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Our FAIRS bring living wisely to life with hands-on workshops in organic gardening, country skills, renewable energy and more.
Ever thought about designing and building a space for your worker-owned business, intentional community, local co-op market, or any other cooperative organization?
Curious about the intersection between green and natural building, between DIY and professionalism, or between commercial and residential construction and design?
When heirloom seed business Southern Exposure Seed Exchange decided they couldn't wait any longer for a seed office, there was an opportunity for in house worker owners to make this happen. With essentially no experience, a design team of highly idealistic building novices formed with the challenge of designing the most efficient, functional, sustainable, and beautiful building, for both small commercial and residential functions.
To give a little taste of what we learned during the building process, here are some metrics that we adapted and expanded upon to help us make decisions:
Embodied energy
Energy efficiency
Accessibility for diverse populations
Ease of Construction
Skill level required
Up front
Over time
These metrics can apply to any building and homesteading projects you embark on, but I must forewarn you: They might lead you to quandaries, such as whether or not super-insulated and sealed buildings are worth the upfront material investment or the equipment typically associated with it (which use energy ongoing), or whether an earthen floor or straw bales are appropriate for high-traffic spaces. Or whether these natural building materials work well for commercial applications or for applications where inhabitants of the space are already stretched thin and have a high turnover rate.
If you want to learn more about what systems, materials, and designs we came up with for the Seed Office project, how it's working out for us thus far, and the lessons we learned along the way, come to my presentation, "Green and Natural Building: A DIY Case Study" at the Albany, Ore., MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
One of the first things I do at any MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR is locate the Ford test drive booth and decide which green vehicle I'm going to take out for a spin.
It didn't take me long to find the Ford display at the 2015 Asheville, N.C., FAIR, where Ford Motor Co. was a title sponsor. Ford's electric-blue tent drew many visitors with the promise of a chance at winning prizes, including a vehicle of their choice. But, to my way of thinking, the opportunity to test-drive a Ford hybrid car was prize enough.
Among the Ford vehicles available for test-drives at Asheville were the C-MAX hybrid, the Fusion hybrid, and the Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid. I chose the plug-in hybrid and sank into the driver's seat while Tiffany, the Ford representative, settled in on the passenger's side. We rolled out of a side gate on the fairgrounds and began a quiet tour of the Asheville terrain as Tiffany pointed out the Ford plug-in hybrid's features. Each time I braked, the Energi's dashboard display screen showed the value of the car's regenerative braking, as the lithium-ion battery pack captured and stored kinetic energy to boost the overall gas mileage.
According to Tiffany, Asheville FAIR visitors understand that gas prices are going to go up again, and they want to be prepared for that eventuality. The energy savings represented by the Ford hybrid cars at the FAIR attracted many people. Tiffany also encountered some owners of non-Ford hybrids who, she said, sought vehicles with better battery reliability and a higher comfort level.
In an exceptionally flat landscape such as Tiffany's native Arizona, or in my native Kansas, hybrids can get great mileage. Tiffany described a friend living in Arizona who averages more than 560 miles per tank with his Ford hybrid.
As we drove back onto the fairgrounds at the end of our Ford test-drive, I sensed that Tiffany was a bit distracted. We said our goodbyes and, before we parted, Tiffany pulled out her phone to glance at the clock. She exclaimed, "Oh good, just in time to see a chicken get processed!" and rushed off to join hundreds of fairgoers watch Joel Salatin and David Schafer's live poultry demonstration on the main stage.
Such is a MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR: the juxtaposition of a Ford hybrid's comfort and homesteading's gritty reality. Both are practical and informative experiences that we're happy to bring to fairgoers.
Please visit the FAIR website for more information about future FAIRs: June 6-7 in Albany, Ore.; Aug. 8-9 in West Bend, Wis.; Sept. 18-20 in Seven Springs, Pa.; and Oct. 24-25 in Topeka, Kan. Tickets are on sale now.
You can also get FAIR updates on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Rebecca Martin is an Associate Editor at MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine, where her beats include DIY and Green Transportation. She's an avid cyclist and has never met a vegetable she didn't like.
While Ford staffers busily gave test drives nearby, an eager crowd gathered under the Renewable Energy tent at the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR last Sept. 13 to learn about the latest electric vehicle (EV) technology. For nearly an hour, Stephanie Janczak of Ford Motor Company answered audience questions on the workshop's broad topic: "Everything You Want to Know About Hybrid and Electric Vehicles." The large crowd at Seven Springs, Pa., eagerly tapped into Janczak's extensive knowledge — she is Ford's Manager of Global EVSE Technology and Deployment for Sustainability and Vehicle Environmental Matters.
Many audience members already owned electric vehicles and wanted to know more about recent technological advancements. Among the questions Janczak answered were the following:
Following the question-and-answer session, Janczak presented a $2,000 check to the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture as part of Ford's Community Green Grant program (pictured at right).
Seven Springs FAIR visitors could test-drive any or all of three electric technologies offered by Ford through its Power of Choice initiative. Ford currently has five EVs on the market, including the C-MAX Energi, the Fusion Energi, and the Fusion Hybrid. Ford Motor Company was a title sponsor of the 2014 MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR in Seven Springs.
Please visit the FAIR website for more information about future FAIRs, including Oct. 25-26, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. Tickets are on sale now.
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1. Plan on attending for more than one day. There is simply too much to see and learn about. If you only go for one day, you'll always be wondering about what you might have missed.
2. Read the program. Each morning, take the fair program out and circle the workshops that you are interested in attending. Also, check out the map to find out where those workshops will be located. Good preparation can increase your chances of getting a seat.
3. Bring a water bottle. You'll be thirsty and although there are boxes to place garbage that can be recycled, be proactive (and environmentally savvy) by bringing your own water bottle that you can refill.
