Posted on 07/24/2009 3:37:21 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny
Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition Category: Roundups | Comments(15)
Did you hear about the guy that lives on nothing? No seriously, he lives on zero dollars a day. Meet Daniel Suelo, who lives in a cave outside Moab, Utah. Suelo has no mortgage, no car payment, no debt of any kind. He also has no home, no car, no television, and absolutely no “creature comforts.” But he does have a lot of creatures, as in the mice and bugs that scurry about the cave floor he’s called home for the last three years.
To us, Suelo probably sounds a little extreme. Actually, he probably sounds very extreme. After all, I suspect most of you reading this are doing so under the protection of some sort of man-made shelter, and with some amount of money on your person, and probably a few needs for money, too. And who doesn’t need money unless they have completely unplugged from the grid? Still, it’s an amusing story about a guy who rejects all forms of consumerism as we know it.
The Frugal Roundup
How to Brew Your Own Beer and Maybe Save Some Money. A fantastic introduction to home brewing, something I’ve never done myself, but always been interested in trying. (@Generation X Finance)
Contentment: A Great Financial Principle. If I had to name one required emotion for living a frugal lifestyle it would be contentment. Once you are content with your belongings and your lot in life you can ignore forces attempting to separate you from your money. (@Personal Finance by the Book)
Use Energy Star Appliances to Save On Utility Costs. I enjoyed this post because it included actual numbers, and actual total savings, from someone who upgraded to new, energy star appliances. (@The Digerati Life)
Over-Saving for Retirement? Is it possible to “over-save” for retirement? Yes, I think so. At some point I like the idea of putting some money aside in taxable investments outside of retirement funds, to be accessed prior to traditional retirement age. (@The Simple Dollar)
40 Things to Teach My Kids Before They Leave Home. A great list of both practical and philosophical lessons to teach your kids before they reach the age where they know everything. I think that now happens around 13 years-old. (@My Supercharged Life)
Index Fund Investing Overview. If you are looking for a place to invest with high diversification and relatively low fees (for broader index funds with low turnover), index funds are a great place to start. (@Money Smart Life)
5 Reasons To Line Dry Your Laundry. My wife and I may soon be installing a clothesline in our backyard. In many neighborhoods they are frowned upon - one of the reasons I don’t like living in a neighborhood. I digress. One of our neighbors recently put up a clothesline, and we might just follow his lead. (@Simple Mom)
A Few Others I Enjoyed
* 4 Quick Tips for Getting Out of a Rut * Young and Cash Rich * Embracing Simple Style * First Trading Experience With OptionsHouse * The Exponential Power of Delayed Consumption * How Much Emergency Fund is Enough? * 50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind * Save Money On Car Insurance
Thanks to Eagle50AE, we have the third archive for thread 2.
http://www.pixiesites.com/Granny/thread2pt3.zip
The other archives can be found at:
http://www.pixiesites.com/Granny/thread1pt1.zip
http://www.pixiesites.com/Granny/thread1pt2.zip
http://www.pixiesites.com/Granny/thread2pt1.zip
http://www.pixiesites.com/Granny/thread2pt2.zip
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My thanks to all of you who have worked on making this possible.
>>>I woke up Saturday night to a womans scream.<<<
LOL reminds me of the screech-owls we have around here.
Once, as a teenager, I took a friend camping with our 2 piece pup tent, mummy sleeping bags. In the middle of the night a pair of screech-owls cut loose... He had never heard anything like it, jumped up (inside the mummy bag) which pulled the tent stakes and he was ‘double wrapped’. As he tried to run, he of course fell and rolled and thrashed around the campsite thinking something had him for sure. I see him on occasion, and call him screech - his wife keeps asking him what that means, and he still hasn’t told her (60 years later).
This is a very muted version of their ‘B’ call - it is much much louder and scarier in the middle of the night, sounds like a woman screaming.
http://www.owlpages.com/sounds/Megascops-asio-2.mp3
Thanks granny and Eagle. having these files around just makes me feel more ready. I just need to decide if a hard copy (carrying around a box or two of heavy paper!) is in order.
