Tales from Easement Acres
I never wrote a sequel to the great strawberry harvest of 2021: At the time, I didn’t seem to have had much hope of a good crop. As it turned out, however, the yield was very good indeed. And my portioned bags of frozen fruit saw us through many a cold winter Saturday family card …
I want to shoot neighborhood cats sooooo bad. Rewind. Okay, so I just don’t want cats on my property. I find this to be a very reasonable request. Yet, in the internet debate over cats being allowed to roam unrestricted outside, the arguments against this practice focus on the dangers posed to the cats themselves, …
I am behind on my posts, so following in such tradition, here’s a montage: Whew! And that’s the abbreviated list. A lot can happen in 4 weeks. –Simon
In the western world, the old world, food which grew below ground was deemed inferior and suited only for the dirt-grubbing lowly peasantry. But how good could cooking possibly be without onions, carrots, and garlic? Carrots we are harvesting aplenty, and more on the onion situation later. For now though, here’s the garlic: As an …
I’ll start with some factoids: Every dominant culture has a high-energy carbohydrate staple crop at its center. These crops have been selectively-bred for hardiness and yield. Over-reliance can create famine from a species-specific collapse. Their base importance not only motivated humanity from hunter/gatherers into farmers, but also provided the caloric excesses needed for civilization. Without …