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Community gardens have been increasing in popularity in recent years. Once only found in large cities, these gardens are now beginning to pop up even in small towns as more people become aware of their many benefits. What’s more, a community garden doesn’t have to be difficult to create. All that’s needed is an unused…

Many of us grow at least some of our own produce. Summer gardens can produce enough veggies to feed us through the season and perhaps even enough to put some up for the winter. Tomatoes, beans, squash, corn, and greens are common veggies grown in our back yards, but have you thought about fruit trees?…

This Week On Movie Monday Tales From The Green Valley Episode 7 In this BBC documentary series we get to follow a small group of historians and archeologists as they recreate farm life from the age of the Stuarts. They wear the clothes, eat the food and use the tools, skills and technology of the…

Every so often I hop in the car and head out to a place I call “Down Home”.  Down Home is a good three to three and a half hours away, depending on traffic, so I always make sure I have as many communications possibilities with me when I go.  I took this trip just…

Here is the second of three reviews I am doing for this author.  I suspect this one, Living On The Edge, A Family’s Journey to Self Sufficiency, will be my favorite.  I must admit that I hardly ever read book introductions.  I find that they are usually just a blurb spewed out by the author…