Marina Kalashnikova’s Warning to the West
Global Analysis ^ | July 17, 2009 | Jeffrey R. Nyquist
Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:13:21 AM by spycatcher
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303702/posts
Acknowledging the Deception: Meet Victor Kalashnikov: former KGB officer
http://geopolitical.us/ ^ | 07.24.2009 | J. R. Nyquist
Posted on Friday, July 24, 2009 10:31:25 AM by Kabud
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2300252/posts
[If you missed these 2 threads, take time to read them...granny]
Here’s a story and Photos of the Protest today in Raleigh,
seems like I see more than the six ( 6 ) people that was reported..by the SRM
http://americanelephant.com/blog/north-carolina/photos-from-obamacare-protest-in-raleigh/
Thank you for posting the 2 thread links, I had missed them .
I could expound, but we have “Cheka” also..
SHOPPING
by Al Batt
I went shopping with my lovely bride. Well, I really didn’t go shopping with her. I went to a mall with her.
The mall was like a burlap bag to me. I didn’t want to be in it. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have—unless I have to go shopping. Shopping is an accomplice to my discomfort.
She went shopping and I went to the geezer bench. The geezer bench is where many nonshopping husbands find themselves in a mall. The husbands take different roads to the same place—the geezer bench. We sit while our better halves search for sales offering one item for half the price of two. Very often, the men are holding their wives’ purses as the women do something other than shop.
“They can have my wife’s purse when they pry it from my cold, dead hands,” I muttered bitterly.
We at the geezer bench find comfort in numbers. We herd together to combat the uneasiness we feel in a place far from our natural habitat. We hum the theme from “Mission Impossible.”
We went from prom night to geezer bench in the blink of an eye.
We gathered at the bench to rest our weary legs and to share commonalities. We discussed important things while we sat. We conversed about the high-definition weather occurring outside. “Thou shalt talk about the weather” could be the Eleventh Commandment. We wondered why women don’t find great joy in watching the Three Stooges. We asked why our eyebrows had suddenly gotten minds of their own and gone wild. We agreed that is isn’t much fun to visit ancient ruins when they are younger than we are.
We didn’t share these comments with our wives. Proverbs guides us thusly, “He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind.”
We find it safer to say things that make a bride’s eyes roll. Things like, “Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow and when I woke up my pillow was gone.”
I followed my wife around a couple of stores. I whimpered quietly. I am a married man, so I have a single check in my wallet. Back in the days when I could dress myself, I used to carry an entire checkbook, but now I am down to one check. If you see a man pull the only check he has out of his billfold, he’s a married man. Gertrude Stein said, “Money is always there, but the pockets change.”
I stopped to look at a display of reading glasses. It turned out to be a display of watchbands. I should wear my eyeglasses when I’m looking at things that I think are eyeglasses.
I stopped at a home furnishings store and planted myself in a chair. I watched and listened to parents dealing with misbehaving children in the expensive, breakable stuff aisle. Parents are amazing creatures. A parent is someone who, in a public place, can yell in a whisper. The clerks left me alone. They could tell that I wasn’t buying anything and was there for the single purpose of seeing what the cost was of the things I was not buying.
My wife moved on to a shoe store. I moved back to the geezer bench. I dodged the bullet of shopping for shoes with my wife. Good times.
I sat alone at the geezer bench as all the other geezers had been called home by their cell phones. I had no idea where my wife was. I must have looked unhappy as an acquaintance who I had not seen for some time stopped by and asked, “Al, you look so sad. What’s wrong?”
I replied, “I lost my wife.”
“Oh, no,” said my visitor, her face contorted into one showing bereavement. “I hadn’t heard. She was so young. I am so sorry for your loss.”
I responded, “That’s OK. It’s no big deal. It’s a big mall. She has a lot of places to hide, but I’ll find her.”
©Al Batt 2009
Hartland, MN
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Michael Jackson dies and it’s 24/7 news coverage.
A REAL American hero dies, and not a mention of it in the news.
The media has NO honor and God is watching.
Ed Freeman
You’re a 19-year-old kid. You’re critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the IaDrang Valley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam ..
Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.
You’re lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you’re not getting out.
Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away and you’ll never see them again.
As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter and you look up to see an unarmed Huey, but it doesn’t seem real because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.
Ed Freeman is coming for you. He’s not Medi-Vac, so it’s not his job, but he’s flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.
