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acc724: will spraying heavy concentrations of garlic around their habitats destroy the fungus which in turn provides them food and wards off the ants' natural enemies? I'm more asking.
I am psyched and folks here can understand why as opposed to my non-gardening friends (Although I recently converted one.), who look at me and say, "Okay." This morning, I was messing with rows, for next year, and was so excited at seeing all the worms in the soil, that I disturbed. I have said it before, mostly rotted leaves are Filet Mignon for these wonderful creatures.
Another great tool: this is Dr. Oz.
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/genetically-modified-foods-pt-1
jawmoke: Zna Trainer applied Dr. Warburg's work to her own life. She developed unique exercises to force more oxygen into the lungs. BTW, I don't have the email addy that you had for me. Contact me on You Tube or use my You Tube alias for Yahoo.
jawmoke: check out the research by 1931 Nobel prize winner, Otto Warburg.
Here is an incredible tool for our war against GMOs. Todd, moxa, and others will certainly realize the weaponry here.
Another fine article by Heather Pilatic:
http://www.panna.org/blog/organic-food-study-missed-point
jawmoke: it is so good to see you spending time here and enjoying yourself with all these terrific folks on this incredible board.
Maybe some might glean an idea or two from here:
http://kevinsonger.blogspot.com/2012/09/green-roofs-and-biomimicrys-lessons.html
Just when you thought that Agribusiness could not possibly get any lower:
http://grist.org/business-technology/looking-for-kids-books-avoid-this-monsanto-propaganda/
Well a bodacious thunderstorm killed the router and the replacement just went on. Woot!
This just in from last week:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/federal-reserve-audit-bill_n_1702879.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
bbotcs: how's life treating you? The brainwashed insanity has a deep root among the sheople. The O'Bomber Poster Child for Monsanto HAS TO GO. I virtually don't care if Hitler or Stalin was running against him. Of course, Romney's a jerkweed. Duh? How else could he get the nomination these days?
Not one significant issue is mentioned by The ABTT Networks. Let's all get off these Fox verses ABC, etal debates. They're nonsense. They are all the media of the state. It's not liberal bias in the media, it's statist propaganda. They've long taken a page out of professional wrestling promotions.
moxa: fierce storms kept me off the 'Net last "Happy Hour." I mentioned to her about the drones and she went slightly hysterical. She and her companion, at first, thought it was a bug, until it got close to them and she noticed that it was flying in a perfectly straight line. Upon research, she thought it looked like the early prototypes, as opposed to the more sophisticated mosquito models.
Her late dad was a close friend and a deep thorn in the devices of the schemers for decades. She's active enough that it's easy to understand why they would want to keep an eye on her.
If anyone ever doubted me concerning my assessment of public-consumption politics and the supposed difference between "liberals" and "conservatives" it has been all proven in full swing this week.
The O'Bomber/Monsanto Administration has tyranny down to an art form. The Supreme Court supports the State having a say in our choices and what it can do to our bodies. The inconsistencies of their rulings are appalling; but I digress. Yet this all pales in comparison with the insect-shaped and sized drones are can be unleashed. At least, one instance of someone whom I know quite well has already come in contact with one of the prototypes.
Eddie, the concept is fine in the article, however their suggestions for plants aren't that practical for most vegetable gardeners. Also, hummingbirds are very territorial is will drive off bees and butterflies. Hummingbirds are nice to have around, but they shouldn't be part of a strategy to pollinate fruit trees, vegetables, and the such like. Plants such a Canna are great for Zone 8 or above, but become a dubious labor drain in colder climates, if one is predisposed to mainly vegetable gardening.
The mason bees brings up an important point about creating an ecosystem. This speaks to why one keeps a minimum of trees around a garden spot and why one leaves a "safe" standing dead one or two. In the system, flickers and woodpecker are a big benefit to our garden spots.
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed), while potentially invasive, can be kept at a safe distance from a garden spot. Also, another invasive, but beautiful plant is the common Black-eyed Susans. Still clover and alfalfa and others should be the mainstays.
alpinefrost: sorry, I did a poor job of properly communicating that point. About seven years back, I managed an organic produce operation on a dairy farm, That's where the two acres were. The plot was initially tilled, but for the purpose of unearthing the larger rocks. Yes, I used some equipment, including a skid-steerer. The rocks were gathered up and used to line an adjacent creek from which a portable water pump irrigated the whole two acres. Several truckloads of sand were imported and utilized to amend the soil, along with the fruits of my massive compost piles.
Once the soil was set, red clover was planted. The rare problematic "weeds" were simply removed with a mini-hand maddox. The owner and his dairy manager were amazed on how the mat of ground cover performed multiple tasks. The plot was never tilled again while I was there and the yields were outstanding.
Organic no-till is probably the soundest horticultural practice. I don't want anyone to think that any kind of tilling is foolish. However, I do want to encourage others, who have a like sustainable mindset, to explore the value of this low-tech practice. Most of us, if not all, appreciate food forests. Food forests are no-till and look what they can yield.
WEEDS are a concept. Corn is a weed in a field of soybeans. Weeds are not the enemy of sustainable practitioners, it's the leeches-for-healing concepts in agriculture that keep being perpetuated. Once one has the freedom of mind that "weeds" are part of a sustainable living ecosystem, then that individual also starts to realize that most insects are not a serious threat to crop yields. The problematic ones can be eliminated or certainly attenuated by sound practices. Strategic location of toad homes takes care of slugs. Manure isolation prevents cutworms. Other insects keep some pests in check. Mega-agribusiness (a plank of Marx) spends resources and money to prevent, at most 5% loss. Their practices, which have filtered down cause far more loss, in both the long and short run.
