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The cheapest, longest lasting garden boxes ever
https://thecreatedhome.com/cheapest-longest-lasting-garden-boxes/?fbclid=IwAR13q4Nfo8k8P0QA-kLPEKIH9zGiF6ohYU2ygCCgv_3RqHJwOj6RQrJqbx8
Singing Frogs Farm: The Science Of Healthy Soil
Yeah, I read all the comments; they were all over the ballpark and some gave me a good laugh.
I have a friend who resorted to using the Zip Stitch. He began with cleaning the area and then applied. It healed for him.
I think I will get some for my emergency kit.
sumi
ZipStitch Is a New Way to Close Wounds When You’re Out There and Can’t Get to Help
https://tinyurl.com/y7tklml9
ZipStitch Is a New Way to Close Wounds When You’re Out There and Can’t Get to Help
https://tinyurl.com/y7tklml9
Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Garlic Recipe
December 3, 2018
https://www.healthyfoodhouse.com/roasted-brussels-sprouts-with-garlic-recipe/?fbclid=IwAR3imYcu4LMWmZVp7VuAcW0E70Nn9lEsppBaWeYcnSoWc-baBauNuS9yKLA
BREAKING AMERICA'S ADDICTION TO OIL & FOSTERING AN AGE OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE:
https://sustainableamerica.org/downloads/whitepapers/Energy_White_Paper.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1FQO0NiZRndGvpOAWfE99_4pBORKZ3_LOwWJ0L43IrS7X1CjK20XFjhxE
Turmeric and Honey: The Most Powerful Antibiotic That not even Doctors Can Explain
https://tinyurl.com/ycjxe8ft
Turmeric and Honey: The Most Powerful Antibiotic That not even Doctors Can Explain
https://tinyurl.com/ycjxe8ft
Larry Winiarski's Rocket Stove Principles
Dean Still, April 2002
https://www.bioenergylists.org/stovesdoc/Still/Rocket%20Stove/Principles.html?fbclid=IwAR0b0-wf8JiPTzZs2o9BlN-zy60BLgQItc0UGoyeFc5EVbBN7Igpqk9skU4
How to Plow with Draft Horses
Yes, Tom was special and never argued.
I wish I had Tom's skill base! I mostly garden.
Happy New Year, as well.
sumi
Firewood Comparison Chart
See more at: http://www.goodshomedesign.com/firewood-comparison-chart/
Thanks for posting this wonderful story. Tom was one good Bro to all of us. With the passing of his wife, Denise, I think the shock of her death combined with a declining diet eventually led to his death. But I did not know the underlying circumstances;; it could have been more than my assumptions.
My last message from Tom [b4atf] left me in tears: "If I have not mentioned it Eddie I am dying and time is growing short. Watch my board. Thanks, Tom" dated 12/12/2013
Koog, I hope you had a Happy Christmas and Have a Happy and Healthy New Year.
sumi
10 Reasons to Plant a Hedgerow
https://www.tenthacrefarm.com/10-reasons-to-plant-a-hedgerow/
There were many great replies that give me a glimmer of hope, but I wonder what percent this gardening/preserving, cooking skill base is a percent of the total population. We have a long way to go because 4% of our population produce food for the other 96%. This is a staggering disparity especially in case of a geopolitical event or some other black cloud event!
Thanks, excel
France Becomes First Country in Europe to Ban All Five Pesticides Killing Bees
August 31, 2018
Telegraph
by Henry Samuel
https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/france-becomes-first-country-europe-ban-all-five-pesticides-killing-bees?fbclid=IwAR1fP4-9jZvu5plP4HUDIy_HTkGyixspUDC7ktpnrAXTq0YXu6FdGqC7y2Q#close
We sing from the same choir book!
FAMILY FARMS VERSUS CORPORATE FARMS
I boiled these thoughts down from an economics paper that I wrote in the 1960s when I attended a college in Kansas. I was raised just outside NYC and the contrast to small Kansas farms provoked the following thoughts after interviewing some owners of small farms in Kansas.