4. Bring a tote bag or backpack. If you have your own bag, you don't need to take one from each vendor.
5. Bring money. It will only be the very strongest who won't come home with soaps, fermented foods, and wooden spoons. You certainly don't have to spend money but this is one place where your money is well spent.
6. The FAIR will be indoors as well as outdoors, bring sunglasses. If you burn, also consider a hat and some sunscreen.
7. Wear comfortable shoes. I wore a fit bit on Saturday and logged over 14K steps (a very good day is when I hit 10K) wear good sturdy shoes with socks, your feet will thank you at the end of the day.
8. Ask questions. You'll get answers about everything, but you won't if you don't ask, so go ahead, people want to tell you about what they have.
9. Give things a try. Go ahead and try the brown soap in the rest rooms, the whiskey hickory syrup, the fermented food. Here is your chance to try things out and discover new products, take advantage of it.
10. Pace yourself. It's going to be a long weekend, pace yourself to make sure you get to see it all. There's nothing wrong with sitting down for a break to have some food or a cup of coffee, it will all still be there after you've gotten a break.
11. If you buy something big like a broom or shovel, ask the vendor to hold it for you until you are ready to leave. No need to carry anything bulky or awkward, vendors will be glad to set aside your purchase.
12. Say "hi" to the person next to you. This is your tribe, everyone belongs.
13. Take photos. Do you want to look something up before you buy it? Take a photo so you'll remember the details. Also take plenty of photos to share with your friends when you get home, they'll want to know what all the fuss was about.
14. Consider staying in the hotel associated with the FAIR. Sure it might be more expensive than the one located 20 minutes away, but sometimes, convenience can be priceless.
15. Consider packing a bottle of wine to enjoy in the hotel at night. 'Nuff said about that one.
16. Breathe. There's something about being around like-minded people that makes you feel like you're at home. Relax, you've got a few days here where others won't think you're strange for composting with worms.
Get the details about all of our upcoming MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIRS and make a plan to attend one next year!
We had a great time seeing the beautiful heritage livestock breeds that came to our MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIRS. From gentle llamas and stubborn pack goats to regal roosters and braying mules, we've had the chance to see (and pet, and play with) them all. With help from our friends at The Livestock Conservancy, we've combined some of our favorite pictures and video clips of heritage livestock breeds in this video slideshow.
We'd like to give a special thanks to Jeannette Beranger from The Livestock Conservancy for her help compiling many of these photos.
Summer greetings, everyone! The heat is definitely on, and after a long afternoon spent mowing the lawn and weeding the garden, I'm ready for something cool and refreshing to drink. Because I'm quite health-conscious, soda and sugary drinks just don't strike my fancy. So, what does this gal reach for instead? My favorite cold watermelon drink, which I whip up in my blender in less than 2 minutes. It's lip-smacking good, gorgeously pink, super nutritious and amazingly filling (even though it's extremely low in calories).
Watermelon is a thirst-quenching fruit loaded with natural sugars, carotenoids such as lycopene and beta carotene, and potassium. If you happen to retain water, watermelon should be your go-to fruit, as it has natural diuretic properties that dramatically reduce that waterlogged feeling. Wonderful for those of you with high blood pressure, too, due to the high potassium content. The recipe below is easy to make. All you need is an average kitchen blender. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Watermelon juice, naturally high in pick-me-up sugars, is the perfect choice to refresh, refuel and rehydrate following a hard, sweaty workout or an afternoon spent mowing the lawn. This sensational, celebration-in-pink juice blend is also an excellent beverage to serve for alcohol-free summer entertaining. Sweet-tart and cooling to the palate, it looks especially enticing served in prechilled fancy glassware garnished with sprigs of fresh mint. For a festive option, add party appeal with colorful straws and tiny decorative umbrellas. Here's to summer!
4 cups cold, seedless watermelon, roughly cut into 1-inch chunks
Juice of 1 medium lime (about ¼ cup)
1 tablespoon raw honey or agave nectar
5-10 fresh mint leaves
2 mint sprigs for garnish (optional)
1. Place the watermelon, lime juice, honey, and the 5-10 mint leaves in a blender. Liquefy until smooth and the mint leaves appear as tiny specks, about 30 seconds.
2. Pour into two beautiful glasses with or without crushed ice. Garnish glasses with fresh mint sprigs, if desired.
Yield: 2 generous servings
A good source of: potassium, vitamin C, beta carotene and the cancer-fighting carotenoid lycopene.
Excerpted from Raw Energy © Stephanie L. Tourles. Used with permission of Storey Publishing.
You can learn how to make more fabulously nutritious and delicious raw food recipes by reading my best-selling book, Raw Energy: 124 Raw Food Recipes for Energy Bars, Smoothies, and Other Snacks to Supercharge Your Body (Storey Publishing, 2009). I've also written many other "healthy living" books, including my most recent, Hands-On Healing Remedies: 150 Recipes for Herbal Balms, Salves, Oils, Liniments & Other Topical Therapies (Storey, 2012), and my popular title Organic Body Care Recipes (Storey, 2007).
Please visit my website, www.stephanietourles.com (plus see my blog and Facebook page, which you can access through my website by clicking on the appropriate icon in the upper right hand corner) to find out more about me and stay tuned for my 2014 MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR speaking schedule.
Please visit the FAIR website for more information about future FAIRS: September 12-14 in Seven Springs, Pa. and October 25-26 in Topeka, Kan. Tickets on sale now.
Whether our desire to raise our own food stems from a growing concern about food additives, a passion for social justice, an aspiration to promote the humane treatment of animals, or a yearning to protest the way commercial foods are grown and processed, the obstacles we face are daunting. The intricacies of organic gardening and animal husbandry are a mystery to the beginner, and the learning curve for the truly determined dairyman or woman is steep. A primary difficulty lies in finding suitable land for the little farm of our dreams; and the price of such land when we find it is often considerable. So are the costs of outbuildings, fencing and watering systems, animals, feeds, fuel and fertilizers. Any one of these issues might be enough to discourage the would-be homesteader. There is hope, however; these obstacles may not be as great as they appear. At the Sow's Ear, nearly 30 years of home food production have seen us go from growing some tomatoes in the backyard garden to overseeing a large, four-season organic garden, pastured poultry, a small intensively grazed Jersey herd for meat and dairy, home butchering, food preservation and cheesemaking. Those years have altered our opinion of what is actually necessary to begin a small, sustainable organic farmstead. It is our goal to dispel some common myths.
