tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post5752469866104581188..comments2024-02-28T05:21:30.063+00:00Comments on The Suburban Bushwacker: From Fat Boy to Elk Hunter: Dig For VictoryThe Suburban Bushwackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-18619440938057132672008-03-03T12:29:00.000+00:002008-03-03T12:29:00.000+00:00Folks,We try to eat from our garden as much as pos...Folks,<BR/>We try to eat from our garden as much as possible. Mostly we have herbs and such, as vegetables are really hard to grow in this heat. Now the bananas do fine, and when we have chickens we eat a lot of delicious free range eggs. Chickens are probably the easiest thing to raise btw. Rabbit would also be pretty simple for small holdings and suburban lots.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Albert A Rasch<BR/><A HREF="http://trochronicles.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles</A>Albert A Raschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431765456546701021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-69177284651633311712008-02-17T20:07:00.000+00:002008-02-17T20:07:00.000+00:00i will eat you sbw,this i promise.ken,new guinea.i will eat you sbw,this i promise.<BR/>ken,new guinea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-3503208369981479542008-02-17T02:51:00.000+00:002008-02-17T02:51:00.000+00:00Personally I think that home grown foods are much ...Personally I think that home grown foods are much better for you than supermarket foods mainly because in today's society you never know exactly what they put in the foods during preparation to manufacture and alot of the foods you get at the supermarket are raised with some kind of a high dose chemical to either enhance the flavor or produce it faster. If your a natural farmer then you know exactly what you fertilize you food crops with and how much and it's all natural not manufactured at some smogg plant. Best of luck with your garden this year and oh yeah one more note I got you added along with many other sites this weekend and thanks for the link-up.deerslayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280092809884128793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-20443242680761055802008-02-15T15:13:00.000+00:002008-02-15T15:13:00.000+00:00Thanks for getting in touch.The food mile vs suppo...Thanks for getting in touch.<BR/>The food mile vs supporting developing nations debate is certainly a complex one. <BR/>My knee jerk reaction is toward locally produced foods and less reliance on large scale farming, however your point about the need for fair trade to support the farmers in less 'developed' countries and offset the impact of their transportation and production is a good one.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully this will go some way to provoking a debate which will lead to practical steps we can all take .<BR/>I welcome your thoughts<BR/>SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-79547793595302911602008-02-14T15:25:00.000+00:002008-02-14T15:25:00.000+00:00Okay... so I am commenting on my own blog post at ...Okay... so I am commenting on my own blog post at earth-connection. But, I thought it constructive to talk about the details of our current system that should not be ignored.<BR/><BR/>Although, it makes sense to avoid unnecessary transport of food, there are other ways to limit our contributions to global warming trends. <BR/><BR/>Yes, local food is fresher and probably healthier, and your purchase contributes to the local economy. But food transport, unless it is by air, is usually a relatively small part of a meal's carbon impact. Reducing the amount of meat you eat has far more effect than deciding to buy locally. A pound of beef from the farm next door will have many times the global warming effect of a can of beans shipped from somewhere faraway. Taking a few steps towards a vegan diet will reduce carbon emissions far more than local purchasing. <BR/><BR/>On another note... this whole eat locally thing is much more complicated than just trying to eat locally to reduce the food miles between food sources and our tables. Reducing food miles could possibly hurt the environment more and lull us into the false belief that we are part of the solution when are actually still part of the problem and making it worse.<BR/><BR/>How so, you say? There would be significant harm to the poorest and most vulnerable countries through boycotting their fresh agricultural produce. World economic collapse (or worse as we have seen already in many parts of Africa) would have far reaching impacts like those seen in the markets recently. <BR/><BR/>Then... ‘the only fair<BR/>option, which considers the livelihoods of those in developing countries as well as the need to protect the environment, is to ensure that the prices of the goods we consume cover the costs of their environmental impact, wherever they are from and however they are produced.'<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, locally derived food for thought.<BR/><BR/>check out the source:<BR/>http://www.oxfordenergy.org/pdfs/comment_1007-1.pdfEChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17541177795266565699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-33336481357007994342008-02-14T13:37:00.000+00:002008-02-14T13:37:00.000+00:00Don't give in, SBW!!!Boyfriend and I have not elim...Don't give in, SBW!!!<BR/><BR/>Boyfriend and I have not eliminated the supermarket from our diet altogether, but we've come very, very close - typically we go only for dairy products, breakfast cereal, bread, olive oil, coffee and cat food.<BR/><BR/>We eat a LOT from our garden - all salads right now, but tons of tomatoes and peppers and other great stuff in the summer.<BR/><BR/>We do hit the farmers market for that which we don't grow - and we typically spend more there than we do at the supermarket each week. And while probably 95 percent of the meat in our freezer is hunted meat, we hit the farmers market for pastured pork because domestic pork is just too yummy to pass up. Besides, Boyfriend can't make all his wonderful sausages without it.<BR/><BR/>It's a dream worth pursuing. It's the reason we bought a house on a quarter-acre in the suburbs, rather than be closer to our work downtown. We love it!Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-39607497135138431832008-02-12T16:23:00.000+00:002008-02-12T16:23:00.000+00:00Thanks for reading our thought piece on Victgory G...Thanks for reading our thought piece on Victgory Gardens. <BR/><BR/>We think that the garden will provide not only home grown food but interest in consuming local foods by the season as a more cost effective method for the global food economy. Thereby not adding to climate change. <BR/><BR/>(Not to mention all the herbivores it brings to our table via the primitive deadfall traps we use to keep the critters from eating all our tended food... we are primitive skills practioners and have to practice our art.) <BR/><BR/>We will link you in our favorite links. Cheers... HueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-30744282986540262722008-02-12T15:19:00.000+00:002008-02-12T15:19:00.000+00:00MichaelShe'd be delighted to hear you say that!!Th...Michael<BR/>She'd be delighted to hear you say that!!<BR/>Thanks for getting in touch<BR/>SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-79444614327816284772008-02-12T14:37:00.000+00:002008-02-12T14:37:00.000+00:00Can't say that I think badly of your wifes advice....Can't say that I think badly of your wifes advice. You can't grow a garden sitting at a desk hitting the keyboard and blogging. You have to get out there in the dirt and do it. As do we all! The blog posts will just have to be shorter and more terse while we garden. I wish you much success.<BR/><BR/>Michael<BR/><BR/>mboone@rtccom.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-20685398714123887272008-02-12T13:53:00.000+00:002008-02-12T13:53:00.000+00:00I know I couldn't totally live on what I could gro...I know I couldn't totally live on what I could grow or shoot or catch, mostly because I don't hunt yet. There are community gardens here though, and every year I think about getting a plot and growing a few veggies. <BR/><BR/>I may have to consider that again this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com