* DREAMS & RESOLUTIONS: Looking To The Past And The Future For Ourselves, The Hot Potato, And The Planet

* The Hot Potato turns one year old! Join us as we reflect on our first year writing The Hot Potato, and ask: how do we follow our dreams and follow our hearts for peace & prosperity in 2008 and beyond – and reconcile our emergency plans with our highest dreams for the future. *
 
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* CHEERS TO A HEALTHY, VEG-FRIENDLY THANKSGIVING: The Garden’s Harvest, The Chicago Diner & Farm Sanctuary

THE HOT POTATO
Serving Up a Weekly Helping of
Sustainable & Organic Gardening, Food, Health, and Community
by Adam Brockman & Aireen Joven, November 2007, #35
THIS WEEK’S DISH -
CHEERS TO A HEALTHY, VEG-FRIENDLY THANKSGIVING:
The Garden’s Harvest, The Chicago Diner & Farm Sanctuary
“If you’re going to change hearts and minds, it’s going to be with love. …Being that [...]

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* POLL #1: How To Grow All Yr Food Within 5 Years?

“When I go into my garden with a spade, and dig a bed, I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
 

ADAM WATERING THE SEEDLINGS. Wisconsin, [...]

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* Cool. 90% Personal Emissions Reduction Begins In Our Garden…

This is a project by Simple Living called Riot for Austerity 90% Emissions Reduction Project. Individuals and families are invited to participate, at what ever level one can, to actively and consciously change one’s life to reduce the negative impact one has on the planet – and increase the positive impact one has [...]

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* If You Plant It, They Will Grow – A Diary Of Two Beginning Gardeners

Our first spring review of the backyard garden, from planning where to dig the new beds, a primer on biointensive double-dug raised beds, some of the varieties of veggies, flowers, & herbs we’ve planted so far, a recipe for how to make special compost tea to boost ailing plants, and the innards of our compost piles.

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* Transforming The Lawn Into Garden Beds

CREATING THE GARDEN.
Here we are laying out a hose as we design the space for our new biointensive garden beds. I got the idea to use a garden hose for laying out prelimenary dimensions from the show Curb Appeal. Anyway, we figured out the best location – close to the house, but [...]

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* Bug Off? Nonviolent Conflict Resolution In The Garden

* What to do (or feel) when the local wildlife chomp on your tulips or lettuce, the home & garden bible Better Basics For The Home by Annie Berthold-Bond, zen in the garden, “you must be the garden you wish to see”, and how Mother Nature works in mysterious ways. *
 
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Serving Up [...]

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* Sustainable and Organic: Two Words Everyone Who Eats Should Know, Part 1 of 2

* The differences between organic and chemical farming, including research documenting the harmful effects on human and planetary health of pesticides, chemical fertilizers, GMOs, and factory farming of animals. Also covers nutritional, flavor, and overall health benefits of buying and growing organic, plus resources and websites to learn more. *
 
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Serving Up a [...]

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* What’s A Hot Potato?: Garden Influences, Stats, Goals, Dreams

TURNING POINT

THE GARDEN OF THE GODS. This trip to Southern Illinois in 2005 changed our lives and helped open for us doorways to many things, including creating one’s own garden.
WELCOME TO THE HOT POTATO!
Thanks for checking out Adam & Aireen’s Hot Potato blog. We write a column called:
The Hot Potato: Serving Up A [...]

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