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My neighbor or I think her son, took back some of her land which I had part of my garden. She wanted to restore the former boundary, which I immediately disputed. I removed all the fencing, removed the raised beds, and flower pots. A surveyor showed up after three days and marked off the boundary. Yup, I was correct. I had built and maintained a rose garden for her, so this year the roses will get just one bloom and the weeds are towering. I'm too busy building a new garden. Welcome to the new America....
Once the beds fill in with growth, I will update with garden pictures.
I met a guy who was raised on an orchard and farm. I gave him four aronia bushes, a mulberry bush, and a stone boundary that I built up over 40 years. I needed the room for that aforementioned new garden. In return, this guy will teach me how to preserve my tomatoes and other veggies at harvest. I should have learned decades ago, so this is the big year.
Due to the pandemic last year, I worked hard, got in shape, and lost 33 pounds. No coffee shops meant no desserts....
I eat very well and walk a lot, as I don't drive.
I will do anything to stay away from Big Pharma through my lifestyle and diet.
sumi
Beautiful! You going to have quite the harvest there!
Garden finally getting to the point of less maintenance after about oh I don't know at least over 5K wheelbarrow fulls of chips brought in.
Soil finally paying off.
Added strawberries last year and made additional 4 rows this year for 6 total.
Going to need to buy a bigger freezer but that's a good thing.
Doing lot of research on different foods for my immune system going to take it to another level.
Big pharma, medical community, FDA & rest of government, etc can kiss my ass!
Sounds great with the potatoes going in last autumn.
This picture is what I planted last autumn directly in the ground. Of course I have not harvested yet, but the growth seems very healthy. I dug troughs in the ground, filled with a layer of rotted straw, placed the potatoes on the rotted straw, and then mounded the potatoes with soil/compost. This method shows the growth so far. It is on the east side of my white color house.
Good luck with your garden this year.
sumi
Promising News!
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So I did what the article stated but in a big pot instead.
Mostly wood chips bit of soil. They came up fine.
Pollen-sized particles give bees immunity to insecticides
By Nick Lavars
June 01, 2021
Scientists have developed a new type of ingestible microparticle that detoxifies common insecticides and could help address dwindling bee populations across the globe pervach/Depositphotos
Bees play a critical role in pollinating many of plants that humans eat and are therefore key to food security, but populations continue to decline rapidly around the world. A number of factors are contributing to this, including habitat loss and drought, but a tiny new ingestible particle developed at Cornell University takes aim at a key one, by detoxifying deadly insecticides before they can do these important critters harm.
Common insecticides like neonicotinoids, which the EU banned in 2016, are used to protect growing crops from hungry insects, but often bees get caught in the crossfire. These toxic substances interfere with the molecules that help bees produce energy, and can disrupt their sleep cycles and leave them immobile and starving.
The new technology is described as an antidote for these types of chemicals, with the researchers first focusing on what are known as organophosphate-based insecticides, which make up around one third of the market. The Cornell University scientists developed a microparticle the size of pollen, which can be packed with enzymes that break down and completely detoxify these insecticides before the bee absorbs them.
The particles can be mixed into pollen patties or sugar water and fed to the bees, with a protective casing safeguarding the enzymes as they pass through the stomach, which is acidic and would otherwise break them down. They instead travel safely through to the midgut, where digestion takes place, and the enzymes can go to work breaking down and detoxifying the organophosphates.
This was first demonstrated through in vitro experiments and then on live bees in the lab, where the insects were fed both an organophosphate pesticide and the particles, while another control group was administered only the organophosphate pesticide. The scientists observed a 100 percent survival rate in the bees fed the particles, while all the unprotected control bees died in the following days.
“We have a solution whereby beekeepers can feed their bees our microparticle products in pollen patties or in a sugar syrup, and it allows them to detoxify the hive of any pesticides that they might find,” says James Webb, a co-author of the paper and CEO of Beemmunity, a spinoff company that is continuing to work on the technology.
Beemmunity is developing the technology to tackle an even broader range of insecticides. Many of these, including neonicotinoids, work by targeting insect proteins. To combat this, Beemmunity is developing particles that, instead of enzymes, feature a special absorptive oil, and a casing made from insect proteins. The idea is that rather than breaking the insecticide down, the particle soaks up and entraps the insecticide within the casing, which can then be safely passed by the bee.
“This is a low-cost, scalable solution which we hope will be a first step to address the insecticide toxicity issue and contribute to the protection of managed pollinators,” says senior author Minglin Ma.
Beemmunity is conducting trials across 240 hives in New Jersey this US summer, with plans to launch its products in February 2022, all going well.
The research was published in the journal Nature Food.
Source: Cornell University
https://newatlas.com/environment/pollen-sized-particles-bees-immunity-insecticides/
Banana peels are good for gardens
Brew banana peel tea by putting banana peels in a jar and covering with water.
Paul Barbano
June 3, 2020
The pandemic and isolation are causing many people to “go bananas,” because the phrase “going bananas” probably comes from the earlier idiom of “going ape,” meaning acting crazy or wild as apes sometimes do.
Bananas are unusual in many ways, not the least that bananas, like watermelons, botanically speaking, are actually berries, which develop one flower with one ovary and often several seeds. Yes, bananas have seeds, but they are so small and edible that we forget about them.
Because of the oil in them, rubbing the inside of a banana peel on your skin will reduce the itching from mosquito bites and poison ivy. You can even use banana peels to polish silver by rubbing it with the inside of the peel.
The scientific name for bananas is Musa sapientum, which translates as “fruit of the wise men.” And you are wise, indeed, to use banana peels as fertilizer.
Banana peels are good for gardens because they contain 42 percent potassium (abbreviated to its scientific name K), one of the three major components of fertilizer along with nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) and shown on fertilizer labels as NPK. In fact, banana peels have the highest organic sources of potassium.
Potassium aids plants in moving nutrients and water between cells. Potassium strengthens plants' stems and also fights off disease. It is especially important to creating flowers, and even makes fruits (and berries!) taste better. Potassium will even make your plants more resistant to drought. Without enough potassium, plants grow poorly in general. It even increases the protein content of your plants.
In short, potassium helps plants grown for their fruiting and flowering, including rose bushes and fruit trees, rather than plants grown for their foliage, such as spinach, lettuce and Swiss chard.
Banana peels are good fertilizer because of what they do not contain. They contain absolutely no nitrogen. While plants need nitrogen (remember the NPK on fertilizers), too much nitrogen will create lots of green leaves but few berries or fruits. This means potassium-rich banana peels are excellent for plants like tomatoes, peppers or flowers. Banana peels also contain calcium, which prevents blossom end rot in tomatoes. The manganese in banana peels aids photosynthesis, while the sodium in banana peels helps water flow between cells. They even have traces of magnesium and sulfur, elements that help make chlorophyll.
