Last of the Saddle Tramps
...der’s Guild (I think?), Horse Travel Books, where they keep all sorts of obscure, horsey memoirs in print. Bless them. It’s also available at Amazon, and you might find a used copy here or there, too....
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Poor Man’s Paninni Press
...l decluttering. I have no personal experience with the Lodge paninni press. Do any of you? Is this something I should order, in a late night Amazon binge, the next time Kelly is visiting relatives?...
Biochar: Miracle or Gimmick?
...ts and higher yield in others. In the Arboretum and St. Paul campus sites, we noted similar results, but more crops seemed to decline with biochar than without it. There’s nothing new about biochar. It was in use by native peoples in the Amazon region before Columbus. Hopefully this study will help clarify what types of soils and what crops benefit most from its use. Do you have an opinion about Biochar? Leave a comment . . . And thanks to Michael...
Saturday Tweets: One Crazy Week
...The Panic Button Over Brazil’s New President. If Jair Bolsonaro opens the Amazon to more business, as his backers want, the new president threatens the world’s ability to prevent catastrophic climate change.https://t.co/jpyo10Ksk2 — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) October 30, 2018 well one of us needs to go home and change. (silverlakeghoul on IG) pic.twitter.com/RLd0SPNqGZ — Clint Falin (@ClintFalin) November 1, 2018 Watch a kitten grow up: http...
Land Girls
Mrs. Homegrown here: During WWI, Great Britain instituted The Women’s Land Army, a civilian corps created to replace male agricultural workers called into military service. These women were generally known as “Land Girls.” Yep, the rural version of Rosie the Riveter. By WWII, both Australia and the U.S. had their own Women’s Land Armies, too. It seems in some cases the women took on full-time waged agricultural work, and in other cases they forme...