We'll begin with finding suitable land. What constitutes "suitable" land for a small farmstead depends, of course, on what you plan to do with it. You may envision a permaculture paradise, a battalion of chicken tractors or a herd of miniature Jerseys. The difficulty is in finding any land at all that promises hope to your projected endeavor, and once you find it, in finding a piece that is for sale. Good farm land is accessible, cleared of rocks and superfluous trees, and with soil that is deep and fertile … and is precious, mostly held by people who, far from wanting to part with it, are holding on like grim death and looking to buy more. Rich, fertile farm land with a modest house, fences, outbuildings and stock water systems are occasionally to be found on the market, but the vast majority of these have price tags that would make Bill Gates stop and think, let alone us plain farmer types. Determined though we were to exchange our city rental home for a place in the country, after five years looking for just such an acreage we were still in the city, with a couple dozen tomato plants in the backyard but no nearer to our little farmstead.
Year six found us desperate to get out of town. When 17 acres of clayey, rocky trees-up-the-side-of-a-hill and a derelict house for just 11,000 dollars came to our attention, although it looked nothing like the farm of our dreams, we took a deep breath and jumped. Despite the extremely rough appearance of the house, inspection showed that it was essentially sound. The land was labeled "not suitable for agriculture" on state plat maps, and it wasn't; at least, not the kind of mechanized agriculture the state recognizes. There wasn't a flat spot on the place, the topsoil was thin to nonexistent, and most of the land was approaching the vertical. But 17 years later, our little piece of hillside is the heart of a small farm where we raise most of our own food and most of what our animals eat, without expensive equipment, outbuildings or inputs of feed, fuel or fertilizer. This land, which seemed to have no potential as a homestead, is bursting with life and fertility, producing enormous amounts of nutrition and hosting tremendous genetic diversity.
As homestead hunters, our first mistake had been overlooking the great potential in almost any piece of land. We were searching for fertility as though it were a mineral deposit, like gold or oil, something that either was there or was not, failing to recognize that fertility, in land, is a condition, something that can be changed with time and effort. Our steep, rocky acres were sour, infertile and completely unsuitable for mechanized agriculture, yes, but it was perfectly possible for determined people with hand tools, a chainsaw and a garden fork to clear the underbrush, let in some sunlight, and start adding organic matter to the soil. We did this, and 17 years later our garden soil is rich, light and full of worms, enabling us to raise virtually all our vegetables (we confess to a taste for avocadoes and oranges, which we cannot grow in eastern Ohio) for 10 people, year-round. Our home pasture consisted of 5 acres of steep hillside that had been logged, compacted and then stripped of topsoil, but after only three years of intensive rotational grazing, it allowed us to graze two lactating Jerseys for nine months of the year with a minimum of grain and no additional hay. Today the forage in this pasture is a dense turf of mixed legumes and bunch grasses, deep-rooted to hold moisture in even prolonged dry periods; and this change was effected not with expensive permanent fencing, elaborate watering systems, commercial pasture grass seed mixes or fancy outbuildings, but with grazing animals, portable electric fence reels, captured water, low-pressure water valves and a simple shed. Obviously this land "not suitable for agriculture" was entirely suitable for growing a family's food.
We venture to surmise that in most rural areas there are similar pockets of land, places that for a variety of reasons do not recommend themselves for methods of commercial farming or as conventional home sites with level yards and direct road access. For these reasons such sites may have low, even remarkably low, cash value; but in the hands of a creative person pursuing home food production, such a site has potential to become a flourishing smallholding, perhaps even more potential than would a flat, cleared parcel. One hidden advantage of such a place is the presence in it of a variety of microclimates, each susceptible to a different sort of culture. Wooded acres may contain nut or fruit trees, and lumber for building or firewood. South-facing slopes favor the gardener, while north-facing slopes, where fruit trees blossom later in the year, may be preferable for a small orchard (as the location discourages premature fruit set). A broad creek bottom in an east-west valley can mean fertile, well-watered soil with a long sun exposure, while marshy areas provide cover for wild birds that eat garden pests; and against a rocky outcropping, late vegetables may be buffered from frost damage by solar energy stored in the stones. What may look to the average buyer like a useless piece of land can be wealth to the small-scale food grower.
There are certain qualities that are necessary to any farm place. Water, that without which there is no life, is a must, but water does not have to mean a generous well with water enough for domestic and farm use, or access to city water. Does the piece of land you are interested in have a stream or pond? Look at it, smell it: It may be of adequate quality for watering stock or gardens. Ask a neighbor about it: Where does it come from, does it flow all year, is the water clean? Your local Soil and Water Conservation office may have a circular to help you identify native animals and plants in your waterway that can indicate the purity of its source. (Caddis flies, for example, those little spidery insects that live in tubular houses of cemented sand and gravel, indicate a clean waterway.) If you are in any doubt, get it tested, by all means, especially if the area in which you are searching has a known source of contamination, such as a mine, dump or processing plant. The value of free captured water for your farm will quickly repay the expense of having it tested.
