Frankenfoods: they’re coming to get you. Aaargh!
Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under Activism, food safety, green market, nutrition | Leave a Comment
53%: Percentage of polled Americans who say they won’t buy food that has ingredients from genetically engineered (GE) plants.
65%: Actual percentage of products on grocery store shelves that contain unlabeled GE ingredients (usually soy or corn derived).
90%: Portion of U.S. grown soybeans that are genetically engineered.
99%: Estimated likelihood that the U.S. [...]
Newcomers
Posted on May 19, 2008 - Filed Under animals, goats | 4 Comments
Oh the baby goats: Squeaker and Nake!
Read More..>>I love my grandma.
Posted on May 19, 2008 - Filed Under broccoli, canning, cooking, cost of living, economy, fruit, saving | 2 Comments
I was slicing lemons and limes for iced tea (and beer) and noticed I was slicing the lemons thinner than normal. Now I love citrus in my drinks. I have many times been accused of slicing lemons too big to fit “properly” in an iced bottle of Corona (As if! It just [...]
Read More..>>Garden Geek
Posted on May 6, 2008 - Filed Under farm maintenance, fruit, grass, herbs, pasture, pests, planting, seeds, vegetables, worms | Leave a Comment
Call me a garden geek, but it’s really exciting when tiny plants start popping where you simply put a teeny tiny seed under some dirt with a sprinkling of water. Our last minute lettuce is thriving: beautiful baby leaf lettuce just like I used to buy from a bag! And almost all the carrots have [...]
Read More..>>Horse Tricks
Posted on May 6, 2008 - Filed Under animals, compost, horse | 1 Comment
So the horses, Beautiful and Brutus, have been here several weeks now. They seem to have settled right in with the rest of the menagerie. The large pasture is now covered in large mounds of horse poop. Good: lots of manure for compost. Not so good: the large pasture [...]
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