1 can treet, chopped into 1/2 inch cubes
1 can mushroom stems & pieces, drained
1 can garbonzo beans, drained
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can chicken broth
1 can black eye peas, drained
1 cup cous cous (I used sun-dried tomato cous cous)
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1/2 tsp. Powdered garlic
1/2 tsp. rosemary
Fry the treet until it's all brown and yummy.
Mix all except the cous cous in pan and bring to a boil. Boil until everything is heated through. Add the cous cous and cover with lid, turn off heat. Let sit about 5 minutes, stir and serve. It will still have some liquid in it, kind of like a thick stew or thick soup. Mmmmm!
A nice rustic bread would have been good with this, but I didn't have any. So it was some plain ol' store bread instead.
I also added some velveeta to my boil when I got it, hubby sprinkled his with some parmesan cheese.
Can replace the cous cous with some cooked rice or cooked noodles for a different meal if you like. Or use regular cous cous instead of the sun-dried tomato kind I used. There are some really good ones out there that have all kinds of herbs cooked in or cheeses. I had the sun-dried cous cous on hand though. My beloved sister in law had bought it and didn't like it so I told her we like cous cous and she mailed it over. This is what I invented to use up some of it.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Critter Decisions
4 days since my last blog. Boy am I slipping or what? Some days have been hello busy, and still others around here are dead, dead, and deader. It's been pretty dead. Just day to day stuff going on, putting up shelves, doing dishes, getting over the crude and arguing with the dogs. lol.
We are still on the tail end of this cold thing. It just seems to hang on and on, no matter what suppliments we take or modern chemicals we gag down. Dayquil is some relief at least. Dad said to try Zinc, although it's supposed to be taken at the onset of a cold to help shorten the length of time you have it. Anything to get rid of it sooner. I content myself with the fact that I have exposed A LOT of people to it by now. :D Mom always said to share.
May have to run out today for a little bit, gotta hit the post office, then maybe go somewhere for some food. I don't know yet. Last night was a pretty rough night for us, hubby couldn't get any sleep and sometime around 3:30am finally got to snooze some. Of course this kept me and the dogs up, the dogs kept pacing and all that since it wasn't our nomal routine for dad to be up at that time on his computer or what not. I got to sleep about 4am, then was promptly awake at around 7:30am when hubby was yelling out the door for Freya to come back in. Ugh. Sleep is optional right?
I would love to go to one of the libraries today, but it seems all our local ones are closed on Fridays. Double Ugh. Maybe I'll have to content myself with just getting some breakfast while I am out getting mail. lol. Don't know, haven't decided on that yet. I COULD just make breakfast here, it would definitely save the cash. And I have all the fixings, from eggs to corned beef hash. I even have enough bread to make some french toast if that is what the hubby is willing to eat for the day. Cream of Wheat? Sure. Scrambled eggs? ok. Pancakes? I can even do that. hehe... I have a great recipe for corn fritters too. Super simple, and they were pretty good. Although, the recipe says to serve them with maple syrup, I don't know if I like that. I ate them that way last time, but I think I like them a little more savory. They said that they could be served as a dinner accompniment if you put sour cream over them. Maybe I'll do that, some sour cream, some bacon crumbles, some chives... Kind of like a loaded mashed potato. hehe..
We've decided that we want to do chickens, rabbits, and bees as well as the goats here on the property. Hubby thinks that the bees will be a nice solid addition, especially helpful with the garden, as well as a solid line of income for us. There is only one other place local that has honey for sale and they are about an hour a way or so. Nothing local to us here. So we think that the folks here would take to it pretty well. I want the chickens for the eggs, they can be sold, as well as eatten of course. Rabbits are good for the meat, pelts and their manure, which you can grow worms in. Worm castings are GOOD on a garden. They do wonders for the soil. don't know about selling the rabbit and chicken meat, but then I can always find a use for it here. Especially once I start canning it. We can use it for ourselves or the dogs. Either way it won't go to waste at all. Same with the goats. Milk is good to eat in cooked foods, and I guess it's not bad to drink either. The meat is good to eat, and of course, if you want to go to all the trouble to do it, you can tan the hide too. Goat leather is a fine grain leather that is good for gloves, and hats, but not tough enough for boots/shoes or other items that get a lot of wear and tear.