On the Sow's Ear, our animals drink water captured from two slow but reliable springs and three barn roofs, and our gardens receive unlimited water from two small creeks diverted through plain garden hose. Seeps (that is, slow, surface springs) and small springs may be improved at low cost; many require only a pick and shovel for digging a trench below the frost line, some inexpensive perforated pipe or "tile," and a ton or two of gravel. Simple diagrams for spring improvement are available from most extension offices or the local Soil and Water Conservation District. These offices even have personnel who will visit your land and advise you about ways to improve or conserve your natural water sources. Your tax dollars are already paying for this service, and here's your chance to use it; in our experience, these people are knowledgeable and helpful. Make a careful examination, however, of any government incentive programs designed to help you offset the cost of expensive improvements; the small print for these grants may commit you to restrictions on the further use of your land. Once you are enrolled in a subsidy program you may fall under state or federal jurisdiction for wetlands, for example, and lose the right to make your own decisions about draining a swampy bit of ground (in government parlance, "wetlands"), or improving a section of creek as a water crossing ("damaging riparian waterways").
Improving springs is one way to use naturally present sources for watering stock; small creeks can provide another. Graveled creek crossings, if access is limited, can provide reliable water for livestock. A creek that passes through a culvert offers a sterling opportunity for low-cost, simple technology water capture. A bucket or tub plumbed at the upper rim with a hose fitting may be placed under the flow from a culvert, and water diverted through a simple garden hose to any point lower than the tub itself. Such simple means can provide fresh, constantly running water to stock tanks or gardens, or even made to fill a small pond. We are doing all three.
Everyone knows about rain barrels, but for the really determined home food producer the 55-gallon barrels that are usually employed simply don't hold enough water. Even a modest rainfall on a small roof will fill such a barrel in no time, after which the overflow is lost. And during a dry spell of any duration, one of these small barrels is less than adequate to water the livestock or keep a medium-to-large garden from drying out. Why not buy several 300-gallon water hogs (otherwise known as "intermediate bulk containers" or IBCs) instead? Plumbed together at the spigot with PVC pipe, these can be made to fill simultaneously from a roof downspout or French drain outlet, providing hundreds of gallons of water for garden or stock. Our four-tank array stores adequate water for eight cows for 10 days, even in the hottest summer weather, and a single tank at the side of the barn allows us two weeks to water seedlings daily while they are small and need special care.
Watering systems for livestock are usually designed around pressurized water; that is, water (whether from a well or a city water system) that is delivered under high pressure like the water in your pipes at home. Pressurized water must be buried below the frost line of your area so that the pipes do not freeze and crack in the winter. Such systems are beautifully convenient but expensive and labor-intensive to install. The home food producer who practices intensive rotational grazing needs to be able to water his stock anywhere he has grass, and this may be easily and inexpensively accomplished with half-barrels, garden hose and captured water, which is free and nearly always delivered at low pressure. We are fortunate that the livestock industry has developed several excellent low-pressure valves for just such water sources: Hudson valves and jobe floats are inexpensive water flow regulators for the small-scale grazier. Plumbed to the inside of a small tank or half-barrel, they can be hooked up to a regular garden hose gravity-fed from a rain barrel or spring tank, and the array moved daily along with the animals by a single person of average strength.
Pasture is necessary, of course, if your home food production is to include ruminants, unless you are able and willing to provide your animals with ample barn space and pre-harvested grass (hay) and grain. In some ways, the non-pasture method makes for lighter chores, but the expense of feed will considerably offset, if not outweigh, any savings in meat or dairy products. And other complications (vet bills, for example, because barn-kept animals are more prone to disease, foot rot, vitamin deficiencies and other health problems) will also diminish the overall convenience. Pastured animals, on the other hand, get the food most natural to them, and rotationally grazed animals get the best of the best. For most of us, the word "pasture" evokes images of something flat, grassy and fenced; for the more experienced, it may also imply a good turf of legumes and mixed grasses. But pasture land can be expensive or even out of reach, forcing us to think creatively about what is necessary to a pasture. Soil of at least some description is a must; plants, as well; but it is permissible that the green meadow of our dreams may, like the fertility mentioned earlier, be present only in potential; it need not already exist. In fact, if it is only a potential when you purchase the land, chances are you are going to pay a lot less for it. A purchase of 4 acres of scrubby undergrowth and raspberry cane will generally cost much less than an equal area of clover and timothy. But a couple of years of judicial rotational grazing ( perhaps with goats in the beginning, graduating to cows after a year or two, with some imported hay initially to supplement the forage and add organic matter to the soil) can transform a sour, rocky vacant lot into a green pasture of great biodiversity, healthy in itself and able to give health to the ruminants that graze on it. When you think "pasture," don't think square, fenced, flat or green; look instead for the pasture-in-potential that may hide under an unpromising-looking but low-priced acreage.
If the piece of land you are considering has tight fences, that's great; but if it hasn't, you may assume that means you have to spend thousands of dollars on high-tensile, vinyl, woven-wire or board fences. Before you invest your time, labor and capital, consider this question: How much of the land needs to be fenced, and what sort of animals, and how many, are to be confined? On level land a single animal may be tethered, as we did with our first brush-clearing wether goat, Souflaki. Later our goat herd included several Saanen and Nubian does, also tethered. One day our lead doe, Ginger, tripped in a steep place and couldn't get back on her feet. Gravity pulled her further and further down the hill until her collar was tight and her breathing compromised. Fortunately, our farm is small and we spend most of our time outdoors, so her predicament was discovered before it was too late. After that, we knew we needed to come up with some kind of fence for our little dairy flock. Nevertheless, the year or two we tethered the goats allowed us to use them to clear the land while we learned to care for them and began to learn dairying. It also gave us the opportunity to discover by experience where our fences, when we got them, would do the most good … all before we had to dig up the money for good, tight fences.
