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The first of each month I only eat or drink things I've raised or brewed on my property. This month I was worried, because while my potatoes are going gangbusters, they're definitely nowhere near harvest. I did start mounding up the dirt around the leaves today, though!

I had 5 eggs in reserve, and some very scrubby carrots and tiny sweet potatoes from last month. I also had salt, pepper, and butter that I had previously traded

worldmegan kombucha for. I also had kombucha, but it's very *bad* kombucha. I drank some anyway. At least it's fizzy! Here are some shots of my biggest meal. More info and tales of dearth if you click on the pics!

At the beginning of this year I made a vow that on the first of each month, I would only eat food I had grown in the yard. I was pretty hungry on January 1st, and I'm probably going to be pretty hungry today!

I have two eggs from the chickens, a big kale plant, and a few scrubby carrots that have gone to seed. And, instead of my normal tea, I made a witches brew of everything in the herb spiral, including rosemary, lavender, oregano, and parsley. If only I had kept the mint plants alive! I also decided to allow myself to drink my kombucha, because while none of the ingredients were grown on property, the brewing process was all done here. My long-term goal is to ultra-localize my relationship with food to my own yard, and that counts. This is the first batch of kombucha I've made that I actually expect to taste *good*, so the timing works out well.

Maybe I can find some dandelions or a pecan or two in the yard...
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This is a brief but excellent article by Michael Polan, author of The Botany of Desire, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and, most recently, In Defense of Food. It's about the whole global warming/climate change/peak oil/expensive gas dilemma that most Americans are finally being forced to face when they refuel their SUVs. Polan's work, particularly The Omnivore's Dilemma, has led to a fundamental shift in the way I eat, live, and garden. You don't have to read his work, but if you do, you will be changed forever.

Current Location: The Bridge
Current Music: The Sound of Puppies Growling

This French documentary on the Evils of Monsanto has caused me to consider finding a way to make destroying them a lifelong devotion.

It's time to give some thought to a dealt penalty for corporations.

I want a bumper sticker that says "Monsanto : Satan in any religion"

Current Location: The Front Yard, planting non GMO plants.
Current Music: The Imperial March

It was pointed out to me recently that the fact that my paper shredder, of the old strip type, could lead to a security breach because it doesn't cut paper into as many pieces as a crosscut shredder. While, in a vacuum, this assumption seems completely correct, there's something missing from the picture. Something hidden. Something powerful. Something, at least in the area of paper processing, superhuman. I'm talking, of course, of the Department of Wormland Security.

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Current Location: Under the Sink
Current Music: Mission Impossible

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Entries tagged with food security

Eating at Home on the First

Food From the Yard, Month 2

The Green Issue

Well that's fucking scary.

The Department of Wormland Security

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