tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102236027936662496.post2244761992792163644..comments2023-08-07T03:52:37.893-05:00Comments on Broadfork Blog: SawdustGullandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10692487413041337435noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102236027936662496.post-31314451149857603412009-04-04T10:36:00.000-05:002009-04-04T10:36:00.000-05:00Hi Gulland. I regret to say that we're still a...Hi Gulland. I regret to say that we're still at the stage where few people seem to be looking at what's coming next as fossil fuel depletion bites. The general public's limited capacity for bad-news-absorption is at the present being forcibly occupied by the stuff about the economy. As if there's nothing happening out there except the economy.<BR/><BR/>What's happening now is that the means of most people to afford fossil-fuel-based [whatever] are being drastically curtailed, be it by income lost via continued economic reversion to sensible levels of business, outright job loss, or cutoff from credit sources. Lot fewer cars on the road these days in many places. <BR/><BR/>Mrs M and I have enjoyed many discussions about this stuff. She is already getting started on her garden. Reversion to norm (with norm being 1880 or perhaps earlier) means that a lot more of us will be engaged in growing food (mostly our own food, at that) and that most of this activity will take place without the assistance of fossil fuels. Evolved & efficient hand tools (like your broadforks) will be much in demand.Nudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513472441473206482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102236027936662496.post-82254222712030118852009-03-31T22:58:00.000-05:002009-03-31T22:58:00.000-05:00Hi Nudge, Every customer I have had seems like a ...Hi Nudge, <BR/><BR/>Every customer I have had seems like a person I could easily invite home for dinner. There's something very wonderful about the spirit of folks that pick up hand tools and learn to take care of themselves. Sometimes I feel as if we've started too late, but most of the gardeners I have dealt with are way ahead of me at understanding how to grow food. <BR/><BR/>I got a call from a woman in northern Idaho a week ago. She said there was still a foot of snow on the ground, but she had ordered a broadfork from the website because she knew the snow was going to go away and she wanted to be ready when the ground thawed. <BR/><BR/>I hope she realizes how important that statement was to me. We've all got to begin to look ahead at what is coming and we've got to learn to take care of ourselves with lower and lower fossil fuel inputs. In a very small but significant way, I feel like I am providing a tool that will make a difference in many people's lives.<BR/><BR/>To have this feeling about my job is truly a blessing and I would hope that more people can find honest and honorable work to do as we go through the changes we are making in our lifestyles in the country today. <BR/><BR/>GullandGullandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10692487413041337435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102236027936662496.post-68881841324666214402009-03-31T18:59:00.000-05:002009-03-31T18:59:00.000-05:00Gulland, many people go years or decades or even t...Gulland, many people go years or decades or even their whole lives without doing anything they truly enjoy. You are blessed to have found your metier.Nudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513472441473206482noreply@blogger.com