<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:44:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@autonomygarden/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What Coffee Can Do For Your Garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a bottomless cup of coffee It’s the spark that gets my engine running every morning and imparts seemingly supernatural physical and mental abilities. Half way through a pot, the transformation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/what-coffee-can-do-for-your-garden</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/what-coffee-can-do-for-your-garden</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 02:45:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961SgzRNESyagHbZzE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verde De Taglio Review – A Variety That Earns Its Place In The Garden.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just harvested what will probably be this season’s last full bunch of Swiss Chard from the garden and started thinking just how productive this particular variety has been over the past 9 months. First]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/verde-de-taglio-review-a-variety-that-earns-its-place-in-the-garden</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/verde-de-taglio-review-a-variety-that-earns-its-place-in-the-garden</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2017 19:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih6xcb82GpJzGK6c2m4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t Be a Sucker, Make Tomato Plant Clones!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Had to prune some of the suckers from a cherry tomato plant and instead of tossing them into the compost I decided to make clones. A jar of water is all that’s needed. Stem soaking in clean water refreshed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@autonomygarden/don-t-be-a-sucker-make-tomato-plant-clones</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@autonomygarden/don-t-be-a-sucker-make-tomato-plant-clones</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 20:18:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih62zETv3Ead7fbqaDk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[**TEST**]]></title><description><![CDATA[Test Test Test]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@autonomygarden/steemit-logo-https-steemit-com-images-favicons-favicon-32x32-png-test-steemit-logo-https-steemit-com-images-favicons-favicon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@autonomygarden/steemit-logo-https-steemit-com-images-favicons-favicon-32x32-png-test-steemit-logo-https-steemit-com-images-favicons-favicon</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2017 12:11:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why You Should Be Brewing Your Own Kombucha]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those who enjoy drinking Kombucha Tea, but are still buying it from the store or farmers market are really missing out. The first time I brewed Kombucha and discovered how easy it was, I wondered why I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@autonomygarden/why-you-should-be-brewing-your-own-kombucha</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@autonomygarden/why-you-should-be-brewing-your-own-kombucha</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 02:40:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih6534X5MFvsmvUS2j8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easy Fig Tree Propagation in 1…2…3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Figs are a deliciously sweet fruit, but can get quite pricey at the supermarket. And even small trees at the nursery can go for a significant sum. Fortunately for us, the previous owner had planted a fig]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/easy-fig-tree-propagation-in-1-2-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/easy-fig-tree-propagation-in-1-2-3</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:14:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961K2aW6eSeTp9zuFc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changing of the Gard-en]]></title><description><![CDATA[As our winter growing season ends, it’s time to start making room for the garden stars of summer. The old arugula, beets, lettuce, cilantro, kale and other brassicas that carried us through the winter]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/changing-of-the-gard-en</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/changing-of-the-gard-en</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2017 22:37:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih6XSYGnxYEHsE6NJkE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backyard Proving Grounds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last year I wrote about the benefits of leaving a wild area somewhere on your home site for native plants and wildlife to thrive. This "Zone 5" section of my yard is still thriving and I’m still]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/backyard-proving-grounds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/backyard-proving-grounds</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2017 20:16:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih6iSZVpeD7P7pzd6jY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mexican Peso: A Century of Currency Debasement (Part 5 – Boom and Bust)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the 1970s, cutbacks to the supply of petroleum by the OPEC cartel sent the price of oil skyrocketing. Around this time, newly discovered petroleum reserves turned Mexico from an oil-importing nation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@autonomygarden/the-mexican-peso-a-century-of-currency-debasement-part-5-boom-and-bust</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@autonomygarden/the-mexican-peso-a-century-of-currency-debasement-part-5-boom-and-bust</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:40:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih6cygnmVG8tXzxsKgi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mexican Peso: A Century of Currency Debasement (Part 4 – “The Economic Miracle” or Merely Illusion)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The period between 1930 and 1970 is described as a time of economic expansion and modernization of Mexico. The migration of people from rural areas to urban centers in search of higher paying jobs in industry,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@autonomygarden/the-mexican-peso-a-century-of-currency-debasement-part-4-the-economic-miracle-or-merely-illusion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@autonomygarden/the-mexican-peso-a-century-of-currency-debasement-part-4-the-economic-miracle-or-merely-illusion</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2016 21:41:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih6omb1RfjQmbiWFnuk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mexican Peso: A Century of Currency Debasement (Part 3 – Nationalization and Public Works “For the People”)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Civil conflict and counterrevolutions