Comments on: Hysterical Interpretations Notwithstanding

By: HomeschoolNfpDad

HomeschoolNfpDad — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:57:38 +0000

Even if TEOTWAWKI and SHTF prognostications are all true, what does it say about our society that many (perhaps most) people prefer to impose even deeper TEOTWAWKI and smellier SHTF by borrowing trillions of dollars that only our children and grandchildren will ever be able to pay back? Whatever happened to the ethic that each generation must shoulder its burdens courageously so that the next generation can live better?

I personally am hoping for some serious TEOTWAWKI, if only because the world as we know it is now very, very dark. End this madness and perhaps abortion will go down, too.

And if SHTF gets smellier and smellier, it can only be due to a large increase in the number of babies born to produce the smelly stuff. What’s not to like?

By: DonnaMaria

DonnaMaria — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:40:00 +0000

OK, now I want a zebu… very cool!!! Is that what Larry the Cucumber was singing about in the Veggie Tales silly song? Sounds like “say-boo”…. just wondering.

By: DonnaMaria

DonnaMaria — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:34:31 +0000

Don’t know yet–you’re supposed to “age” it for a day or two… plus it’s Friday! I’ll let you know. Some duck (Muscovy) is said to taste like the best beef. We’re raising your standard Pekins, or Long Island Duck (classic white duck).

Would love to have goats, but any milk producers HAVE to be milked twice daily… I’m not quite ready for that! But I have milked my friend’s goat, and she’s a homeschooling mother of 7!!!

By: Mary Kochan

Mary Kochan — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:03:10 +0000

Ya know what I want?

I want a zebu.

Check this out you suburban homesteaders: http://www.buffalohillexotics.com/zebu.html

http://www.imza.name/

A gallon of milk a day. And no more lawn mowing.

By: Mary Kochan

Mary Kochan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:54:24 +0000

So-o-o… Does it taste like chicken?!

By: DonnaMaria

DonnaMaria — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:27:31 +0000

My teens just learned how to slaughter and prepare duck today, with a knowledgeable friend! We kept a trio–a drake and two hens (I hope) and aim to have eggs. Ducks lay nearly as many as chickens, and they’re heartier. We built a duck house to protect them from our local raccoons, feral cats, bears, etc. We also have a garden–broccoli, cauliflower, peas, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers. I thought I was the only one going for this suburban homesteading! Glad to know I’m not alone…

By: Mary Kochan

Mary Kochan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:28:46 +0000

So folks, should we leave off the movie reviews and theology and politics and turn CE into the Catholic (Seed) Exchange? LOL. Gardening really is my favorite subject!

(Like you didn’t know.)

By: goral

goral — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:15:51 +0000

I thought this article was suppose to be about panic mongering. This bunch is not that easy to frighten. They have gardens and own guns and believe in a better life after.
Solzhenitsyn would have been proud of us.
“The cursed machine would have ground to a halt!” and it will at some point but in the meantime let’s enjoy radishes and radish sandwiches. (yum)
Bread and butter with radishes is one of the delights of the poor.
I know it too. There are many others.
Just gardening is a delight. The baby leaves of carrots coming up are a sight to behold.

To answer the question of our gardening editor, my garden spot is somewhere between NYC and Boston. I realize I could keep growing the radishes but I go on to something else once I had my fill.
Everyone wonders when I find the time to work the soil.
It’s like with prayers, the less time you have the more time you need to put in.

Four to six weeks wait for chicks? that’s longer than the ammo that I didn’t order.

By: Mary Kochan

Mary Kochan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:45:15 +0000

Well a most rousing WELCOME HOME! to you. I just ceelbrated the annivesary of my coming into the Church on Trinity Sunday 1996 and sometimes I still want to pinch myself at the incredible blessing it is.

By: seawood

seawood — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:09:40 +0000

Mary,

When I was a kid (40 years ago) my dad taught me to eat radish sandwiches. Take buttered white bread and cover with sliced radishes, then cover with more buttered white bread. They taste good and the butter takes the hot taste out of the radishes. Poor man’s food. We were poor but just didn’t know it cause we were better off than a lot and tried to help those less fortunate.

I’m still poor materially compared to many but now have SO much thanks to all the Lord has given us. I just finished my conversion to the Catholic faith this Easter and am learning how fortunate I really am. I just hate that it took 50 years to get here.