UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU…to be a farmer!
Feb 19, 2010
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Ka-ty Bow-Man had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
The government is offering money to those willing to change careers to farming. GET YOUR GOVERNMENT GRANT MONEY HERE!
I found this very interesting and continuing in the theme of last week’s blog. My grandparents were farmers and I will be looking for a little plot of land to start a bit of food production myself. As we’ve moved away from the farming age, we have seen an increase in disease, obesity, muscle atrophy, and extremely poor nutritional choices. Talk about a simple solution. Get out on your farm, your community garden, or tend to some pots on your patio. Enjoy the physical, physiological, and nutritional benefits.
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I only have a deck and I grow Arugula, tomatoes, and lots of fresh herbs. Some day I’ll have a lemon tree…
Excellent! I am SO enthusiastic about this subject! Everyone has the ability to grow food. Let me know if you want some seed…I’m a seed saver. Cool weather crops grow best in the fog zone (beets, spinach, lettuce, snap peas, kale), Oak View has THE BEST climate for tomatoes and beans, squash, etc. Gardening is THE most satisfying annual home improvement project for me and Mark. If you want an example of how to maximize production on a small plot, come on up to Oak View some day and pay us a visit. And when you get too many of something, you can always give thus stuff away, or preserve it. Grow only what you like to eat cuz you will probably get more than you are prepared to eat before spoil sets in. You need only plant some things once cuz they readily self seed-like arugula and lettuce-don’t know about other greens. Seeds of Change has a terrific bunch of organic seed and most are not steril hybrids, which allows you to become a seed saver too! Of course, you can get even more into food production by learning how to preserve food (ie, canning), drying, freezing, etc. If you get into canning, I recommend getting some good canning music (bluegrass is my fave). Now, I’m up to my elbows in pints of navel orange marmalade! Toast anyone? Is it planting time yet!?
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We pulled up an old slab that used to support a garage. Interestingly enough, it looks like at least one structure had burned down in that spot – so there’s lots of available potassium in the soil
Now we are in year 2 of intensive backyard veggie “farming” and loving it. We tracked the whole project on Facebook in a photo album, to inspire others. So anybody in the Northeast who wants to see another example can come visit us!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=20971&id=1174780343