For the intended minority of a minority (of a minority?), Eisel’s book is a ruminative appeal to refocus one’s energies. If you do not consider yourself vegan, it will likely repulse you as pompous delusion. If you do consider yourself vegan, it may still repulse you, for it demands that you question whether you truly care about non-human animals ( Read more... )

I'm only in my second year of most of my trees; I also deal with heavy deer and Japanese beetle pressure. Here's some things I've learned so far, starting with my most recommended trees ( Read more... )

There are natural laws, and so I believe in a society that empowers individual freedom. There is a place for the "laws" that men write for purposes of education and guidance, as the true laws that govern our world are often occulted by our limited perception and self-serving nature.

Ultimate goal is to start everything by direct seeding, but slug issues lately have made me rethink. There may be place for starting transplants, at least for stuff like greens which are easier to start as plugs and have a high turnover diet-wise.

to be continued...

My steps to overnight-oats success ( Read more... )

Feel I need to recalibrate my brain. Quite a bit’s happened lately and just want to defragment ( Read more... )

I'm still very much a newbie, so take may advice for what it's worth ( Read more... )

To acknowledge the truth underpinning vegan philosophy is to acknowledge something horrifying about human psychology and societal assumptions. I like to describe veganism as a "gateway truth" for this reason--although at the same time I think many self-identified vegans don't go much further. I consider the taking of the red pill in the Matrix to ( Read more... )

Annual bed groupings ( Read more... )

Still been unable to shake this sinus garbage it got worse again this week, nose stuffiness--and if it's one thing I can't stand, it's not being able to breathe--for the most part lost my voice, tickle-throat coughing. I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever feel like my old self. I miss the few weeks I had after getting over the covideo, best I felt ( Read more... )