This means-- aside from the obvious of not spending money-- that it is time to get creative with what we have in the freezers and pantries.
There is very minimal spending allowed, and it is really only if necessary for fresh produce. This is fine.
I made a batch of potato and onion soup that I have been eating through, as well as having eaten a small piece of the family's pot roast last night. Tonight, they had sausage and potatoes.
While looking through what we have, I decided to make butter with the heavy cream we had leftover from another project... which lead to the next plan of making a crusty Italian bread tomorrow that can be eaten with the soup, dipped in oil, or slathered in butter.
Not one to be known to take on an appropriate amount of projects simultaneously... homemade beef jerky is also on the menu for tomorrow. I figure the jerky is a good protein packed snack that will last for a bit, and even longer if I vacuum-pack it.
30 different types of tomatoes to choose from to grow this coming gardening season.
WHY DO I HAVE SO MANY GODDAMN TOMATO SEEDS?
Anyway, of these... which ones are your favorite, or which would you like to try?
My favorites are the Sungold's and the Super Sweet 100s.
My goal is to make and sell things at farmers markets, and my little farm stand (that I didn't put up at all in 2023, whoops!).
Tomatoes are not all I grow... but I will never not be surprised at how many different types of tomatoes I have when I take my seed stock at years end.
A Greek island has been able to close its landfill site with clever recycling and waste handling initiatives. Tilos has already become self sufficient in energy. What an achievement!
If you had a decent amount of 'fuck you' money... what would you do with it?
I want to make an intentional community on lots of land thats both wooded and able to be farmed... hopefully with a river.
I want to have a bunch of year-round yurts in the woods... all connected by wood planks. Some bigger, some smaller.
I'd want people to be able to live in some of the yurts... whether as couples, families, coliving... whatever-- and then I'd want the other yurts to be 'community room' type things. A kitchen, a dining room (maybe together), a rec room or a few, things like that.
On the farmable land, we would do just that-- animals and fruits and vegetables. We would use as much of all of our bounty as possible. The rest could be donated, preserved, composted... etc etc.
I still want an intentional community, and I want to make as much of this come true as possible. I guess I just need the fuck you money.
"Become community sufficient", rather than self sufficient...
With thanks to our friends at Community Roots Permaculture Project up in Bolton for their important edits!
Transition groups are focused on what we can do together, as communities, rather than what we do as individuals.
No matter how committed, energetic, well-informed we might be, to reimagine and rebuild our future, we need to work together; to consider everyone's needs, not just our own...
Plus, it's a lot more joyful and a lot less exhausting than trying to do it on your own. Join in!
If almost all your seeds die, it might be depressing, but I started to sow again, even if it's the end of June in #hope to get something eatable this year.
Everything in these photos are from my friend's #SmallFarm products on #VancouverIsland 🥰 I recently traded some tree rootstocks & food plant starters with small farm owner friends. Our family enjoyed the #pork#ribs & #tomatoes & #cucumbers salad tonight 👩🌾❤🤘
Especially stupid #ignorant white person who wants me to self censor pics of foods my family eats. Are you attacking TVs, buses, transit stations, streaming TV ads, etc? Because I'm not the person spending thousands to advertise buying farm factory foods of ANY source.
Shut the fuck up if you're not #SelfSufficient on growing your own foods. Shut the fuck up on abuse of small farmers.