We bought a farm a few years ago. It’s a small old farm with only about four acres in southeastern Colorado, but it was big enough that it brought with it all the old farm needs, such as replanting fields, repairing outbuildings, learning how to irrigate with siphon tubes, and spending fabulous amounts of money. […]
It’s 1975 and Ruth Stout, in her early 90s, is being filmed at her home. She’s explaining her daily schedule, how many hours a day she works to maintain, harvest, and freeze food from a 45 x 50 foot vegetable garden which grows enough food for two people. (She hasn’t been in a grocery store
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My dad had a knack for growing things, and just about every seed, cutting, or plant he placed in the ground grew like gangbusters. If they didn’t, he’d by god do something about it. The shelves in his lean-to garden shed held an arsenal of insecticides, herbicides, fertilizers, turf builders, weed killers, and slug granules.
Buddha told a parable in a sutra. A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down
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“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.” – Francis Bacon Liberal arts and humanities programs in colleges across America are feeling the heat. For instance, during his presidency, Barack Obama offended one of the traditionally Democratic support groups by belittling the value of four-year degrees in the Arts. He asserted that
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Colorado Springs is experiencing a population explosion. As a result, many locals are concerned with the city’s ability to accommodate this growth. One overlooked issue in the city’s expansion is the health of its inhabitants, particularly for the new residents not accustomed to Colorado’s dry climate and relatively limited availability of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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