This year we harvested wheat from our neighbor’s field. It was a learning experience. As we didn’t have a teacher with real experience with this harvest, we made a lot of mistakes. I plan to put these together in an upcoming post, but the first thing we can correct is the type of wheat we … More Small-Scale, No-Till Heritage Wheat Experiment
In this episode, we take a walk through the garden to see what is producing heavily, what’s coming this fall, and a whole lot of weeds.ddd
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#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Episode 22: Tomato Mania
It’s the middle of tomato season. We’re bringing in about 7–10 lb of the red buggers each day from our 125 plants. We have a dozen German Johnson, eighteen San Marzano II, and ten Matt’s Wild Cherry tomato plants as well as about ninety volunteers that sprang up in my potting soil: Brandywine, San Marzano, … More Tomato-Preserving Recipes: Sauce, Crushed, Marinara, Jam, Salsa, and Sun Dried
In this episode, we take a walk through the garden to see what is producing heavily, what’s coming this fall, and a whole lot of weeds.ddd
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#Foodmageddon
#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Episode 21: Late Summer Garden Tour
In the year 1500, Europe was experiencing the Renaissance and the explosion of thought that followed the invention of the printing press. The Aztecs and Incas dominated large empires in the New World. When London and Rome’s populations numbered around 50,000 each, Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, was home to about 200,000. Cusco, the Inca capital, was only the size of London or Rome, but controlled an empire linked by 40,000 km (25,000 mi.) of roads. By 1533, both Tenochtitlan and Cusco were in Spanish hands. … More COVID Hubris, Collapse, and Resilience: Pandemic in the New World (Part 4)
In this episode, we harvest wheat, from scything and binding in the field, to threshing, grinding, and baking.
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#ResilienceGarden … More Foodmageddon, Episode 20: Wheat Harvest by Hand
I’ll be publishing reworked sections from my 2016 book, Why Did Ancient Civilizations Fail?, updated for today, with a special emphasis on health and COVID, but also discussing other social problems we face. … More COVID Hubris, Collapse, and Resilience: Anthropogenic Disasters (Part 3)
I’ll be publishing reworked sections from my 2016 book, Why Did Ancient Civilizations Fail?, updated for today, with a special emphasis on health and COVID, but also discussing other social problems we face. … More COVID Hubris, Collapse, and Resilience: Social Hubris and Resilience (Part 2)
I’ll be publishing reworked sections from my 2016 book, Why Did Ancient Civilizations Fail?, updated for today, with a special emphasis on health and COVID, but also discussing other social problems we face. … More COVID Hubris, Collapse, and Resilience: Introduction (Part 1)
Every swing of the scythe begins with a smooth draw back and to the side, loading energy in the reaper’s body like a spring. … More A Few Thoughts Harvesting Wheat with a Scythe
