It’s a smaller world than before

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Bill

Just this month the front cover of Forbes called Monsanto “Seed Heroes”.

(hack, cough, cough) Balderdash.

I may buy a copy just so I can frame that cover as evidence that Forbes has abandoned even the pretext of journalistic integrity and cannot be trusted to be truthful in any matter whatsoever.

The linked video, about the effects of chemical farming in India, is instructive. I know that your time is valuable. I’m asking for 30 minutes of it with the promise that I will not waste even a single minute. Start by viewing the video for the first 26 minutes.

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The Pansy Proletariat

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Bill

I was checking Google for some of the keywords I want to rank for and was tickled to find that this blog is on the front page for multiple keywords multiple times. That, as any blogger will tell you, is the sweet smell of success! So I called Mrs. Bill in and we had a good laugh, feeling somewhat giddy about those results.  However, while I was at it, I decided to look at one of the blogs that ranked with me.

Wow, did I ever get my eyes opened.

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How to grow tomatoes – 1

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Bill
How to grow tomatoes 1
Drawing: Texas A & M Univ. by T. Kohlleppel and D. Lineberger

Like their cousins, potatoes, tomatoes are a member of the nightshade family native to South America and were once thought to be poisonous. Their genus name means, literally, “wolf peach” … peach for their shape and size and wolf for their (presumed) poisonous characteristic.

This post starts off a 6-part cultivation fact sheet. Over time, as revisions are suggested, it will grow into a one-size fits all resource that you can refer others to with confidence.

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