"I trust the small family farm to "grow" food rather than the large corporation to "produce" food. Who would I trust more? The farmer who steps outside his door on to his workplace which he monitors daily or the corporate executive, who has never seen the farm from his corporate office nor cares to see it?
The family farmer's farm is diverse thus spreading risk over many crops; the corporate farm is often mono or one crop, growing in petrol-chemicals, and subjected to increased risk of a one crop failure.
Who plants the hedgerows to protect the soil, beauty, productivity, and biodiversity to protect the bees, birds and butterflies of a property? That would be the family farmer.
Who supplies the local farmer's market? Right, that would be the family farmer; less transportation cost, fresher recently harvested food, and this approach lends to the security of the country's food supply!" -ES
Mark my word, we will be returning to our agrarian past. We were waylaid by "progress" which has turned into "regress" in terms of our living arrangement with nature, water, soil, bees, birds, butterflies....and more.
Hi Derrick, Happy CHRISTmas back to you!
Greenhouse; love the idea. Please provide a picture after you complete setting it up. If a friend finds time, we will prepare an 8ft.X8ft. this spring. I will assist him and then help him build one in his backyard. The greenhouse will be similar to my potting bench built last year.
THE CORRUGATED PLASTIC SEEMS TO CAPTURE THE SUN WELL
Great news about harvesting potatoes this late in the season! I'm in gardening zone 6B and always harvested potatoes by mid October.
Thanks for the compliment, but cimi and eagle passed on or recommended books for me to read. The few of us who still post or review this board have learned a lot.
Happy Gardening season in 2019!
Merry CHRISTmas back to you.
If I were you, I would add two raised beds a year using anything free that you can get your hands on. For instance, there was a neighbor with a pile of patio pavers in her yard. I asked her what her intentions were with the pavers and she told me I could have them as she was trying to get rid of them. I was lucky. I used the pavers for this small L-shaped raised bed.
PATIO PAVER RAISED BED
ROCKS COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS DURING WALKS
I had some cinder block raised beds, but I removed the blocks to make a foundation each of my seven rain barrels.
As I recall, you have much more room than me, so you probably mound the soil into beds to better capture the sun rays. Many farmers do it this way. In fact, the protesters from the late 1960s into the 1970s used that method to save money. [I once knew a guy who spent five years in New Hampshire on a commune.]
I thought the world would have had Peak Oil by 2008, but that did not occur due to the fracking revolution, which I believe will collapse due to debt problems. The latter might happen soon with a steep decline in oil prices. So I continue to squeeze every area of my land into food-producing homes.
Yes, during this journey, I made many changes to my city property. The former grass lawns are long gone.
Your recommendation of chickens is still on the table and I might implement it by next year. An eight by eight green house will come first.
My free seedling program of hot and sweet peppers plus tomatoes are available to ten new gardeners from the last five years. There might be an eleventh this spring; working on my mailman to plant a garden. I also divide herbs and bee attracting perennial plants for anyone who wants them.
TOMATO SEEDLINGS
I have some interesting videos that I cannot seem to post.
Happy New Year too!
Merry Christmas to you and others.
I have raised beds now because I have a friend who will pick up the wood for me and him. I pay the cost of the wood and screws. His garden is a small replica of my garden.
Since I don't drive, this is the best approach.
The beds are cost justified and an investment for my small producing property.
Take care and Happy and Productive New Year!
Lessons of the Loess Plateau
"When it comes to plants what is below in the soil determines what is above the soil."
Valuable video on destruction and subsequent restoration of soil.
Doctor Sells His Practice in New York, Buys Organic Farm & Begins Treating Patients Himself
https://tinyurl.com/y9mpozhe
Deaths from correctly taken prescription drugs number above 100,000 every year, which is just one of the main reasons why the popularity of natural medicine has surged lately.