Bayer to review Roundup's future in U.S. after court setback
By Carl Surran
SA News Editor
May 26, 2021 10:49 PM ET
Bayer (OTCPK:BAYRY) says it will evaluate whether to continue using glyphosate in its Roundup weedkiller in the residential U.S. market after a judge today rejected its plan to settle future claims alleging the herbicide causes cancer.
Bayer also says it will abandon attempts at a court-approved solution to address its future Roundup liability, and instead will pursue options such as creating a new website with studies relevant to Roundup's safety that could also be reflected on its label.
The company says it will rethink selling glyphosate-based products to U.S. residential consumers - the source of the bulk of lawsuits - while continuing to sell to professional and agricultural users.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said Roundup is safe and would not permit a cancer warning label, but that leaves the company in a quandary over how to contain liability on a product it sells without any warning label.
Earlier this month, Bayer lost an appeal in one of the three Roundup cases to go to trial.
Now read: Bayer plunges on 'prolonged uncertainty' from Roundup settlement rejection
Note: There are active links contained within the original article linked below.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3700602-bayer-to-review-roundups-future-in-us-after-court-setback
"Hyper Inflation, Shortages and DARK TIMES Ahead"...Not!
Fear and gloom n doom is not the reality.The healing has begun.The transition from fear,slavery and control is just getting started.Prepare for good times ahead.A new age has arrived!There will bumps on this new journey but the trend will be towards real peace and a lasting prosperity shared by more and more.Bad guys and bad thinking are loosing their grip and they are in panic mode.The positive shift is so strong supply restraints have developed but these are very temporary.Stay calm keep on growing yourself and your garden.The pandemic opened up a door for wonderful change.A much needed healthy transformation of our world is upon us.Every institution will be challenged and improved.Or they will become irrelevant.
When you and I change
The World will Change.
To Heal and Grow we must Choose
to Face our Fears and
Release our Tears.
As we Transform we will Grow wings
and Together we will Soar like birds in the sky.
We will Dream,Dance and Sing new songs.
Knowing we all Belong.
Flying in the skies above
Filled with Hope,Joy and Love.
May I always be myself and be kind to others.
May I begin each day with an attitude of gratitude,
a glass of water, and gentle stretching.
May I seek to Learn,Grow and Share what I know.
May I dream big,take risks and embrace my mistakes.
May I Never Quit as I strive for strength and resilience.
May I remember that Gradual,Gentle Growth is Good.
May I thrive,share my smile and look for opportunities
to say hello to potential new friends daily.
May I die exploring and climbing towards new vistas.
created by khillresearch@gmail.com
HERE WE GO- Hyper Inflation, Shortages and DARK TIMES Ahead
Farm Robot Zaps Weeds With High-Powered Lasers, Eliminates Need For Toxic Herbicides
APR 30, 2021
In the same way, a self-driving car sees its surroundings on city streets, sensors that use machine learning technology allow farm robots to navigate fields. Automation is a growing presence in the farm industry, and a new generation of autonomous robots is helping farmers shape tomorrow's crops.
Crops that can be harvested with barely any or no herbicides would be beneficial not just to humans but also to the environment.
An oddly-shaped autonomous farm tractor can eliminate the need for toxic herbicides by using high-powered lasers to weed about 20 acres per day to solve this dilemma.
Robotics company Carbon Robotics unveiled its newest weed elimination robot, Autonomous Weeder, which leverages artificial intelligence, sensors, and lasers to eliminate weeds on commercial farms.
"Traditional chemicals used by farmers, such as herbicides, deteriorate soil health and are tied to health problems in humans and other mammals. A laser-powered, autonomous weed management solution reduces or eliminates farmers' needs for herbicides," Carbon Robotics' website said.
Autonomous Weeder offers an economical path towards organic farming that is generally labor-intensive. The robot also reduces the highly variable cost of manual labor.
"AI and deep learning technology are creating efficiencies across a variety of industries, and we're excited to apply it to agriculture," said Carbon Robotics CEO and Founder Paul Mikesell.
Mikesell continued: "Farmers, and others in the global food supply chain, are innovating now more than ever to keep the world fed. Our goal at Carbon Robotics is to create tools that address their most challenging problems, including weed management and elimination."
Here's a demo video of the farm robot zapping weeds in a field.
From FB anyone ever hear about this?
No. These are not pickled eggs. These are homegrown, unwashed eggs stored in lime water. The lime water fills in all the pores of the egg and encases them in a shell of "glass". Water glassed eggs can last stored at room temperature like this for up to 2 years. This method of preserving raw eggs has been used since the 1800s and was common even into the 1940s and 50s. When refrigerators became a standard kitchen appliance, water glassing almost became a lost art.
You cannot use commercial eggs for this because they have all had the protective coating (bloom) washed off the shell and will quickly go bad. I recently scrambled up 18 eggs that had been stored in lime water for 7 months on an unrefrigerated cupboard shelf and they tasted perfectly fresh (although the yoke seemed a bit thinner than fresh eggs).
Anyhow, if you have an abundance of fresh, unwashed eggs, you might want to try putting some away for later. The ratio is one ounce (by weight) of lime (calcium hydroxide) to one quart of water. Calcium hydroxide is a completely natural, organic ingredient and harmless, although the powder is very fine and may irritate your lungs if you breathe it in. The lime water also quickly dried out the skin on my hands and I had to apply lotion to get them back to normal. When you do use the eggs, be sure to rinse them thoroughly before you crack them or they will taste like lime.
FYI: a gallon size container will store about 40 eggs. Lime is also known as calcium hydroxide. You can buy it in 50 pound bags in the masonry section of the hardware store, or in 1 pound bags in the canning section of the grocery store....often labeled as "pickling lime”. Thank you
all kinds of Info
https://www.mdpi.com/
Vitamins D and K — way more important than you thought
https://www.backwoodshome.com/vitamins-d-and-k-way-more-important-than-you-thought/?fbclid=IwAR0UdM0zW7gNkUAMCs-4v2Yd-6K86u1avsMzZORskZzbJfwBwbWtxP5BWw4
As opposed to
Pharmacy
Dan, other countries ban items but ours?
Only if the $$$$$$$$$$$$ isn't buying them off.
Campaign to Save Earth's Honey Bees!
67,321 signatures toward our 80,000 Goal
Sponsor: The Rainforest Site
Urge the EPA to outlaw neonicotinoid pesticides that are killing off honey bees.
It's long been known that Earth's honey bee population is decreasing at an alarming rate. The fact is, much of our natural ecosystem depends on the processes involved with bee pollination, and if this pollination cannot happen, many of our crops — from broccoli to strawberries — will be in grave peril.
In fact, honey bee deaths are reaching a critical point, whereby it may not be possible to reverse the damage. The good news is that much of the population decline can be attributed to reversible human actions, including the use of neonicotinoids, insecticides chemically related to nicotine that cause honeybees, bumblebees, and beneficial ladybugs to literally drop dead.
