Publishing Note

This entry does not fall into the theme of the blog, but I wanted to pass this along.

Two of my inspirations are Anna & Mark at www.Waldeneffect.org and authors of The Weekend Homesteader among other sustainability and homesteading books.  I often visit their blog often.  Anna has written a young adult novel, which is available at Amazon.

Here's some of the description:
Forsythia is more familiar with subways than with milk cows, but she always dreamed of visiting the intentional community where she was conceived. Now the farm will be sold sight unseen if she doesn't find a way to bring the community back to life.

I've had some experience with book promotion, since I'm on the sales side of publishing and offered a few suggestions.

Please visit Anna's other blog:  http://www.wetknee.com/news/ to see the article.

Deep Freeze and Inspiration

The holidays are over and the days are inching longer.   The brief deep freeze has released us from its grip.

One of my goals for the New Year is to take small steps daily towards some goals that I have.  The biggest is improving my garden and my ability to not only increase production, but also to have it be aesthetically attractive.

So whether it's paging through my High Mowing Seeds catalog or some more concrete planning, I am trying to do something that will make me prepared for an improved growing season.

One area that I need to better understand is earth science.  Philosophically, I'm completely on board with Local and Organic.  The step that I have balked at through the years is understanding soil composition and the science for improving it.  I want to go beyond adding compost or fish fertilizer as the sole answers.  And let's face it - everything starts with great soil.

I also want to grow a network of people who are interested in sustainability and organic agriculture.  What better way than:

Saw this and it gave me something to put on the calendar (it's less than sixty days away!):  http://ctnofa.org/winterconference/index.html

CT NOFA's 32nd Annual
Winter Conference

Saturday, March 1, 2014
Western Connecticut State University
Midtown Campus
181 White Street
Danbury, CT 06810
8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Local and Organic Since 1982!