He’s coming anyway.
And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire as they load 2 or 3 of you on board.
Then he flies you up and out, through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses.
And he kept coming back, 13 more times, and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.
Medal of Honor Recipient Ed “Too Tall” Freeman died on Wednesday, June 25th, 2009, at the age of 80, in Boise , ID.
May God rest his soul.
Medal of Honor Winner Ed Freeman!
The media didn’t give him the coverage.
THANKS AGAIN, ED, FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COUNTRY. RIP
We Were Soldiers, And Young
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/statelocal/
Novel H1N1 Vaccination Guidance for State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Health Officials
On this Page
* General Planning Information
* Large Scale Vaccination Clinic Planning
* Vaccine Storage & Handling
General Planning Information
H1N1 vaccination planning Q&A July 23
CDC Recommendations for State and Local Planning for a 2009 Novel H1N1 Influenza Program July 8
Large Scale Vaccination Clinic Planning
Guidelines for Setting Up Clinics
Tools and Models to Estimate Staffing
Vaccine Storage and Handling
General Information
H1N1 vaccine will need to be maintained at 2-8ºC.
For more information see:
* CDC’s Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit
* U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency: Cold Chain Management Processes and Procedures for all Medical Temperature Sensitive Products
* Cold chain management briefing
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. military wants to establish regional teams of military personnel to assist civilian authorities in the event of a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall, according to Defense Department officials.
The proposal is awaiting final approval from Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
The officials would not be identified because the proposal from U.S. Northern Command’s Gen. Victor Renuart has not been approved by the secretary.
The plan calls for military task forces to work in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. There is no final decision on how the military effort would be manned, but one source said it would likely include personnel from all branches of the military.
link to thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303860/posts
Parker’s Lighthouse Key Lime Pie
Source: Parker’s Lighthouse - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (9-inch) deep-dish graham cracker pie shell
Lime slices for garnish
Whipped cream
Place sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, lime juice and vanilla extract in a large-capacity blender or in an electric mixer (fitted with wire whip if available). Whip on medium speed for 15 minutes. Pour mixture into prepared crust and refrigerate at least 8 hours before serving, or until filling is firm. Garnish with fresh lime slices and whipped cream.
Makes 8 servings.
Per serving: 379 calories (51 percent from fat), 22 grams fat (11 grams saturated), 48 milligrams cholesterol, 8 grams protein, 40 grams carbohydrates, 0.6 gram fiber, 286 milligrams sodium
Steam Dietary Supplement
Audience: Consumers, pharmacists
Nutracoastal Trading LLC and FDA notified healthcare professionals and consumers of a nationwide recall of the company’s dietary supplement product sold under the name Steam. Lab analysis by FDA found that the product contains sulfoaildenafil, an analog of sildenafil. Sildenafil is an active ingredient of an FDA-approved drug for erectile dysfunction (ED), making Steam an unapproved drug. The undeclared ingredient may interact with nitrates found in some prescription drugs such as nitroglycerin and may lower blood pressure to dangerous levels. Additionally, the product may cause side effects, such as headaches and flushing. The recalled product was distributed in white plastic bottles to retail stores nationwide. Customers who have this product in their possession should stop using it immediately and contact their physician if they have experienced any problems that may be related to taking this product.
Any adverse events that may be related to the use of this product should be reported to the FDA’s MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online, by phone [1-800-332-1088], or by returning the postage-paid FDA Form 3500 by mail [to MedWatch, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852-9787] or fax [1-800-FDA-0178].
Read the complete MedWatch Safety summary including a link to the firm press release and photo of product, at:
You are encouraged to report all serious adverse events and product quality problems to FDA MedWatch at www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49179
When Wildfires Rage: Prepare, Stay Informed And Evacuate If Directed
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Release Number: R10-09-071
» 2009 Region X News Releases
SEATTLE, Wash. — Sustained record-breaking temperatures have raised wildfire hazards throughout the Pacific Northwest. With wildfires burning in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington state, FEMA Acting Regional Administrator Dennis Hunsinger encourages at-risk residents to prepare for the worst, stay informed on local conditions and evacuate if instructed to by fire or emergency management officials.