We can afford insects eating our plant life; but we simply cannot afford a decimation of the honey bee. Write to the EPA asking that these immensely harmful pesticides are outlawed.
The Petition:
To the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency:
If we don't act now to save Earth's honey bee population, we could reach a critical point of no return. You see, the planet's honey bees have been in steady decline for several years now — climate change, parasites, habitat loss are all contributors. Some of these issues are going to be difficult to tackle, but there's one catalyst that humans can act on right now.
Bees are dying in large numbers as a result of the use of certain neonicotinoids to treat our crops over the past decade. Previously thought to be non-toxic to these precious pollinators, more recent peer-reviewed studies have linked the proliferation of neonicotinoids to a decrease in queen production and an increase in "disappeared" bees, the ones that never return to the hive from their foraging trips.
While insect pests are detrimental to our crops, the loss of our honey bees would be catastrophic. We can handle some less-than-ideal produce. But we can't handle a total decimation of our food supply as a result of lack of bee pollination.
You have the power to save our nation's food supply. Don't let this opportunity slip away: outlaw the use of the neonicotinoids killing our honey bees.
https://therainforestsite.greatergood.com/clicktogive/trs/petition/SaveEarthsHoneybees?
New NASA satellite data prove carbon dioxide is GREENING the Earth and restoring forests
MAR 5, 2121
The latest Vegetation Index data from NASA shows that the Earth is getting progressively “greener” and lusher over time.
The planet is 10 percent greener today than it was in 2000, NASA says, which means better conditions for growing crops. Forests are also expanding while deserts are becoming more fertile and usable for agriculture.
All in all, the global Vegetation Index rose from 0.0936 to 0.1029 between 2000 and 2021, a 9.94 percent increase.
“10 percent greening in 20 years! We are incredibly fortunate!” announced Zoe Phin, a researcher who compiled the data into a chart for her blog.
“I just wish everyone felt that way. But you know not everyone does. To the extent that humans enhance global greening is precisely what social parasites want to tax and regulate. No good deed goes unpunished.”
A separate German study found that the globe has been greening for at least the past three decades.
Satellite imagery suggests that vegetation has been expanding at a growing rate, contracting the gloom-and-doom narrative being spread by the climate alarmists.
Back in 2018, research found that the Sahara Desert, the largest in the world, had shrunk by more than 8 percent over the past three decades. This is truly profound as the Sahara covers an expansive 9.2 million square kilometers of territory.
“Eight percent means more than 700,000 square kilometers more area that’s become green – an area almost as big as Germany and France combined,” reports P. Gosselin.
“So in terms of vegetation, the planet probably hasn’t had it this nice in about 1,000 years.”
“Global warming” is a good thing – it’s healing the planet!
Most of this greening is caused by greenhouse gases – you know, those “horrible” emissions that the climate fanatics insist are going to kill us all.
Truth be told, greenhouse gases are making the planet more habitable for humans and other life forms.
One study calls this phenomenon carbon dioxide (CO2) fertilization, which is far more accurate than calling it CO2 “pollution” as many in the mainstream media continue to do.
By the year 2100, all this greening will offset 17 years’ worth of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, rendering all this “pollution” as if it never even happened. In other words, there will be only benefits and no drawbacks from all this “global warming” that is taking place.
“There are many more studies underpinning the good news of the greening planet – thanks in large part to mankind,” notes Gosselin. “It’s not as bad as the crybaby activists and media depict it to be. Not even close.”
The problem is that there is no money to be made from telling everyone that the planet is just fine, and to continue living as normal. There would be no “need” for a “green” shift away from fossil fuels, and no “need” to stop eating meat, among other such nonsense.
The powers that be have to keep the “climate change” ruse going in order to advance their globalist agenda. Without climate change, there would be no excuse to steal people’s freedoms and liberties while imposing hell on earth as the “solution” to all of these manufactured climate woes.
“Food security will always be a factor because as long as global population increases, so must global agricultural production increase. That said (the need for agricultural output to keep pace with population), by far the biggest threat to humanity, is NOT climate change,” wrote one commenter at WattsUpWithThat.com.
“The biggest threat to humanity and resulting environmental destruction that a global famine would bring is Climate Change policy – the UN’s Socialist-Marxist climate policy to destroy access to affordable, abundant fossil fuels necessary to sustain global agricultural output.”
https://www.dcclothesline.com/2021/03/05/new-nasa-satellite-data-prove-carbon-dioxide-is-greening-the-earth-and-restoring-forests/
Bingo! The right kind not the Cartel Pharmacy!
Yep, called Farmacy
If that is what it takes to get people off their butt that is great.
I wish our school systems would get the kids growing more.
This company is solving America's food issues one backyard at a time
Love & Carrots lowers our carbon footprint by making sustainable food sources very, very local.
Video: https://thehill.com/changing-america/video/530159-this-company-is-solving-americas-food-issues-one-backyard-at-a-time?jwsource=cl
The average American has an annual carbon footprint of 16 tons, which ranks among the highest in the world. In fact, it's about quadruple the global average. One of the most significant contributing factors to our elevated carbon emissions is where we get out food, which is often shipped from far away, especially for those of us who live in cities.
A plucky business called Love & Carrots, which began a decade ago with one woman and a truck, is addressing this national issue by installing produce gardens across the Washington D.C. area. They’ve installed more than 1000 gardens in almost a decade of business.
Natalie Carver, director of horticulture said, “Our founder Meredith Sheperd saw so many sunny yards not being used for food. And saw the opportunity to start a business and start building gardens in all these sunny pockets across the city."
Unlike most businesses, as Love & Carrots scales, it reduces the overall carbon footprint by bringing city residents as close as possible to their food sources…their own backyards.
Nearly 30% of our food-related carbon emissions comes from transportation. Whether we’re importing bananas from Guatemala, or trucking carrots across the country from the main producer in Bakersfield, California, there is a tremendous amount of energy wasted by shipping perishable food long distances in short amounts of time.
The cost of convenience is not just environmental—you can taste it in the quality and freshness of the fruits and vegetables you eat. “When I first started harvesting in my garden, I realized that the food that I buy in local stores is not really what it tastes like,” says Yong Lee, a Love & Carrots garden owner. “So my palate had to get used to the fact that 'carrot' actually tastes like a stronger version of the carrot you get at a store.
Love & Carrots offers a full-service, turn-key operation. People interested in a garden receive a consultation on the optimal place for their garden as well as a top to bottom installation. If they want it, they can receive garden coaching to help them manage their produce and even have Love and Carrots staff manage the garden in its entirety.
The company's goal, however, stretches from Washington DC all the way back to America's biggest carrot patch in Bakersfield, California. It aims to be a national model, creating a ripple effect across the country. "Our goal is to expose as many people as possible to sustainable practices and smart growing," the company says, "so they can use that knowledge themselves and continue to share it with others."