Ok, off to find some kind of trouble to get into!
Scattered Lady...
We are still on the tail end of this cold thing. It just seems to hang on and on, no matter what suppliments we take or modern chemicals we gag down. Dayquil is some relief at least. Dad said to try Zinc, although it's supposed to be taken at the onset of a cold to help shorten the length of time you have it. Anything to get rid of it sooner. I content myself with the fact that I have exposed A LOT of people to it by now. :D Mom always said to share.
May have to run out today for a little bit, gotta hit the post office, then maybe go somewhere for some food. I don't know yet. Last night was a pretty rough night for us, hubby couldn't get any sleep and sometime around 3:30am finally got to snooze some. Of course this kept me and the dogs up, the dogs kept pacing and all that since it wasn't our nomal routine for dad to be up at that time on his computer or what not. I got to sleep about 4am, then was promptly awake at around 7:30am when hubby was yelling out the door for Freya to come back in. Ugh. Sleep is optional right?
I would love to go to one of the libraries today, but it seems all our local ones are closed on Fridays. Double Ugh. Maybe I'll have to content myself with just getting some breakfast while I am out getting mail. lol. Don't know, haven't decided on that yet. I COULD just make breakfast here, it would definitely save the cash. And I have all the fixings, from eggs to corned beef hash. I even have enough bread to make some french toast if that is what the hubby is willing to eat for the day. Cream of Wheat? Sure. Scrambled eggs? ok. Pancakes? I can even do that. hehe... I have a great recipe for corn fritters too. Super simple, and they were pretty good. Although, the recipe says to serve them with maple syrup, I don't know if I like that. I ate them that way last time, but I think I like them a little more savory. They said that they could be served as a dinner accompniment if you put sour cream over them. Maybe I'll do that, some sour cream, some bacon crumbles, some chives... Kind of like a loaded mashed potato. hehe..
We've decided that we want to do chickens, rabbits, and bees as well as the goats here on the property. Hubby thinks that the bees will be a nice solid addition, especially helpful with the garden, as well as a solid line of income for us. There is only one other place local that has honey for sale and they are about an hour a way or so. Nothing local to us here. So we think that the folks here would take to it pretty well. I want the chickens for the eggs, they can be sold, as well as eatten of course. Rabbits are good for the meat, pelts and their manure, which you can grow worms in. Worm castings are GOOD on a garden. They do wonders for the soil. don't know about selling the rabbit and chicken meat, but then I can always find a use for it here. Especially once I start canning it. We can use it for ourselves or the dogs. Either way it won't go to waste at all. Same with the goats. Milk is good to eat in cooked foods, and I guess it's not bad to drink either. The meat is good to eat, and of course, if you want to go to all the trouble to do it, you can tan the hide too. Goat leather is a fine grain leather that is good for gloves, and hats, but not tough enough for boots/shoes or other items that get a lot of wear and tear.
Ok, off to find some kind of trouble to get into!
Scattered Lady...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Plans and Foods
Yesterday we went to town, and I have to apologize as I didn't get any new blogs uploaded, we have been distracted lately and I really just forgot!
Anyway, as far as trips to town go, it was pretty untensioning (is that a word!?!). We had a full on plan as to where we were going, and in what order, and exactly how long and how much to spend at each. Whew. We now have enough supplies at the cabin (with the exception of water, and gas) that we don't HAVE to leave for 2 weeks! Today's plan is to go to the near small town and get water and gas enough to last us at least that long too. Ugh. Then we'll be broke again. lol. While we're in that little place they have a library, so we'll probably stop there... :) then I'll upload the blogs! Whoot!
