Harvest Day at Farm Alley

Farm Alley is overflowing with fruits.

We did some harvesting to help out in preserving the tastes of Summer and Fall.

If you live in the Bay Area, and you have kids, this is the destination.

Farm Alley!

SEEDS of CHANCE

In honor of the Label GMOs campaign that is hot and heavy in California right now,

and the decades of attack on our food supply by a company who's name won't be mentioned (M.......o),

and what is becoming the largest experiment on humankind and Earth,

I propose a Quiz to all my loyal followers.

Test your seed IQ. Answers will be posted later.

All seeds shown here are NON-GMO and collected by me from plants grown year after year with seeds saved from the previous years.

The IOO is committed to the simplifying of life. Genetic engineering is just too complicated and will not have a good ending as it separates us from the very Earth that has provided all we need for thousands of years. The IOO supports selective breeding and co-creation with nature.

Gifts: Part 4

Make a leaf drawing.

Turn it into an eCard.

Step 1:

Step 2:

Happy New Year!

Making Gifts for the Holidays: Part 2

Snail Gardens:

Step 1: Find a shell.

Step 2: Find a wall with lots of interesting plants growing on it.

Step 3: Remove a piece of the plant matter.

Step 4: Stuff the plant matter into the shell! (add some soil first)

And you say you DIY...

On May 21, 1968, Proenneke arrived at his new place of retirement at Twin Lakes (a different cabin than shown below). He remained at Twin Lakes for the next 16 months, when he left to go home for a spell to visit relatives and secure more supplies. He returned to the lakes in the following spring and remained there for most of the next 30 years, coming to the lower 48 only occasionally to be with his family.

The actual location on the Upper Twin Lake, Alaska is at coordinates: 
60° 38′ 59″ N, 153° 48′ 38″ W                         


Please take a moment to see the beginning of Dick Proenneke's video "Alone in the Wilderness". His ability to flourish and build his cabin in the wilderness is astounding. He only uses hand tools! This is a true gem for anyone interested in preserving a simple life. You can see more episodes on YouTube, or buy the complete set at www.dickproenneke.com.