“Fires can start and spread quickly, and it is essential that people living on wooded lots or wildland/urban interface areas take action now to protect their homes and properties,” said Hunsinger. “The time to discuss wildfire warnings and evacuation strategies with your local forestry and emergency management officials is before wildfires rage. Stay in the loop, follow developments, and evacuate if instructed to.”
FEMA recommends that residents take specific action before an evacuation is necessary, clearing flammable materials from around the home, keeping roofs and gutters clear of pine needles and debris and ensuring that house numbers are visible and driveways allow access to firefighting vehicles.
Another important step that FEMA recommends is preparing an evacuation kit. Items should be put in a container that can be easily loaded into a vehicle for a quick departure. Items to include:
* Flashlight
* Battery-powered radio with additional batteries
* First aid kit
* Medicines, prescriptions and eye glasses
* Water (at least one gallon per person and enough for three days for each person in the household)
* Change of clothing
* Sleeping bags and pillows
* Cash and credit cards
It is also smart to keep important personal documents quickly available should you need to evacuate. Consider collecting your driver s license, passport and other identification, birth and marriage certificates, Social Security card, insurance policies, tax records, wills, deed or lease and stocks and bonds. Also, know where your main turn-off switches are for electricity, water and gas.
FEMA also recommends that family members discuss how to contact one another if the wildfire comes near when family members are separated. Discuss evacuation routes and identify relatives or friends outside the immediate area that can be contacted. Finally, make sure your pets have collars and identification tags and take your pets with you if you need to evacuate. While some shelters won t accept pets, an increasing number of communities are organizing pet shelters when large evacuations are necessary. Check with your local Humane Society, animal shelter or veterinarian.
For more information on protecting your family and your home from wildfires, go to www.fema.gov, or www.ready.gov.
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
Last Modified: Wednesday, 29-Jul-2009 17:00:03
Well, H.R. 2749 came to a vote today.
The supposed ‘Food Safety Enhancement’ bill. (That Isn’t)
There was fortunately a 2/3 majority required -
280 yeas - 150 nays Failed to meet required votes.
Got the word directly from my Congress Critter’s District Coordinator as I was raking her over the coals... (Blackberry message to her) Since getting home, I checked and he was one of 50 Republicans who voted FOR it - so I fired a stinging email off.
Well, at least for now, we are going to be able to garden, preserve and sell our product without FDA being given carte blanche to our homes, businesses, records, etc. whenever they want! And no $1,000 license required. But watch these buggers - they will try again!
Today, I made a decision - after being told on Friday that the Congressman would never quote Council for American Progress as reason to support Cap and Tax - I took a printout of HIS press release quoting John Podesta’s CAP organization as reason to support it - I gave her a copy of Heritage Foundation’s evaluation - she said ‘But they are a Conservative organization.’. Anyway, my decision is to pound the State Republican Chairman that we want a CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN running!!!!!!!! (Starting TONIGHT)
To my surprise, he even touts being an “Independent” on his official issues page.
“Proud to be an independent voice for Delaware in Congress”
So, let him run as an Independent!!!!!!!
Only good thing she said was that ‘so far, he has voted against the health care bill in committee’. He better dang sight vote against it on the floor!
Weekly Harvest Newsletter
Sustainable Agriculture News Briefs - July 29, 2009
Weekly sustainable agriculture news and resources gleaned from the Internet by NCAT staff for the ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service Web site. The Weekly Harvest Newsletter is also available online.
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News & Resources
* On-Farm Processing Guide Now Available
* Leopold Center Releases Research Results
* New Publications Posted on Organic Ecology Site
* Researchers Study Cost of Organic Pork Production
* Massachusetts Organic Food Guide Available
* NRCS Seeks Comments on Conservation Standards
Funding Opportunities
* Youth Garden Grant
* National Farmworker Jobs Program
* South Dakota Specialty Crop Block Grant
Coming Events
* American Community Gardening Association Conference
* Mississippi Biofuels Conference
* Cover Crop Field Day
News & Resources
On-Farm Processing Guide Now Available
http://www.kerrcenter.com/whats-new.htm
Farm Made: A Guide to On-Farm Processing for Organic Producers (http://www.kerrcenter.com/publications/FarmMadeReport09.pdf)v(PDF/1.1MB) is a new publication that has valuable information for those who want to process organic ingredients into value-added organic products, on the farm. It uses four example enterprises: Sorghum Syrup, Packaged Fresh Salad Greens, Jams, Jellies, and Spreads, and Table Eggs. The guide is published by Kerr Center, distributed by Kerr Center and ATTRA (800-346-9140), with funding from the Organic Farming Research Foundation.
