Thursday, January 6, 2011

Homestead on the Hill

Although I've been blogging in various forms over the years, I've never tackled the true topics that mean the most to me.

Homesteading, self sufficiency, growing and producing food in a responsible and sustainable way, and buying locally.

With this blog, and some of the links I'm going to add, I hope to begin that journey - and possibly enlighten others who are perched on the fence - regarding the value of those choices.

I'd like to start off with a few ground rules, and expand a little on what I hope to accomplish.

What this blog is:

This blog is a place for me to post my thoughts on what really impacts us. For example:
A) the "new" economy,
B) learning how to stretch my budget for food and other items through gardening and "backyard farming",
C) environmental concerns - covering weather, climate change, toxins and pollutants,
D) current events

What this blog is not:

A) a forum to debate global warming - the name doesn't matter, I think we can all agree the climate is changing.
B) a forum to debunk Peak Oil or resource depletion - I've already made my mind up on these issues and spent years researching them. I won't be diverted, so don't bother.
C) a political arena - although I reserve the right to call bullshit on any political creature that shows their ass in regards to the above topics. Let's face it, it really doesn't matter if theres a (dem) or (rep) after their name, they all go by the same play book.
D) a call to arms for survivalists or Mad Max'ers - there are already enough sites and blogs dedicated to THAT particular flavor of insanity, and I want NO part of it.

As an addendum, I'm going to add that I'm not opposed or biased against the occasional "tinfoil hat" theory - as we're finding out daily, things we thought were "woo-woo" (Big Brother, TSA, surveillance society, ad nauseum) are all too real as we move into the future.

So that's my first post - I'll most likely be adding things during the day and hopefully I'll be able to include some links to pertinent sites soon.
Thanks for reading.

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