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Archive for April, 2008

Some Peaknik thoughts

Posted by Nika On April - 27 - 2008

Organic Garden Tomatoes: all our own!

(Some of our organic sustainably grown tomatoes, micro-greens and herbs from last summer)

Yeah, we can NOT do anything new. I met my husband on the internet, we are liberal homeschoolers, we do some telecommuting, and now it seems we are Peakniks.

A simplistic way of defining what a peaknik is – otherwise non-alarmist professionals who have undergone a conversion to a dedication to surviving Peak Oil.

Chicken CSA Mentor wanted: Eggcelent Opportunity

Posted by Nika On April - 3 - 2008

Chickenalia: chickens out for sun and food

This is a call out to those of you out there who have some experience with setting up your own CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) activity.

I need your guidance and mentorship so any and all input is welcome and appreciated.

We are currently seriously contemplating setting up a trial run chicken CSA where the chickens will be raised naturally (the word “organic” is woefully deprecated and co-opted by money-grabbing certification types – I cant afford organic certification status right now, not if I want to actually get started that is).


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We are a family of 5, including Nika, Ed, Q (13), KD (6), and Baby Oh (3). We garden 1024 square feet of raised beds plus assorted permacultural plantings. We also have 16 LaMancha dairy goats, 30 chickens, and one guard llama.

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