Leopold Center Releases Research Results
http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/news/newsreleases/2009/072409_results.html
The key findings and lessons learned from 20 recent Iowa-based research projects funded by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture are now available on the Web. New one-page project synopses of the research results are posted at that site, along with the traditional long summaries for each recently completed project.
New Publications Posted on Organic Ecology Site
http://organicecology.umn.edu/
New articles and photos are now posted on the University of Minnesota’s Organic Ecology website. Food Legumes for Organic Systems: Lentils (http://swroc.cfans.umn.edu/organic/legumes.pdf) reports on a project investigating the viability of lentils as an alternative crop for organic systems in Minnesota. The Effects of Winter Rye and Hairy Vetch Cover Crop Mixtures on Organic, No-Till Vegetable Production in MN (http://swroc.cfans.umn.edu/organic/notillveg.pdf) is a project to test the effects of winter annual cover crops hairy vetch, winter rye, and a mixture of both on four different organically grown vegetable crops in a cool, northern climate. Perennial Sunflower and Perennial Flax Breeding Program to Diversify Organic Systems (http://swroc.cfans.umn.edu/organic/sunflowerflax.pdf) describes a project to perennialize sunflower and flax through crosses with related species or direct improvement of related perennial species.
Researchers Study Cost of Organic Pork Production
Researchers at Iowa State University have released results of an organic pork production study. Cost of Organic Pork Production (http://www.ipic.iastate.edu/reports/01swinereports/asl-1784B.pdf) (PDF/19KB) reports on a study of two different production systems. It includes the projected costs for two organic pork production systems—a seasonal system and a continuous production system.
Related ATTRA Publication: Considerations in Organic Hog Production
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/omhog.pdf
Massachusetts Organic Food Guide Available
http://www.nofamass.org/programs/ofg/index.php
For the past twenty-one years the NOFA/Mass Organic Food Guide has been connecting consumers to farmers and stores selling local organic produce. The 2009-2010 Guide is available for download. The Guide has lists of organic and sustainable farms in Massachusetts, along with an interactive map.
Related ATTRA Publication: Local Food Directories
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/local_food/index.php
NRCS Seeks Comments on Conservation Standards
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/news/releases/2009/comment_period_practice_standards_07.22.2009.html
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking public comment on its conservation practice standards to help improve the Nation’s delivery of conservation programs. The public comment period is open until August 11. “A public review of conservation standards, which is written into the 2008 Farm Bill, is critical to ensuring that conservation programs are available, adequate, and working for the Nation’s producers and landowners,” said Dave White, NRCS Chief. All comments will be reviewed and considered for incorporation into final rules directing delivery of conservation programs.
> More Breaking News (http://attra.ncat.org/news/)
Funding Opportunities
Youth Garden Grant
http://assoc.garden.org/grants/
National Gardening Association awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs. In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of these elements:
~ educational focus and/or curricular ties (if applicant is a formal education program)
~ nutrition or plant-to-food connections
~ environmental awareness/education
~ entrepreneurship
~ social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning.
Proposals are due November 2, 2009.
National Farmworker Jobs Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=48730
Announcement of a Program Year (PY) 2009 grant competition for the Arkansas, Hawaii, Indiana, Maine, and Nebraska service delivery areas for operating the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP). The NFJP is designed to serve economically disadvantaged persons who primarily depend on employment in agricultural labor performed within the United States, including Puerto Rico, and who experience chronic unemployment or underemployment. Qualifying participants are typically those persons employed on a seasonal or part-time basis in the unskilled and semi-skilled manual labor occupations in crop and animal production. Through training and other workforce development services, the program is intended to assist eligible migrants and seasonal farmworkers and their families to prepare for jobs likely to provide stable, year-round employment both within and outside agriculture.
Proposals are due September 1, 2009.