Perimeter fences are good security, but lack of a tight perimeter does not necessarily mean you can't begin grazing cattle. Management intensive rotational grazing is the ideal way to improve your pastures, or what will one day be your pastures, and this can be begun with one or two young dairy steers and some portable electric fencing. A few hundred dollars will buy ample polywire, a pair of reels, two or three dozen step-in posts and a two-joule charger, all that is necessary to begin repairing your turf and filling your freezers with delicious, naturally marbled, almost-free Jersey beef. Baby Jersey bulls are among the least prized of farm stock, often to be had free or for a few dollars at a commercial dairy or auction barn. These babies are frequently delicate, suffering from the endemic germs of a large confinement operation, but with care they can be raised to a butchering weight of four or five hundred pounds in eighteen months on grass alone, saving the first ten weeks or so when they will require milk or milk replacer. Their carcasses are smaller than those of beef breeds, but for the person seeking food independence this may be an advantage, because it makes home butchering and food preservation easier. Our Jersey steers are generally docile animals, especially when young, and two reels of wire allow us to leap-frog them from paddock to paddock without ever turning them loose. Naturally, care and discretion must be used when pasturing animals in proximity to a road or a neighbor's garden, because the farmer will be liable for any damage they cause if they go wandering.
Intensive grazing generally means portable electrical fencing, which means a fence charger and a source of power, but you don't necessarily have to spend the thousands of dollars it takes to have electricity run out to the pasture. The food producer who intends to practice managed intensive rotational grazing may charge his fences with small solar electric cells or dry cell batteries charged with house current. These sources have the additional advantage that they can be moved to different areas of the farm as needed. We may dream of a tight, six-strand, high-tensile electric perimeter fence from which our portable fences may be powered, but if the cost of installing permanent fence is beyond our reach, we can begin small with solar or battery-charged fences. If in a few years we can afford the improvement, the experience we will have acquired will help us know what configuration of fence and gates will be most convenient for our uses.
Then there are outbuildings. The classic red barn is a charming structure, but most animals can make do with something much simpler for shelter. Unfortunately, most how-to books emphasize the ideal, not the adequate. They abound in blueprints for $2,000 chicken palaces, air-conditioned horse hotels, and dairy barns with self-cleaning gutters. For the adventurer with a dream of food independence who doesn't happen to have a small fortune, these books can be discouraging; but although cement floors, circulating fans, and hot and cold water systems are great conveniences, they are principally for the convenience of the farmer, not the animals, and if convenience is really our goal, the greatest convenience will probably be to scotch the farm and buy our food at Walmart. For those of us who want to win nourishment by the labor of our hands, however, a little inconvenience in our early years of farming is a small price to pay for finding ourselves food independent.
In most climates, ruminants (cows, sheep and goats) have little or no need for expensive housing. Some kind of shelter in extreme heat or cold may be all that is necessary, shelter being as simple as a grove of trees or a three-sided run-in shed that backs to the prevailing wind. Sheds can be made of recycled or salvaged materials, and if in a dry location may have dirt floors. If outbuildings serve multiple uses, all the better. Our first barn was a 10-by-14 pole shed sided with old roofing tin. One end was enclosed, and the floor paved with old brick, to provide the chickens with predator-proof night housing; the other side was open and served as a run-in shelter for the goats and a guard pony. As our livestock increased we built a second barn, again of salvaged materials. This rough structure, squeezed against the side of the hill, has three pens in the lower level for feeder pigs, lambing sheep, and gardening tools; the upper barn is used for hay storage, with four box stalls on one side for housing young bucket calves. Initial investment is small, the simple construction methods mean that the work can be done by beginners with little experience, and combined use saves money and space.Although the red barn and board fence farm of our dreams may be beyond our financial reach, we don't need red barns and board fences to get started on our dreams of food independence.
A growing conviction that the present food-production systems upon which we are dependent are compromising our health and the health of our nation's soil, is inclining more and more people to consider what we can do individually to improve our nutritional sources and contribute to the re-greening of our land. Many of us, in addition, are seeking to discover a lifestyle in which not all of our needs are provided through the medium of monetary exchange. We have an innate desire to work with our hands and with nature to provide at least some of our necessaries, to improve the piece of the earth on which we live, to enjoy the aesthetic pleasure of well-tended gardens and healthy livestock. In the initial effort to make a change of lifestyle, don't let misconceptions about what is necessary to a family-size farmstead discourage you in the search for that small rural acreage, reasonably priced, where you can begin to realize your dreams.
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(SportsNetwork.com) - The struggling Los Angeles Kings will try to avoid their
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The Kings have been plagued by a lack of offensive production during their
recent 1-6-1 stretch, scoring a total of 10 goals during the funk. The scoring
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managed to notch only three goals while posting a 1-4-0 record over that span.
All told, L.A. is ranked 29th in the league this season with an average of
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The Kings' lone win during their last eight outings came in Monday's 1-0 road
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Anze Kopitar registered LA's lone goal on Thursday, while starting goaltender
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homestand on Saturday and has lost two straight, three of four and six of its
past eight as the host against Philadelphia.
Los Angeles has won the last two encounters with the Flyers overall, but the
teams haven't played each other since the Kings recorded a 3-2 overtime win in
Philly on Oct. 15, 2011. That game marked former Flyers captain Mike Richards'
first game against his old team and fellow ex-Philadelphia forward Jeff Carter
will face the Orange and Black for the first time today.
Carter and Richards were selected with the 11th and 24th overall picks,
respectively, of the 2003 draft and were part of four playoff runs in
Philadelphia before both were traded on June 23, 2011. Richards was dealt to
L.A. for forwards Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds and a second-round pick in
2012, while Carter was shipped to Columbus for forward Jakub Voracek and a
first and third-round pick in the 2011 draft.
In February of 2012, several months after Richards' return to Philadelphia to
face the Flyers in October, the Blue Jackets traded Carter to the Kings. Both
Carter and Richards wound up helping the Kings to their first Stanley Cup
title that spring.
Justin Williams is another ex-Flyer who played a big role for the Kings during
their 2012 title run. He was dealt to Carolina during the 2003-04 season and
has recorded seven goals and seven assists in 19 career games against the club
that drafted him with the 28th overall pick of the 2000 draft.
