- Plant something
- Harvest something
- Preserve something
- Waste not
- Want not
- Eat the food
- Build community food systems
The point of the challenge is to encourage folks to keep up with their homesteading skills, whether one lives in the country or in the city. I did it for awhile (see/click "independence days" tag on lower right), and am considering doing it again.
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A disturbing development, and if the theory is true, our climate is in for a world of hurt. Basically, "global dimming" (from the way pollution particles interact with moisture in the atmosphere, reflecting "out" a percentage of solar energy) may be not only temporarily holding back some of the worse effects of global climate change, but also diverting weather patterns. A one-hour documentary from the BBC, available for viewing via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8RyNSzQDaU
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Dr. Girlfriend nibbled on the keyboard while I was mousing open the PhotoBooth app. Didn't crap on me at all. A very calm goose. They usually are when you can get them away from the rest of the gaggle...
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A great picture and wonderful to contemplate a calm goose. Wow. Haven't thought of Cecily for awhile. Aww.
ReplyDeleteI'm still besotted by geese. And Miss Cecily, well, having all her gaggle-mates still around is a constant reminder :-).
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