Comments on: 20 Euros for 20 days part 2

By: Anita

Anita — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:03:38 +0000

I dug up my potatoes… nada.
one little tiny one the size of my thumb nail, maybe…
but the plants froze, so i had to. oh well. i don’t have a victory garden. i have a garden of defeat… booo hooo

By: John C. Pearson

John C. Pearson — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:04:09 +0000

Plant the potatoes but watch them…If things keep going as they are, your neighbors may come over at night and dig them up…

BTW, we just hatched 7 chicks in our incubator. The last one hatched last night. The kids loved it.-John

By: pearsonsprogress

pearsonsprogress — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:50:04 +0000

Yeah, Jess, grow potatoes… shock the neighbors, just for the fun of it! They may “appear” to be so but I know that your family is a testimony in your neighborhood in so many areas… a light in an otherwise dim Chicago neighborhood.

By: Anita

Anita — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:57:32 +0000

haha, i think you should do it JUST to shock the neighbors. haha.

By: Jesseka

Jesseka — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:04:59 +0000

Very encouraging on the potato front. I might try that in our postage stamp back yard here in Chicago next year. Might shock the neighbors.
I made a comment about our current economic condition at a dinner with neighbors a few weeks ago- made reference to the possibility of it being a condition of the heart, born out in society at large… I received mostly blank stares, but it is true that most people are having to take a good hard look at their spending now. They might even have to make a budget. Ouch. We don’t know how to live in moderation anymore.

By: Anita

Anita — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:59:41 +0000

by the way, those are really good thoughts… things need to change in our hearts to affect society. one by one we can change. ‘it starts with me (and you)’ as they say.

By: Anita

Anita — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:51:18 +0000

love the taters! whoo hooo!

By: john pearson

john pearson — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:46:26 +0000

So far, Bobbie’s experiments with frugality seem to have produced no significant changes in our varied diet. I attribute that to Bobbie’s creativity. She seems to me to be able to make new ever more creative dishes that are always tasty and nourishing. One thing is for sure, I haven’t lost any weight… (Now, is that good or bad and is it due to the frugality or not?… these are questions for only the very wise to ponder… I’ll not comment further…)

We were very positively surprised to see how many potatoes actually grew. If the plant tops hadn’t frozen we think all the little ones would have eventually developed in to full blown adults. However, the death of the tops arrested root development so, we’ll eat the little ones anyway…

While watching little potatoes grow into big ones, we’re also reading and trying to stay current on the financial crisis. It seems to be world-wide at this time. It appears that our nation has not been frugal enough and we have overspent our financial resources. Now the USA has to “pay the piper” for spending tomorrow’s income, last week. Reckless fiscal spending will always lead to a “huge bill” that eventually must be paid. Is this the legacy that we wish to leave to our children? We have failed in our fiduciary responsibilities.

We believe that it’s time for all of us to change our ways. We also believe firmly that “national behavioral changes” of this type cannot be forced but, must rather, originate in the heart and mind of the individual. One at a time, we need to become sensitive to personal income limitations, then, save and spend accordingly. In our current situation, a return to the fiscally conservative traditions of our founding fathers is certainly in order and even materialistically-hardened modernists are beginning to recognize this.