I haven't attempted the mayo thing again yet. I am going to though, and see what I can get, I certainly don't want to let it beat me. With suggestions from many I was able to make the rice a success, and have made it several times in the last few weeks. so I am sure I can make the mayo a success out here in the outback of the wilds. I even made fried rice the other night and hubby ate 2 HUGE helpings. lol. I was pretty satisfied with that. It had been a while since he ate that big of helpings. :D By the way, when I make my rice I use BROTH instead of water, this gives it more flavor and a little healthier. When I made the fried rice I used beef broth in the rice. When I serve it under chicken based soups then I make it with chicken broth... you get the idea. I used to have some veggie boullion cubes, and would love to find them and use them to make rice, just as a different flavor and different set of ingredients. But I think they are packed out in the garage still with the rest of the dried stuff. hehe. We have 3 more shelves to put up and when we do then we'll bring in some of the dried stuff from the garage that I think we can use and maybe I'll find them then.
Tonight I think we may do some goulash. Macaroni noodles, with spaghetti sauce (doctored of course! I never leave it exactly as it comes out of the can or bottle! I like to add all kinds of stuff, garlic, onion, parsley, marjoram, and even cinnamon, which is very good in spagetti sauce and good for your heart. I think I may try chocolate in it soon as it's recommended for in chili and gives a nice smooth flavor), and some meat in it, served with some cheese and texas toast. The meat I use will be some hickory smoked sausage that I'll chop up. I think I'll put some corn and maybe some peas in it too so we get some veggies. It's very important to get meals out here with everything in them as much as possible. Especially with having no refrigeration, it's very easy to start missing out on this or that. Whenever we go into town and eat Hubby is sure to get milk so he doesn't miss out on all the good stuff there. I just wish more resteraunts served WHOLE milk and not this 2% garbage. Fat aside, whole milk is so much more healthy for you. This skim and 2% stuff doesn't give you all the vitamins and minerals you need. You may as well be drinking water.
Sometime in the next few days we are also going to be finishing up the walls for the insulation, woot! We have been putting it up because the only places we have to go still have tables and stuff in front of them. But now we have a stove/oven combo that I want to set up and use so I can bake and all that. And why go through setting it up without finishing off the walls? We would just have to drag it all out again when we did the insulation. So we are going to do it all at once. Ugh, it's a big job, but we have to do it. Even though it means we will both be stiff and sore afterwards.
ok, off to find something to get into. :D It's the start of a brand new day and we are supposed to get some rain tonight and tomorrow. Maybe it'll melt the last of the ice off the driveway, and some more of the snow. If it does then we'll be going for a nice walk about tomorrow or the next day. :D
Later Gaters!
Anyway, as far as trips to town go, it was pretty untensioning (is that a word!?!). We had a full on plan as to where we were going, and in what order, and exactly how long and how much to spend at each. Whew. We now have enough supplies at the cabin (with the exception of water, and gas) that we don't HAVE to leave for 2 weeks! Today's plan is to go to the near small town and get water and gas enough to last us at least that long too. Ugh. Then we'll be broke again. lol. While we're in that little place they have a library, so we'll probably stop there... :) then I'll upload the blogs! Whoot!
I haven't attempted the mayo thing again yet. I am going to though, and see what I can get, I certainly don't want to let it beat me. With suggestions from many I was able to make the rice a success, and have made it several times in the last few weeks. so I am sure I can make the mayo a success out here in the outback of the wilds. I even made fried rice the other night and hubby ate 2 HUGE helpings. lol. I was pretty satisfied with that. It had been a while since he ate that big of helpings. :D By the way, when I make my rice I use BROTH instead of water, this gives it more flavor and a little healthier. When I made the fried rice I used beef broth in the rice. When I serve it under chicken based soups then I make it with chicken broth... you get the idea. I used to have some veggie boullion cubes, and would love to find them and use them to make rice, just as a different flavor and different set of ingredients. But I think they are packed out in the garage still with the rest of the dried stuff. hehe. We have 3 more shelves to put up and when we do then we'll bring in some of the dried stuff from the garage that I think we can use and maybe I'll find them then.
