These are the setting notes for "Food and Cheer and Song."

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Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. The current batch features landrace gardening.


Landrace Gardening: True Potato Seeds

Potato seeds are harvested from potato fruits. The pollinated seeds are called “True Potato Seed” (TPS) to differentiate them from “seed potatoes” which are genetically identical clones of a tuber. I do not like growing a lot of clones in my garden because of the danger of total crop failure due to genetic uniformity. However potatoes are a crop that is easy to propagate by cloning, and during good times potato clones produce a lot of food.

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Today is cloudy and cold.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a flock of sparrows and a fox squirrel. 

Singer-songwriter David Crosby has passed away.  He left behind a lot of good music.


Carry on the work:

Learn to play music.

Learn to sing.

Learn to write songs.