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A Country of Women

Incredible article of the spirit and warmth of hearth and soul. I highly recommend reading the full article here.

Twenty-five years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, More visits a hardy community of women who’ve made a home in Chernobyl’s desolate, radioactive surroundings. Why they chose to live here after the disaster, defying the authorities and endangering their health, is an inspiring tale—about the pull of ancestral lands, the healing power of shaping one’s destiny and the subjective nature of risk. Click here for a photo gallery.

A Country of Women

By Holly Morris

Outside Hanna Zavorotnya’s cottage in Chernobyl’s dead zone, a hulking, severed sow’s head bleeds into the snow, its gargantuan snout pointing to the sky in strange, smug defeat.

Grow Vegetables Encoded With Your Own DNA

Grow Vegetables Encoded With Your Own DNA

Beautiful information about planting a garden that is in tune with your own personal DNA. Source: Amazing Seed Planting Secret explore a world full of meaning and connection. A very special gateway to the Green World we are all desperately dreaming of and working towards. I will quote ...

HD 204 – Urban Antipasto

HD 204 – Urban Antipasto

I am fortunate to have a long and narrow balcony that gets good sun and has a fantastic view of downtown Vancouver as well as the mountains. Mishka, our hungry cat, just loves to sit on the balcony and feel as if she owns the world. Homegrown tomatoes, eggplant, mozzarella and herbs make an e ...

Homegrown Antipasto

Homegrown Antipasto

Everyone will recognize this old favorite! It is so simple and delicious--especially when made with the best homegrown ingredients. Who could resist? I grew my own balcony fingerling eggplants last year! This is a recipe that you can grow at home, even in an urban apartment with only a balcony : ...

Seedy Saturday 2010

Seedy Saturday 2010

I have been wanting to go to Seedy Saturday for the past couple years, but somehow missed it each time. This year I was determined to get there, and so I rushed off after my last day of work. It was a sad morning as we got news of the earthquake in Chile and three of the ladies in the kitchen are fr ...

The Generous Pumpkin

The Generous Pumpkin

It is unusual to find a vegetable that not only removes DDT from soil, but reduces the likelihood of getting emphysema or lung cancer for smokers, expels tapeworms and other parasites and is a focus of community and entertainment during Halloween. Pumpkins and winter squash do all this and more. Not ...

Kombucha – Harbinger and Safety Net

Kombucha – Harbinger and Safety Net

Mutual assistance enriches even the poor. - Chinese Proverb A couple years ago I finally had a chance to start making kombucha. My sister had gotten a hold of a kombucha mother/starter (known as a SCOBY - Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast) while doing a house call, (she's a nurse). Kombucha ...

Potato & Wild Herb Salad

Potato & Wild Herb Salad

This is really delicious. Feel free to try whatever herbs you find or like in this salad or to add or subtract ingredients as you see fit. Video Demo. serves 4 1 large onion 1 inch dried sausage, diced small 1 inch ginger, grated 2-3 toes garlic, minced or pounded 1/2 - 3/4 c extra ...