Happy gardening.
Eddie, too bad that they have bought into the "need" to kill "weeds." Yes, what my garden is something small scale, however the principles have been used on two acres. The keys are soil prep and carefully carpeting with cover crops. Today was another bumper crop of bumblebees.
Alive and well and disgruntled over politics as usual: mob rule swayed by the ABTT Networks.
Woot! Imagine my excitement today over the plethora of bumblebees all over my clover.
moxa1 However, there's more to it that just this. I was just getting ready to post the article.
Howdy all; haven't had web access for a while. I've been reading Jeremy Rifkin's The Third Industrial Revolution. The most serious problem with peak oil concepts is NOT the global peak oil point (even though we may have even reached there), but the per capita peak oil which is well past.
The author takes events through his own filters, so the conversion for most of us should be quite illuminating.
io_io: Chazzam! Well, there's got to be some happy traders! In a discussion on another site, the subject of biotects was broached and a poster mentioned ONTY!
Hi there, my friend: I cheated and already dug some parsnips. They were talking to me.
b4atf: soil amendments work there also. You're a bit colder than a challenge I had years ago. I culled an amount of Wintergreen from the woods.
b4atf: stop and ask yourself why one needs to till? Surely, it can't be for weeds, as with a groundcover plan, they can't be a problem and the weeds aren't hurting anything. Properly prepared soil can be planted quite quickly; whether seeds or plants. Tilling disturbs and even harms worms, fungi, beetles, and other organisms.
Most folks till because they experience a diminished cycle of soil production. Even though composting is great, it is often a band-aid for many gardens. Furthermore, the general reduction of the bee population is abetted with clover for groundcover and attracting bumblebees (who are especially early pollinators).
This is a somewhat simplistic answer, but hopefully it will stimulate your thinking.
Could it be that here we go again? It's not a definitive chart, but it demands a close look for the next few days.
b4atf: I use the word, religion, in a far broader base definition than the somewhat common denotation that most folks are accustomed with. Agribusiness, that most are almost forced to interface with, is a religion. It's not one that I bow my knee toward. Sustainable living, with its diversity of practices, is an antithesis to that horrid religion.
However, codewords and buzzwords abound in our culture and society. For example, "no-till" means something virtually diametrically opposed, in the minds of the farmers who accept GMOs, vis-à-vis that which I advocate of only hand tilling once the soil is restored. Biodynamics is a useful approach, for those who have space, to the higher echelons of organic, sustainable living. Yet, there is infamy associated with biodynamics, simply because a particular advocate has a "religious" following and the teachings ignore the challenges of urban and even suburban gardeners.
I was looking to stimulate readers to examine baseline principles of biodynamics and to ignore the pontifications.
Greetings to all. For those who have the space, it's important to aim toward a self-contained and self-sustainable system. Often discussions about ecology and the environment take on a religious bent/tilt. Urban gardeners can hardly follow purist bio-dynamics. Then again, it's not very practical except, for those with space. Yet, before one can adhere to biodynamics, there are augmentations and other amendments that are usually in order to become self-contained.
I'm offering caution as to how one approaches biodynamics, as it is a paradox into itself: cultivating plants and having domesticated animals violate the religious dogma of the practice, but then it's often pick and choose.
pcrutch: please, let's dispense with the labels. Most folks are into biotects and the like for speculation and/or trading off of other speculators. Egg hatching possibilities drive speculation. I don't play this stock for my health.
You will notice our multi-year history of posts here are pump-free.
anejames: I have witnessed deer clearing an eight foot high fence. The real problem with deer is not in the remote areas, but in suburbia, where many have totally lost any fear of humans. By providing a cover area and natural food source away from gardens, in remote areas, even a fence, at your height, will deter them.
sumisu: the total package of self-sufficiency and involuntary citizenship are the key factors. Actually, I expect to be very active here; describing the blow by blow details. I look forward to growing my own Champaign Mangoes and green organic Cocoa pods, among many other things.
As I have been studying and preparing to move to Belize, I discovered that most vanilla Orchids are pain-consuming hand pollinated. However, where the plant is native to parts of Mexico, et al. There's a little black bee that does the job.
Well, a dojo. Let's see if this reverses.
I've been away. Is there anything that I missed here?
I'm amazed how consistently well this has been doing.
FJ: yeppers, it hasn't been pretty, for those who simply buy and hold. I've started looking into to them for use in Belize.
Well, this one caught me off guard. I usually listen to Pandora several times per week. However, this month, I been wrapped up with projects. It's a super site, and they have always been responsive and quick to personal communications. I highly reccomend their inexpensive subscription.
moxa1: actually, I'm not leaving the field of battle. I'm changing the field of control. I may actually finish my novel soon. They'll hate it. Here's an appropriate excerpt:
"In loneliness, the warrior surveys the disease that has hit the nation. He is the cure. He knows where the poison maker lives. He knows the houses of the corrupt judges. He knows the clubs of the bankers."
There is a battle for food and for seed and for dignity and to be free from poisons. The warrior picks and choses his battles wisely. BTW, I'm planning on growing Barbados Nut to then produce my own biodiesel.
As I prepare for my move to Central America; Belize, in particular, I dug up information from my library on latrines. This book is very helpful.
http://www.watersanitationhygiene.org/References/EH_KEY_REFERENCES/SANITATION/Latrine%20Design%20and%20Construction/Sanitation%20Without%20Water%20(Winblad%20Kitama).pdf
This is part of our survivalist mentality. It also teaches us how to turn a liability into an asset and how to avoid problems, as well as lowering one's use of water and other resources.