Anke
boosted
When you hatch on a Monday.
When you hatch on a Monday.
Jess Mahler
boosted
editing and boosting because seed catalogs are hitting the mailbox:
Because I was still on the mailing list for some reason, let me remind you to NOT BUY from #BakerCreekSeeds because of their blatant support of right wing ideologies and white supremacy.
Better options: High Mowing Seeds, Sow True Seed, Heritage Seed Market, Alliance of Native Seedkeepers, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Fedco Seed.
#gardening #seeds #plants #vegetables #democracy #homesteading #farming #farm
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editing and boosting because seed catalogs are hitting the mailbox:
Because I was still on the mailing list for some reason, let me remind you to NOT BUY from #BakerCreekSeeds because of their blatant support of right wing ideologies and white supremacy.
Better options: High Mowing Seeds, Sow True Seed, Heritage Seed Market, Alliance of Native Seedkeepers, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Fedco Seed.
#gardening #seeds #plants #vegetables #democracy #homesteading #farming #farm
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#OffGrid #Homesteading #Rainwater
Strolling through what YT was offering me; I came upon the title and clicked [a genuine click bait]. And I was pleasantly surprised. It turned out to be a very philosophical esposé about the possibility of a self sustained living in a bureaucratic society.
Things like rainwater, compost toilets could be regulated [banned] by a meddling government acting out outdated regulation supposed to keep the law abiding citizens safe.
"They Made Rainwater Collection Illegal — What Comes Next?" [13:07 min]
by Project Paradise [New Zealand]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uan3QhHYF9c
Quote by PP:
"Apr 12, 2025
Henry David Thoreau, experiments in living free can't be done anywhere in the world, in many places it is illegal. I instal a rainwater fed washing machine and talk about the law.
In some parts of the world, it’s illegal to collect rainwater.
In others, using greywater from your shower to feed your garden is banned.
Composting toilets, tiny houses, and off-grid living are often restricted, heavily regulated, or outright forbidden.
All in the name of safety.
But when survival becomes regulated, you have to ask:
Are these laws protecting us — or protecting a system?
These questions aren’t new. Thinkers and rebels have been asking them for centuries:
"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone."
— Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau’s definition of wealth had nothing to do with possessions — and everything to do with freedom from them. He believed the fewer things you needed, the richer you became.
He also said:
"That government is best which governs least."
Thoreau famously refused to pay taxes that supported slavery and war, and spent a night in jail for it. His essay Civil Disobedience went on to inspire revolutionaries like Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
"One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
"Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt."
— Mahatma Gandhi
These words aren’t just history. They echo loudly today — especially for those who want to live closer to nature, with sovereignty, and on their own terms.
Thankfully, not all places are tightening their grip.
Some are letting go — or at least looking the other way.
Places like Maine, Portugal, parts of New Zealand, British Columbia, and Arizona are becoming more open to off-grid living, tiny homes, permaculture, and homesteading.
Tiny homes are being legalized.
Rainwater harvesting is encouraged.
Composting and solar power are no longer seen as fringe — but as forward-thinking.
Maybe the greatest act of rebellion isn’t protest.
Maybe it’s planting a garden.
Collecting rainwater.
Building a home no bigger than you need.
The talk of the month (year) here is buying Canadian. What I am seeing a lot of, though, is comments like, “what about this particular product brand”, “I can't find a Canadian equivalent of this exact thing”, “I only like such and such, what is the Canadian version of it”... etc. etc. Ok come ON.
Time to shake things up, make changes, maybe even different personal choices, leave your comfort zone and get real. If you are struggling to live your life because you can't get a particular brand of any corporate produced, over-packaged, highly processed SOMETHING, you have bigger problems than our trade war with the US. For more than 20 years I have been talking about and giving ideas of how to use less energy, live with less consumption, make less garbage, and live lighter on the land.
If you are filling a garbage bag a week, and have no backup systems for power outages, store closures and supply interruptions, it's time to get with the game. Buying Canadian is absolutely important, but even more important is buying locally, in season food from farms and gardens in your area, growing your own where possible, buying used and reclaimed goods, making your own, mending, repairing, refurbishing, and making do.
Try eating different kinds of food, learning different ways of doing things, get creative with your day to day living. And further to this, instead of expecting other people on the internet to do this work for you, try doing some searching, label reading, and sourcing on your own. This is a built-in resilience against these kinds of situations that we are finding ourselves in now. It also makes life a hell of a lot more interesting.
#tariffs #USpol #CanPol #prepping #GetPrepared #homesteading