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Archives for September 2014

0September 9, 2014Productive Home by Erica

The Ethics of Dinner, Joel Salatin and Genesis 2:23

As a writer, sometimes I pull my words like teeth, one-by-one, each painful and like enough to leave a scar. Other times, I build up an article or a post mechanically, like furniture. There is craft, yes, but also an established structure on which to hang my words. Like a table has four legs and…

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0September 4, 2014Recent Posts by Erica

Solar Power with Reeves Clippard of A&R Solar

In this week’s episode of the Grow Edible Podcast, I talk with Reeves Clippard, the co-founder of A&R Solar, all about going solar. Several months ago, after years of research and deliberation, my husband and I hired A&R Solar to install a solar array on our roof. Since “going solar” we’ve gotten a ton of questions from…

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75September 3, 2014Food Preservation by Erica

How To Peel A Lot Of Tomatoes Fast

If you’re like me, you are in the thick of canning season. Over the past three weeks or so I’ve gotten something like 240 pounds of tomatoes turned into sauce, chopped tomatoes, salsa, various relishes, savory jams, etc. So it’s fair to say I’ve peeled many, many tomatoes. At this point, I think I’ve honed the…

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1September 2, 2014Productive Home by Nick

Income Resilience (Surviving A 20% Paycut)

Early last week, late in the afternoon just before I, with my farmer’s hours schedule, was ready to sign off from my day job for Anonymous Giant Corporation, I received an email from my boss. It had all the hallmarks of something sent in haste, in response to someone else’s urgent email, also sent in…

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