Exposure to real life conversations and willingness to participate in said conversations are key to learning any foreign language. This is also true for any language associated with an area of specialty, even if the words are in English. If there is unfamiliarity with the concepts, it might as well be foreign. The language has […]
Do You Let Your Lettuce Go To Seed ?
Lettuce is ugly when it goes to seed, no doubt about it. It looks like an invasive weed. But when the seeds sprout at just the right time in early spring and you are rewarded with tender lettuce for the next few weeks without having to plant anything, it is well worth it. Picking can […]
The OTHER Row of Broccoli
By far the best way to keep pest problems with broccoli under control in southwest Idaho, is to plant it in early April. If it matures before time periods of prolonged heat, usually beginning in July, you may not ever even see an aphid or cabbage moth on it. If you want larger heads or a […]
Investitopia
Investing a portion of income has too commonly been treated as synonymous with both hoarding and gambling. While in nearly every other area of life, the concept of risk is seen as concurrent with opportunity, when there is talk of investing money, one is often subject to accusations of everything from “explotation” to “irresponsibility” to […]
The Moral Superiority of a Wise Investment Strategy
Do you know who Fredric Bastiat is? I met him last year when I read this book: The Economics of Freedom: What Your Professors Won’t Tell You. In it he makes a thought provoking comparison between two brothers and their affect on the economy. One brother gives indiscriminately, lives beyond his cash flow, and when his […]