The Flyers will face these familiar faces today after losing the opener of
their California road trip Thursday in Anaheim. Philadelphia dropped a 5-3
decision to suffer its fifth loss in six games.
Steve Mason surrendered four goals on 27 shots in Thursday's defeat.
Michael Raffl, Matt Read and Vincent Lecavalier scored goals in the loss.
After facing the Kings today, the Flyers will cap their three-game tour of the
Golden State this Monday in San Jose. Philadelphia has lost three straight on
the road and is just 12-13-5 as the guest this season.
"It's a big road trip. It really is. I think we're going to see what we're all
about here," said Flyers head coach Craig Berube after Thursday's loss.
With 58 points, Philadelphia is currently one point out of a playoff spot in
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In the fall of 1984 I entered Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack, New York, as a missionary candidate for the C&MA. I took anthropology, contextual theology and countless mission-oriented courses needed for a master of divinity degree to prepare for church planting in Guinea, West Africa. Professors like Dr. Lin Barney and Dr. Tite Tienou ignited my passion for presenting Jesus in fresh, understandable ways in every culture.
In 1987, just a few courses short of graduation, God clearly called my wife and me to stay in the United States. That's a hard way to learn the truth of Proverbs 19:21: "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails." Little did I know that the missionary training I received in seminary would prepare me perfectly for pastoral ministry in my own country! We were "missional" before the word existed! Our culture and our world were changing so rapidly that I would have been lost in church ministry without cross-cultural and missional training.
Many leaders in the C&MA cringe when someone says, "We are all missionaries." Although that phrase has been used as an excuse for staying home when the Lord has called us to the nations, it has never been more true than it is today. The model of a local pastor quietly leading community churches in "gospel-friendly" villages is nearly nonexistent. The Western world can no longer honestly be described as "Christian." Some recent surveys suggest that less than half of church attendees are truly "born again." The time for missional pastors—leading, equipping and empowering believers through "mission outposts" (formerly known as churches)—has arrived . If seminaries do not raise up these kinds of leaders, we are missing the point and will cease to be relevant.
At the same time, there has never been a greater need to train these twenty-first century missionaries in pastoral nurturing and spiritual formation. Missional pastors who are not also pastoral missionaries will be superficial at best and at worst burn out and crash , taking many others with them. Today's leaders must be able to first lead themselves and their families in real spiritual formation. They dare not try to take others where they have not gone themselves. The "Deeper Life" must be more than an ancient creed. Intimacy with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit will bring the kind of personal transformation that is desperately needed in our pastors, missionaries and spiritual leaders. The seminary that neglects the nurture of the soul will produce workers who have no heart or compassion for themselves or anyone else.
I have now been asked to lead that same seminary that God used to prepare me for ministry. And though He has not given me a spirit of fear, I know what it is to tremble at the awesome responsibility of preparing missional pastors and pastoral missionaries. This is not the time to shrink back and go with what is safe and traditional. Faith is spelled R-I-S-K! With God's grace and the Spirit's empowerment, Alliance Theological Seminary will launch hundreds of leaders over the next few years to advance His Kingdom and bring back Christ our Coming King.
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My husband went to check my plants just now and found a snail half burried in the soil, he took it out and put it over the wall. when he went back to look at the plants again he found all these snail eggs, amazing i said coz iv never seen anything like it... MY QUESTIONS ARE.... does the snail need to be their with the eggs? and if not can i put these eggs in a small tank to watch them grow.... but if i can put them in a tank shall i 1, keep it moist, 2, cover them with dirt.... PLEASE CAN SOMEONE ANSWER MY QUESTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I LOVE SNAILS BUT HAVE NEVER FOUND EGGS, IV WATCHED WATER SNAIL EGGS GROW AND HATCH AND WOULD LOVE TO WATCH GARDEN SNAIL EGGS GROW AND HATCH....
The egges don't need parental care, so you can adopt them. There are websites that advise on keeping snails:
There's a good article about heliciculture on Wikipedia:
I hope this helps.
thank you very much for your quick reply... iv just had a look on line before you replyed... but thank you for putting the links up....
The snail does not need to be with the eggs once they are laid.
You need to preserve their environment as best as possible, in tems of humidity, darkness, etc.
The best way to do that is to keep treating the pot as if you were still growing a plant in it. Either take the existing plant out (perhaps it doesn't have much root yet) or fill another pot with soil and gently transfer the eggs into a hollow in it, then cover the soil back over them. Keep the pot watered in the same way as the other pots, and keep it in the shade. If you can afford to have the snails feed on the plant, don't transfer the eggs to another pot.
Note: the eggs are probably tougher than you expect.
But you say you want to watch...
So find a glass container/tank, in which you can provide drainage, and use that instead of the plant pot. The drainage might be tricky, but it is important. You could perhaps find a plastic container that you could make holes in for drainage. But it would have to be a particularly clear plastic else you would not be able to see through well enough.
If you are happy to watch what happens above the soil surface (and not to watch what happens within the soil), you could just put the pot in a glass tank. You would need to cover the tank else the baby snails could escape in the night. Just remember to not to let it get too warm or dry in the tank.
And be patient.
Once the eggs hatch, the baby snails will need to eat, so you will have to provide plant material. Fresh cut material would probably be OK.
thank you for your info that is very helpful....
pleased to announce with info you told me i followed and they hatched just yesterday and more today... and thery look so sweet... thank you x
Well done Kirsty!
Any chance of a photo or two?
you can just see the head on the one at the bottom left... they have all hatched now....
Jolly goo; thanks
i will add another picture in couple of day so you can see how they are then.... they are starting to move about now....


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A basic course in biochemistry with emphasis on the physicochemical properties and intermediary metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids. The regulation and integration of metabolic pathways for energy transfer and biosynthesis of major cellular constituents are presented in detail. Enzymes, vitamins, hormones, biochemical genetics, and nutrition are included in the course material.
