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Summer’s here and the time is right, for enjoying your home and your garden. So, it’s also time to maybe think about changing the garden and the grass lawn you have to something more useful (not that you have get rid of all your flowers and grass, just convert some of both into a vegetable garden). Now, I can’t take credit for this idea (many have suggested it before and I think it’s great); but recently on The Surrvival Podcast, the presenter, Jack, suggested that roughly 2 million Americans (and I would suggest a corresponding number of Canadians (say 200,000)) should become farmers again and start producing food. The idea of Downshifting has really appealed to me (and now my family) for a couple of years. Why Downshifting though… Book Review of The Urban Homestead by Kelly Coyne and Erick Knutzen. I decided to buy this book in January 2009; being at times a lazy reader, I’ve only just finished with the book. Saying that, in the end it is a good primer on starting to turn your home in the city into a homestead. With the resent release of the January 2009 unemployment statistics , a further 129 000 Canadians found themselves unemployed. Further significant job losses are predicted for 2009 (the March 13, 2009 Labour Force Survey just adds to these number); but the January 2009 numbers are over three times worse than expected by most estimates and the worst in over 30 years of them being tracked by Stats Canada. With the start of 2009 and the current global economic situation that exists in much of the world (especially those in North America, Europe and the Far East, where those who live with greater debts of burden more likely live), a resolution we have made (in our household) is to raise more home-grown foods and eat more locally grown food as well. Also, to reduce use of credit and use cash more, to lessen the noose of debt upon ourselves. As the New Year rises and thoughts of resolutions start (or are confirmed) for the coming year, take a moment to think back on actions you took this past year; what can you do to improve upon them or make better ones (especially in light of the current global economic turmoil) for 2009? Look to this when setting your goals and try your best; maybe set more goals than you think you can do, that way you will get to more of them than you think! Have a Happy 2009! |
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