Comments on: Urban Farm Tour – the future unfolding http://taoofchange.com/2009/09/14/urban-farm-tour-the-future-unfolding/ Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:42:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: phyllisdiehl http://taoofchange.com/2009/09/14/urban-farm-tour-the-future-unfolding/#comment-2343 phyllisdiehl Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:55:24 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/?p=685#comment-2343 i went on this tour with you, i think it was a rainy day mud all around, i loved it. especially the farmers, who explained things, and seemed like they were "one" with their work, and their work was and is their passion....and as you know if you could achieve that. then life is really beautiful. i went on this tour with you, i think it was a rainy day mud all around, i loved it. especially the farmers, who explained things, and seemed like they were “one” with their work, and their work was and is their passion….and as you know if you could achieve that. then life is really beautiful.

]]> By: Jolly ROger http://taoofchange.com/2009/09/14/urban-farm-tour-the-future-unfolding/#comment-2342 Jolly ROger Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:33:22 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/?p=685#comment-2342 Hi. My mother-in-law has always had a small garden, growing squash, tomatoes, okra, beans, and always used traditional canning and preserving of fruits and vegetables. From simple freezing for strawberries, to breaking green beans, cooking, washing, sterilizing, packing, re-cooking, sealing, equals a whole days work. A bushel of beans yields about 20 qts. of beans. We made some fig preserves, from figs right from her tree. BUT, it is HARD work! And you're using and re-using the glass mason jars every year. Besides gardening, these traditional storage skill are key to off-season fruits and vegs. You CAN get instructions fro books, especially Mother Earth News publications, but first-hand how-to is great. That "victory garden" generation is quickly disappearing. What we do have is access to best-use practices, fertilizer and pesticide awareness, and nutrition per crop. As always. WATER, is a KEY. We'll get into the water thing later. Have a lush day Hi.
My mother-in-law has always had a small garden, growing squash, tomatoes, okra, beans, and always used traditional canning and preserving of fruits and vegetables. From simple freezing for strawberries, to breaking green beans, cooking, washing, sterilizing, packing, re-cooking, sealing, equals a whole days work. A bushel of beans yields about 20 qts. of beans. We made some fig preserves, from figs right from her tree. BUT, it is HARD work! And you’re using and re-using the glass mason jars every year.
Besides gardening, these traditional storage skill are key to off-season fruits and vegs. You CAN get instructions fro books, especially Mother Earth News publications, but first-hand how-to is great. That “victory garden” generation is quickly disappearing. What we do have is access to best-use practices, fertilizer and pesticide awareness, and nutrition per crop.
As always. WATER, is a KEY. We’ll get into the water thing later.

Have a lush day

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