Survival Gardening at the White House?

The First lady is planning a garden at the White House.

She should probably check this out first.

Thanks to Borepatch for the link in the comments to a previous post.

Surviving The Great Depression

via SurvivalBlog. Of course.

"That's what people had to do then. Most people had a garden. People plowed their garden with horses, there was somebody who came around with a plow and a horse and plowed gardens for people. People on southside had chickens, pigs and cows and people were always bringing eggs to the store and trade. I just don't know what people would do today, of course everybody on southside had to get rid of their chickens and hogs when it was incorporated into the city later," he said.

~98% of everyone I know is incapable of understanding how to live like this, let alone actually living like this. Better to start late than to start when it's too late.

And yes, today I discovered italics for the very first time.