Self sufficiency, how to, and New England life all wrapped into an entertaining look at the authors adventures in eating local. From clamming to raisiSelf sufficiency, how to, and New England life all wrapped into an entertaining look at the authors adventures in eating local. From clamming to raising livestock to hunting, the author and her husband have tried it all in part of their bid to eat something they’ve produced each day. The author is often humorous and I found it entertaining though I’m pretty sure I’m not going to be raising turkeys any time soon.
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LOVED this book. A story set in Cleveland, in the city itself that begins with a little girl who plants bean seeds on an abandoned, trashy lot in memoLOVED this book. A story set in Cleveland, in the city itself that begins with a little girl who plants bean seeds on an abandoned, trashy lot in memory of her dad. The story continues on from the eyes of a different neighborhood resident as others catch on and continue to expand the community garden. What a great story....more
Excellent. I think this would be a good read or listen (I listened to the audiobook in my car for a week) if you've ever romanticized farming - I leftExcellent. I think this would be a good read or listen (I listened to the audiobook in my car for a week) if you've ever romanticized farming - I left with a still romantic view of the life, but a more realistic view. Farming is dirty. And gross. And sad. But Kristin Kimball has found her spot in the world it seems - far from the clean life of a NYC writer. ...more
This one may hop from 4 to 5 stars at some point. It's fiction, but a great commentary on the changes in the book industry, and just great satire overThis one may hop from 4 to 5 stars at some point. It's fiction, but a great commentary on the changes in the book industry, and just great satire overall. The story is set in Eureka, Ca - in Humboldt County - home of one of the last booksellers in the nation, a lot of potgrowers, and soon the home of Lewis who has just inherited The Firebreathing Dragon - a book store which in the wake of the electronic device overtaking books now survives selling a very special strain of pot. Anyway, it's a fun little read if you like satire, books, bookstores, or green things. Enjoy!...more
Great book - I was late to hop on the bandwagon for this one, but it was worth the leap. Barbara Kingsolver (famed writer) and her family decide ot spGreat book - I was late to hop on the bandwagon for this one, but it was worth the leap. Barbara Kingsolver (famed writer) and her family decide ot spend a year eating locally after moving to the mountains of Virginia. This book is the story of that year - told by her mostly but including policy snippets from her husband, and essays on recipes and nutrition from her eldest daughter. The book is divided by month and is a compelling walk through the activities they worked on throughout the year to feed themselves, the choices they made, and really gives the reader a pretty good idea of where on the calendar food belongs (ie - basil doesn't usually grow in most areas in december!). I'd recommend this to everyone really - worth the read. :)...more
Inspirational and informational. I'm not sure how to categorize this one - it's part memoir, part gardening primer, and part Zen. I'll have to add "ToInspirational and informational. I'm not sure how to categorize this one - it's part memoir, part gardening primer, and part Zen. I'll have to add "Tour Green Gulch Farm" to my bucket list for sure. This covers so many different topics, from plant families, to pests, to design, to Zen, to cooking, to seed saving, organic gardening and farming, eating local, community gardening, prison and school house gardening. I'll definitely refer to this one again and again in the future. Excellent book, web, organization, and catalog resources in the back as well.
Page 379: "All children deserve to be fed well and to know where thier food comes from and how it gets to their table. This is not a privilege but a basic right and a necessity."
Page 304: "Recognizing that ten multinational corporations control one-third of the twenty-three-billion-dollar commercial seed market and 100 percent of the market for genetically engineered or transgenic seed crops, inspries me to work my hardest to avoid using the seed of these same corporations that also control the global pesticide and chemical agriculture market".
Page 121: "From the beginning, the fertility of the garden depends on the fertility of the gardener's imagination, on that wild mind that sees death as a gateway into life, a mind that turns with the same delight toward the toothless jaws of decay as toward the untwining, green shoot. Watching the things of the world come apart and recombine is core Zen work and the fundamental anchorage of every gardener's life."
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