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weeks ago could not find a place to write. also wanted to have organized the meeting of partners here in October. But we could not: month has been a dense, with many unforeseen outside of work, health problems in the family ...

First, clarification the contents of the boxes. One of the new members ask me for the aromatic grass two weeks ago was basil, many already know. And in the last box got a bit of parsley .

Tomatoes and going to least: some have left, it has started to get cold. Anyway, the picture you can see some of the varieties who have been receiving: Heart beef, Russian, Steak, Black Crimea, Tirvia and Marmande. Also last week brought a few boxes of pear type tomato, which is typically used to make salsa, when you finish blush.

Another question that I heard is about the varieties of pepper you receive. The last two weeks and the next (last October) receive mostly Italian sweet peppers type , the somewhat whimsical elongated normally sold when green for cooking, frying, roasting, and in this case go ripe, red or Pinton, but can be used equally. also these weeks, in some cases are some other types such as yellow or red squares.

This week will also some grilling and the local variety goat horn in some cases. Long, curved and pointy. Sting a bit but the itching is only on the lighter ones color strips where seeds, or in the "placenta" of the pepper. If carefully removed, the rest does not itch and for many is the most delicious variety.

pepper If you are tired, think that it is short and perhaps in a few months echéis less. You can make a simple roasting or sauté canned in strips or chunks with onions or alone, and once drained, bagged and frozen for use in dishes you do in the future.

Soon we will send a small string of chorizo \u200b\u200bpeppers that you will have to hang in a ventilated room, to finish drying. Once dry, you can use them for winter soups or sauces.

October tasks have been marked by the weather forecast: sunny days preceding the first frost we rush to collect all the remaining onions (photo), pumpkins and half potatoes. We have them already in the store. Iced

heartily. Even inside the greenhouse, the tops of the tomatoes and beans were burnt.

And these days ago, in anticipation of rain, we finished threshing beans at full speed and we planted beans and peas for spring and removed the grass to the leeks and cabbage. On time. I already sent

leeks, which about time. And squash. This year has been very well the variety potimarron (I think the more technical name is Red Kuri Hokkaido). We also planted in April, "Peanut" and the long of Gernika, which is most common in stores. But the seed of the latter failed and there is little. The first shipment will potimarron . I remind you that you can eat the skin, removing the warts or rough scars.

We started the cucumber plants and eggplant soon do the same with the zucchini. So, say goodbye to these vegetables until next summer.

this year failed August planting spinach seed in poor condition and replant in September. With less sun grow cold and slow, you will arrive later than expected, perhaps in winter. For the first weeding (weeding) between rows of spinach, cabbage and onions, we use the wheel hoe (photo). There are sunny afternoons curious creatures who come to help in this task. In this case I do not know what it is: an elf or small mammal bone?

As you are seeing the variety of green chard stalk wide works better here than last year ( Amarilla de Lyon). Go pads are coming out in the greenhouse, right?. It's nice to collect them (photo). This week, perhaps a box will come chard varied collection of colors that have outdoors.

also began with Pippin Juanjo ecological Gandia Caderechas the nearby valley. I said this year there pears (of those who loved so much last year). The few that have eaten congealed rogues "jayos." Just call Hence the jays, these colorful birds that seem to laugh aloud when you sneak into the forest.

nights of frost reddened leaves of dogwood, the escarrios (so called here to maple) and wild cherry. And the downpours of the past week have brought the real autumn melancholy days and wood smoke. In the village

we have the sad farewell to nisin, a dear neighbor who recently passed away, which some of you know last fall: was he who took the potatoes in their tractor on the day you came to the fall meeting.

This year I do not know if we can arrange food for partners fall in the village. Maybe by mid-November, although it is cold, 14 or 21 November. If possible, I tell you. Hugs.

Brad Norton And Tiffanty Granath

Graffiti and Climate Change.



Along with the late October rains environmentalists Paraiso kiosks in collaboration with Environment at the University of Costa Rica made a mural to call attention to the importance of action against global warming with a duration of 10 hours and a team of 15 people including children and members of the organization is successfully concluded this work on one of the busiest streets of Paradise, combining street art with ecology is accomplished by calling the attention of all community, this action adds to a series of activities being developed for the dissemination and better understanding of this serious threat hangs over humanity


The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol emerged in the early 1990 as the international political mechanism to address the CC Then Governments of developed countries have implemented mechanisms for the "reduction" of greenhouse gases. These measures is most important feature carbon trading. That is, these plans are always crossed by a common axis, which is the commodification of climate and its impacts on the planet. We see more and more companies claim to be "clean" and give us all a market for "offsetting carbon dioxide emissions" mixed with the programs of "Corporate Social Responsibility" (sic). Generating a carbon market that even publicly traded, having serious impacts on human populations poor and discriminated against because these programs carbon emission reductions are focused on the implementation of monoculture tree plantations, oil palm and to generation biofuels.


Costa Rica
course is not far behind, with institutional projects such as "Peace with Nature", which many organizations and communities have denounced the government's double standard regarding environmental protection is concerned.

Costa Rica's role at the Conference of the Parties (COP 15, Copenhagen, Denmark) could be very questionable. Since slowly to expose the bad policies made by the State that are generated from this government influenced by the Entrepreneurs, the International Financial Institutions and Transnational Corporations, to the detriment of the quality of life for many rural communities.

This is reflected in the allocation of the former Minister Doubles as "climate ambassadors" who is responsible for "represent" as a country in international conferences on Climate CIMAT.

The role of Costa Rica at the Conference on Climate Change United Nations could be very questionable. Since slowly to expose the bad policies made by the State that are generated from this government influenced by the Entrepreneurs, the International Financial Institutions and Transnational Corporations, to the detriment of the quality of life for many rural communities.