Gardening along the creek...

The challenges are endless, the possibilities immeasurable, and the payback divine.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Diminish garden weeds naturally

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Here's a great garden tip: If you plant rye (as a mulch) between the garden rows and keep it mowed, the allelochemicals that leach fro...
Monday, May 10, 2010

My Weight Plateau, or Body-Fat Set-Point

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Photo courtesy of tibchris' photostream I have been on a plateau with my weight for about 15 days now, with zero change in my food proto...
Sunday, May 9, 2010

FCC Internet Control worries me

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Photo courtesy of blmurch's photostream Yet another industry under political control... (notice the camera in the photo above?) The Wal...

Happy Mother's Day to ALL Moms!

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Anita Renfroe sums up all the things that a mother says to her children in a three-minute song called "Momisms" set to the Willia...
Saturday, May 8, 2010

There's OJ and there's OJ...

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Photo courtesy of manwithface's photostream When is the last time you bought fresh oranges to squeeze for juice? I remember not too lon...
Friday, May 7, 2010

Soaps (not the TV kind)

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Photo courtesy of Pixel Drip's photostream Since I can no longer use commercial shampoos and laundry soaps without a skin rash or worse,...
Thursday, May 6, 2010

I'm angry... very angry, at chemical use

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Photo courtesy of omarali.md's photostream I woke up this morning dizzy and light-headed, and feeling nauseated. I have to hold onto th...
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Appalachian Farm to Family Cooperative

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In my recent post " Kicking and Screaming… " I mentioned the difficulty of finding local grass-fed meat. To my great surprise, I ...
Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Small Food Enterprises and Slow Money

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I've been reading a lot lately about Slow Money . It meshes with several other things I believe in, projects like Kiva , and many other ...
Tuesday, May 4, 2010

RIP, Georgy Girl

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Photo courtesy of pfafa's photostream Lynn Redgrave passed away Sunday May 2, 2010, all too soon, of cancer. Her first movie made an im...

Ernestine: Senior Weightlifting Wonder

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Ernestine is 73. Ernestine is a Weightlifter. With 10 percent body fat, Ernestine Shepherd is 5-foot-5 and about 130 pounds of inspiration ...
Monday, May 3, 2010

Artichokes with Bernaise

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I LOVE artichokes with Bernaise Sauce! I found some really fresh-ish (considering they were shipped from California) at the grocer's, a...

Quick Bernaise Sauce

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I love artichokes, and I really love this quick and easy Blender Bernaise Sauce to dip the leaves in for tasty eating. Variations of this s...
Sunday, May 2, 2010

A2 Milk

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I still haven't found a local source of A2 milk. Right now I am away from home, house-sitting, and I found a grass-fed farm nearby, Gryf...
Saturday, May 1, 2010

Coincidence, 'Freedom and Jeff'

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I do not believe 'coincidence' is mere happenstance... I believe there is synchronicity in the events in our lives, and that most t...
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Friday, April 30, 2010

Modern Hunter-Gatherer, Part 1

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It is clear to me due to my food changes, I am becoming a "Modern" Hunter-Gatherer . It is no longer possible for me to go to the ...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Do you have a garden?

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This is a quick, unplanned post... I read just this morning some statistics about the increasing prices of food in the last year. The data ...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Kicking and Screaming…

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Photo courtesy of thepinkpeppercorn's photostream I am slowly, albeit it kicking and screaming, coming to some real truths about my nut...
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Monday, April 26, 2010

epiphany

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For a long time now, I have been struggling to understand what all the many food additives really are, and how harmful each is to the human...
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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Cooking Tip: Keeping Vegetables Green

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Disgusted with those visually unappealing, less-than-bright-green cooked vegetables? Here's an easy tip to keep those veggies bright g...
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darius
Appalachian Mountains, SW Virginia, United States
This blog has turned into “Living Along the Creek” for my life here now includes much more than just raising healthy vegetables and fruits. I’m learning to cure and preserve meats (from bacon and ham to salumi) and to make many kinds of cheese to round out my homegrown diet. I have worn many hats in my lifetime; I’ve been a passive solar home-builder, a marketing executive, a garden writer, a medical researcher, renovated houses, raised Arabian horses, and worked in open-heart surgery. I'm interested in far too many things to do a single-topic blog! My interests include Self-sufficiency; Sustainability; High Brix / Nutrient Dense Foods; growing more of what I eat, eating (and preserving) what I grow. Learning what's good for my body/health, and what isn't. I'm a Seeker hoping to become a Wise Woman someday. This blog is not supported by any advertising or special-interest groups. Contact me: darius at 2footalligator dot com
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