As many of you know, I have one test for viability of a political solution to any problem. Does it require coercion? If not, I’m listening. If there is a gun required to implement your plan, you are wrong, every time. If it is a good idea, people will do it.
This recipe was born of what was popping in the garden. Seasonal cooking really elevates when we allow the ingredients that ripen together to drive the menu.
Becoming proficient at growing your own food requires many failures. You can research for years, read all of the books, and listen to all of the podcasts, but nothing Improves your skill like killing things, in the garden. This was my experience with strawberries.
The “New World Order” global economy has failed. It cannot recover without further enslavement of the people. It will not provide for your needs. The stores will be bare. Food will be destroyed while children go hungry. If we wait for government to impose a solution, we deserve all of the horror and tyrant that solution brings.
The costs involved in securing land and building out a new farm can seem daunting, to be sure. I know people who have been talking about making the change for ten years, yet still find themselves stuck in lives they dislike. I know others who have created beautiful, productive farms with very little money, and no debt.
The swales are planted densely with food bearing trees, shrubs and legumous ground cover. The pastures in between the swales are sub-irrigated by the slowly moving water, and produce an abundance of graze for our cattle and hogs. Each swale drains into its own small pond on the driest ridge of the farm.
