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September, 2009 - Issue #100

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOB!

Looking pleased with himself as well he should be, Bob proves that you are only as old as you feel.  He turned fifty-one this month.

 

BLANCHE

 

The week before his birthday, Bob spied an 1987 300TD Mercedes Hoopty Ride for the right price. We bought it and named her Blanche.  She's a rather rare touring diesel with seating for seven which sold for $40,000 new.  Although Blanch has nearly 300,000 miles on her odometer, she is still a smooth-as-silk ride with lots of horsepower.

 

OFF GRID GARDENS

 

Bob put together some container gardens to go with the new Off Grid Abundance office.  He filled the containers with a three part mix of compost, vermiculite and peat moss to make a nourishing soil.

 

WOW!

 

In just a few hours, the containers are ready for planting! The Women of Wonder at the Abundance Foundation will be able to enjoy arugula all year round.

 

MORE MEN AT WORK

 

Gary stands behind a group of rue plants which he later transplanted to the bed in front of the Ecoblend office.  Rue is one of the active ingredients in Ecoblend's organic pesticides.  Devin and Jason prepare to do some thrashin'.

 

RICE THRESHING

 

Edible Earthscapes' rice harvest is a proud achievement, a testament to the hard work of many hands in preparing and planting the field that was created earlier this year with the help of a crop mob.  Click on the photos for a better look.

 

SHAKING IT UP

 

Devin and Jason worked hard to separate the rice from the plants and released some frustration in the process.  At the end of the day, they had a tarp full of rice.

 

AN ENGAGEMENT AND A WEDDING

 

Romance was in the air this month with the announcement of Kate and Bart's engagement and Jessica and Simon's wedding.

 

ONE GOOD INTERN DESERVES ANOTHER

 

This month, we said goodbye to Josh and hello to Holden.  A group of us went  out to dinner to honor Josh's hard work at Edible Earthscapes.  See more photos both events here:  Love and Friendship

 

LOVING THOSE BEANS

 

Our garden if brimming over with delicious edamame.  We boil them in the pods in salted water and eat them warm.  We are also cultivating a taste for green beans, especially good in a vegan green bean casserole with mushroom gravy and seasoned panko topping.

 

PESTO SEASON

 

The garden is also producing copious amounts of basil which we then turn into pesto.  The zinnias have been incredibly prolific this year as well. 

 

BIODIESEL LAND

 

Holden proudly holds the last quart of biodiesel produced by the Coop.  He has put many long hours into remediation of the small biodiesel plant there.  Bob took this photo of sunlight streaming through biodiesel in his lab at Central Carolina Community College with Jeremy in the background.  Click on the photo to view a larger image.

 

EASING INTO THE NEW HOUSE

 

We spent a fair amount of time cleaning and fixing up Yellow.  Some of the remnants are interesting, including an unfinished kitchen island and a spiffy Elvis throw pillow, both of which will soon find their way to the dump.

 

As a reward we usually have a beer on the back deck before coming home.  We feel it's important to create some relaxing memories to go along with the hard work memories.  It's kind of like feeding your horse in the horse trailer to make him easier to load.

 

TOBACCO TRAIL

Speaking of horse trailers, Karen has been loading up and trailering to a nearby rail trail.   Heads Up 2009

THIS MONTH'S QUOTES:

"Workers in industrialized nations are so busy begging for jobs and wages enough to keep them in meaningless commodities and gadgets (which only shift more money to corporations) they cannot see the forest for the trees." - Joe Bageant

"Our task is to build movements that can act as a counterweight to the corporate rape of America. We must opt out of the mainstream. If we remain passive as we undergo the largest transference of wealth upward in American history, our open society will die. The working class is being plunged into desperation that will soon rival the misery endured by the working class in China and India. And the Democratic Party, including Obama, is a willing accomplice." - Ralph Nader

We wrongheadedly and tragically developed the idea in the U.S. - abetted by the big-box stores themselves - that bargain shopping is of absolute importance, and we threw away our towns in the process." - James Howard Kunstler

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