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Finally, this week I took note of the following from the Archdruid: balowulf says: May 22, 2024 at 10:29 am Hi JMG, I’d like to follow-up on a post of yours from 2020 (The Arc of our Future): “So what does the future look like? In some ways, it’s a far less dismal prospect over the short term than I...

https://i.postimg.cc/8PSZCYNw/veg-0.jpg My preference is to be in an area that is still amenable to growing vegetables, but also where the population density has thinned out considerably. That's approximately near the red line below as precipitation also thins out moving west. So these areas aren't...

I'm in the Blackland Prairie area of East/Central Texas.

Any recommendations on which countries Americans can escape to? This Forum concluded long ago that staying domestically is best. Choose your location. There's many good places. Navigator's book explains clearly and the Dark Age Hovel Higg has also made very compelling choices. This conversation jus...

As we've discussed several times (this is for anyone else) biosolids should be avoided (PFAS/PFOS and other nasty contaminants). There are biosolids in bags labeled potting soil. Executive Summary Many home gardeners buy compost or commercial soil amendments to enhance soil nutrition. But new tests...

As we started in 2019 to let the land rest as it heals when we planted Trefoil. Pull weed and let the Trefoil in. The peak solar is basically two years lag as we may decide to add more given our location pattern. My tentative plan is to let most of it rest for 1-2 years while planting a cover crop ...

Yesterday I took the carbon footprint of my gardening project slightly more positive. Our local government has "free" mulch. I had previously asked my county extension agent whether this "free" mulch is any good. She said it is and they use it in their demonstration gardens. So that's government dep...

Likewise, not only will the infrastructure of roads, bridges and electrical systems not be maintained or replaced, vandals will rip up whatever they can salvage and cart it away - guard rails, manhole covers, or what have you. Houston police discuss ‘disturbing uptick’ in copper wire thefts The Hou...

In this Dark Age Hovel, similar ideas have already been covered. Most people who move out to a rural area, do a remodeling project, and similar, think it needs to involve buying lots and lots of stuff. That's American culture. It's pretty much automatic. Even in a rural area where country folk are ...

Record Wave of Americans Fled Big Cities for Small Ones in 2023 [/b] I guess I'm part of this statistic. Anyway, I saw a headline this week that said home gardening leaves a 5-6 times greater carbon footprint than producing the equivalent on large commercial farms. The Telegraph Carbon footprint of...