Published on Jan 06, 2021
https://thehill.com/changing-america/video/530159-this-company-is-solving-americas-food-issues-one-backyard-at-a-time
I am full of hope that a better America is about to emerge
from a terrible period of pain and destruction.I am determined
to do what is required to see the promise of our Constitution become reality and clearly the time for major change has arrived.While sheltering in place I have been searching for the best solutions we can now put to work.The key ingredients for our goals are inside us and they are crying out to be fully expressed in our institutions.
I believe we must treat others as we would like to be treated in
our schools("Teach Like Finland" by Timothy Walker),
in our courts("Restorative Justice", Fania Davis) and
in our prisons("Incarceration" by Christine Montross).
IMO the 3 authors above must be involved in the transformation of our nation.There are plenty of reasons to believe the season for real and meaningful change has arrived.CHANGE IS IN THE AIR!Take Care
I'm seeing the progress made by private companies with the Covid shots. It's too bad that private companies did not distribute them like they do the flu shots for decade after decade, but that is water over the dam.
With the latter progress, I now agree with you that there can be a rebirth.
Stay tune and let's what happens one month at a time.
sumi
The new America we are now rebirthing is going to see the resilience required for a realistic range of shocks.Infrastructure spending this next decade will be a massive positive for the upgraded economy we are going to enjoy.The fun has just begun!This isn't the end of the glory days it's the beginning of a glorious new age.The transformation has arrived!Gloom n Doom thinking is an illness.I've been cured.No more fear based thinking or living for me.The future is bright my friend.Man's potential for amazing transformation has been underappreciated.This is our finest hour yet.Pessimism and fear lost the tug of war.New COVID cases are crashing.The healing and renewal will be beyond all prior recoveries.We can expect an 8 fold increase in the pace of systemic change.The ammount of change that took place in the last 8 decades will happen in one.The global transformation will be utterly shocking.Real global peace and prosperity by 2031 is in the air.There will be bumps and bruises and perfection is not possible but old patterns of conflict and global violence are behind us.The winds of positive change are now blowing.Good bye doom,hello BOOM.
Grab your wings and prepare to fly!
Together we will soar like birds in the sky.
We will dream,dance and sing new songs.
Knowing we all belong.
Flying in the skies above
Filled with hope,joy and love.
KC,2/12/2021
Stay Safe!
The Temporary Collapse Of Texas Is Foreshadowing The Total Collapse Of The United States
Tiny urban patio garden keeps man in fruit and vegetables for nine months.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/alessandro-vitale-grows-food-in-tiny-yard-in-pandemic/
Yep, be interesting to know about that does it happen and to what degree?
My concern with it open to the green house is the potential for mold and the toxins produced from mold. Some form of closed transfer would be better.
Check this out he is using leaves for greenhouse heat.
I'd love to know difference between leaves and wood chips.
Food and energy security=world peace and prosperity.We are almost there!The trends are in place for U.S. energy and food security which will lead to global energy and food security which ends our cycles of depressions and war.COVID-19 opened the door to transform the world in time to avert WW III and a massive die-off.We can feed the hungry in the U.S. tomorrow, once we decide no child should go to bed hungry.That changes EVERYTHING!Eliminate childhood hunger trauma and we will see reversing negative trends in a myriad of social problems from education,crime and violence.We have the food we simply do not distribute it effectively and the cost is minimal and will be covered by the reduced costs in health care and criminal justice.U.S energy security is improving and it will accelerate as we replace the crude oil driven fleet with EVs and increase our nuclear power capacity which is going to happen as we move to catch up with China who is already leading the way in both efforts.This decade is going to be amazing!Massive positive change is in the air thanks to the horrible pandemic.It's time for a Secretary of Food and Agriculture and for fixing childhood hunger.It's coming soon as change is being demanded and pragmatic solutions are available.The world can feed itself and we can reduce our crude oil consumption.Stay Safe and dare to dream BIG!
Breaking Down: Collapse
One of the most difficult parts of explaining civilizational collapse is making it understandable to those who have never been exposed to the consequences of climate change, energy and resource decline, and the myriad other predicaments we get to stare in the face regularly here. While most of us understand the situation and comprehend the issues we'll have to deal with, many of our friends and family don't. This podcast may be able to help explain it in a more complete way that anyone can understand:
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Scientists present a catalytic solution that could be the answer to global plastic pollution
Thursday, December 03, 2020 by: Michael Alexander
(Natural News) Instead of filling up landfills, single-use plastics can be used to create other products. This is according to a group of researchers who have developed a new method for upcycling these low-level plastics into motor oils, lubricants, detergents and even cosmetics.
According to the researchers, aside from improving current recycling methods that result in cheap, low-quality plastic products, the new method also fulfills two other important functions: removing plastic pollution from the environment and contributing to a more stable and circular economy.
“Our team is delighted to have discovered this new technology that will help us get ahead of the mounting issue of plastic waste accumulation,” Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier, a researcher from Northwestern University, said, adding that their team’s findings can contribute to the development of a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future.
Poeppelmeier, a professor of chemistry at Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, led the study alongside Aaron D. Sadow, a scientist in the Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences at Ames Laboratory and Massimiliano Delferro, group leader of Argonne National Laboratory’s catalysis program.
According to Sadow, while there are many ways in which individuals can reduce their use of plastic products, there are specific instances wherein the use of plastics is unavoidable. This, Sadow said, led their team to investigate methods that could help find value in plastic waste.
Breaking down “indestructible” plastics to recycle them
As detailed in an article published in the journal ACS Central Science, the method developed by the research team breaks down the strong, high-energy bonds that make polyethylene — the plastic most commonly used to make products like shopping bags and other types of packaging — virtually indestructible. (Related: Researchers find plastic-eating microbe that can solve our ocean’s plastic problem.)
“We sought to recoup the high energy that holds those bonds together by catalytically converting the polyethylene molecules into value-added commercial products,” Delferro said in a statement.
The researchers used nanoscale metal catalysts made of platinum nanoparticles deposited onto perovskite nanocubes to “chop up” the plastic polymer. This turned it into liquid oil that could then be used as a base for other industrial products.
The catalyst effectively cleaves the carbon-carbon bond in plastics when put under moderate pressure and temperature, producing high-quality liquid hydrocarbons in the process. The resulting liquids can be used in the creation of motor oil, industrial lubricants and waxes; or undergo further processing to form a chemical base for both detergents and cosmetics.
Poeppelmeier noted that the production of the said products is what differentiates their process from other recycling methods, most of which simply melt and reprocess plastics into lower-value materials.
The newly developed catalytic method also produced far less waste while recycling the plastic. This is in stark contrast to other recycling methods that melt the material, releasing harmful greenhouse gases and other toxic byproducts to the environment in the process.
