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I‘m going to be painting one of the bedrooms (a lovely pale sage green) in preparation for the arrival of my free rattan bed. I’ll be popping in and out, of course, because I’m so nosy, but the painting (and a turkey stew) are my main focii today. And preparing for my first day of [...]
… on a 100+ degree afternoon, with watermelon: On rare and endangered foods, and vanishing food traditions: Anyway, back to the cynicism of which I have in abundance. I am not one to believe capitalism is a cure to all that ails us: that we can, say, buy our way out of global warming by [...]
I am not a big fan of HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) systems, but they of course have their places. We would freeze in the winter, and swelter in the summer, without them. But now is a wonderful time of year. I have my doors open, with only the screens covering them to keep out [...]
Noun 1. foraging – the act of searching for food and provisions. The prices of staple foods such as rice could stay high for the next three years, hindering the battle against poverty, a top World Bank official said Tuesday. I personally think this may be the understatement of the year. With oil prices to [...]
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Who would have thought Prince Charles coming to the world’s rescue? Pic below is of a chameleon from Madagascar. In one of his most out-spoken interventions in the climate change debate, he said a £15 billion annual program (roughly $25 billion) was required to halt deforestation or the world would have to live with the [...]
A business has struck green gold, turning composted leaves into ‘logs’ of biofuel that can provide green energy. The Leaf Log, as the invention is known, is the brainchild of Peter Morrison, who as chief executive of BioFuels International has already developed several of his green ideas into moneyspinners. The Leaf Log is made [...]
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When I’ve recovered from my Mosaic trial (which I’ve come to see this bout of illness as), and come to terms with more emotional issues (like happening on details in print of the death of our student who was victim of a hit and run), I want us to sit down and discuss the Poppers’ [...]
Or perhaps I’m an embittered one because I write about soaring food prices, organic farming vs the evils of Monsanto, impending catastrophes like a global shortage of water, the inanities and futility of wars so I suppose I am an elitist, and a bitter one at that! Whichever. The news we get in Europe from [...]
A cathedral bell growing in one of my blueberry plots. Never forget: just because it’s a vegetable garden doesn’t mean you can’t plant some flowers in there. In fact, I have flowers in all my vegetable gardens.