Over the years my tomato patch has produced respectable results. But one of the problems I consistently encountered was called Blossom End Rot. It happened first some ten years ago and grew
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James Smith, The Voyage and Shipwreck of Saint Paul (1880) Part of a series of history books that belong in every American’s library. Recommendations welcome. Smith’s Voyage and Shipwreck of Saint Paul
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John N. Edwards’ Noted Guerrillas (1877) Part of a series of history books that belong in every American’s library. Recommendations welcome. The difficulty with Edwards’s Noted Guerrillas is not that the story
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Gregory F. Michno – Lakota Noon (Missoula: Mountain Press. 1997). Part of a series of history books that belong in every American’s library. Recommendations welcome. Gregory F. Michno is tired of politicized
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Union Theological Seminary defends its religious dedication to the creature rather than the Creator: When Robin Wall Kimmerer spoke at Union last year, she concluded her lecture by tasking us—and all faith
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You might have seen the signs in your local grocery store recently, hanging above an empty shelf. The ones at Kroger’s begin “Due to a poor harvest season…”. Walmart’s version was more
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It happens to every gardener eventually: life gets in the way of the garden. CurrentYear() is my year for it and I have no excuses*. While much of the north garden is
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The Gentleman Adventurer nails it: Of course you will be much better prepared in a location like rural Kentucky than in downtown Los Angeles, but the idea that in a better position
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We’ve all seen the lists: in order to be ready for SHTF you need this much food and that much ammo and some gold and a hand-crank battery charger. And that’s all
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