But even as Americans’ attitudes about medicine have begun to change and realign with the classic Hippocrates mantra of “First, Do No Harm…” our doctors haven’t quite gotten the message.
The classic “pills, surgery and vaccines” method that most doctors utilize first and foremost hasn’t changed a whole lot, but some individual doctors have adjusted and begun putting more stock in natural methods again.
One particular doctor on the east coast has done the previously unthinkable: he’s spending less time in his New York office and more time reconnecting with the roots of what it means to be healthy.
After taking care of some of Hudson County’s sickest residents for 25 years, internist Ronald Weiss says he’s figured out how to make people healthy — and it’s not by writing prescriptions or ordering surgery.
Weiss would rather recommend a daily dose of what’s growing on his 348-acre, 18th-century farm. And next week, this city doctor will get that opportunity when he launches New Jersey’s first farm-based practice, rooted in the philosophy that the right food — fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, beans and seeds — is medicine.
Fruits and vegetables contain nutrients that prevent inflammation, which is believed to be cause of many chronic diseases.
“Plant-based whole foods are the most powerful disease-modifying tools available to practitioners — more powerful than any drugs or surgeries.”
“I am not saying if you fall down and break your ankle, I can fix it by putting a salve of mugwort on it. You need someone to fix your fracture,” Weiss said. “I am talking about treating and preventing chronic disease — the heart attacks, the strokes, the cardiovascular disease, the cancers … the illnesses that are taking our economy and our nation down.”
Weiss said he so believes in this reinvention of his medical career, he cashed in all of his assets — even selling his practice, at which he still sees patients three days a week — to buy the farm. In June, he launched Ethos Health, a community-supported agriculture project.
His two farmers have produced fresh vegetables, fruit and herbs for 90 families, who pay a membership fee and volunteer their time picking potatoes and weeding. It’s a collaboration that encourages people to take a keener interest in their diets, which is where health care should start, he said.
“Human health is directly related to the health of the environment, the production of food and how it is grown,” said Weiss, who earned an undergraduate degree in botany at Rutgers College of Arts in Science in Newark. “I see this farm as an opportunity for me to take everything I’ve done all my life, all the biology and chemistry of plants I have studied, and link them to the human biological system.”
Weiss acknowledged that his philosophy is not shared by many of his peers.
He was thrilled when Kim A. Williams, president-elect of the American College of Cardiology, published an essay last month advocating his patients eat a plant-based diet. Williams described how becoming a vegan reduced his cholesterol levels after a low-fat diet had failed.
Some doctors, however, criticized Williams’ essay, saying a diet eschewing all meat, fish, eggs or dairy products is still experimental, according to published reports.
Nutrition science has long been a moving target for a confused public, hungry for answers on how to eat healthier. In March, the British journal Annals of Internal Medicine added to the mystery after reviewing 72 studies and concluding there was “no significant evidence that saturated fats increase the risk of heart disease.”
The American Heart Association recommends a diet of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, fish, poultry and nuts.
The plant-based diet is also a hard sell for some patients. For the doubters, Weiss tells them about 90-year-old Angelina Rotella of West New York, who came to his office on the night before Christmas Eve, in a wheelchair with congestive heart failure.
“I asked her, ‘Do you want me to call 911 and admit you to Palisades General? Or will you let me feed you sweet potatoes and kale?’ Amazingly enough, with the help of her daughter, she chose this,” Weiss said. “She doesn’t have diabetes anymore and chronic heart failure. She is cooking, sewing and walking around town. I’m not saying it’s easy, but she seized the opportunity and she is transformed.”
Angie Rotella-Suarez, who lives upstairs from her mother, said she faithfully prepared her meals, strictly adhering to Weiss’ diet of grains (such as whole-grain brown rice and sweet potatoes), steamed greens (including kale and spinach), fruit (a big serving of wild organic blueberries is a must) and water.
The results have been “more than a miracle,” Rotella-Suarez said in a telephone interview. Within two weeks, her mother stopped taking her blood pressure medication.
