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		<title>Grow your vitamins&#8230;.</title>
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I placed an order for my September seeds, today.  I purchased from &#8220;Seeds Savers&#8221; and &#8220;Southern Exposure,&#8221;  two of my favorite Heirloom Seed providers.
Everything I ordered is documented to have been grown Prior to 1945, and most everything is pre-1920. 
We&#8217;ve had a pretty dry summer and currently the garden is looking a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mirandafern.com/blog/?p=829</link>
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		<title>Vavilov Under Siege Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In April, I wrote an entry about the Vavilov Seed Bank in Russia.  I outlined how the scientists at the station starved during the Siege of Leningrad, rather than eat the specimens held there.
Vavilov is under siege once more. Unlike the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which serves to store seeds in case of a global [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mirandafern.com/blog/?p=812</link>
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		<title>Rational Living Begins Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rationing begins in earnest today.  There are several reasons why I decided to give it another go.  I&#8217;ve gotten quite stout over the last several years.  With Pete and I getting married next year, it&#8217;s  less about &#8220;getting skinny&#8221; for the wedding than it is about getting healthy and fit for this new stage in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mirandafern.com/blog/?p=808</link>
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		<title>The National Loaf</title>
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I finally found an approximation of the national loaf, courtesy of 1940s Experiment
Nothing Fancy Wartime Loaf
* 600 ml (1 pint) of warm water
* 5 teaspoons of quick rise yeast
* couple pinches of sugar
* 2 lb of wholewheat (wholemeal) flour
* 1.5 teaspoons salt
* 1 tablespoon rolled oats (for top)
* drizzle of vegetable oil
Method
Place flour in large [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mirandafern.com/blog/?p=782</link>
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		<title>The Incredible Unedible Egg</title>
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If you&#8217;ve been following the news at all, you should be aware of the nation wide egg recall.  Apparently some chickens were fed some tainted feed and now there are tainted eggs floating around the country.   The fear of these tainted eggs is causing some resturants to refuse to sell shelled eggs.
We&#8217;ve had several food [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mirandafern.com/blog/?p=755</link>
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		<title>Lord Woolten Randomizer</title>
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I spent two nights watching and then re-watching PBS &#8220;1940s House&#8221;. I really enjoyed it to say the least&#8230;if any parentals or future spouses are looking for a killer Christmas present for me, 1940s House is available on Amazon or Ebay&#8230;okay Pro-Miranda PSA over.  Back to regularly scheduled blogness.
I&#8217;ve alway known that items were in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mirandafern.com/blog/?p=739</link>
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		<title>I suffered a relapse&#8230;</title>
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Heck, not just one relapse&#8230;but a whole 2.5 weeks of relapse.  I was doing very well with the whole rationing thing, except I kept running into &#8220;issues.&#8221;  These issues, I realize, need to be worked out, before I can move forward in earnest. 
&#8220;I love you, but I&#8217;m not sharing my cheese&#8221;
Pete is not on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mirandafern.com/blog/?p=745</link>
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		<title>Learning to be Discerning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After discovering:
1. Second hand men&#8217;s trousers are a great source of pretty neutral wool and wool blend fabric
2. Second hand dress shirts are a great source of understated cotton and cotton blend shirting material
3. Salvation Army has a &#8220;50% off all clothing&#8221; sale every Saturday
I went on a bit of a buying spree earlier this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mirandafern.com/blog/?p=743</link>
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		<title>Introducing Variables&#8230;.&#8221;Hello everyone, this is Mr. Variable&#8230;.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because I launched experiment into this with characteristically impulsive Mirandomness, I did not allow myself nearly enough time to decide upon the self imposed ground rules of how to handle ideas like &#8220;limited market availability&#8221; or the fact that nearly every single vegetable known to man, is pretty much available to me year round.  Our seasons are decidedly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mirandafern.com/blog/?p=735</link>
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		<title>Grocery Shopping with the Buff Book</title>
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The first step in my Ration-book diet experiment was to assess what I have on hand and shop for the rest. Since I&#8217;m the only one trying to follow the ration program, and there are two of us in the house, I had to come up with a way to prevent cross contamination of Pete and Miranda [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mirandafern.com/blog/?p=729</link>
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