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I’m Not Saying That We’re Approaching Critical Mass Or Anything…

garth — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:58:34 +0000

…but Mighty God King [You may safely assume that all links contain swears and off-color humor] a blog that’s primarily about comic books, jokes about bad science fiction and an unhealthy obsession with Rex the Wonder Dog has published a short essay on sustainable agriculture and responsible meat consumption.

My dog did this just the other day. (Stolen from Mighty God King with respect.)

In Which I Score A Bargain.

garth — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:48:58 +0000

We got an email off a farming list the other day stating that a nearby greenhouse owner was moving and she was having a greenhouse sale of all the now-superfluous equipment. So I fired the truck up and went to see if I could find a bargain. I managed to pick up:

A 55-gallon compost tumbler
A smallish garden cart
Six greenhouse table tops
12 brackets for building tables from 2×4s
A hula hoe
12 large seed-starting trays
Six tomato cages
A mess of domes
A billion seed flats
A mess of small seed-starting trays

All for the princely sum of $87. I am awfully pleased with myself. In the spirit of giving back to the gardening , I offer up the following jpg.

Sources close to the Obama administration assure me that this is Tom Vilsack's own farm in Iowa.

I’m Not Saying That PNW Winters Are Predictable, But…

garth — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:18:06 +0000

Ruby’s Life is Hard -or- Maybe I Should Turn on the Electric Fence

garth — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:04:28 +0000

We pasture our chickens with a combination of a chicken tractor and electric mesh fencing. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to get a good charge on the fence and, in combination with the dogs being friendly with the chickens and keeping predators down, we don’t turn the electric fence on. It’s just a big mesh pen.

However, in combination with the dogs’ fondness for chicken feed/poo, this can lead to some entertaining antics.

See below.

Ruby's life is extremely hard.

I helped her out as soon as I managed to a) stop laughing and b) take a picture.

Poor Ruby.

Update: Famous dog is famous.

Because It’s Got a Picture of a Fracking Cat On It

garth — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:57:59 +0000

Sometimes someone writes a really well-researched and well-written book on our relationship with food and sometimes someone draws a smart-assed web comic about the same thing.