“Eight months later, she is down 40 pounds. My mother is out of the wheelchair. My mother does the dishes again,” Rotella-Suarez said, starting to cry. “She hasn’t done the dishes in seven years, easy.”
The recovery was so swift, Rotella-Suarez and her sister both adopted the vegan diet and each lost 40 pounds; they are no longer pre-diabetic.
“It sounds like a hoax, but Dr. Weiss is absolutely thorough. He is the best of what the medical profession has to offer,” she said. “He is not living in a make-believe world.”
“Food is Medicine,” a lecture by Weiss, drew about 60 people to the Brookside Community Center in Mendham. Questions ranged from “How do you feel about vaccines?” (“I have two little children, and we have given them every single vaccine around”) to “Which are better for you? Raw or cooked vegetables?” (Both are good, but studies say celery and carrots are better cooked.)
Beth Niehoff of Mendham, a married mother of four, admitted the idea of changing everyone’s diet daunted her.
“What if you someone does this 80 percent?” she asked.
“Well, then you will have 20 percent of issues, which is fine. I work with people who say, ‘I don’t want to go that far,’ ” Gala said.
Weiss conceded it’s not easy convincing people to graze for their health in a fast-food world. Once a year, he confessed, he looks forward to eating a hot pastrami sandwich.
Modern Farmer How-To: A Better Way to Build a Raised Bed
Apr 12, 2018
Brian Barth
https://modernfarmer.com/2018/04/how-to-build-a-better-raised-bed/?fbclid=IwAR3qKxpQ7-XxxIgDTBVKR4Gxer4C0tB6bUmdFLPH74lWNP9mG1Ay4jb7h4w
88 Years Old And She Still Lives Off The Grid Alone since 1960
See more at: http://www.goodshomedesign.com/88-years-old-and-she-still-lives-off-the-grid-alone-since-1960/?fbclid=IwAR0fDwXtG0nncu3HesSheAC3Qm5wkrUcKN0Hxx6LuuMaymp8unVJIqDrflw
Jeanie Lawson, KY ” I feel very blessed that a friend introduced me to a wonderful 88 yr old woman who has lived “off the grid” since 1960. She lives in an old log home her father built 83 years ago. There is not any electricity or running water. She has a cellar for her fridge. The front door was homemade and she re-did the chinking on the logs herself. Her bathroom is outside on the hill and family ran water from a spring to her tub which she proudly showed me. She cooks on a wood stove and served me sassafras tree she made from the mountains. (Very good) she gave me a bar of her lye soap she made and showed me how she makes dish soap from wood ash and water, also good for cleaning dogs. She washes clothes in an old tin tub. She made. Church in her barn and she goes there often to lie down. The pews were homemade. Her 60+ yr old brother died this week and she showed me pictures of him. The coroner came and pronounced him and family made the casket and washed and clothed him, no funeral home ow embalming. This is a woman who is happy and feels so blessed. She does not live off the system whatsoever and draws no food stamps or social security.”
In the first photo – Sitting on her front porch with her Bible. She was raised in this house from the age of 3. She is 88.
Front of the old log home
Living room as it looks today
In the old log home Clock that she made that shows all the family (17 kids) in her family.
“Giving me a bar of her homemade lye soap.”
Where she makes soap for her kitchen and to clean the dogs with…made from wood ash and water.
“Quaint little church that she had put in her barn. Homemade benches came from an area church, they were made by a relative. She goes here to rest and reflect.” “In all my 60 yrs I have never been so in awe as well as impressed with a person’s independence and faith. Bless this sweet lady and may I learn and remember how to feel thankful and blessed as this sweet woman is.” says Jeanie Lawson
Gardening By The Moon
https://www.gardeningbythemoon.com/
DHS Says Americans Need to Start Prepping for up to six months without electricity!
