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I spent some time on a farm that could liberally be called a "commune" and there's actually a ton of innovation to be had all over the place. Somewhere, I prob
by alexophile 16y ago
I spent some time on a farm that could liberally be called a "commune" and there's actually a ton of innovation to be had all over the place. Somewhere, I probably still have a moleskine with notes on the matter. A couple things I remember:
-Crop Rotations: The texts I read about this subject were the result of some very painstaking note-taking, and keeping all this information straight can confound even the very studious. We had at least 3 copies of Elliot Coleman's "The New Organic Grower" around and they were all falling apart from constant reference. Having instant access to your planting history would be invaluable, especially if coupled with pH effects of relevant crops and other useful info.
Certifications: The process for getting that nifty "certified organic" label is quite difficult. You have to submit all sorts of things. It was even worse for us because we had commercial kitchen equipment (we sold jarred jams, salsas, etc)
Marketing: We sold shares of our output through a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program. ~100% of people who partook found out about us from meeting us at a farmer's market. I think there's a decent market for CSA shares, but not really any way of comparison shopping, or even knowing what's available.
It would be neat to work on a project to solve these problems while simultaneously encountering them on the day-to-day. But fair warning: "plowing the fields all day" does not really leave one in the mood for hacking. Contemplation? Surely. Conversation? Absolutely. But I wouldn't expect to get a whole lot of hacking done, at least not in your first season.
- burgerbrain 16y ago>I probably still have a moleskine with notes on the matter. Why do people insist on telling us the brand of their notebook? It's just a book with some blank paper dude...
- shaunxcode 16y agoI think its more like how people call an "over head speaker system" a "tannoy" or adults over the age of 50 call any console video game system "the nintendo" etc.
- burgerbrain 16y agoI think it probably has something more to do with this: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/02/24/122-moleskine-notebooks/ http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/02/24/122-moleskine-not...
- pyre 16y agoSo you're admitting that the only reason you made your previous comment was because you thought that the commenter was being smug and you wanted to put him/her in his/her place?
- burgerbrain 16y agoAlternatively, I googled it after being dumbfounded by the seemingly random specificness of the post (does anybody say "I had a few beers while I watched my Panasonic"? No, everyone just calls TVs "TVs"), and discovered that the poster was just making an attempt at being smug.
- danenania 16y agoThe guy writes an interesting and informative post, and the part you latch onto is how he refers to his freakin' notebook?
- derefr 16y agoI take issue with your taking issue with his taking issue with the post :) Specifically, this is a threaded comment system. We can have as many discussions about something (post or other comment) as we want: go off on wild tangents, point out the spelling, have a pun thread, mention patterns of blogging/commenting the parent fits into, reply to the author on a separate subject, share anecdotes related to the subject of the post, and actually talk about the content of a post or comment, all at the same time, without breaking anything. That's what's so neat about threaded discussion: it doesn't require the "comparative notability" that a linear conversation needs in order to function.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoMuch like Hemingway, who also wrote down his thoughts in a moleskine, I feel that there is no friend as loyal as a book.
- CERTIORARI 16y agoIt's called "descriptive detail", and can add atmosphere to your writing. Why do people insist on telling us their pet peeves? It's just your pet peeve dude...
- catshirt 16y agoAgreed- even defining the notebook as a moleskine suggests a certain type of content. More so, it's a seemingly generalized trademark (like Kleenex or Xerox). Why not call it a moleskine?
- joshes 16y agoI am aware you are being facetious... But by questioning why he voiced his argument, you validated his argument and thus the reasoning behind it. Your question, posed as such, answers itself, in a way. What beauty.
- ry0ohki 16y agoI'm guessing you (and I) wouldn't fit in on a commune.
- alexophile 16y agoAlright. I called it a moleskine because that's what we called it on the farm. We ordered them like a dozen at a time and everyone used them. Truth be told, I didn't even consider calling it anything else. I wasn't trying to be smug, I used the term that matched with the image in my head of what I was describing. Edit: We used the Volant X-Small, which is part of why nobody called it a notebook. (http://officesupplygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/moleskine-volant-held-by-woody.jpg http://officesupplygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/moles...)