FIVE ACRES AND INDEPENDENCE A HANDBOOK FOR SMALL FARM MANAGEMENT M. G. KAINS DOVER PUBLICATIONS 1973 The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. Abraham Lincoln The land! That is where our roots are. There is the basis of our physical life. …
2010 Diary week 12 A comfortable living The garden Pruning of olive trees continued this week. Book Review It was Five Acres and Independence that introduced me to Abraham Lincoln’s statement “The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.” Faced with the …
THE NEW ORGANIC GROWER A MASTER’S MANUAL OF TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE HOME AND MARKET GARDENER ELIOT COLEMAN CHELSEA GREEN, VERMONT 1989 One of the intangible legacies the Shakers left to the world is their demonstration that it is possible for man to create the environment and the way of life he wants, …
2010 Diary week 11 BYZANTINE CERAMICS Christine’s Byzantine Ceramics This week Christine spent many hours at the exhibition of her Byzantine ceramics and met many interesting people. On Sunday she took down her 40 pieces. During the week she received an invitation to transfer her exhibition to another location, opening on March 24. The Director …
OUR NEXT FRONTIER A PERSONAL GUIDE FOR TOMORROW’S LIFESTYLE ROBERT RODALE RODALE PRESS 1981 Choosing Our Next Frontier We need water, fuel and many other things to live happy and productive lives. But most of all, we need a frontier, new territory to grow into, as our numbers grow. Our first frontier – making America …
Christine with Demetra Bakirtzi, Byzantinologist Christine with her students from Perrotis college Christine with Effie Kotopoulou 2010 Diary week 10 BYZANTINE CERAMIC EXHIBIT Christine’s Byzantine Ceramics About a month ago Christine received a phone call from a friend that there had been a cancellation at the Exhibition Hall of the Historical Center of …
BE FIT! OR BE DAMNED! PERCY CERUTTY PELHAM BOOKS 1967 Percy Cerutty was 43 in 1939 when he lost his job as an Australian civil servant, broken in health. His will to survive, his courage, and his desperate search for scientific health secrets that would restore his health and strength pulled him through. He ran …
2010 Diary week 9 Our weekly diary Our response to the chaos in the world has been to adopt Abraham Lincoln’s words, “The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.” In the diary section we are recording our progress, successes, failures and …
THE RODALE BOOK OF COMPOSTING DEBORAH L. MARTIN & GRACE GERSHUNY, EDITORS RODALE PRESS 1992 Chapter 1: Composting Throughout History Composting is, in broadest terms, the biological reduction of organic waste to humus. Whenever a plant or animal dies it is reduced to an earthlike substance that forms a beneficial growing environment for plant …
50 SECRETS OF THE WORLD’S LONGEST LIVING PEOPLE SALLY BEARE MARLOWE & COMPANY 2006 Preface: Why I Wrote This Book The nutritionist told me that all of my symptoms were related to a malfunctioning digestive system, and said that I needed to radically overhaul my diet, which was based mainly on pasta, sandwiches, wine, and …