Tonight I think we may do some goulash. Macaroni noodles, with spaghetti sauce (doctored of course! I never leave it exactly as it comes out of the can or bottle! I like to add all kinds of stuff, garlic, onion, parsley, marjoram, and even cinnamon, which is very good in spagetti sauce and good for your heart. I think I may try chocolate in it soon as it's recommended for in chili and gives a nice smooth flavor), and some meat in it, served with some cheese and texas toast. The meat I use will be some hickory smoked sausage that I'll chop up. I think I'll put some corn and maybe some peas in it too so we get some veggies. It's very important to get meals out here with everything in them as much as possible. Especially with having no refrigeration, it's very easy to start missing out on this or that. Whenever we go into town and eat Hubby is sure to get milk so he doesn't miss out on all the good stuff there. I just wish more resteraunts served WHOLE milk and not this 2% garbage. Fat aside, whole milk is so much more healthy for you. This skim and 2% stuff doesn't give you all the vitamins and minerals you need. You may as well be drinking water.
Sometime in the next few days we are also going to be finishing up the walls for the insulation, woot! We have been putting it up because the only places we have to go still have tables and stuff in front of them. But now we have a stove/oven combo that I want to set up and use so I can bake and all that. And why go through setting it up without finishing off the walls? We would just have to drag it all out again when we did the insulation. So we are going to do it all at once. Ugh, it's a big job, but we have to do it. Even though it means we will both be stiff and sore afterwards.
ok, off to find something to get into. :D It's the start of a brand new day and we are supposed to get some rain tonight and tomorrow. Maybe it'll melt the last of the ice off the driveway, and some more of the snow. If it does then we'll be going for a nice walk about tomorrow or the next day. :D
Later Gaters!
Plans and Foods
Yesterday we went to town, and I have to apologize as I didn't get any new blogs uploaded, we have been distracted lately and I really just forgot!
Anyway, as far as trips to town go, it was pretty untensioning (is that a word!?!). We had a full on plan as to where we were going, and in what order, and exactly how long and how much to spend at each. Whew. We now have enough supplies at the cabin (with the exception of water, and gas) that we don't HAVE to leave for 2 weeks! Today's plan is to go to the near small town and get water and gas enough to last us at least that long too. Ugh. Then we'll be broke again. lol. While we're in that little place they have a library, so we'll probably stop there... :) then I'll upload the blogs! Whoot!
I haven't attempted the mayo thing again yet. I am going to though, and see what I can get, I certainly don't want to let it beat me. With suggestions from many I was able to make the rice a success, and have made it several times in the last few weeks. so I am sure I can make the mayo a success out here in the outback of the wilds. I even made fried rice the other night and hubby ate 2 HUGE helpings. lol. I was pretty satisfied with that. It had been a while since he ate that big of helpings. :D By the way, when I make my rice I use BROTH instead of water, this gives it more flavor and a little healthier. When I made the fried rice I used beef broth in the rice. When I serve it under chicken based soups then I make it with chicken broth... you get the idea. I used to have some veggie boullion cubes, and would love to find them and use them to make rice, just as a different flavor and different set of ingredients. But I think they are packed out in the garage still with the rest of the dried stuff. hehe. We have 3 more shelves to put up and when we do then we'll bring in some of the dried stuff from the garage that I think we can use and maybe I'll find them then.
Tonight I think we may do some goulash. Macaroni noodles, with spaghetti sauce (doctored of course! I never leave it exactly as it comes out of the can or bottle! I like to add all kinds of stuff, garlic, onion, parsley, marjoram, and even cinnamon, which is very good in spagetti sauce and good for your heart. I think I may try chocolate in it soon as it's recommended for in chili and gives a nice smooth flavor), and some meat in it, served with some cheese and texas toast. The meat I use will be some hickory smoked sausage that I'll chop up. I think I'll put some corn and maybe some peas in it too so we get some veggies. It's very important to get meals out here with everything in them as much as possible. Especially with having no refrigeration, it's very easy to start missing out on this or that. Whenever we go into town and eat Hubby is sure to get milk so he doesn't miss out on all the good stuff there. I just wish more resteraunts served WHOLE milk and not this 2% garbage. Fat aside, whole milk is so much more healthy for you. This skim and 2% stuff doesn't give you all the vitamins and minerals you need. You may as well be drinking water.
