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Surviving Off Off-Grid: Decolonizing the Industrial Mind, Kindle Edition

Michael Bunker’s new book, Surviving Off Off-Grid: Decolonizing the Industrial Mind, is now out in a Kindle edition.  Off course, as soon as he announced that it was out, I made sure to grab a sample. I am waiting to … Continue reading

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An Off-Grid Revolution

Michael Bunker’s new book, “Surviving Off Off-Grid, Decolonizing the Industrial Mind” – Due out March 4th.

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Our Biggest Challenge

Today I saw a woman carrying a reusable shopping bag with the phrase “Locally Grown” on the outside.  As I watched her purchase her produce from a competitor and fill her bag, I realized my challenge. Our biggest challenge is … Continue reading

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Update

So much has been going on, much that I want to post about, but I’ve been almost too busy to post it.  I have noticed a similar trend with many of the other agrarian blogs that I follow.  But this … Continue reading

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Weather set-backs, and other updates

The crazy weather has been frustrating this year.  We went from working outside in short sleeves, to 4 inches of snow, to just plain cold and wet.  I have been trying to get some outside projects done and some planting … Continue reading

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A Major Loss

If you read agrarian blogs at all, no doubt you are familiar with Herrick Kimball.  For the past few years, Herrick has published a blog called “The Deliberate Agrarian.” On April 2, Herrick posted that he will no longer be … Continue reading

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Earthway Precision Seeder

My Earthway seeder arrived today.  I was excited to assemble it.  However, the ground is still to cold to be direct seeding yet, so I will have to wait (patiently) to try it out.

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Homesteading

If you are anything like me, you have aspirations of moving to fully sustainable living on your homestead.  Perhaps you are there already.  As I have written elsewhere, even if you are not at that point, you don’t need to … Continue reading

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Growing Potatoes in a Spud Barrel

This year, I plan to test out the “Spud Barrel” method of growing potatoes.  If you have never heard of a spud barrel, this is essentially a process of growing potatoes in a barrel (or trash can, a stack of … Continue reading

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Planning Ahead for Preserving

It seems like it would be putting the cart before the horse to think about canning already.  Really, there is still some snow on the ground around here.  However, I want to be “putting food by” this year so I … Continue reading

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