South Dakota Specialty Crop Block Grant
http://www.dakotaflavor.com/news/index.htm
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture (SDDA) is pleased to announce the availability of grants for projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. As defined for this program, specialty crops include fruits, dried fruits, tree nuts, vegetables, turf grass sod and seed, and nursery crops (including floriculture). Projects can include specialty crop and organic research, best management practices, distribution efficiency, and more.
Proposals are due August 7, 2009.
> More Funding Opportunities (http://attra.ncat.org/funding/)
Coming Events
American Community Gardening Association Conference
http://www.communitygarden.org/learn/training/annual-conference/index.php
August 6-9, 2009
Columbus, Ohio
Over 3 and a half days, there will be over 40 engaging workshops, thematic tours — by bicycle and vans to Columbus’ diverse community gardens and other green sites, a welcome reception, keynote speakers, a film festival, banquet featuring locally raised food, networking, silent auction, and more.
Mississippi Biofuels Conference
http://www.biofuelsconference.msstate.edu/
August 6-7, 2009
Jackson, Mississippi
Experts in biofuels will provide information on the costs and availability of feedstocks as well as the challenges that need to be overcome to sustainably convert these feedstocks into biofuels. They will discuss the rate of progress in the biofuels industry and how integration of the agriculture, transportation and chemical sectors can help relieve petroleum dependence.
Cover Crop Field Day
http://www.wiu.edu/newsrelease.sphp?release_id=7414
August 7, 2009
Macomb, Illinois
Cover crop innovation will be the theme and focus of another installment of the Allison Organic Farm Field Day from noon-4 p.m. Friday, August 7. Part of Western Illinois University’s School of Agriculture’s Organic Agriculture Research program, the venue for the event is WIU’s Allison Organic Farm and neighboring Kane Farm in southwestern Warren County.
> More Events (http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/)
New & Updated Publications
Organic System Plans: Field and Row Crops and Pasture and Range Systems
http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/new_pubs.php/2009/07/08/organic_system_plans_field_and_row_crops
Biodiesel: Do-it-yourself Production Basics
http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/new_pubs.php/2009/07/08/biodiesel_do_it_yourself_production_basi
Potatoes: Organic Production and Marketing
http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/new_pubs.php/2009/07/08/potatoes_organic_production_and_marketin
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LOL, things we have heard all our life, and yet so many others have not.
There is an Owl here, I hear it at odd times.
In Yuma area they have burrowing owls, usually in the canal feeder banks.
When I would visit my friend Mary, who lived just up the street, I often stopped and talked to one of them, I still think he knew the sound of my car and was often the only one in sight, did it for several years, until I moved up here.
Mary had Palm trees and the Roadrunner had nests in them.
She had a ladder put up to one so I could watch the eggs hatch.
When the babies hatch, they are black skinned, look like patent leather, with white hairs here and there.
When grown, they appear brown, but are in fact olive green and the feathers have the same prism [?] effect of a Peacocks tail.
The first year we lived there, we slept out doors, in the patio, for there was not room for a bed in the travel trailer and I hated the pull out of the sofa.
And I love sleeping outdoors.
We had only a male peacock, who decided the tallest and safest roost, was a corner of the patio roof, that Bill never got the small piece of metal to finish it off with, he was a lovely sight the first thing in the morning.
After he left, a Roadrunner would come and if I happened to still be in bed, he would raise a big fuss, chattering and banging his beak on the tin.
How are your kittens?<<<
I don’t know, for they are hiding.
But the food disappears and I have to clean their little sandbox, so they appear to be ok.
I put out a bowl of dry food and they are eating it too.
But are so scared of humans.
Yup - there’s no shame in being poor. It’s how one reacts to it. I’m very sad that our society doesn’t have the character or backbone to survive another depression with class and hard work and sacrifices. At least, it’s my opinion that all the entitlement babies won’t develop the courage their grandparents had. I could be wrong.<<<
Of all my life, if I could roll back the clock, it would not be to a money period, but to Wellton, where survival was the name of the game.
If you needed more building supplies, you went to the local dump and if you were lucky, what you needed was there.
Sure it was hard work and we didn’t have much, by modern tv standards, but we ate well, had the animals, a garden and a sense of well being for having survived.
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