“It’s important to understand that these materials – all this plastic packaging – have a value. We certainly shouldn’t be throwing it into the environment, but we shouldn’t be throwing it away or burning it either,” Poeppelmeier explained.
But as promising as it seems, the researchers state that this recycling method is still in its early stages. That said, they are excited at the prospect of expanding the study.
“This, for me, is really exciting. Scientists worked for almost 70 years making new plastics…and you spend a year to do the opposite,” Delferro said.
Learn more about the dangers of plastic waste, as well as ways on how to reduce your plastic footprint at Pollution.news.
https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-12-03-catalytic-solution-possible-answer-to-plastic-pollution.html#
Thanks for your endorsement on the potato decision!
Bingo on the potatoes! Yes
Actually a friend stopped by with his new drone. Pretty nifty and for once I can see all of my garden areas in three pictures. Thanks.
I had one under-performing area, so I emptied out one small raised bed and will replace the area with six 15-gallon plants next to a white fence to promote growth.
All the trellises have been put away, but a city garden depends greatly on them. I grow long beans on tee-pee trellises and squash on wire vertical fences.
FORTEX POLE BEANS
TETSUKABUTO WINTER SQUASH
TETSUKABUTO WINTER SQUASH
I've been cooking a lot more; example below.
Ingredients from the garden included potatoes, cherry tomatoes, string beans, garlic, onions, chili peppers. I used a little salt and cooked in olive oil bought in a store.
Planted the hard-neck garlic: German Extra Hardy and Music
Going forward for 2021, I will reduce my garlic planting by one bed, and increase my potato plantings. If there is a food shortage next year, it's better to have more potatoes than most foods.
sumi
Did somebody get a new toy?
Looks good Eddie!
Actually that is a way to look at your set up from a different angle to see how one can improve it.
I'm going to try to experiment more with vertical gardening.
Maximize space.
Example ........... small pumpkins can grow on fences.
Sunflowers and corn are strong enough for many other plants to be planted in-between to go up them.
Great for you. Love wood chips. Good luck!
sumi
I'm hoping to get some store potatoes to grow sprouts and try it myself.
My tree guy texted me today perfect timing he brought me huge load of chips.
Chicken run, potatoes, and some other areas oh man what a blessing we suppose to get into the 20's then warm back up next week.
This way I have chips to put over my dahlias so I don't have to dig them up.
I read this article on autumn potato planting and will give it a shot this autumn. I will also be planting garlic soon. Having two crops ready to begin developing in March while not doing any work appeals to my food security.
Good luck,
sumi
The EPA Has Just Banned 12 Pesticides After Learning Our Bee Problem Is Worse Than We Previously Thought
By Matthew Russell
The Environmental Protection Agency has just cancelled 12 pesticides linked to the decline of pollinator populations around the world.
The EPAs decision was informed by two studies on the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honeybees in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Hungary. The studies found that neonics kill bees and disrupt their reproductive cycles.
According to a report by PBS, neonicotinoids do not immediately harm bee colonies, so the effects of these pesticides is difficult to track. Over time, however, they lower a colony’s capacity to reproduce, and survive into the following generation.
Seven of the 12 pesticides involved in the EPA’s decision were made for seed coatings, intended to promote plant growth while keeping pets away.
Nearly a third of all bees on planet earth have been dieing off, yearly. Source: Pixabay
Active ingredients in neonic pesticides, clothianidin and thiamethoxam, are water-soluble, and can be flushed into local water supplies following irrigation or rain. Amro Zayed, a biologist at York University in Toronto, found that the chemicals can then be traced to flowers and plants miles away, expressed in pollen in nectar, before exposing bees ( https://tinyurl.com/ydg32xl8 ).
Zayed’s study was published in the journal Science, and marks the first time neonic poisoning has been documented outside of the crops which the pesticides are directly applied to.
Moreover, other common fungicides like linuron or boscalid can make neonics even more toxic to bees. When mixed with clothianidin or thiamethoxam, it takes half as much of the chemical cocktail to kill bees as it does when the substances are isolated.
Pesticides manufactured by Syngenta, Valent and Bayer are involved in the EPA’s cancellation.
“After five years of litigation, this settlement represents a positive outcome in the interest of all parties. The terms clearly support America’s farmers while ensuring continued protection of the environment,” Syngenta said in a statement. “The settlement allows growers continued access to trusted neonicotinoid products containing thiamethoxam, essential for controlling destructive pests, managing resistance, and supporting integrated pest management.”
The EPA’s recent cancellation of neonic pesticides involves products from Syngenta, Valent, and Bayer. Source: Pixabay
Without the EPAs support, the pesticides may not be sold or applied in the United States.
“Today’s cancellation of these neonicotinoid pesticides is a hard-won battle and landmark step in the right direction,” said Center for Food Safety legal director George Kimbrell. “This entire class of active ingredient soon will be up for re-registration by 2022. These first 12 were just an interim step.”
Forty-seven more neonic-based pesticide products are still on the market.
Bees come in contact with neonic substances when they wash into water systems and become assimilated into flowering plants. Source: Max Pixel
The European Union has all but banned the use of neonic pesticides in 2018. According to Bloomberg, the pesticides are only approved for use in greenhouses, where honeybee habitats are not typically found.
Bees are responsible for pollinating an estimated one-third of the world’s entire food supply. According to Elite Daily, that includes:
* almonds
* apples
* apricots
* avocados
* blueberries
* cantaloupes
* cashews
* coffee
* cranberries
* cucumbers
* eggplants
* grapes
* kiwis
* mangoes
* okra
* peaches
* pears
* peppers
* strawberries
* tangerines
* walnuts
* watermelons
As entomologist Marla Spivak writes for CNN:
“Honeybee colonies are dying at frightening rates. Since 2007, an average of 30% of all colonies have died every winter in the United States. This loss is about twice as high as what U.S. beekeepers consider economically tolerable. In the winter of 2012-13, 29 percent of all colonies died in Canada and 20 percent died in Europe.
The pesticides don’t kill bees immediately, but lower their ability to reproduce. Source: Wikimedia Commons
“Anyone who cares about the health of the planet, for now and for generations to come, needs to answer this wake-up call…” Spivak continues.
“We need good, clean food, and so do our pollinators. If bees do not have enough to eat, we won’t have enough to eat. Dying bees scream a message to us that they cannot survive in our current agricultural and urban environments.”
https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/neonics-ban/
Wish I had the leaves or wood chips to try this .................
Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter
By Robert L. Williams
Robert L. Williams
Issue #48 • November/December, 1997
My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the early spring. We tried it both ways for many years and our conclusions are that, season after season, fall planting seems to work better for us.
