In this episode, we continue our chicken-hatching project, store staples for the next few months, start plants for the garden, and build fences.
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Low Tech Podcast, No. 40 – 27 Mar. 2019
Introducing our new project: Foodmageddon.
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Now is the time to start gardening, not just the time, but the perfect time.
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By the time the grasshoppers begin to worry about the stability of the food system, ants will have to have been storing food all summer. Don’t be a grasshopper. #BeAnAnt … More Low-Tech COVID-19: Gather Gardening Supplies Now
As COVID-19 begins to spread more widely across the United States, prompting closure of schools, public services, and events, many of us are finding ourselves with more time at home. For some of us this is an inconvenience, for others it is a hardship. The driving thought behind the Low Technology Institute is that someday … More Low-Tech COVID-19: Plan for the Worst, Hope for the Best
The sixth episode of our webseries, Foodmageddon, is out today. Have a watch. Comment, share, and let others know about the project. In this episode, we continue to harvest maple sap for syrup, start to prepare garden beds and spaces, and start the first seeds of spring.
When we say “Low Tech” what we mean is the simplest means to achieve a task without fossil fuels. Over the next few weeks, as we’re sequestering ourselves here at the institute, we’ll be bringing you ideas for entertaining yourselves as well as updates on what we’re up to — luckily we can spend time … More Binge-able Low Tech Series
The fourth episode of our webseries, Foodmageddon, is out this morning. Have a watch. Comment, share, and let others know about the project. In this episode, we get to work in earnest on the food-growing projects, including starting seeds and getting the chickens to raise some chicks.
The fourth episode of our webseries, Foodmageddon, is out this morning. Have a watch. Comment, share, and let others know about the project. In this episode, we start work on getting in the supplies we need to feed ourselves over the next year: seeds and tools. We also start work on a food storage area … More Foodmageddon, Episode 4: Looking Over the Brink
Come see the director of the institute, Scott, give a talk on the history of food gardening at the Edgerton Public Library at 10 a.m. this Saturday. The History of Gardening: The Original Social Safety Net looks at growing food from 10,000 years ago through the present and into the future. See more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/599222890878006/ … More Talk this Saturday: The History of Gardening — Edgerton Public Library, 10 a.m.
For the last few years, I’ve been tracking my horticultural hours as part of my hour-per-day gardening series. The goal was to quantify just how much time it took me to grow what I did each year. We have a big garden and people often commented that it seemed like it would take a lot … More Foodmageddon: Work!