Sometime in the next few days we are also going to be finishing up the walls for the insulation, woot! We have been putting it up because the only places we have to go still have tables and stuff in front of them. But now we have a stove/oven combo that I want to set up and use so I can bake and all that. And why go through setting it up without finishing off the walls? We would just have to drag it all out again when we did the insulation. So we are going to do it all at once. Ugh, it's a big job, but we have to do it. Even though it means we will both be stiff and sore afterwards.
ok, off to find something to get into. :D It's the start of a brand new day and we are supposed to get some rain tonight and tomorrow. Maybe it'll melt the last of the ice off the driveway, and some more of the snow. If it does then we'll be going for a nice walk about tomorrow or the next day. :D
Later Gaters!
Anyway, as far as trips to town go, it was pretty untensioning (is that a word!?!). We had a full on plan as to where we were going, and in what order, and exactly how long and how much to spend at each. Whew. We now have enough supplies at the cabin (with the exception of water, and gas) that we don't HAVE to leave for 2 weeks! Today's plan is to go to the near small town and get water and gas enough to last us at least that long too. Ugh. Then we'll be broke again. lol. While we're in that little place they have a library, so we'll probably stop there... :) then I'll upload the blogs! Whoot!
I haven't attempted the mayo thing again yet. I am going to though, and see what I can get, I certainly don't want to let it beat me. With suggestions from many I was able to make the rice a success, and have made it several times in the last few weeks. so I am sure I can make the mayo a success out here in the outback of the wilds. I even made fried rice the other night and hubby ate 2 HUGE helpings. lol. I was pretty satisfied with that. It had been a while since he ate that big of helpings. :D By the way, when I make my rice I use BROTH instead of water, this gives it more flavor and a little healthier. When I made the fried rice I used beef broth in the rice. When I serve it under chicken based soups then I make it with chicken broth... you get the idea. I used to have some veggie boullion cubes, and would love to find them and use them to make rice, just as a different flavor and different set of ingredients. But I think they are packed out in the garage still with the rest of the dried stuff. hehe. We have 3 more shelves to put up and when we do then we'll bring in some of the dried stuff from the garage that I think we can use and maybe I'll find them then.
Tonight I think we may do some goulash. Macaroni noodles, with spaghetti sauce (doctored of course! I never leave it exactly as it comes out of the can or bottle! I like to add all kinds of stuff, garlic, onion, parsley, marjoram, and even cinnamon, which is very good in spagetti sauce and good for your heart. I think I may try chocolate in it soon as it's recommended for in chili and gives a nice smooth flavor), and some meat in it, served with some cheese and texas toast. The meat I use will be some hickory smoked sausage that I'll chop up. I think I'll put some corn and maybe some peas in it too so we get some veggies. It's very important to get meals out here with everything in them as much as possible. Especially with having no refrigeration, it's very easy to start missing out on this or that. Whenever we go into town and eat Hubby is sure to get milk so he doesn't miss out on all the good stuff there. I just wish more resteraunts served WHOLE milk and not this 2% garbage. Fat aside, whole milk is so much more healthy for you. This skim and 2% stuff doesn't give you all the vitamins and minerals you need. You may as well be drinking water.