Here’s an illustration: last spring we dutifully planted our potatoes in March, which is about as early as we can work the land successfully. We planted the spuds six inches deep, and then we waited.And waited. And waited.In April the first signs of growth appeared, and in the cool spring the plants grew, barely noticeably. When the really warm days of May arrived the potato plants put on a growth spurt that was truly gratifying.
And in June, believe it or not, we had a series of freezes and the plants were killed back by frost. They never made a come-back. The entire potato patch was a total loss of time, energy, and a small amount of money.
Winter or fall planting
Now take a look at winter or fall planting. As soon as all the summer garden crops have been harvested, we till our potato patch and make our winter planting. When the soil is loose and well pulverized, we dig deep rows?eight to ten inches. If you wish, you can use shallow rows and later pile dirt onto the top of the planted taters.
With the deep row open and ready, we fill the bottom of the row with dead leaves (You’ve been raking leaves from the yard anyhow, and this is a fine way to dispose of them), or we use pine needles. It’s good to have at least four or five inches of this dead matter in the bottom of the row.
Then set the potato eyes or cuttings in the row on top of the dead vegetable matter. It works better if you use whole spuds, particularly if you have some small ones that are really too little for good table use. Set the small potatoes a foot apart in the rows.
Now cover the potatoes with another layer of dead leaves, well-rotted sawdust, or other organic mulch material. You can use grass clippings or any other mulch available. Then add the necessary dirt to fill the row and even hill up the row slightly.
Admittedly, this type of gardening is a little harder, takes a little longer, and seems to be a total flop. But wait till spring and see the difference.
During the depths of winter the snows and rains will cause the mulch materials to decay and, as the mulch decays, warmth is generated, just as green hay or green sawdust will generate heat as it decays. The heat is generated for several weeks or even months, depending upon the amount of mulch used, and causes the potato sets to begin their growth cycle so that the roots begin to grow. The second layer of mulch and the dirt on top of it prevents the heat from escaping rapidly, while the soil on top is too cold for the plants to emerge from the soil. Small potatoes start to form very early, and they will grow all winter.
Obviously, the classic manure can be used as well, but this type of material tends to burn the roots of the tender plants. If you use manure, mix it with a generous amount of rotted sawdust or dead leaves.
When the weather is warm enough, the leaves of the plants will shoot forth, and because there is already a great root system the plants will be hardier and will grow faster. We asked a neighbor, a farmer, why the plants grow faster, and he gave us his theory:
The plant when young has a struggle, he says, to provide enough nutrition and growth power for both roots and shoots to grow, and the result is that both are often weak and fragile, more vulnerable to insects and cold snaps.
If the roots are already established, the growth energy can be used by the above-ground plant without robbing the tubers below the soil.
You can add a small amount of commercial fertilizer, if you wish, by sprinkling it along the rows. But the decayed mulch is providing its own fertilizer power by this time. The results are that by very early spring (unless you live in a frigid part of the country) you will have large, sound, beautiful potatoes long before your neighbors have any to harvest.
And this is only part of the beauty of winter potatoes. Because the early growth is done underground in cool weather, the above-ground plants will mature earlier than they would in the usual form of gardening, and you will be ready to harvest before the insects above and below the soil surface appear to devour plants and tubers.A bonus of this type of planting is that the crop is harvested early enough that you have time to have a second or even a third crop on the same plot of land, especially if you live in an area where the growing seasons are longer.I confess that I don’t know how this system will work where the winters are brutal. What succeeds in the Piedmont of North Carolina may not be successful in Minnesota or Montana or Maine.Give it a try this winter, but you may wish to try only a small patch of potatoes until you see how the system works. If you are pleased by the results, then next season try it on your larger potato patches.
SUSTAINABLE LIVING FOR CHALLENGING TIMES
The intent of this board is to provide an archive of postings and sources of information which will aid an individual or community to adapt to challeges of sustainability now and it the future.
Gardening and raising animals are essential in a sustainable living environment. The skill set for success in each of these ventures is vast. The American farmer, who represents about 2 percent our our population, is a model to emulate in surviving, providing and sustaining . Our agrarian past once dominated our society. Under trying resource and economic conditions, people must return to methods of their past history for survival.
The financial meltdown of 2008 has rejuvenated an interest in gardening; there will be other challenges for all of us to face. Over time, those who have been prompted to garden will learn how to develop an environment suited to their gardening goals and needs. Much research and experimentation will be required for success. Learning the science of soil, building compost and worm bins, planting herbs and perennials to attract bees for pollination, and creating water collection systems are examples of what is required for a complete garden.
Harvested vegetables and herbs must be canned or dried to assure food for winter months.
During winter months, vegetable and garden seeds must be started and then transplanted to larger containers for eventual hardening off before planting into the soil.
Record keeping of every step for every year provides a gardening history that can be utilized for future planning. If Plan A is halted by bad weather, then a Plan B must be adopted.
Sustainable living never ends and encompasses many skills. Those with persistent efforts will most likely achieve yearly success.
Finally a healthy gardener or farmer is a productive one. Nature provides an arsenal of weapons, mostly in the form of herbs, to support health; they can be utilized for survival.
The information box provided below was recently revamped so that new information can be more easily added. Recommendations are welcomed to assure a vibrant spirit of learning, referencing and sharing of information.
