Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>]

See Elliot Coleman's Four Season Harvest.

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

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From: bruce smith

To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing

Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:34 AM

Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Eating Fossil Fuels

This was a very astonishing article.. I've know this for awhile, but this brings it home..
There is a driving need within me to make the greatest effort I can to grow as much as I can from my yard and can and store. I feel like I guess a squirrel would.  I need to really apply myself and develope a localvore attitude. Gone are the cushy days of cheap food, cheap energy and I'm a victim of my own stupidity and bringing my kids and wife along for the ride. Problem is they don't get it! My wife is in denial worse than ever. I'm telling her we need to pare down and learn to do without clothes driers, dishwashers, 6 TV's, 2 computers, etc.. she is more like We need a bigger freezer, larger car, oi!
I got her a geo metro..55 miles per gallon..My 94 honda accord 4 banger is close on 34 city miles per and 40 hwy..
She is not getting it.. we are in deep kimchi here in CT.. we are paying the 2nd  highest prices for heating fuel and gas in the Main land US.  New York is 1st.
prices are beginning to really climb at the local grocery stores and product quality is declining. What we used to get in the older vegetable bin is passed off as best. for big bucks.  I need to learn to grow as much as possible here.  our USDA garden zone is 6b or 7.. any help would be appreciated

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