinois) JOLIET — Vandana Shiva is giving new meaning to the old metapho … more →

Tags: gardening, Health Foods, Land rights, organic, Peasants, Farmers, Ranchers, Agriculture, corporate agriculture, corporatism, Ecological crisis

Activist's Message at USF: End Needless Waste of Food

laudyms wrote 2 weeks ago: October 31, 2009 by The Herald-News (Illinois) JOLIET — Vandana Shiva is giving new meaning to … more →

Tags: economy. economics, Environment, Food & Farming, Genetically Engineered Food, Human Rights / Civil Liberties, land grab, neoliberalism, Résistance, Whistleblower's

End Of Season Crops!

thegardenguy wrote 3 weeks ago: 10/31/09: Today is Holloween, and yesterday I picked a final batch of spinach that we had with dinne … more →

Tags: Organic Gardening, backyard food production, The Garden Guy, soil testing, Carrots, golden beets, Fall Harvest

Experiment with Hybrid seeds4 comments

geekgardener wrote 3 weeks ago: In my recent articles about seed saving, I had mentioned the consequences of saving seeds from a pla … more →

Tags: eggplant, gardening, Vegetables, f1 hybrid, HYBRID, white brinjal

The bounty of the land and the fruits of our labour1 comment

tomstexadajournal wrote 3 weeks ago: By Tom Read This year's fruit crop was especially bountiful. When confronted by large quantities … more →

Tags: Food Security, gleaning, texada

More beans and seed stuff20 comments

matronofhusbandry wrote 3 weeks ago: These beans weren’t so easy to thresh.  Another heirloom personally close to me, these are gre … more →

Tags: farm life, Feed yourself, frugal farming, heirloom vegetables, Self-Sufficiency, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, Vegetable Gardening

Separating the beans from the chaff8 comments

matronofhusbandry wrote 3 weeks ago: Growing dry beans in our area is as touch and go as field corn.  While we have a long mild growing s … more →

Tags: Early Days, farm dogs, farm life, frugal farming, heirloom vegetables, lost skills, Self-Sufficiency, Vegetable Gardening, winter stores

Quinoa Harvest

teresasgarden wrote 1 month ago: Quinoa and Amaranth A little botany… These ancient North American staple crops have fascinated … more →

Tags: Amaranth, Food Security, Quinoa

Seed Saving Lettuce9 comments

geekgardener wrote 1 month ago: Earlier I wrote about Seed starting Lettuce with many pictures of various steps involved. I couldn’t … more →

Tags: gardening, Lettuce, Vegetables, dormant, Germination, Seeds, seedstarting

Saving Heirloom Seeds4 comments

Lou Murray, Ph.D. wrote 1 month ago: When I was at the Garden Writer’s Association conference in Raleigh last month, I visited the … more →

Tags: arugula, baker creek heirloom seeds, climate change, Garden, Genetic Diversity, Heirloom Seeds, mizuna, Vegetables

Labels28 comments

matronofhusbandry wrote 1 month ago:   I don’t like labels much, most that people apply to us don’t fit too well.  Most peopl … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Early Days, farm dogs, farm life, heirloom vegetables, Vegetable Gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed

Author/Activist challenges people to be part of the Food Revolution

Jeff Smith (GRIID) wrote 1 month ago: [Despite the fact that Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned author and activist, there was no media cov … more →

Tags: Indy News, vandana shiva, Monsanto, women and food security, Food Revolution


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