In this episode, we start generating next year’s compost by mowing the lawn — with a scythe — and we get a lot planted: corn, lettuce, peas, beets, cucumber, etc.
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#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Episode 14: Making Hay When . . .
Once upon a time — okay, it was 1969 — a group met to discuss the future of the environment and how humans live on the planet. By the next year, they had formed the New Alchemy Institute (NAI) on Cape Cod. This research organization was one of the most direct inspirations for the Low … More New Alchemy Institute — Inspiration in the Pandemic
In this episode, we plant oats, cucumbers, and eggplant, as well as work in the greenhouse and protect plants from a late hard frost.
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#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Episode 13: Waiting for Frost
I’ve run out of compost! I’m not half-way through getting my beds in order and I’ve already distributed what I thought was a large pile of black gold. Without going off campus (and out of pocket) to buy more, I’m going to have to get creative to build up some carbon and nitrogen source for … More Compost Goals — via Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
This year, as we’re stepping up our growing operation, I’m still tracking my hours.
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#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon: More Hour Data
In this episode, we visit the bees, take a garden tour, combat invasives, move the baby chicks outside, and wait for historic frosts.
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#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Episode 12: Waiting for Frost
Tonight, the institute director, Scott Johnson, will be giving a talk to the Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW). CHEW is a group that sponsors monthly talks on a variety of food-related topics, complete with matching foods to sample. They’re a great group and if you’re in the Madison, WI, area, consider finding out more … More Free Talk Tonight with CHEW — Potatoes Will Save Humanity
In this episode, we plant potatoes, prepare more beds, and get rained out.
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#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Episode 11: More Plantings
We’re scaling up our bee breeding project this year. You can find out more by reading the initial proposal here or watching the video as we installed our first colonies on YouTube. Anybody following the news knows that honeybees are in crisis. Bees are a critical link not only in the human food chain but … More Thanks to Our Bee-Project Sponsors!
In this episode, we press and wax cheese, plant flax, and work in the greenhouse and garden beds.
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#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Episode 10: Spring Plantings
