Twitter Updates for 2009-03-05

@BlueRidgeblog I bought , read , and wore out these books back in the ’70’s dreaming myself back to the land. Bought new copies last year. in reply to BlueRidgeblog

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California Drought Continues…

Parched winter months this year have put California agriculture into a tailspin. With a third dry year in a row, the state has been forced to deeply examine its strategies

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Kitchen Gardeners International

Dear Kitchen Gardener, What’s a home garden worth? With the global economy spiraling downward and Mother Nature preparing to reach upward, it’s a good question to ask and a good

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Mark Bittman Obsesses About Veganism, Priuses, Carbon Footprints and All That : TreeHugger

We love Mark Bittman for his sensible approach to cooking and eating. The name of his column in in the New York Times,Scryve Corporate Social Responsibility Rating The Minimalist, says

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Texas Independence Day

Today is Texas Independence Day, when a group of men met in a tiny unfinished wooden building in the small town of Washington-On-The-Brazos to take the daring step of announcing

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More “Victory Garden” Talk…

The garden for recovery movement keeps gaining ground…Roger Doiron has an op-ed out this weekend… In Jerzy Kosinski’s novel and award-winning screenplay, “Being There,” the U.S. president turns to a

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How does your garden grow?

It seems that every where you go online these days you read the same thing…At least from anyone of a certain age…People are thinking and planning to garden their way

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