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And So It Begins – CSA Here We Come
I mentioned in my first post that we want to start a CSA. CSA is an acronym for Community Supported Agriculture. The CSA model is a system that connects the producer and consumers within the food system more closely by allowing the consumer to subscribe to the harvest of a certain farm or group of farms. It is an alternative socioeconomic model of agriculture and food distribution that allows the producer and consumer to share the risks of farming. In other words, it’s a format that allows the consumer to invest in the production of produce and reap the rewards of that investment in food dividends. We received confirmation…
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Jewelweed – Fun Fact, It’s Not A Weed
A weed is defined as a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants. If jewelweed was growing on our little lot of land, we’d have to pull it, mostly because it spreads. But, since it’s growing along the edge of a friend’s property, I don’t see it as a weed, I see it as a resource. My husband and our son were scouting out deer sign and places to hunt and got into a patch of Stinging Nettles. When they got home, my husband was scratching at the rash on his hand. I googled a home remedy solution and discovered that jewelweed sap…
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Retirement – What’s that?
Hello! Thank you for visiting our online home. I have started a few blogs over the last ten years. One was about books and writing. The two current ones are about cooking and old-fashioned living, respectively. I also blog for Grit magazine. So, when my husband floated the idea of us running a business together, I was all ears. He has a corporate job, but his heart isn’t in it. His grand retirement plan is to buy some land and start a CSA, and rent out land to Tiny Home owners. I am all in on the idea, but we need to fund the project. To that end, I have…
