This website was recently shared with me so I’m sharing with you.  It’s about scavanging a garden together for little to no cost.

The 2009 No-Cost Garden

Dr. Kathy McMahon of Peak Oil Blues fame (and occasional H&H contributor) will be offering an online course for people who are interested in keeping chickens at home.

The course is ninety-minutes long and takes place at:
9am PST / noon EST
Saturday June 13th, 2009.

It is an online course, so you will need an Internet connection

Full details here

I recently became aware of a site called Hyperlocavore that is helping willing gardeners meet up with willing yard owners in a yard sharing type of arrangement.  After some looking, it appears to be much more than that.  Check it out when you get a chance.

Hyperlocavore

A must-watch video:

Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family’s farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key. With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family’s wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land. But last year’s high fuel prices were a wake-up call for Rebecca. Realising that all food production in the UK is completely dependent on abundant cheap fossil fuel, particularly oil, she sets out to discover just how secure this oil supply is. Alarmed by the answers, she explores ways of farming without using fossil fuel. With the help of pioneering farmers and growers, Rebecca learns that it is actually nature that holds the key to farming in a low-energy future.”

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=4152340418943461860&hl=en&fs=true

In what many see as a powerfully symbolic action, The White House will break ground on a kitchen garden on the South Lawn on Friday, with help from local elementary school students. We can’t always agree on  Obama’s policy decisions, but I think this is one we can all get behind.

More details here.

There’s a wonderful series of videos on YouTube showing some Depression Era meals along with anecdotes about living through it. All of the recipes and stories are by Clara, a great-grandmother in her 90’s. She recalls what life was like, and how they scraped together tasty meals from the cheapest ingredients.

http://www.youtube.com/v/DuMkW35BwK8

The complete set of videos can be found here.

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The Simple Green Frugal Coop featured an article recently about growing root vegetables to feed to your animals over the winter.

Check out the story here.

We recently featured a video from the Garden Girl discussing how to make herbal teas.  And we’ve featured other posts like that.

The Times in England featured an article this week discussing growing our own herbs.

Story here.

Yes Magazine featured a story recently about new young farmers who are joining the profession.

Story here

Based on what I’m reading, even if you aren’t doing it full time this coming spring there will be a lot more people planting gardens.  To me, this is a good thing.

If you are planting a garden this spring join our Garden Challenge on The Barnyard.

Picture courtesy of Yes Magazine

Patti Moreno shows you how to make three simple medicinal herbal teas….