The Homestead Revolution – Happy Slaves

June 11, 2009 by Content Keyword RSS 2  
Filed under Organic Food

By Ed HowesHappy SlavesThe lowly earthworm, slaughtered by the trillions or zillions by chemical, corporate, money lover agriculture, is worth many times the pennies it costs to buy your starter stock, if they are not readily available for free. The profitable organic food producer raises them in controlled conditions to increase their rates of reproduction, foil predators and to prevent their escape. Worms are the cheapest labor you can get for your food crops. They work night and day tilling s

Around my apartment homestead

I did not take this picture, but it looks EXACTLY like “my” bluebirds. I’m sure looking forward to the camera lady getting here so I can get pics of things around the place. The bird couple built a nest last month and today one of the birds sat on the birdhouse roof sort of scrunching up a fuzzy bug without eating it, then he or she stood on the perch and fed whoever was hungry inside. I’m wondering if it was the guy feeding his mate on the nest, or the parents feeding babies? We have three