David and his wife carefully count their pennies to see if they can afford to buy milk, beans, sardines and diapers.

It’s been a busy week! I’ve spent a lot of time in propagation, getting ready some new nursery offerings for the fall, did a horticultural analysis of a a property, worked the 326 Community Market, sent off a bunch of water chestnuts to new homes, plus I’ve been writing my fingers off (which is normal).

Let’s do a roundup of good stuff you can check out over the weekend.

Twitter

You’ve probably noticed the new twitter feed in the sidebar. You can sign up to follow me here. When I come across something interesting, I post it. A lot of gardening info, plus some economics and other esoterica.

New Newsletter:

New Article for Mother Earth News:

Discovering Chinese Water Chestnuts

@ThePrepperProject:

Two new fun posts this week… one on crazy plants that are worth growing… the other on crazy trees that are worth growing. Check ’em out:

1 Extremely Poisonous Plant You Should Grow (Along With 5 Others You Might Not Think About!)

Will Trees Save Your Life After Everything Crashes?

Other Cool Stuff:

Good video of a food forest/permaculture garden in New Jersey. I like this guy:

This week was also cool because you guys were able to nail down some plant IDs for me.

Mystery plant #1: Solved by Garden Gnome. It’s Clematis reticulata!