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Starting your own Vegetable Garden

High Springs (Florida) has a Community Garden coordinated by Lys Burden. Lys recently contributed these tips in the Local section of the 6/13 Gainesville Sun

Clear a space that gets about 6 hours sunlight per day
Consider raised garden beds because they're easier on your back
Enrich the soil with compost before you plant
Start small. You can always expand
Add mulch throughout the…

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Added by Michael Levin on June 20, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

A Little a Day, Every Day

For those who wish to climb the mountain of spiritual awareness, the path is selfless work. For those who have attained the summit of union with the Lord, the path is stillness and peace.

– Bhagavad Gita

In order to climb the Himalayas within us, we have to train ourselves, little by little, day by day. Sir Edmund Hillary, who climbed Mount Everest for the first time, did not just stand at the bottom, take one leap, and land on top. He practiced climbing…

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Added by Michael Levin on June 18, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Part 1. The North American Technate TNAT

Added by bob on June 18, 2008 at 10:22am — No Comments

Where to Put all of these Jars???

So, in an effort to capture the local harvest, the free food from my Dad's garden, the blueberry season and as a hedge against inflation, I have begun canning (again). I canned years ago with my mother, when my kids were little. Home canned tomatoes are to die for -- they make the best soup, sauce, and pasta you will ever have. But, except for a few green tomatoes, I have not found many to can. Here is my list of what I have put away so far this past month:

20 pints of corn

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Added by mualpha on June 17, 2008 at 10:57pm — No Comments

gardening at MrRorie

Having grown and eaten vegetables from our community garden for the past few years, that part of our earth has become part of me. It dawned on me one day a few years ago, that all the attention and love I put into the garden comes back into me. Not just me but everyone who tends to the crops we grow. I lean a bit towards the mystical so I enjoyed the realization of the earth there becoming me, me becoimng the earth as I tended to the crops. It is all pretty amazing that life happens this way:… Continue

Added by Sh'mal Ellenberg on June 15, 2008 at 11:07pm — 1 Comment

Community Gardens Grow Community

Added by bob on June 14, 2008 at 9:02pm — No Comments

Learning From the Collapse of Earlier Societies

Added by bob on June 14, 2008 at 8:09pm — No Comments

How Much Food Can I Grow Around My House?

Added by bob on June 14, 2008 at 8:07pm — No Comments

Bullock Brothers Homestead - A 25-Year Permaculture Project

Added by bob on June 14, 2008 at 9:13am — 1 Comment

An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability

Added by bob on June 13, 2008 at 7:27pm — No Comments

PERMACULTURE & PEAK OIL: Beyond 'Sustainability'

Added by bob on June 13, 2008 at 7:25pm — No Comments

Daleks

Photographer: Kessner Photography

OK, you got me. I have never heard of a "dalek", but Paul "www.privatehell.com" Matthews says I should have, if I watch Dr Who...and if I don't, he says "Why not?"

At any rate, Paul lives in London and reports that he just ordered his very own…

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Added by Michael Levin on June 9, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Two Aspects of Life...

There are two aspects of life:
the first is that
man is tuned by his surroundings,
and the second is that
man can tune himself
in spite of his surroundings

--Hazrat Inayat Khan

Added by Michael Levin on June 8, 2008 at 2:41pm — No Comments

<a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dfx7rfr2_211crx6c26k">Technocracy</a>

Technocracy

Added by bob on June 6, 2008 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

Zoobirds ::: Cook Your Life!

Zoobird is an online community for people who love organic living. This is a blogpost from Michael Levin. I'm your webmaster.

Some of you said Zoobird's color scheme was hard to read. So, it's different now. Hope it's a little better.

Karla, one of our friends at Haile Village Bodywork, recommended the movie "Cook Your…

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Added by Michael Levin on June 2, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Zoobird Blog

A social network has blogs, groups, forums, and lots more. Zoobird is all you could hope for, This blog post is just to say welcome to Zoobird! We're glad you're here. This site will grow with you, through you and right alongside you. Watch and as your garden grows, so will Zoobird, organically!

Added by Michael Levin on May 28, 2008 at 6:13pm — No Comments