sumisu
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ACTUAL EXAMPLES OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Living Off The Land www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeaYqU2SSJE
Little House on the Parkway http://www.aarp.org/home-garden/gardening/info-08-2010/littlehouseontheparkway.html
HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PvvsyDxuzE&feature=related
HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION - Radical Change Taking Root http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCPEBM5ol0Q
Path To Freedom http://urbanhomestead.org/
Preparing For Peak Oil By MrEnergyCzar http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=49930698
A short history of peak oil preparation http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=45951251
Possum Living http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=48604828
Suburban Renewal - One Backyard at a Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWjCnwbb5yc&feature=related[/b]
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GARDEN GIRL/SUSTAINABLE LIVING VIDEOS
Who is Patti Moreno? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1d1ymwCHLc&feature=user
What is Urban Sustainable Living http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmmBXqHpdV8&feature=user
Garden Girl TV: Lawns to Edible Landscapes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_4LMoaCVFA&feature=user
Garden Girl TV: Vertical Gardening One [How to Grow Vertically] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlQaOsDZuBQ&feature=relmfu
Garden Girl TV: Vertical Gardening Two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHOPg5hDvsA
Garden Girl TV: Vertical Gardening Three http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbIipA86uek
Garden Girl TV: How To Build A Raised Bed Garden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPrMvItUIuQ
Garden Girl TV: Building a Water Garden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma1PdKXL3LQ&feature=user
GardenGirltv: How to Make Your Own Worm Bin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjjuYNilM60&feature=channel
Planting Potatoes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oslCBENbkGw&feature=user
Garden Girl TV: Cucumbers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhRJlk7KYaA&feature=user
GARDEN GIRL: URBAN SUSTAINABLE LIVING http://www.gardengirltv.com/[/b]
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GOOGLE & OTHER VIDEOS
Peak Moment Videos
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=peakmoment
Suburban Permaculture with Janet and Richard Heinberg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFIkJGAS8EI
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TRANSITION MOVEMENT
Transition Towns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns
Transition Culture
http://transitionculture.org/
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FAVORITE BLOGS ON SUSTAINABLE LIVING
A Gardener's Diary - Moderated by Monksdream investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=11512
Aspiring Homemaker http://aspiring-homemaker.blogspot.com/
Backwoods Home Magazine [Ask Jackie Column]http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/JackieClay/
Chatelaines' Keys [The] - Sharon Astyk http://sharonastyk.com/
Country Living In A Cariboo Valley http://countrylivinginacariboovalley.blogspot.com/
Cracked Pot Gardener [The] - Cindy Shapton http://www.crackedpotgardener.com/
EARLY WARNING http://earlywarn.blogspot.com/
ECO SHERPA SUSTAINABLE LIVING BLOG http://www.ecosherpa.com/
Entire-of-Itself Blog - Pat Meadows http://entire-of-itself.blogspot.com/
From the Widerness - Michael C. Ruppert/Jenna Orkin http://www.mikeruppert.blogspot.com/
Gardening Gone Wild http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/
Hen & Harvest http://henandharvest.com/
Homegrown Evolution http://www.homegrownevolution.com/
Living The Frugal Life http://livingthefrugallife.blogspot.com/
OrganicToBe.org http://organictobe.org/
Peak Generation http://peakgeneration.blogspot.com/
Peak OIl Hausfrau - Christine Patton http://peakoilhausfrau.blogspot.com/
Peak Oil Medicine http://peakoilmedicine.com/
Powering Down - Aaron Nuline http://poweringdown.blogspot.com/
[re]purposing life http://repurposinglife.blogspot.com/
Sharon Astyk's Ruminations on an Ambiguous Future http://sharonastyk.com/
Sifonian's Square Foot Gardening http://ft2garden.powweb.com/sinfonian/
Skippy's Vegetable Garden http://www.carletongarden.blogspot.com/
Survival Acres http://survivalacres.com/wordpress/?cat=4
SurvivalBlog.com http://www.survivalblog.com/
SURVIVING PEAK OIL, PREPARATIONS, AND RELOCATION http://survivingpeakoil.blogspot.com/
The Energy Blog http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/04/peak_oil_will_c.html
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WEB SITES
Educational Concerns For Hunger Organization www.echonet.org/
The Journey to Homesteading http://bb.bbboy.net/thejourneyforum
The Master Gardeners - Adams County, PA and Frederick, MD http://www.emmitsburg.net/gardens/index.htm
Let the SUN work.com http://letthesunwork.com/
National Gardening Association http://www.garden.org/home
National Sustainable Agricultural Information Center http://attra.ncat.org/
Peak Oil: The End of the Oil Age http://www.oildecline.com/index.htm
Path To Freedom http://urbanhomestead.org/
World Changing http://www.worldchanging.com/about/
National Gardening Association http://www.garden.org/articles/index.php
BackyardGardener.com http://www.backyardgardener.com/
Essential Gardening Guide http://www.essentialgardenguide.com/
Organic Gardening http://www.organicgardening.com/[/b]
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SUSTAINABLE LIVING BOOK LIST
"Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them" by Rolfe Cobleigh
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=33468573
"THE SELF-SUFFICIENT SUBURBAN GARDEN"
#msg-33656210
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HEIRLOOM SEEDS
Merchants and Purveyors of Heirloom Seeds
http://www.halcyon.com/tmend/links.htm
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
http://rareseeds.com/
Fedco Seeds
http://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds.htm
Reimer Seeds
http://www.reimerseeds.com/
Seed Savers Exchange
http://forums.seedsavers.org/
Victory Seeds
http://www.victoryseeds.com/
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SOIL, COMPOST, MULCHES
Soil Components by eaglesurvivor investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=42440600
Soil Reclamation Process http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=46349910
Seaweed to Wood Chips, Mulch Is a Plus http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=38852648
3 Things Your Garden Needs http://countrylivinginacariboovalley.blogspot.com/2010/01/3-things-your-garden-needs.html
A Theology of Compost http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=27189836
Fertile Inquiries: A Very Basic Primer on Creating and Maintaining Soil Fertility http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=59139024
How To Compost.org http://www.howtocompost.org/
Compost Guide - Compost Fundamentals http://vegweb.com/composting/
Compost From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compost
Benefits of Using Compost http://earth911.com/news/2007/04/02/benefits-of-using-compost/
Composting Instructions: How to Compost at Home http://www.compostinstructions.com/benefits-of-compost/
Vermicomposting: Indoor Composting with Earthworms http://www.organicconsumers.org/organic/compost.cfm
Composting - CLEMSON COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/other/compost_mulch/hgic1600.html
Understanding Compost Tea http://www.jgpress.com/BCArticles/2000/100071.html<> name="cke_range_marker">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BEES
Beekeeping Tips for Beginners [credit to Eaglesurvivor]
http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G7600
Beekeeping Naturally - Bush Bees
http://bushfarms.com/bees.htm
Top Bar Hive Beekeeping
http://www2.gsu.edu/~biojdsx/main.htm
URBAN BEE GARDENS
A Practical Guide To Introducing The World's Most Prolific Pollinators Into Your Garden
http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/
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WATER
Example of Water Collection System - #msg-40720352
Care and Feeding of Rain Tanks - #msg-46001364
A Spouse's Guide to Building the Perfect Rain Barrel System - #msg-54095904
Rainwater Harvesting -
#msg-49162319
FILTRATION SYSTEMS
Berkey™ Water Filtration Systems
http://www.berkeyfilters.com/
BioSand Water Filtration:
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=42681220