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What is it about Saturday night?
I'm totally content to sit home every night of the week except Saturday. In fact, Widdle and I have a longstanding agreement that keeps us apart on Friday nights—I'm at the big house, he's at the river and we have a swell time.
He joins friends for a few libations, toddles home, eats microwave popcorn and goes to bed. Sometimes he sleeps for 10 hours straight. (Since he normally gets five hours, what with a senile dog and snoring wife, I can't grudge him Friday nights.)
I love my solo time, too, although it wouldn't raise anyone's blood pressure. I may have a flossing marathon, moisturize my elbows, read home improvement blogs, dress up the dog, whatever. I'm in my frayed blue UNC t-shirt, obsessing over chalk paint and happy as a clam at high tide.
Then comes Saturday, and I feel like we should go and do, see and be seen. I don't know why it feels different than Tuesday night, but it does. (It's probably important to note that there are no children/grandchildren to occupy my time. Although I do have an awesome stepson, he was 24 and married when we met, and thus has required very little step-mothering.)
It's odd--when I was single, my perfect Saturday night consisted of me, a video (back when Blockbuster was a store, not a kiosk), and Chinese takeout. I reveled in being alone and autonomous.
Now that I'm not single, I have this strange need to DO SOMETHING, even if it's just going to play Putt-Putt (which I'm terrible at and haven't actually done in 15 years.)
I like to socialize, but I'm—how can I put this—socially awkward. If not around family or close friends, I tend to get tongue-tied. I'm not good at small talk and I'm not smart enough to fake it. Once we establish that you, I and our respective loved ones are doing fine, I don't know where to take it from there.
Back to Saturday nights and what to do, what to do. I don't like to eat out more than once a week, usually on Sundays, so that's out. Popping out for a drink is tempting, but we're 15 miles from the nearest glass of wine, and both of us are too paranoid to have even one drink and get behind the wheel. So that's out.
I'd love to head into Charleston more often, but going to a concert, movie or play requires a round-trip of 40 to 75 miles. Given that my husband routinely drives 500 miles a week for work (and is too terrified to let his wife take the wheel), I hate asking him to drive even more on the weekends.
If I had my way Widdle and I would play poker every weekend (he taught me when we were dating), but he doesn't play cards much anymore.
We could, and frequently do, spend the night at the river among neighbors, but too often we oversleep and miss church the next day.
So what's left? It may be time to face the truth: We're officially "homebodies." If you'd told me when I was 35 that I'd be eating a bowl of microwaved Publix moose tracks frozen yogurt while watching the RFD Channel on Saturday night, I'd have gagged/laughed.
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Biotherm is one of the many companies owned by L'Oreal USA, and has a vast array of products, with many redundancies. It was founded in 1952 by a French biologist who discovered, as the story goes, a mineral-rich element in mountain spring water. Flash-forward to a slick lab where white-coated scientists supposedly figured out a way to capture this element (called vitreoscilla ferment) in its active form, and that's essentially the story behind Biotherm, now sold in 70 countries. The company announced in 2007 that Biotherm would not be sold in any U.S. or Canadian department stores anymore yet would be sold online. But as of 2009, it seems the company changed plans, at least in terms of its Canadian distribution. The brand is sold in most Canadian department stores as well as Shoppers Drug Mart.
Biotherm's claims are wrapped around the effect their special ingredient (vitreoscilla ferment) has on skin, and how it helps skin reactivate its own natural biological processes. We weren't even partway through reviewing these products before noticing the products are far from unique or specially formulated. A major reason for that is the inclusion of problematic ingredients in many products, notably alcohol, lots of fragrance, and menthol derivatives.
But is there anything to Biotherm's fervent belief in and pervasive use of vitreoscilla ferment? This gram-negative bacteria can help cells utilize oxygen better in vitro (Source: Journal of Biotechnology, January 2001, pages 57–66). But whether that effect can be translated to benefit skin cells via a cosmetic formulation is unknown, and there are no studies supporting the use of this ingredient for skin care. Therefore, you're left to take Biotherm's word for it, even though they don't bother to explain why they avoided so many well-researched antioxidants, or use minuscule amounts of intriguing ingredients that in greater amounts can positively affect skin's structure and healthy functioning. Plus you have to wonder, if this is such a great ingredient for skin, why don't the other L'Oreal companies such as Lancome, Kiehl's, La Roche-Posay, or even L'Oreal use it?
Biotherm is also big on minerals, specifically the gluconate forms of magnesium, copper, and zinc. All of these have some research indicating their merit for skin, but mostly in terms of wound healing or being mildly antibacterial. That's not the way they're showcased in Biotherm's products, of course, because anti-wrinkle and anti-aging claims are what sell products. Although they link minerals with anti-aging prowess, a wrinkle is not a wound. Moreover, the tiny amounts of these minerals found throughout the Biotherm lineup only nullifies their already limited effectiveness as part of a comprehensive skin-care routine. There are some gems to be found in this line, but proceed with caution because most of it is downright boring or just plain bad for your skin.
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OCALA, Fla.--Aiken-based DFG Stables' Daniel Geitner has to be one of the hardest working athletes in equestrian sport. The horseman is always on the go, and he's been exhibiting the past few weeks at HITS Ocala at the HITS Post Time Farm.
"We've been showing in a little bit of everything," said Geitner. "We've had some pre-green horses, some working hunters, and some jumpers, but not quite as many jumpers as usual."
Geitner enjoyed success with the Kenwood Syndicate's Kenwood, an Oldenburg gelding by Kannan, in the jumper classes.
"We did last Thursday and had a really nice round," said Geitner. "We're going to point for the spring shows. We did a good bit the last couple of weeks."
The emphasis for Geitner in Ocala has been on the hunters, and he brought several of the new horses he had imported from Europe this winter to compete on the circuit.
