tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post2840275330666937866..comments2023-10-14T08:23:14.641-07:00Comments on The American Energy Crisis: Europe, Debt, and the Keynesian Jag-OffsA Quaker in a Strange Landhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-42141134469329810162011-12-04T08:46:04.118-08:002011-12-04T08:46:04.118-08:00If this were Facebook, I'd have "like&quo...If this were Facebook, I'd have "like"'d that last "F*** the USDA" comment for sure!Stephen B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00746137367376861899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-82086798144147518022011-12-04T04:42:24.879-08:002011-12-04T04:42:24.879-08:00We save our own seeds, and it has been working. Wi...We save our own seeds, and it has been working. Wish we had more like minded neighbors in the community.<br /><br />A funny thing happened on the way to the USDA... At our local farmer's market the vendors have been selling fresh milk, cured bacons and hams, and other meats... I asked them if they were USDA inspected and got a "f*** the USDA" response... -:)A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-66745130117969047832011-12-04T03:20:30.160-08:002011-12-04T03:20:30.160-08:00It is a pure pleasure to realize that I pretty muc...It is a pure pleasure to realize that I pretty much eat a 5 mile diet. It's actally be closer to 2 miles most of the time. One thing our sustainability group is working on a is mobile butchering truck. Right now, the closest USDA certified butcher is an hour and a half away. That's not so bad as we only have to get there a time or two a year but it won't work in the long run. My place is too small to raise all my protein. We do pigs and chickens but we get our beef from a kid I use to babysit for. He can't sell it to me unles he goes the USDA route. We'll be growing grain for the first time in the spring. That was a big hole for us. What is working best is to do this as a community. We provide all the honey for our group. My neighbor keeps us all inexcellent cow's milk and another neighbor has the grant done for a cheese facility for our goat milk. We have a group cider press at my house. Bruce just completed the cider house and we pressed 300 gallons this year. We have an excellent seed bank estabished. I'm in charge of Oregon Sweet Meat Squash seeds. Are you doing much seed saving? It is both art and science but I'm learning. Screw you, Monsanto.kathyhttp://www.justincasebookbook.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-74701408918705968872011-12-03T17:13:12.752-08:002011-12-03T17:13:12.752-08:00I'm am well Kathy. I had some very pressing ob...I'm am well Kathy. I had some very pressing obligations that have resolved... "sometimes it just be's that way"...<br /><br />I am glad to hear from you and have much to share with you re: homesteading. We have quite gotten the hang of it!A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-39606215798477998972011-12-03T16:50:38.826-08:002011-12-03T16:50:38.826-08:00I left a post but I don't see it here. I wante...I left a post but I don't see it here. I wanted to welcome you back as well. I was afraid you were ill.kathyhttp://www.justincasebook.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-88754295813556582622011-12-03T14:21:57.669-08:002011-12-03T14:21:57.669-08:00Thanks. I missed my daily release of curmudgeon-in...Thanks. I missed my daily release of curmudgeon-ing...A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-12646152573518013932011-12-02T16:40:24.806-08:002011-12-02T16:40:24.806-08:00Welcome back.. Its good to see you blogging here a...Welcome back.. Its good to see you blogging here again..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com