Chapin Living Water
http://www.chapinlivingwaters.org/
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WORM COMPOSTING
Composting With Red Wiggler Worms
http://www.cityfarmer.org/wormcomp61.html
Worm Farming Effort by bagwa-john
#msg-52622945
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PERMACULTURE
Permaculture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
Permaculture Institute
http://www.permaculture.org/nm/index.php/site/index/
Introduction to Permaculture: Concept and Resources
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/perma.html
Farm For The Future - #msg-49379356
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THE FUKUOKA FARMING METHOD
Masanobu Fukuoka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Fukuoka
'One Straw Revolution' by Masanobu Fukuoka - #msg-51012627
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STRAW BALE GARDENING
Straw Bale Gardening By JOEL KARSTEN - #msg-50217046
Straw Bale Gardening Techniques By Jared Lee - #msg-50223601
Straw bale gardening is less work, inexpensive By Gloria Kupferman - #msg-50223678
Straw Bale Gardening: Start to Finish [You Tube] - #msg-50223727
GROWING A STRAW BALE GARDEN - #msg-51178308
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MIXED CROP-LIVESTOCK FARMING
http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/Y0501E/Y0501E00.HTM
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GARDENING APPROACHES & TECHNIQUES
No Till Gardening
http://www.eartheasy.com/blog/2009/01/no-till-gardening/Companion Planting
http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html
Companion Planting for Veggies
#msg-36967283
List of Companion Plants
#msg-42754032
Using Beneficial Insects in the Garden
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/goodbugs.html
Creating Habitat for Backyard Pollinators
http://www.dutchgardens.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-DutchGardens-Site/default/Link-Page?id=5326
Pondering Plant Coverups
Strrrrretching the Growing Season
http://www.kidsgardening.com/growingideas/projects/sept02/pg1.html
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VEGETABLES: HINTS ON GROWING & COMPANION PLANTING
Vegetable Companion Planting Chart by Tinker's Gardens
http://www.tinkersgardens.com/vegetables/companionplanting.asp
Companion Planting Charts
http://www.growinganything.com/companion-planting-charts.html
Companion Planting
http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html
List of companion plants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companion_plants
Lasagna Garden
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=45919210
All About Growing Potatoes - #msg-35679287
Build-As-You-Grow Potato Bins - #msg-36973368
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RAISING CHICKENS
BackyardChickens.com
http://www.backyardchickens.com/
U.S. City Dwellers Flock to Raising Chickens,
"La cage de poulet"http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=3300-FF-EMTs_Coop
'Chicken coop for a small flock" by Gene Logsdon, Published Oct 14 2008 by OrganicToGo.org
http://www.energybulletin.net/node/46860
CHICKEN FEED: The World of Chickens
http://www.lionsgrip.com/chickens.html
The ICYouSee Handy-Dandy Chicken Chart
http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html
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URBAN GARDENING
Path to Freedom
#msg-36967820http://www.pathtofreedom.com/
The Manic Gardener
http://www.themanicgardener.com/
Urban Gardening Help
http://www.urbangardeninghelp.com/
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PRESERVING GARDEN PRODUCE
Homestead Harvest
http://www.homesteadharvest.com/
National Center for Home Food Preservation
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/
PreserveFood.com
http://www.preservefood.com/
Preserving Food Safely
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/mod01/master01.html
Storage Life of Dry Foods
In Consultation with Stephen Portela
http://waltonfeed.com/grain/life.html
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STORING/SAVING GARDEN PRODUCE
STORING FOOD IN BUCKETS - #msg-29877262
Foot Cellars Thrive as Food Prices Rise - #msg-33611777
Root Cellars in the 21st Century - #msg-33638531
Saving Seeds - #msg-64330650
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HOMES OF THE FUTURE
THE LITTLE HOUSE SOCIETY
http://www.resourcesforlife.com/groups/smallhousesociety/
TinyHouses.net
http://www.tinyhouses.net/
TUMBLEWEED TINY HOUSE COMPANY
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/home.htm
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GETTING READY
100 Things you can do for Peak Oil
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=17772600
The Basics of Resilience by Chris Martenson
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=54766641
100 Items to Disappear First
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=33015264
Preparing For Life In A Peak Oil World, By Gail Tverberg
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=59587560
Plants For A Future, Edible, medicinal and useful plants for a healthier world
http://www.pfaf.org/index.php
Urban Gardening Help
http://www.urbangardeninghelp.com/
CountryLife.net
http://tinyurl.com/3bt3gm
Preparing for a Crash: Nuts and Bolts by Zachary Nowak
http://www.energybulletin.net/19929.html
Saving Electricity - 26 super tips for saving money on cooling and air conditioning costs
http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/cooling.html
Peak Oil Crisis - Prepare to Survive!
http://www.3k88.com/
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WEBSTORES
Honeyville Food Products
http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/
Organic Consumers Association
http://www.organicconsumers.org/seeds.htm
The Big Tomato - Hydroponic & Organic Center
http://tinyurl.com/59kc4q
Victory Seed Company
http://www.victoryseeds.com/aboutus.html
Lehman's - Products for Simple, Self-sufficient Living
http://www.lehmans.com/
One Green World
http://onegreenworld.com/
Wood Prairie Farm - Certified Organic Food & Seeds
http://www.woodprairie.com/
Homestead Harvest
http://www.homesteadharvest.com/index.html
Lamson & Goodnow
http://www.lamsonsharp.com/lamson.html
Permaculture Magazine
Solutions For Sustainable Living
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/main2.html
Mountain House
http://www.mountainhouse.com/index.cfm
Gardens Alive
http://www.GardensAlive.com
LANCASTER COUNTY BARNES
http://www.lancasterbarns.com/acatalog/Elite-Vinyl-Storage-Sheds.html
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HOME ENERGY ALTERNATIVES
Helix Wind Turbine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9flSPAdOLk
Heatilators
http://www.fireplacesandwoodstoves.com/product-directory/heatilator.aspx
Mini Wind Turbines by Catapult Design
http://www.materialicious.com/2009/07/mini-wind-turbines-by-catapult-design.html
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SKILLS & SURVIVAL SKILLS
M40's Wilderness Survival Skills
http://www.m4040.com/Survival/Survival.htm
25 Skills Every Man Should Know: Your Ultimate DIY Guide
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/upgrade/4223337.html?page=2
"Personal Survival Skills: Life At The Twilight Of Empire"
http://www.countercurrents.org/fealk041108.htm
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PEAK OIL/DEPRESSION COOKING & RECIPES
Beyond Oil, The View from Hubbert's Peak by Kenneth S. Deffeyes FRS Cookbook
#msg-35509237#msg-33331865http://www.princeton.edu/hubbert/frs-cookbook.html
The True Food Shopping Guide
http://www.truefoodnow.org/shoppersguide/guide_printable.html
Cooking for Engineers
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/43/Homemade-Mayonnaise
Hot sauce recipe; credit to janice shell
#msg-27465913
Pasta With Cherry Tomatoes and Arugula; credit to BullNBear52
#msg-30994681
Tabouli Salad
#msg-31184339
Roasted root vegetables [by mbc]
#msg-33649031
Root Recipes
#msg-33639086
Making simple cheese
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=39425305
Salsa Recipe [by **D*A**]
#msg-52939817
Cooking Collards by Monica - #msg-39724961
Choosing Tomatoes and What to do with them by Annie - #msg-39701343
Simple Cheese Making by Monica - #msg-39425305
Drying and Storing Herbs by Annie - #msg-39263311
Rooting blueberry cuttings by 4Kismet - #msg-49614226
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MEMBER PICTURES
Some pictures of the garden and the peppers [by mbc]
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=38702613
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VICTORY GARDENS
FENWAY VICTORY GARDEN
http://www.fenwayvictorygardens.com/history.html
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