tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977441.post8087423842598295654..comments2023-09-01T05:13:19.649-04:00Comments on the Contrary Goddess: I am not an urban homesteaderCGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04542303804886924280noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977441.post-59095594246885244822011-02-19T17:21:14.637-05:002011-02-19T17:21:14.637-05:00.....the fashion of these times,
Where none will s........the fashion of these times,<br />Where none will sweat but for promotion,<br />And having that, do choke their service upBourboned Hardheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977441.post-54360957038208763122011-02-19T12:50:51.290-05:002011-02-19T12:50:51.290-05:00Alcyone, I believe you might have less clay than m...Alcyone, I believe you might have less clay than me.CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04542303804886924280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977441.post-35787394966197314582011-02-19T10:15:00.653-05:002011-02-19T10:15:00.653-05:00My husband has been following it rather intensely ...My husband has been following it rather intensely (it is his style). My very favorite comments were by David at beautifulfoodgarden: It is a movement . . . it eats those who think they've mastered it! Yes! So true of pretty much every single wonderful and worthwhile endeavor.CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04542303804886924280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977441.post-42852902088553682692011-02-19T09:40:05.622-05:002011-02-19T09:40:05.622-05:00Kate, I linked to you also despite the fact that I...Kate, I linked to you also despite the fact that I'm not very good at discussing the politics of anything on my site (I'm a lot better at just the doing of it all, I think I'm timid in the face of large groups of anything)but it needed saying even by me. I sure do appreciate you post. <br /><br />CG - JEEZE, Louise! I think I'll go hang out with the garage chickens for a bit. I&#Heather Jefferieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05590391262194548880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977441.post-19306380104353524002011-02-19T04:48:51.575-05:002011-02-19T04:48:51.575-05:00Thanks for the mention, CG. I don't normally ...Thanks for the mention, CG. I don't normally identify as an urban homesteader either. But Ich bin ein urban homesteader. <br /><br />It seems their TM is going to be challenged by some genuine urban homesteaders, the folks who wrote the book The Urban Homestead - folks whose blog (Root Simple) actually teaches things pertinent so urban homesteading. I'm hoping their challenge is Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017959421018964001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977441.post-79735932251643019142011-02-18T16:54:40.939-05:002011-02-18T16:54:40.939-05:00well, on a deeper philosophical level, I think it ...well, on a deeper philosophical level, I think it points up that "the problem" is not "out there", it is within us, all of us, and it is in not recognizing is, not being cognizant of it, and not then guarding against it that the danger really lies.CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04542303804886924280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977441.post-34430309281311103842011-02-18T14:57:12.375-05:002011-02-18T14:57:12.375-05:00I just hope this whole fiasco doesn't discoura...I just hope this whole fiasco doesn't discourage people from doing just that - learning to grow food "no matter where" they are.<br /><br />Hubbard squash is pretty easy to grow ;).Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642417312794814066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977441.post-14278273774247112992011-02-18T13:40:24.427-05:002011-02-18T13:40:24.427-05:00shoot Claire, where's the "like" but...shoot Claire, where's the "like" button?<br /><br />I also want to say that I have feet of clay, knees of clay, and quite possibly hips of clay (although truthfully I think it stops just above the knees -- that transitional area is tricky and sometimes moves too). But then I'm not holding myself out as any ideal of anything. I do stuff, I think things, I evolve and move and CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04542303804886924280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977441.post-70293128642901643232011-02-18T13:04:37.480-05:002011-02-18T13:04:37.480-05:00I AM an urban homesteader.I AM an urban homesteader.clairesgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717145894222550969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977441.post-79087686872246092982011-02-18T06:47:40.345-05:002011-02-18T06:47:40.345-05:00I'm horrified and amazed at the Dervaes family...I'm horrified and amazed at the Dervaes family.clairesgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717145894222550969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977441.post-7358377231852473742011-02-17T21:23:25.256-05:002011-02-17T21:23:25.256-05:00Yep, when the hungry mobs surround the Dervaes com...Yep, when the hungry mobs surround the Dervaes compound all they are going to have left to eat are those silly patented words of theirs. I had to chuckle when I read about that this morning, not so much because it is funny but because just when I think I have heard it all something else comes along to replace it...never fails. Yes, please, let's all just get to growing our own food while Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.com