Urban Homesteading (minus the trademark)....

normally i wouldn't blog about an issue two days in a row, but you know what.. i'm annoyed about the whole issue... and i'm also glad in a rather odd way... i've come across some great new blogs and connected with some like minded folk...
so back to the 'why' i'm blogging again on the same issue as yesterday... it's to show some solidarity with other Urban Homesteaders (minus the trademark) who have been practicing their own brand of Urban Homesteading (minus the trademark), not just the past 2 years, but for years... today (monday) is what i'm going to call an international day of  Urban Homesteaders Day of Action , the trademark that is in question affects not just Americans.. it affects all of us... i'm still at a loss as to 'why' it was accepted.. was someone sleeping at the switch?? something 'stinks' and it's not my sweet smelling pile of horse manure, lying rotting and waiting to be spread on my Urban Homestead (minus the trademark) garden.... ahhh feels good to be a rebel.....
i'm looking forward to reading a number of blogs tomorrow... Deanna Duke over at The Crunchy Chicken is requesting people to post their blog Urls if they are going to be rebels and join in on the Urban Homesteaders Day of Action... should be a fun read....

in last blog i mentioned that i'd planted peas... tonight it's supposed to snow..... i'm hoping this is incorrect!!! but i've covered them with a reemay house (made of pvc pipe and reemay).... it's rather cute... reminds me of a covered wagon.. i'll have to get out and take a pic... the actual raised bed is a half life raft capsule that someone gave me last year... it worked very well last year when i planted it up with 3 different kinds of pole beans and 2 spagetti squash plants... this winter i dug in some veggie scraps and freshened it up with some new soil.....there were only a few holes in the bottom but when i dug around yesterday i found some worms... YAY ..... worms make me very happy ... (easily amused aren't i )

speaking of worms.. i've been following some worm gurus and am hoping to try out a bit of worm farming this year... right now it's too cold start them... so sometime later in the season...

anyone want to play with mr. sadsack Sampson?  he was very sweet and sat there for quite sometime, watching me, waiting for me to open the door and come and play.... life of a farm dog is good .....

OKAYYYYYYYY i suck......

and my deepest apologies ..... i've been away for so long... i'm not exactly sure where i've been... i did all the gardening things, canned and preserved things for winter.... and then the doldrums.... long doldrums... but not unhappy... just bleh... between driving grandkids back and forth to school and doing family things, and even a quilt i've been quite busy over the winter....

you (if i have any followers left) might have wondered what happened to me, i received several notes from people wondering if i was okay, i replied and hopefully you got them...

you might wonder what woke me up...... facebook did.. royally... a mental stirring if you will... the issue of trademarks and a certain family that have created quite a stir....... i suppose i'm not suppose to mention the issue at hand without referring back to them.. but tough... since URBAN HOMESTEADING (minus the damn trademark) has been around for a very very long time... the issue that they 'invented' it.. is obsurd... my grandparents were 'urban homesteaders'... they lived in a small town and had a huge garden, chickens, fruit trees, berries and the like.. my aunt and uncle lived next door and had a huge garden, chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, sheep, goats AND 4 pigs.... all URBAN, all homesteaders... thats what people did to survive, have clothing often and other assorted things.. self sufficiency wasn't something that was hip/cool or anything else.. it just WAS..... as for today's world... the more URBAN HOMESTEADERS the merrier!!! we all need to be more self sufficient, to share and care and just be supportive of each other....

i've 'liked' several 'organizations on Facebook because they all 'give a damn' about the issue... for myself, i worry about the precedent that it's setting... i could go on about it, but i suspect that most of you are more than aware of whats going on... here's a link.. many articles and blogs are out there with their opinions etc....

ahhh i feel much better.... my rant for now is done... but definately not forgotten..

just a note.. was out in the greenhouse... i have tiny arugula, lettuces and cress which have popped their cute little green heads out into the big cold world........ bees are arriving during the warmer part of the day, my snowdrops, crocuses are blooming and the daffodils are a couple of inches up... i planted some peas yesterday, covered them with reemay and we shall see.... it's earlier than i normally plant peas but then again...

 YAYYYYYY spring is on the way........

see my new washing machine... i'm sooooo jazzed... been looking for a very long time!!! it's an 'apartment' sized one and will be perfect in the summer when my water is at a premium!!!  it was a very worthwhile $75.00 and is in mint condition...