Sometime in the next few days we are also going to be finishing up the walls for the insulation, woot! We have been putting it up because the only places we have to go still have tables and stuff in front of them. But now we have a stove/oven combo that I want to set up and use so I can bake and all that. And why go through setting it up without finishing off the walls? We would just have to drag it all out again when we did the insulation. So we are going to do it all at once. Ugh, it's a big job, but we have to do it. Even though it means we will both be stiff and sore afterwards.
ok, off to find something to get into. :D It's the start of a brand new day and we are supposed to get some rain tonight and tomorrow. Maybe it'll melt the last of the ice off the driveway, and some more of the snow. If it does then we'll be going for a nice walk about tomorrow or the next day. :D
Later Gaters!
Monday, January 19, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!
Today is my Dad's BIRTHDAY! Happy Birthday Dad! I called, but didn't get an answer, perhaps you and mom were out
celebrating. If so, yay! If not, sorry.
Daughter is off her grounding, and seems to be holding closer to home. She has taken to ignoring dad at times,
but they are going to have to work it out. She still listens to me, so I am happy with that.. I giggle at him a
lot of what they go through with each other. He is still learning to speak "dog".
Last night about 9pm, there were two shots that came from South West of the cabin. Not that far away, but far
enough I didn't worry about them hitting us. I wonder if it was someone shooting deer? No one lives down there
that would be shooting coyotes at that time of night. Usually when it's someone shooting coyotes it's more down
where the cattle and sheep are than up here. There isn't any livestock close enough for the coyotes to be a
menace within the 2 - 3 miles of the cabin. I just hope that if it was someone poaching deer that they took the
deer to EAT it. I don't have a problem with someone taking a deer any time of year so long as it's for NEED and
not WANT. And so long as they don't waste it. honor the animal that died for you.
Because of hearing the shots, the dogs all stayed inside for the rest of the night. Not that Thor and Pan wanted
out then, but Freya was nosey enough she wanted to go see what was going on. hubby and I of course were smarter
than that. He made them stay in while he went to see what he could see. Of course he saw nothing. so all was
well and the next day we let the dogs out.
Other than that it's a quiet day, as hubby is now coming down with the crud. Ugh. Great. Oh well, maybe this
will be the only crud we have this season. lol. wishful thinking probably, but who knows right?
ok, going to jog, have some stuff to finish up.
Lackidaizical Lady of Treehaven
celebrating. If so, yay! If not, sorry.
Daughter is off her grounding, and seems to be holding closer to home. She has taken to ignoring dad at times,
but they are going to have to work it out. She still listens to me, so I am happy with that.. I giggle at him a
lot of what they go through with each other. He is still learning to speak "dog".
Last night about 9pm, there were two shots that came from South West of the cabin. Not that far away, but far
enough I didn't worry about them hitting us. I wonder if it was someone shooting deer? No one lives down there
that would be shooting coyotes at that time of night. Usually when it's someone shooting coyotes it's more down
where the cattle and sheep are than up here. There isn't any livestock close enough for the coyotes to be a
menace within the 2 - 3 miles of the cabin. I just hope that if it was someone poaching deer that they took the
deer to EAT it. I don't have a problem with someone taking a deer any time of year so long as it's for NEED and
not WANT. And so long as they don't waste it. honor the animal that died for you.
Because of hearing the shots, the dogs all stayed inside for the rest of the night. Not that Thor and Pan wanted
out then, but Freya was nosey enough she wanted to go see what was going on. hubby and I of course were smarter
than that. He made them stay in while he went to see what he could see. Of course he saw nothing. so all was
well and the next day we let the dogs out.
Other than that it's a quiet day, as hubby is now coming down with the crud. Ugh. Great. Oh well, maybe this
will be the only crud we have this season. lol. wishful thinking probably, but who knows right?
ok, going to jog, have some stuff to finish up.
Lackidaizical Lady of Treehaven
Sunday, January 18, 2009
LOCOVORISM
I promised a post on the term locovore.
Well, I don't have a specific definition in front of me, but here it goes.
Locovorism is a fairly old, yet resurging move towards eating / consuming what is only available close to you. Instead of going to a big box store to buy your bread, you either make it yourself or go to your local small bakery to purchase bread that is made right there. Instead of consuming tomatoes from venezuala when you live in Utah, you only eat them if they are grown in Utah. Thus you eat in season, foods that are picked and healtiest as well as keeping your money local.
