About MERGING SURVIVALIST GARDENING WITH SOCIAL ACTIVISM
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I am an old fellow who now lives in rural South Dakota in what is referred to as The River Hills on the Great Plains of North America. I grew up near the coast of Maine through much of my life and have always had a passion for all plants and animals but especially vegetables and flowers. Growing up in Maine and learning about gardening, all gardens were "organic' in nature. During those years, central and coastal Maine was made up primarily of family owned dairy farms and of course the available fertilizer was cow manure so people were "organic farmers" long before the term was even coined.
I hope that all that stumble on to this channel find it enjoyable and somewhat educational I sincerely appreciate your support and look forward to any and all interaction with you.
May you all be blessed with Godspeed and Peace as we sail through these turbulent waters. Michael
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I am an old fellow who now lives in rural South Dakota in what is referred to as The River Hills on the Great Plains of North America. I grew up near the coast of Maine through much of my life and have always had a pass...
I am an old fellow who now lives in rural South Dakota in what is referred to as The River Hills on the Great Plains of North America. I grew up near the coast of Maine through much of my life and have always had a passion for all plants and animals but especially vegetables and flowers. Growing up in Maine and learning about gardening, all gardens were "organic' in nature. During those years, central and coastal Maine was made up primarily of family owned dairy farms and of course the available fertilizer was cow manure so people were "organic farmers" long before the term was even coined. Over the years I, like others, have fine tuned the process somewhat but not much. Vegetables, grains, fruit and dairy products make up the main-stay of my diet. I rarely eat red meat and when I do it is venison. I raise chickens and eat a lot of that along with wild turkeys when I can get them. I don't kill any living thing including plants, unless absolutely necessary, so I have to depend on my girlfriend, Marilyn, to do the hunting. She is a crack shot and a much better hunter than I was when I used to participate in the practice. I might add that I have made these choices because that's what works for me and not for some ideology. I firmly believe in our right to own and use firearms and fully support hunting game and self defense. My gardens, along with other foods that I have mentioned take care of 90% of our food needs. Another of my passions is baking breads so that is taken care of as well. I carry on this lifestyle because of choice and have been living within these parameters for a long time. With the price of food at the market exploding along with the trying times that we find ourselves living through, I thank God that I have made the decisions that I have I hope that all that stumble on to this channel find it enjoyable and somewhat educational I sincerely appreciate your support and look forward to any and all interaction with you. May you all be blessed with Godspeed and Peace as we sail through these turbulent waters. Michael
It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought. ~James Douglas, Down Shoe Lane
I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with a love that nobody could share or conceive of who had never taken part in the process of creation. It was one of the most bewitching sights in the world to observe a hill of beans thrusting aside the soil, or a rose of early peas just peeping forth sufficiently to trace a line of delicate green. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mosses from and Old Manse
When one of my plants dies, I die a little inside, too. ~Linda Solegato
Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. ~Lindley Karstens, noproblemgarden.com
I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds. ~Robert Bridges, "Testament of Beauty"
Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden. ~Orson Scott Card
You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~Author Unknown
Gardens... should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves. ~H.E. Bates, A Love of Flowers
Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. ~Douglas William Jerrold, about Australia, A Land of Plenty
The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer God's heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth. ~Dorothy Frances Gurney, "Garden Thoughts"
If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden. ~Robert Brault
"Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God." -- Thomas Jefferson
"I'm not really a career person. I'm a gardener, basically."-- George Harrison
"She (or he!) who plants a seed beneath the sod and waits to see a plant, believes in God."
"A garden is never so good as it will be next year."-- Thomas Cooper
"There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments." -- Janet Kilburn Phillips
"I garden, therefore I am."
"A weed is only a flower growing in the wrong place." author unknown
"Don't grumble that roses have thorns, be thankful that thorns have roses."
"I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden." --John Erskine
"I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden." --John Erskine
We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden."
"So many seeds -- so little time."
"Where but in a garden do summer hours pass so quickly?"
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