resulting from religious restrictions set forth in the Constitution of 1917 continued in the following decade. A cessation of hostilities resulted, not from changes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@autonomygarden/the-mexican-peso-a-century-of-currency-debasement-part-3-nationalization-and-public-works-for-the-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@autonomygarden/the-mexican-peso-a-century-of-currency-debasement-part-3-nationalization-and-public-works-for-the-people</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2016 21:44:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih7BktvGPDk66q1iNZC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mexican Peso: A Century of Currency Debasement (Part 2 - The Constitution of 1917)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following the revolutions and counterrevolutions in the 2nd decade of the 20th century, Mexico’s current Constitution of 1917 was adopted. This document is claimed to be the first of its kind promising]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@autonomygarden/the-mexican-peso-a-century-of-currency-debasement-part-2-the-constitution-of-1917</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@autonomygarden/the-mexican-peso-a-century-of-currency-debasement-part-2-the-constitution-of-1917</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2016 22:16:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih6cgaETTGJP5Z1MuXk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mexican Peso: A Century of Currency Debasement (Part 1 - Independence)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A history of the Federal Reserve Note’s century long decline in purchasing power is well documented. The debt explosion, currency printing and debasing are frequently discussed in both the mainstream and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@autonomygarden/the-mexican-peso-a-century-of-currency-debasement-part-1-independence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@autonomygarden/the-mexican-peso-a-century-of-currency-debasement-part-1-independence</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 14:47:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih7HHWYV1apucY5S5RY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plants Looking Stressed?  Maybe They Need Sunscreen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before moving to the southwest, the thought of shading my vegetable garden from the sun never occurred to me. Plants LOVE sunlight, right? I thought this especially true for those mid-summer heat lovers,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/plants-looking-stressed-maybe-they-need-sunscreen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/plants-looking-stressed-maybe-they-need-sunscreen</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 21:43:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih6QgFpDWWc5hMPg8sY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Good The Bad and The Ugly of Aquaponics]]></title><description><![CDATA[October marks the one-year anniversary of getting my aquaponics system up and running. I thought I’d share my experience with anyone thinking of going the aquaponics route for food production. I’m using]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-aquaponics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-aquaponics</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 21:11:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih6bqV7NW8ovf2ZfVyx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movable Rainwater Collection System for the Garden and Emergency Supply]]></title><description><![CDATA[The value of clean water is never truly appreciated until you are without this precious resource. I emphasize the word “clean”, because the water most of us get from a municipal source is anything but.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/movable-rainwater-collection-system-for-the-garden-and-emergency-supply</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/movable-rainwater-collection-system-for-the-garden-and-emergency-supply</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2016 21:47:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih6RpV2iTmkptHYD2rS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank You, Bill Mollison]]></title><description><![CDATA["I teach self-reliance, the world's most subversive practice. I teach people how to grow their own food, which is shockingly subversive. So, yes, it’s seditious. But it’s peaceful sedition."]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@autonomygarden/thank-you-bill-mollison</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@autonomygarden/thank-you-bill-mollison</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:42:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961SxiqfioeDoifLqU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchy in the Backyard! - Zone 5 Benefits Even on a Small City Lot]]></title><description><![CDATA[When we first moved to our current home 2 years ago, I decided to leave a small area (about 200 sqft) on the northwest corner of the backyard to run wild. No planting, manual watering, fertilizing, mulching]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/anarchy-in-the-backyard-zone-5-benefits-even-on-a-small-city-lot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/anarchy-in-the-backyard-zone-5-benefits-even-on-a-small-city-lot</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 21:48:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih6ojJG3Q5o28yziVKk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Converting the Backyard Lawn into No Till Raised Garden Beds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wanted to share my latest (nomadic) homesteading project - converting the lawn into raised, square foot garden beds for the fall. We are on a quarter acre lot in the city and received the green light to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/converting-the-backyard-lawn-into-no-till-raised-garden-beds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/converting-the-backyard-lawn-into-no-till-raised-garden-beds</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2016 22:15:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961YeZ3ehv3fCP41hY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[DON’T SHOOT!  WE’RE BENEFICIAL!!!  Harvest the Weeds for Health and Garden Soil Fertility]]></title><description><![CDATA[That unruly vegetation people refer to as “weeds” are like Rodney Dangerfields of the plant kingdom – They Get No Respect! And that’s unfortunate, because the vital function they serve in nature can also]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/don-t-shoot-we-re-beneficial-harvest-the-weeds-for-health-and-garden-soil-fertility</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@autonomygarden/don-t-shoot-we-re-beneficial-harvest-the-weeds-for-health-and-garden-soil-fertility</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[autonomygarden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 00:14:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih7CqecG3EVKdnx15Kt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>