For instance, if we still lived in Eugene, our veggies and more would be from the weekly farmers markets. Locally grown greens, mushrooms, honey, breads, cheeses and the like. The nice thing about this is you support LOCAL economy rather than some slave driver in China or Indonesia. There is also more of a chance that you KNOW what is in the food and such that you buy rather than plastic in your food or possible salmonella poisoning from some processing plant.
It's a proven fact in todays economy that those who are growing food for the BIG PRODUCTION of commercial growers, either don't care how they fertilize the food they are growing or they have just too much growing to pay attention to it all. This leaves it wide open for us to get salmonella, botulism and other nasties into our food supply.
Local growers grow LESS at once, so they can keep an eye on it, and they CARE more so that there is less chance of these nasties getting into the food chain.
The gigantic plus to this movement is that the money earned in Oregon, stays in Oregon longer.
Each person / family decides how close to home they are going to eat. Some say U.S. food only. This is nice, since you can't really grow oranges, lemons or limes here in the pacific northwest, and potatoes really don't like to grow too well in florida / southern california. Others say their same state. So for us, if it didn't grow in Oregon, then we wouldn't ingest it. This cuts out stuff like pineapple, oranges, lemons, limes, baking soda and a few other things. I don't think there are salt mines in Oregon either. lol. Some, go for so many miles from home. 100 miles, 50 miles or whatever. If you can't drive within that amount of space and get it then you don't bring it home.
I have had the privilage since we moved to meet a lot of people who follow this way of consuming. Some do it Conscientiously, it's good for our planet after all. And some of the people I have met do it because it's all they can afford to feed themselves is what they grow themselves. One of these wonderful people I met grows over 90% of the food they eat themselves. They trade butchering of livestock for some of that meat, and what they don't grow, they buy from others locally who grew it themselves organically. It's a pretty great way to live if you ask me. They don't own vast tracs of land, only 20 acres, and they don't have row after row of greenhouses to do this either. It can be done, even on only the 2 acres that hubby and I live on. But it's going to take US a little while longer to get there. lol. our land is mostly sand.
Even someone who lives in an apartment can grow some of their own food. While they may not be able to approach this 90% self sustainablilty in their food supply, every little bit will make a difference.
As a people, we need to do more to support our own self and stop being so reliant on other nations and countries to supply us with food and goods. It's here in our own countries. It doesn't matter if you live in the United States, Canada, England, Australia or anywhere else, we can all attain a great amount of self-sustainability on our own. It doesn't matter what it is, just something. Grow a few chickens and trade their eggs off, grow up 4 tomato plants and swap for some corn.. It doesn't take much. So you can't grow food to save your life (no pun intended), but you can cross stitch some of the most beautiful samplers in the area? Trade a sampler for some of your neighbors garden, or a home cobblers shoes, or for some car maintenance. It's a simple thing. And something we owe to ourselves.
Locovorism is a good thing, and with a little rearranging, and adjusting to our lives it's also something we all can do.
Here's some links where you can learn more and connect with others doing the same thing:
Well, I don't have a specific definition in front of me, but here it goes.
Locovorism is a fairly old, yet resurging move towards eating / consuming what is only available close to you. Instead of going to a big box store to buy your bread, you either make it yourself or go to your local small bakery to purchase bread that is made right there. Instead of consuming tomatoes from venezuala when you live in Utah, you only eat them if they are grown in Utah. Thus you eat in season, foods that are picked and healtiest as well as keeping your money local.
For instance, if we still lived in Eugene, our veggies and more would be from the weekly farmers markets. Locally grown greens, mushrooms, honey, breads, cheeses and the like. The nice thing about this is you support LOCAL economy rather than some slave driver in China or Indonesia. There is also more of a chance that you KNOW what is in the food and such that you buy rather than plastic in your food or possible salmonella poisoning from some processing plant.
