Victory Garden Update
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Do It Yourself
We’ve been harvesting cucumbers since May, cherry tomatoes since mid-May, but this is our first substantial harvest of the year: This is beth alpha cucumbers, gioia della mensa tomatoes, cream sausage tomatoes, sungold tomatoes, helios radishes, and tropepo rosso onions. The orchard baby corn will be harvested in the second week of July, and the [...]
Tags: Do It Yourself, self-reliance, victory garden
Victory Garden Tradition
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Do It Yourself, Patriot's Journey
Despite the media-fueled whinging going on about rising food prices, the national situation is nothing near where it was during WWII, when canned food was rationed and Victory Gardens first became popular…but growing your own fresh veg just makes sense. It’s significantly cheaper to grow a $2 red bell pepper plant (or a $.05 seed), [...]
Tags: earn it, Patriot's Journey, self-reliance
A Hole is Still a Hole
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Shooting Sports
Our pal MRS recommended a book to us some time back, called Monster Hunter International. It’s a good yarn, reminiscent of the defunct Bureau 13 books by Nick Pollotta, and it turns out the author, Larry Correia (who is also a gun dealer), has a blog. Today’s post is a Quoter: In my last CCW [...]
Tags: guns are good, self-reliance
Neeeeeeeeee
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Buttinskis, Do It Yourself
Am I the only one that finds this utterly hilarious? The sound was coming from a wall-mounted box, but not everyone can hear it. The device, called the Mosquito, is audible only to teens and young adults and was installed outside the building to drive away loiterers. The gadget made its debut in the United [...]
Tags: protect thyself, self-reliance
Only Sheep Need Apply
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Buttinskis, Nanny Business
As if we hadn’t already sworn off crap pies from the Hut (after they tried to poison Ted with some sort of cleaning product in the pepperoni pizza — they owe me a hefty karmic debt for that emergency room visit), here’s yet another reason to despise them: A pizza delivery driver, who police said [...]
Tags: death of common sense, guns are good, self-reliance
Oprah Made Me Do It
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Decision Eh
We all know intellectually there are morans out there who allow a pretty face to make their decisions for them…but this is ridiculous: Fifty-one percent of Americans say celebrities make little or no positive difference to the issues they promote while 45 percent say they have a large or some positive influence, according to a [...]
Tags: self-reliance, use your head
