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Wildflower » Container Gardens: Potatoes are the easiest staple food to grow in containers
Potatoes! They were a staple for the Irish and they can be a staple for your family too–with good amounts of starch and energy. They are the easiest common staple food to grow in containers. All quoted links are at the end of the article series. Where to buy links are also at the end of this article. Be nice and click my Amazon links!

Food Storage…A Necessary Adventure: Think ahead, plan ahead
It’s funny in a way, but really, it makes more sense than it promotes humor. For example, (and I heard about an example like this the other day, so the idea is not original to me) if in the future, the rich are taxed more heavily, it might seem to make sense that the mess is landing mostly on them–hey, they are the ones pulling more out of their pockets, right? However, if one of the “rich” is your landlord/landlady, do you really think that he/she will pull that money out of his/her own pocket? He/she will make up for it by raising your rent. It will be a lot easier for him or her to get money by raising your rent than it will be for you to ask for the same amount monthly from your employer. Your employer, who may also be considered one of “the rich”, may have to cut your hours so that the money taken from higher taxes, that is supposedly coming out of your employer’s pocket, is actually coming out of yours. So you may have a higher rent and shorter hours, and then if you can’t make the rent you may have to move somewhere else, with all the costs that moving incurs— new deposit, first and last month, etc. Thus, the saying above rings true, but at whose expense? Things may not always be like they originally appear.

No Nanny State - Molon Labe!
The first change of the Obama era is with his slogan. Out with, “Change You Can Believe In”, and in with, “Change Can Happen”.

Change is a funny thing. Some is good, some is not, depending if you’re on the giving or receiving side of the equation.

The State of my State - Pandemic Preparedness in Connecticut - Special Guest Blog by Pixie
Since the country is about to embark on a new course with a new administration, it might be a good time to reflect on where our present leadership has led us with regard to pandemic flu preparation.

One measure of the efficacy of that leadership might be the level of pandemic preparedness that has filtered down to the state and local level. With that in mind, here’s a snapshot of my own state’s level of preparedness. It does look like we have a very long way yet to go.

TEOTWAWKIAIFF: The King is Crowned
I used to be a racist. I was a racist out of ignorance. My Maternal Grandfather was the most racist man I have ever met. He was half German and half Irish and would call my Grandmother, who was also half German and half Irish, a drunken Mic when he had enough wild turkey. If I wore my baseball hat backwards he’d call me a N****r. Everyone was a Mic, a wetback, a wop, etc. My father was racist against Blacks and Latinos, and I never knew better.

Granted, I never yelled insults to people or egged minorities homes on Halloween or anything like that. No, it was much more insidious. I just thought I was better than all non-white. Which is weird because my father and I are part Cherokee.

It wasn’t until high school, when I started to meet minorities in classes that I had to sit down and do some thinking. I guess that is what separates me from 90% of America, I actually thought about my attitudes and beliefs and consciously changed them. It’s hard, something I work on on an almost daily basis. I am a better man because I am less ignorant.