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Category Archives: self-sufficiency
Saving your own seed
I have been pondering this recently, as I just got an allotment (more on this later). How did we cope before seed companies?
40 years ago most people would be saving the seeds of their favourite crops to reap the successes … Continue reading
Nommo’s Elderberry and Bramble wine
1685g Elderberries
700g Brambles (Blackberry)
2kg Sugar
6l water
1 Tsp ginger
2 tps Pectin Enzyme (pectolase)
2l pure grape juice (I used red and white)
Destalk and wash the elderberries and brambles.
Add 2l of water to fruit in a large pan and warm gently, mashing with … Continue reading
Plan Bee
Bees pollinate a third of the food we eat. They are essential for farming and if we wanted to do the pollinating work ourselves – it would take a workforce of 30 million. And that’s just for food – bees … Continue reading
Fossil fools
I am sure I am not the only one who found last nights episode of Natural World – A Farm for the Future incredibly important and somewhat frightening.
If you didn’t see it – do have a look – it is … Continue reading
Posted in environment, farming, renewable energy, self-sufficiency
Tagged farming, peak oil, transition
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The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid: final trailer Feb 2009 from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.
I often have ideas, that I mull over and never get around to doing anything about (man cannot live on ideas alone!), but in this case I … Continue reading
How civilised
I just saw this video which was referred to on Keith’s ‘Unsuitablog‘
I love this video – and it pretty much sums up why I feel so uncomfortable with the level of greenwash that we are subjected to on a daily … Continue reading
Posted in anthropology, environment, self-sufficiency
Tagged civilisation, skills, sustainability
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Give me your favourite quotes
I have been using a great little WordPress plug-in called ‘Quotes Collection‘ on this blog – it’s great for grabbing those quotes you see popping up over the web and adding them to your blog. It is my favourite aspect … Continue reading
Posted in anthropology, blogging, computers, environment, gardening, housing, open source, philanthropy, self-sufficiency, web stuff
Tagged quotes
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The girl effect
I just saw this and was moved, no introduction needed really… even if it is ‘rooted’ in the work of the Nike Foundation… (time to put some sweat shop profits to good use?).
By Girleffect.org
Mind the gap
I am not the only one fretting about over-specialisation it seems. I was pointed to Sharon Astyk’s ‘Casaubon’s Book’ blog by this Eating the Seasons post, which mentioned the book Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front.
The post … Continue reading
