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	<description>A public accounting of my quest for the Good Life: what it is, how I&#039;ll get there and how I&#039;ll drag my family kicking and screaming along with me.</description>
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		<title>There’s always next year, right?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Schagen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It hasn’t been a bad year.  The biggest challenge has been the growth of all the other plants.  We have 3 types of aggressive vining plant, a couple of invasive ground covers and lots of your regular garden-variety weeds.  They are growing much better than the plants I want to have in place. We have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalclarion.wordpress.com&amp;blog=609263&amp;post=199&amp;subd=crystalclarion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ULTRA GREEN TOMATO MINCEMEAT OF DOOM Mk MCCCLXIV with LIMITED EDITION LASER BEAM ATTACHMENT</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Schagen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ULTRA GREEN TOMATO MINCEMEAT OF DOOM Mk MCCCLXIV with LIMITED EDITION LASER BEAM ATTACHMENT GREEN TOMATO MINCEMEAT 8 cups / 2 L – finely chopped green tomatoes (20 medium) 4 cups / 1 L – finely chopped peeled apples 3 cups / 750 ml – raisins and other dried fruit ½ cup / 125 ml [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalclarion.wordpress.com&amp;blog=609263&amp;post=195&amp;subd=crystalclarion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;and More Rain</title>
		<link>http://crystalclarion.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/and-more-rain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 10:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Schagen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carrots]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rain has continued.  At least it&#8217;s warm, too. A few weeks ago everyone had rain coats and umbrellas, now we don&#8217;t bother.  We don&#8217;t dash through the drops, either.  We just stride through. I&#8217;ve finally spread the rest of the hay &#8211; a full round bail &#8211; and I could use some more.  The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalclarion.wordpress.com&amp;blog=609263&amp;post=190&amp;subd=crystalclarion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rain, Rain, Rain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 12:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Schagen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it supposed to be April showers? We&#8217;ve had plenty of rain and it&#8217;s got the grass and weeds going crazy.  I&#8217;m glad I have as much mulch down as I do. When I mulched the strawberries a few weeks ago, the plants were pretty close to the ground.  I went through both patches over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalclarion.wordpress.com&amp;blog=609263&amp;post=187&amp;subd=crystalclarion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Last Week in April</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 10:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Schagen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend wasn&#8217;t one of my more productive, but I&#8217;m crying taxes.  In my other life, as a business owner, we do bookkeeping for small business &#8211; which means taxes this time of year. Having said that, I did do some work in the blackberries.  Boy, that&#8217;s a slog.  The thicket is, well, thick.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalclarion.wordpress.com&amp;blog=609263&amp;post=181&amp;subd=crystalclarion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Homesteading as Anti-Consumerism</title>
		<link>http://crystalclarion.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/homesteading-as-anti-consumerism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Schagen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Not life/work balance - Integration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much of what I have to say on this subject, Leo Babauta, has already said in this wonderful post. http://zenhabits.net/free/ Homesteading is all about making for oneself rather than relying on buying.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalclarion.wordpress.com&amp;blog=609263&amp;post=179&amp;subd=crystalclarion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We have hay!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Schagen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Town homesteading]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m looking out at a round bale of hay over by the blackberries.  I’ve already cleaned up and mulched the 2 strawberry beds, the rhubarb, the blueberries, the gooseberry and I have a good start on the raspberries.  I’ve been cutting out quite a bit of climbing roses.  Seems a shame, but there are plenty [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalclarion.wordpress.com&amp;blog=609263&amp;post=176&amp;subd=crystalclarion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Cleaning</title>
		<link>http://crystalclarion.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/spring-cleaning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Schagen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of Sunday with the kids cleaning up outside. We had a couple of big storms and plenty of wind this winter so the ground, the bushes and the deck  were littered with small branches.  The cutting company came and cut out some of our neighbour&#8217;s Linden trees around the power lines after [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalclarion.wordpress.com&amp;blog=609263&amp;post=174&amp;subd=crystalclarion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dreams and Reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Schagen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a way to start, eh? (Yes, I&#8217;m Canadian) Does thinking about reality while you are dreaming temper your dreams or give you freedom to dream bigger? I think it depends.  When I dream about turning our town property into a homestead, I can get overwhelmed pretty quickly.  I&#8217;ve had a homestead, I know about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalclarion.wordpress.com&amp;blog=609263&amp;post=172&amp;subd=crystalclarion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quebec City and Montreal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Schagen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re taking our time so we thought we&#8217;d spend a few hours in each of these cities.  What would you do there with 3 tweens?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalclarion.wordpress.com&amp;blog=609263&amp;post=166&amp;subd=crystalclarion&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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