Monday, April 5, 2010
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Serving as a resource and encouragement to all desert agrarians.
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. -1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
Nearly 20 million Americans answered the call. They planted gardens in backyards, empty lots and even city rooftops. Neighbors pooled their resources, planted different kinds of foods and formed cooperatives, all in the name of patriotism.
Farm families, of course, had been planting gardens and preserving produce for generations. Now, their urban cousins got into the act. All in the name of patriotism.
This time around, it is not just patriotism, it is food security!
My landlords live just about 500 ft from my house and they have chickens that roam free. The eggs that they would lay were just marvelous! They tasted so fresh, so wonderful! Also one of the hens thought my porch to be a great nesting spot and she would leave an egg a day! Sometimes the really big ones she would lay were twins! Oh it was amazing. The first time I ever encountered chickens, and free eggs!
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