tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884610467022224157.post7036868087446715777..comments2023-08-28T04:49:47.536-07:00Comments on Milkweed & Teasel: The 2012 Calorie ChallengeJennifer Monterohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003650742439806128noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884610467022224157.post-11909955705012155832012-08-28T08:51:36.035-07:002012-08-28T08:51:36.035-07:00It has always made me chuckle whenever I have over...It has always made me chuckle whenever I have over heard the sandle wearing veggie chompers claim that a man can grow all he needs to survive.<br /><br />They should come and try it up here amoungst the rocks and the moorland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884610467022224157.post-4715105718553744952012-08-28T07:07:18.516-07:002012-08-28T07:07:18.516-07:00I live in Kent which used to be called "the g...I live in Kent which used to be called "the garden of England". It seems a long time is that name applied.<br /><br />You have done very well considering our summer - the list of things that turned up their toes in my garden is far longer than the things that produced a harvest. However, that hot spell we had around the end of July/early August came just right to ripen my experimental sweet corn canes (?). They were as delicious, straight from the plant, as you Americans have said they are.<br /><br />You win some - you lose some.<br /><br />Accidental MickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884610467022224157.post-47914294780950147552012-08-27T12:28:16.050-07:002012-08-27T12:28:16.050-07:00I won't starve, but I am on the veg-mostly die...I won't starve, but I am on the veg-mostly diet. The hens stopped laying, even in their new digs, but occasionally they pop out a few. My freezer is full of kale, chard, broccoli, blackberries, and green beans. Hoping for a good forage of elderberries. Winter squash, cukes, and zukes were demolished by insects. I did get a 130# honey harvest last weekend, so I could just mainline honey. Do broilers count if I get them as a bonus for giving so many veg to the land-owner, and building said broilers their fencing? Suppose that would count as "barter." Phht. meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064483599165161879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884610467022224157.post-6037801753704577712012-08-27T10:19:36.722-07:002012-08-27T10:19:36.722-07:00I haven't been calorie counting (thank goodnes...I haven't been calorie counting (thank goodness, or I think I would have thrown the towel in in disgust this year). Our protein sources are only crayfish and eggs, which would keep the total calorie count low anyway. The garden has been a disaster from start to finish. <br />Thankfully we won't starve to death over the winter between now and trying again next year...Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388175819512214533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884610467022224157.post-74059382971365982152012-08-27T06:29:56.316-07:002012-08-27T06:29:56.316-07:00I had to go and invite you to participate, now, di...I had to go and invite you to participate, now, didn't I? Those are very impressive numbers.<br /><br />Kevin and I are limping along, still just under 20% so far. We hope to get over the bar in the fall, when we harvest a pig, 6 turkeys, and maybe, just maybe, a deer.<br /><br />Like you, we're getting all protein, all the time. Eggs in quantity, and fish fish fish. We've gotten some tomatoes from the garden, and it looks like we'll get a piddling contribution from squash and beans, but it's basically been eggs and fish. (We also hope for a small honey harvest, which will provide a few empty calories.)<br /><br />The difference between what you get and what we get is the difference between dabblers and people doing it for real. But, if there is a lesson, it's that whether you're a dabbler or you're doing it for real, vegetarianism would be a tough way to go.<br />Tamar@StarvingofftheLandhttp://www.starvingofftheland.comnoreply@blogger.com