“The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very long ago. Until then, where was all the food? Dear folks, the food was in homes, gardens, local fi...
https://twoicefloes.com/creating-food-security-with-a-cottage-garden/
Our daughter Izzy, a freshman at a large urban university, has kept us updated since the election on the rapidly developing situation at her school. For a number of reasons she chose not to parti...
https://twoicefloes.com/the-snowflake-riots-an-inside-report-from-an-american-university/
Sunflowers are amazing. For a few links and a good video on the many health benefits of sunflower seeds and how to grow and harvest them, please see below. Here are a handful of images from our h...
Corn is the number one crop in America and 88% of it is genetically modified (GMO). As many of us who follow global health studies know (beyond the western big pharma/food sponsored studies) GM...
By Mr. and Mrs. Cog When we initially awaken and realize life is not what we were taught, inner alarms scream for our attention. Even though we can sense a danger we didn’t previously perceive,...
Perhaps your garden matters more than you think it does. Never has the world seen such unprecedented gambling with any and all systems, natural and manmade, including leveraged bets on your food ...
Our new barn is the result of an evolution. The idea began as a large shed to house small tractors and equipment so the workshop/garage's floor space might be freed for Cog to service tools such ...
The concept of Two Ice Floes came about years back when Cog was explaining to me his view of reality and the difference between the world we seem to live in and our inner self. The world as it is...
As forecasted, we in the southwestern Virginia mountains have had two nights of hard freeze and in between a full day of snow squalls. Upon reading several predictions that the fruit crops on t...
https://twoicefloes.com/memo-to-spring-please-turn-off-the-snow/
We blinked and Spring arrived. It snowed and then it was 70°F. Hitting the ground running, there has been very little rest lately as we dove into work mode. We willingly function in a "work unti...