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Grow $700 of Food in 100 Square Feet!
Posted April 24, 2013 by Jerry Harrell
If more Americans grew a little food — instead of so much grass — our savings on grocery bills would be astounding. The total value of the fresh vegetables author Rosalind Creasy grew in her 100-square-foot garden in 2008 was $683.43!
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Living Well Without a Job and With (Almost) No Money
Posted April 24, 2013 by Jerry Harrell
Looking to bypass the money economy? By adopting “possum living,” it is possible to get the good things in life without having to go to a boring, meaningless, frustrating job to get the money to buy them. Why “possum living”? Possums can live most anywhere, even in big cities, and nothing you can do will persuade a possum to work in a factory or office.
Breed Focus
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Dominiques
Posted March 25, 2013 by Jerry Harrell
The Dominique breed developed from the fowl introduced during the early settlement of New England. These were of the type predominating in the south of England and from which the Sussex and Dorking descended. This stock was widely distributed in the Eastern half of the United States by mid 19th century.
Seed Saving
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Heirloom Seed Savers
Posted October 24, 2012 by Jerry Harrell
To most people, an heirloom is fine china or a piece of jewelry, but to Kent and Diane Whealy, seeds are the most precious gift one generation can leave to its successor. Practical, too. You can’t eat a silver broach, but you can bite into a Cherokee purple tomato or rattlesnake snap beans.
Bees
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How to Start Beekeeping for Free!
Posted September 8, 2012 by Jerry Harrell
Honeybees have been in the news for all the wrong reasons: collapsing colonies, pesticide poisoning and parasitic mites – and all this bad news seems to have triggered an almost primitive desire in people to want to help and nurture this vitally-important insect that, despite all our scientific advances we still do not fully understand, but know that we cannot live without.
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Grow $700 of Food in 100 Square Feet!
If more Americans grew a little food — instead of so much grass — our savings on grocery bills would be astounding. The total value of the fresh vegetables author Rosalind Creasy grew in her 100-square-foot garden in 2008 w...
Living Well Without a Job and With (Almost) No Money
Looking to bypass the money economy? By adopting “possum living,” it is possible to get the good things in life without having to go to a boring, meaningless, frustrating job to get the money to buy them. Why “possum livi...
Building a Double Decker Raised Bed with Trellis
As some of you may know I run an organization called American Seed Alliance. Last winter I had a fund raiser and offer raised beds to help feed folks for the organization. I had a good friend donate and she ask me to build a ...
Vegetable Harvest – Tip Sheet
Asparagus: Cut for only 3-4 weeks the second year of growth; harvest for 5-7 weeks all years afterwards. Cut when the spears first appear in the spring before the tips lose their tight appearance. Lima Beans & Snap Bean...
Super Duper Tomato Trellis
I finally got a break and got the tomato trellis up. I have about $25.00 in it. It should hold 80 tomato plants. I built it for my paste tomatoes. I will be posting updates as time goes along.
Dominiques
The Dominique breed developed from the fowl introduced during the early settlement of New England. These were of the type predominating in the south of England and from which the Sussex and Dorking descended. This stock was wid...