lemon gras in winter

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Comment by Noel Jones on February 6, 2010 at 12:34pm

Yes I was one of the first woofers to work with micheal on his project there in bristol,me and another woofer a female friend from the carolinias back in 2006,learned a lot from micheal,consider him a friend,we just had different ways of viewing life,that was a problem for Him...this picture of the old cracker house brought back memories,became one with nature there,listening to the owls at night etc..

Comment by Michael Levin on February 6, 2010 at 9:00am

Mycol Stevens has beautiful lemongrass plants growing at his place, which he calls Finca Mycol. He grabbed a handful and stuffed it in a pot. He lit a wood fire and boiled it in some water we hauled up from his hand dug reservoir. Delicious! Then, we had a stew he made from dried mushrooms, road kill jerky and fresh veg from plants he grows all over the 20 acres, just north of Gainesville, FL. I wrote the visit up on Elephant Journal, in an article called Living off the Grid.

Comment by Michael Levin on February 6, 2010 at 8:51am

What are you going to plant?


I'm reading "Possum Living", by Dolly Freed which was a popular book in the 70's and just reprinted. Freed suggests thinking about what's most sensible to grow.

For example, she says potatoes are so cheap it's hardly worth sacrificing space to grow them. Dolly says squash is always overplanted and her neighbors give away the extras, so she doesn't grow any. I just weeded my patch after the freezes and plan to plant today:



Even though potatoes are abundant and cheap, it pleased Sh'mal to grow some in his patch, which was covered by leaves and compost. We had lunch one day and he ust reached in and pulled one out: