So… alert readers will notice I skipped last week entirely. Sometimes, things just get crazy. This week, we did all kinds of great stuff… Plant something – This time, we focused harder on the boat garden. Kestrel is really getting into the watering/maintenance aspect. We have the portside cockpit under the bimini set up as [...]
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March 28 2010
Independence Days Update — Up and Running
This week went far better than the week before. Plant something – The garden box is rockin. We got irrigation installed, which uses less water overall than the hose watering method, and keeps things moist, which is better for the plants. Win! Our fava beans are taking off, sweet peas are nicely established, and our [...]
March 20 2010
Independence Days — Off the wagon
So, I started this in the first week of March. Then, I went to the Trust Birth conference in Redondo Beach. Nothing like it for throwing you off. But! We’re back on track. Plant something – Garden box got maintained. The kids and I must have squashed a gazillion roly-poly bugs that were eating our [...]
March 7 2010
Independence Days
I’m a huge fan of Sharon Astyk‘s. I love that she can look at everything going on in the world, and see it as an opportunity for growth, for change, for setting up a good life. I find her stuff to be both honest, and optimistic (unlike most peak oil/climate change/financial collapse readings, which are [...]
November 3 2009
Review — A Nation of Farmers
I adore Sharon Astyk. I read her blog semi-religiously, and she’s the closest thing to come to convincing me that moving off the boat and onto dirt might someday be an OK idea. So whenever she cranks out a new book (as she’s been doing lately), I pounce on it. A Nation of Farmers, her [...]
December 4 2008
No, We Don’t Have To
This post, from the inestimably brilliant Sharon Astyk, had me standing on my chair cheering. No. Just No. She’s right, of course. We don’t have to. We have ways of fighting back against the doom. We can do this. You can do this. But please, for everyone’s sake, for the sake of mine and yours [...]
