We live in a world where most things can be bought electronically, you can pay your bills, buy things, sell things (yes I’m guilty) browse the local super market, even buy individual songs online and not just the whole album. What I’d like to do is talk about an almost lost art. Bartering and bargaining [...]
“Neither a state nor a bank ever have had unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power” ~ David Ricardo
My Mother-in-Law would be horrified at the title of this post, she would rather it was termed Pumpkin Relations… however here goes. Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squashes and melons have been favourites amongst gardeners for generations. One is able to carry seed through generations from your initial purchase as long as you keep the seed pure. This [...]
Wow! This time of the year we are normally fighting off frost every morning and are looking at our last veggies with pity as we watch them die off with the winter cold. With this strange weather and an extended autumn, I’m still picking tomatoes out of the garden, our peppers have come into their [...]
“As the state grows, one’s sense of self-ownership is destroyed, liberty is traded for ‘security’, the human spirit diminishes, and the citizenry increasingly thinks and behaves like dependent children”. ~ Eric Englund
