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Query for the Hivemind

By Sharon • Mar 12th, 2010

Hi folks – I was wondering, do you start all your own seeds or buy at least some transplants?  Where do you get them? 
I’m asking because starting seeds is one of those things I do really well – I love doing it and it comes easily, and it occurred to me that I might add […]



The New book’s Cover

By Sharon • Mar 12th, 2010

Check it out!  And it meets the critical requirement – whether my books are mostly about food or not, there has to be some food on the cover .

Now all I have to do is finish writing it….



Getting Back on Track: Spring Goals

By Sharon • Mar 12th, 2010

I haven’t posted an ID update yet (I’m saving that for Monday) or done much to get new content going on this blog, and realistically, most of the changes will wait until the beginning of April, when I’m not insane working on the book.
But we are moving slowly towards goals.  The first, of course, is […]



Wanna Buy a Homestead? Or Come Live on One?

By Sharon • Mar 2nd, 2010

I don’t usually do adverts, but a couple of people I’d like to help out are selling homes and farms, so I thought this once, I’d post a few. 
First, my friend Edson is moving for family reasons from their place in Ohio, and is offering a terrific homestead.  You can even keep the cow!
Second of […]



Getting Out of Debt – And the Debt System

By Sharon • Mar 1st, 2010

A joint essay by Keith Farnish, Guy McPherson, Dave Pollard and Sharon Astyk
Indebtedness pushes us into a form of servitude, and in extreme cases, can leave us imprisoned. Consider, for example, current rates of interest, usurious compared to what savers earn on their savings in the same banks that charge that interest. Many religious organizations loath […]



Independence Days – Year III

By Sharon • Mar 1st, 2010

Many of us need nothing in the world so much as more time.  Adding new projects is exhausting – and stressful.  And yet, we know that there are things we want to change – for example, most of us would like to grow a garden with our kids, or make sure that we know where […]



More Music for Farm Girls and Guys, Comic Edition

By Sharon • Feb 28th, 2010

Over at the ye newe blogge (www.scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook), I’ve got a couple of posts up about the best songs to put on an agrarian mix CD.  Here’s a few more to add to the mix, including some of the funny ones:
First of all, I knew the Arrogant Worms from “I am Cow” and “Carrot Juice is […]



And We’re Back!!!

By Sharon • Feb 23rd, 2010

Hi Everyone – Thanks so much for your patience, the site is now officially virus free and back to functioning.  All thanks and praise for Josh, who did the tedious work of fixing the site – thank you so much!!!!
And thank you all who offered help and advice – I’m very grateful. Now, back to […]



Site Update

By Sharon • Feb 19th, 2010

Hi Folks – Just an update to let you know where things stand.  For those of you who can still see this site, a kind reader of mine is in the process of repairing it, and as soon as I get things back up and running, I will let you all know.  Please bear with […]



The DivaCup Giveaway Winner Is….

By Melinda • Feb 15th, 2010

Thanks to Random.org, it is incredibly easy to generate a random number!

Comment #33 is

miriam!

Congratulations, miriam – please contact me and we’ll get it off and running to you.  And thanks everyone for participating.  Since this was such a large response, I will host more giveaways […]