Has anybody in Western #Cascadia ever grown lentils? Please, tell me about it!
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mastodon 4.7.3Into very small-scale farming, food sovereignty, food history/traditions, ethnobotany, #RetroBrewing (old-style homebrewing), Scandifuturism, history (Denmark, Early Medieval Britain, Ireland, Cascadia), and things spiritual. I'm hoping to find others with similar interests in my neck of the woods.
Upper Willamette Watershed, Cascadia, North America.
Fled the xitter in November 2022.
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Graham Taylor and his daughter, Sarah, have a most fascinating business of creating prehistoric and historic replicas of pottery that was used in Britain throughout the ages. They sell their beautiful creations and hold workshops to teach others their craft. Take a look at their website!
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@mattblaze
Luckily, there's the credibility of Mike Johnson's freshly-minted "America First" award to fall back on.
US history would have been completely different if *he* got his new ballroom.
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Oregon Olive School 2026!
The Olea Project (through the OSU Extension Service) will be hosting the Oregon Olive School on Friday, June 5 at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center 15210 NE Miley Rd. Aurora, OR 97002.
There will be talks on orchard soils, olive tree nutrition, the Emerald ash borer, olive oil tasting, and an olive field tour.
#GrowOlivesInOregon
#GrowFood
#Oregon
To register:
https://apps.ideal-logic.com/osuextension?key=F3T9-25VWY_K9KH-5PTF_13e2350cea5d
Click on "Password Login" then create a new account.
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@VikingChieftain
I was thinking something similar after reading a lot of the responses to Dgar's initial post.
@dgar
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@dustin
If you haven't already, consider a non-Indo-European language. The grammars can be fascinating and so different than what we're used to.
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@catsalad
When I was a teenager, I worked at a wildlife rescue center that had a young bobcat. I got a chance to play with it for about a half hour. It was very (too) playful. Imagine the feeling of front paw swipes and back feet kicking/raking with 20 times the force of a domestic cat. (Fun/not fun). 😬
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@dustin
There are a number of resources and opportunities in the Pacific Northwest but you really have to look hard to find them.
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@dustin
I studied Cherokee and taught beginning-level classes for years. I became functional in the language by learning from elders and friends in Eastern Oklahoma (visiting in person and having many, many conversations over the phone).
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@fraying
"This is kind of a test to see if Masto works for local posting."
I like this test!
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@Yehuda
At this point, 245 people have taken this survey and only 2% say, "I'm visually impaired & often read AltTxt."
I'm surprised it's that low.
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@mrundkvist
Absolutely beautiful photos! The best photos of stone axes I have ever seen! 🤓
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@ianrosewrites
A nice contrast to how I tend to think of April 9 -- the day in 1940 when Nazi Germany invaded Denmark and Norway.
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@faduda
"...Tilly remains grateful..."
Ha! The same level of emotions my toaster and refrigerator have.
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@lydialurch
Yes, I am very disappointed in them -- and hurt because they wouldn't deal me in.
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@RickiTarr
If it doesn't generate pain while doing it, daily movement of any kind (walking, stretching, yoga, tai chi, gentle exercise). And mix up the type of movement you do, often.
"The Battle of Hastings, fought on 14 October 1066... saw William the Conqueror defeat King Harold and seize the English throne."
"[Professor] Licence's work disputes a claim that Harold forced his men to march more than 200 miles from Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire to Hastings to defend the country."
"He [Licence] said they arrived at Hastings with a large, active fleet."
I don't believe this for a minute! Harold had no such naval capacity.
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@Strandjunker
I don't know. There is a clear precedent.
https://pnw.zone/@scandigonian/116471723623285714
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@mrundkvist
Thanks!
I will have to make a trip to the University of Oregon library so I can access this. 🙂