December 10, 2018 Off Grid Survival
https://offgridsurvival.com/dhspowergriddownwarning/
How To Remove 80 % of Heavy Metals From The Body In 42 Days With This Plant
Written by bestfolkmedicine on August 6, 2018
Unfortunately, there are all kinds of heavy metals we are being exposed to on the daily without actually being aware. Some of them, including mercury, aluminum, and cadmium have the capacity to penetrate our bones and central nervous system and to accumulate there for years until we actually start experiencing acute health issues as a result of heavy metal poisoning. Luckily, there is a powerful method which can help you chelate heavy metals and expel them from the body.
https://bestfolkmedicine.com/2018/08/remove-80-of-heavy-metals-from-the-body-in-42-days-with-this-plant/?fbclid=IwAR2sVjYjs-5-pVdMA5Ij5OPhFqm_q3DYVaHRKQXomuonq7kCIqx9ndaPpwk
How To Remove 80 % of Heavy Metals From The Body In 42 Days With This Plant
Written by bestfolkmedicine on August 6, 2018
Unfortunately, there are all kinds of heavy metals we are being exposed to on the daily without actually being aware. Some of them, including mercury, aluminum, and cadmium have the capacity to penetrate our bones and central nervous system and to accumulate there for years until we actually start experiencing acute health issues as a result of heavy metal poisoning. Luckily, there is a powerful method which can help you chelate heavy metals and expel them from the body.
https://bestfolkmedicine.com/2018/08/remove-80-of-heavy-metals-from-the-body-in-42-days-with-this-plant/?fbclid=IwAR2sVjYjs-5-pVdMA5Ij5OPhFqm_q3DYVaHRKQXomuonq7kCIqx9ndaPpwk
Could Fracking Debt Set off Big Financial Tremors?
Sept 21, 2018
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/will-fracking-industry-debts-set-off-financial-tremors/
9 Habits You Should Start Today for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Prevention
Posted on: April 18, 2017 at 2:09 pm
Last updated: August 23, 2018 at 10:30 am
https://theheartysoul.com/9-ways-to-prevent-dementia/?utm_source=TT&utm_content=47034-6VDJ&fbclid=IwAR23P1HLWldT4L0JWrfSPQM7lpy-UPox7RmPoLI2YdbxYiwvDcJ3oR4yuEo
9 Habits You Should Start Today for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Prevention
Posted on: April 18, 2017 at 2:09 pm
Last updated: August 23, 2018 at 10:30 am
https://theheartysoul.com/9-ways-to-prevent-dementia/?utm_source=TT&utm_content=47034-6VDJ&fbclid=IwAR23P1HLWldT4L0JWrfSPQM7lpy-UPox7RmPoLI2YdbxYiwvDcJ3oR4yuEo
One gallon of gas = 98 tons (196,000 pounds) of ancient plants = 40 acres of wheat in your gas tank every 20 miles
http://energyskeptic.com/2014/one-gallon-of-gas-98-tons-of-ancient-plants/?fbclid=IwAR1UB9UFYEccfiZhQXuGc3I_gbvic7cXu0EwfgtTW3LsZ2XAaPeMYJGJjUo
Mobile Bug Out Prototype * Leaving The City Behind
Pasta and Powdered Milk look like winners and I keep adding both of these items to my stockpile.
The End of An Age
February 28, 2017
Liam
https://liamscheff.com/2017/02/the-end-of-an-age/?fbclid=IwAR2PejGoHumjUIgkOQuBo0lT2eIEF2w38G-VKexkJwlyc0Xim9jAftV-bBg
The 10 Commodities That Will Most Likely Become Valuable for Trading After an Economic Collapse:
By Claude Nelson March 27, 2015 17:20
http://www.askaprepper.com/10-things-to-do-before-an-emp/
More and more preparing, Howard!
Thanks for the post. The EMP has always been my biggest fear.
People think I'm a member of a cult talking about Peak Oil, Peak Water, Peak Soil, Peak Bee Population, and EMPs.
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