It's a proven fact in todays economy that those who are growing food for the BIG PRODUCTION of commercial growers, either don't care how they fertilize the food they are growing or they have just too much growing to pay attention to it all. This leaves it wide open for us to get salmonella, botulism and other nasties into our food supply.
Local growers grow LESS at once, so they can keep an eye on it, and they CARE more so that there is less chance of these nasties getting into the food chain.
The gigantic plus to this movement is that the money earned in Oregon, stays in Oregon longer.
Each person / family decides how close to home they are going to eat. Some say U.S. food only. This is nice, since you can't really grow oranges, lemons or limes here in the pacific northwest, and potatoes really don't like to grow too well in florida / southern california. Others say their same state. So for us, if it didn't grow in Oregon, then we wouldn't ingest it. This cuts out stuff like pineapple, oranges, lemons, limes, baking soda and a few other things. I don't think there are salt mines in Oregon either. lol. Some, go for so many miles from home. 100 miles, 50 miles or whatever. If you can't drive within that amount of space and get it then you don't bring it home.
I have had the privilage since we moved to meet a lot of people who follow this way of consuming. Some do it Conscientiously, it's good for our planet after all. And some of the people I have met do it because it's all they can afford to feed themselves is what they grow themselves. One of these wonderful people I met grows over 90% of the food they eat themselves. They trade butchering of livestock for some of that meat, and what they don't grow, they buy from others locally who grew it themselves organically. It's a pretty great way to live if you ask me. They don't own vast tracs of land, only 20 acres, and they don't have row after row of greenhouses to do this either. It can be done, even on only the 2 acres that hubby and I live on. But it's going to take US a little while longer to get there. lol. our land is mostly sand.
Even someone who lives in an apartment can grow some of their own food. While they may not be able to approach this 90% self sustainablilty in their food supply, every little bit will make a difference.
As a people, we need to do more to support our own self and stop being so reliant on other nations and countries to supply us with food and goods. It's here in our own countries. It doesn't matter if you live in the United States, Canada, England, Australia or anywhere else, we can all attain a great amount of self-sustainability on our own. It doesn't matter what it is, just something. Grow a few chickens and trade their eggs off, grow up 4 tomato plants and swap for some corn.. It doesn't take much. So you can't grow food to save your life (no pun intended), but you can cross stitch some of the most beautiful samplers in the area? Trade a sampler for some of your neighbors garden, or a home cobblers shoes, or for some car maintenance. It's a simple thing. And something we owe to ourselves.
Locovorism is a good thing, and with a little rearranging, and adjusting to our lives it's also something we all can do.
Here's some links where you can learn more and connect with others doing the same thing:
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Daughters' Grounded Saturday
SATURDAY! It's a great day for most people, as it signals the first day of the weekend. Most people would be out shopping, or doing house chores that they aren't able to do during the week.. Us? We're sitting here with colds. Blech. Creeping crud of any kind is a horrible thing to have to put up with. It's even worse when it's your own creeping crud.
Daughter spent all day yesterday GROUNDED! She was so miffed, I'm surprised she didn't piddle on dad's pillow. She went outside on the leash, then was transferred to a tie outside for when she wanted out. Then on a leash and back inside. It was choresome for dad, but she had to put up with it. She'll get the clue she has to stay close if we have to keep her tied to a tree or on a leash forever!
We are going to run to town today, need to do some laundry and pick up some stuff, so I am not going to write much right now... I'll hit you up with more stuff later.
stuffy mom of three
Daughter spent all day yesterday GROUNDED! She was so miffed, I'm surprised she didn't piddle on dad's pillow. She went outside on the leash, then was transferred to a tie outside for when she wanted out. Then on a leash and back inside. It was choresome for dad, but she had to put up with it. She'll get the clue she has to stay close if we have to keep her tied to a tree or on a leash forever!
We are going to run to town today, need to do some laundry and pick up some stuff, so I am not going to write much right now... I'll hit you up with more stuff later.
stuffy mom of three
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