Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["henry walden" <henrywalden@lycos.com>]

How reasurring is that on a philosophical note, she closes with: 

 

"Forget perfectionism! I'm not perfect. You're not perfect. The rest of our 
lives aren't perfect. Why should our gardens be? Let's make practical 
gardens, resilient gardens. And let's manage our resilient gardens with 
cheerful, unapologetic selective sloppiness."

 

 

 

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Subject : [Livingontheland] Food in Uncertain Times
Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:05:51 -0600
>From : "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
To : livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org


excerpt, very long article 

Food in Uncertain Times: How to Grow and Store the 5 Crops You Need to 
Survive 
Having food resiliency is as much about learning how to store and use food 
properly as it is about growing it. The key is learning interdependence not 
independence. 
October 21, 2010 | By Makenna Goodman 
http://www.alternet.org/food/148562/food_in_uncertain_times%3A_how_to_grow_and_store_the_5_crops_you_need_to_survive/
 

In an age of erratic weather and instability, it's increasingly important to 
develop a greater self-reliance when it comes to food. And because of this, 
more than ever before, farmers are developing new gardening techniques that 
help achieve a greater resilience. Longtime gardener and scientist Carol 
Deppe, in her new book The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and 
Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times, offers a wealth of unique and expansive 
information for serious home gardeners and farmers who are seeking optimistic 
advice. Do you want to know more about the five crops you need to survive 
through the next thousand years? What about tips for drying summer squash, 
for your winter soups? Ever thought of keeping ducks on your land? Read on. 

Makenna Goodman: Many gardeners (both beginners and more serious growers) 
come across obstacles they might not have planned for. In your new book, The 
Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times, you 
talk about the need for real gardening techniques for both good times and 
bad. What is the first step toward achieving this kind of resilience? 

Carol Deppe: The basic issues are getting more control over our food, getting 
lots higher quality and more delicious food, and enhancing the resilience of 
our food supply. There are three ways to do that. The first is through local 
buying patterns and trade. A second is through knowing how to store or 
process food that is available locally, whether we grow it ourselves or not. 
The third is gardening. In The Resilient Gardener, I talk as much about 
storing and using food as growing it. I love gardening, but not everyone is 
in a position to garden every year of their lives. 


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