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!
To grow most of the food we’ll need for the next year, we’ll need seeds. If not for this study, I wouldn’t be buying all of these seeds. I’ve saved about half of these seed varieties from previous years of gardening, but my tomatoes and squash lines have been interbreeding and losing vigor. As you … More Foodmageddon: Seeds!
Our grow-your-own project is underway. Right now, we’re in the planning stages. In February, we get a month of “business as usual,” to order and plan for the upcoming decrease of fossil fuels in our food system. Starting in March, we’ll only have a quarter of our trips to the grocery store and less shipping … More Foodmageddon: Grow, Glean, and Forage Over Two Million Calories for a Year?
The third 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 tour the village of Cooksville, Wisconsin, founded in the 1840s. It has lots of infrastructure that was here before (and will still be here after) fossil fuels and … More Foodmageddon, Episode 3: Village Tour
Low Tech Lecture, 02-004 – 07 Feb 2020
The History of Gardening: Society’s Original Social Safety Net
A lecture delivered by Scott Johnson at the 2020 Wisconsin Garden Expo. … More Low Tech Lecture Series, 02-004 — Occasional Lectures: History of Gardening, Society’s Original Social Safety Net
Our second 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 a tour of the property and the resources available to us on site.
Low Tech Lecture, 02-001 – 04 Apr 2017
Why Did Ancient Civilizations Fail? A lecture delivered by Scott Johnson at the Missouri History Museum for the Mound City Archaeological Society.
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Subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, TuneIn Radio, or Stitcher. … More Low Tech Lecture Series, 02-003 — Occasional Lectures: Beginning Beekeeping for Gardeners
