And remember that while there will be plenty of signposts along your path directing you to make money and climb up the ladder, there will be almost no signposts reminding you to stay connected to the essence of who you are, to take care of yourself along the way, to reach out to others, to pause to wonder, and to connect to that place from which everything is possible.
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Northern Ca Road trip
August 2012
Arroyo Grande, Cambria, San Simeon, Big Sur, Monterey, Carmel, San Jose, Lake Tahoe, Point Reyes, Inverness, Lagunitas, San Francisco + a few more I can’t remember anymore.
I don’t want to be in the rat race. I just want to be an organic farmer/ceramists/writer/scientist.
Parisian carrots from our garden
London,
London
its all the rage
if your favorite color
is beige.
I recently attained my own copy of this amazing book. It is an asset to those with an appreciation for: Hog dressing, log cabin building, mountain crafts and foods, planting by the signs, snake lore, hunting tales, faith healing, moonshining, and other affairs of plain living.
Strike out = not my personal interest, but still interesting.
Before I’m 30: Build my own road trippin’ van with the help of my dad, Stephen and friends. To watch Rob Machado and artist Jay Nelson put this together watch here.
Good people send letters. A beautifully handmade envelope by Sarah Noland.
Morning commute
Yesterday Stephen and I harvested our ‘graffiti cauliflower’ from the garden. I would have liked to let it sit on the stalk for a bit longer, but because the weather is getting so warm things in the Brassica family (i.e. broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, etc) are struggling. They thrive in cold weather and when the temperatures get warm, they begin to bolt. Bolting means that the plant stops putting energy into producing the actual vegetable and instead focuses on producing stalks with seeds and flowers. Bolting is a survival mechanism in a plant. If the weather get to be above where the plant will survive, it will try to produce the next generation via seeds as quickly as possible.This also happens to lettuce—most of which is now bolted in our garden. This means its time to plant summer veggies!
Tip: After cutting a head of cauliflower from the stalk, cut an ‘x’ into the stalk where the vegetable used to be attached. Depending on conditions you could get 4 new baby cauliflower heads.
The second crop I’ve harvested in the garden is the Beet Early Wonder by Botanical Interest seed producers (the first crop harvested was lettuce). They took about 60 days from seed to full sized beet—really fast! I had no problems with the beets whatsoever (i.e. insects, etc.). Highly recommended for any garden. Don’t allow to exceed 2 inches in width, as sweetness lessens with increased size.
Wish they had this when I was there.