"I have a nice new first year horse, for the first year green hunters, and we'll possibly also do some derbies," said Geitner. "We have a bunch of new ones. The rest are out of quarantine and are home. Hopefully, the rest of them will be ready for the spring show."
Guilt, a 6-year-old, first year hunter owned by Carolyn Donahue and the rider, is a horse that will be pointed toward some of the derbies, he said. Geitner will also be riding Janet Peterson's Damocles.
"Damocles has been great, and he's been reserve champion in the working through the high performance (classes)," said Geitner. "He's been super."
Grand Prix veterans Kenwood and Mrs. Charles Bostwick's Sympa will return in the spring, but a horse named Zenta may also be doing the bigger classes later this year, said Geitner.
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For so many years, Kalab Evans appeared to be on track for his boyhood dream — to be a catcher in professional baseball.
Then one day, he was told by a doctor he would probably never throw a baseball again.
Now, more than a year after the second of two surgeries on his right shoulder, Evans is throwing again; and on track to play his senior season at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Ariz.
"Two weeks ago I started throwing and practicing," said Evans from his family's Creston home earlier this week while home on a holiday visit. "I should be able to play opening day on Feb. 8. Hopefully I can cut it loose (throwing full-speed) before opening day."
If Evans is a little cautious about that, it's understandable. The long journey back from not being able to lift his arm from a torn labrum has tested his resolve.
"It makes you think about how much you love the sport," said Evans, all-state catcher on Lenox's state championship team in 2006 and on Creston's state-tournament team in 2007. "Sometimes I was thinking I was not going to throw a ball again. I had a doctor tell me that."
Evans, also a state-champion wrestler for Creston/Orient-Macksburg, was determined to make a successful comeback. Now, it appears he's defied the odds.
"As long as I'm healthy, I will be the starting catcher," Evans said. "I've been hitting for two months now, and now I'm throwing again."
Just as Evans was starting to get serious inquiries from professional scouts during the 2011 season at Grand Canyon, Evans' career took a detour.
"About halfway through the season, I was throwing to second base and heard my shoulder pop," Evans said. "I finished the game, but the next day I couldn't extend my arm. They gave me the day off. It really wasn't getting any better, but I played out the season. Doctors later told me that probably wasn't a very good idea."
Playing with a labrum torn off the bone in three places, Evans stayed in the lineup and hit .325 with two home runs and 20 RBI in 151 at-bats. He had 35 throwing assists and a fielding average of .967.
"Our training staff thought there was no way I could have been throwing with a torn labrum, so they just thought I needed a couple of weeks off," Evans said. "I couldn't even throw after that, so I finally got an MRI."
That's when the tear was detected, and three anchor screws were inserted to reattach the labrum in an involved surgical procedure in August. He still couldn't throw when trying in February 2012, so a second opinion was sought.
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"The Arizona Cardinals doctor got involved, and he said what I had done was a good fix for a common person, but not someone that needs the throwing motion in athletics," Evans said. "So, they took the screws out in a second surgery. They were causing pinching at the top of my throwing motion."
Fortunately, the tear was healed by then. Now, he feels normal, but it's been a long road back from two surgeries and a long break from training.
"I couldn't lift or anything and I lost about 30 pounds," said Evans, now getting close to his playing weight of 200 pounds. "For upper body I'm still just lifting at physical therapy, but I'm lifting normal for lower body. My throwing rehab program says I'll be fully healthy on the first of March, but I'm trying to accelerate that a little."
In January scrimmages, Evans will play DH for both teams to maximize his at-bats to regain his timing at the plate after missing a year of competition.
"It took me 20 years to get to this point, so I'm going to do everything I can to come back at my best," Evans said.
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The Antelopes have sent 13 players to the major leagues while winning four NAIA championships. They are now one of the top-ranked NCAA Division II teams, preparing for a transition to Division I next year in the Western Athletic Conference. This is their final year in the Pacific West Conference.
Evans will graduate in May with a degree in sports management, and has discussed an opportunity to join the Grand Canyon coaching staff. But, head coach Andy Stankiewicz played and coached in the major leagues, and has important connections. Evans still harbors hope of an opportunity.
"Coach Stankiewicz is well-known and has a good relationship with the scouting corps," Evans said. "You see them at our games and practices. We get good exposure here in Phoenix, and he said some are starting to get interested again. They're just being careful to see what happens. If I can put up good numbers, who knows? I'm staying optimistic."


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On Saturday, Feb. 23, residents of Saranac Lake will again be joined by visitors from across the region to help carry on a spirit of celebration that has kept a festive atmosphere alive in the community for several weeks.
The event will be the Third Annual Musicians Unite for North County Food Pantries, and it will be hosted at the Adirondack Carousel on the corner of Depot St. and Bloomingdale Avenue beginning at 10:45 a.m. The all-day, family-friendly, free concert will include over a dozen acts ranging from folk to blues to rock, and even a bagpiper!
It's certain to be a good time, and it's certainly for a good cause, as proceeds from the concert will benefit food pantries in Saranac Lake, Vermontville, Brighton, and Duane. Attendees may bring donations of cash and/or non-perishable foods.
Actually, Saturday's event will be another in a long line of parties that Saranac Lake first began hosting over a century ago. The recent 115th Annual Winter Carnival was just the latest in a long and proud heritage of celebrations that first began with efforts to help tuberculosis patients, aka 'lungers' deal with being cooped up indoors for long periods of time. The aliment was also known as the winter blues, or cabin fever.
There is no doubt that Saranac Lakers enjoy a good celebration, and they certainly know how to throw a party. The strange hereditary trait may have been inherited from a time when the village hosted the cure industry, and it was known as the 'City of Second Chance.'
Despite the source of the spirit, there's no doubt it continues to foster a lingering notion of community celebration that remains alive to this day. Or it may simply have come from a need to keep moving to stay warm in a mountain town that receives regular notoriety for being ranked as the coldest location in the nation.
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