I suppose the one benefit of the Ottawa situation is that our puppet government (and their corporate/central banking cartel bosses) seem to have overplayed their hand when they started freezing protestor's bank accounts. Those people who were paying attention now have a very vivid understanding of what may be coming with the whole CBDC/s…
I suppose the one benefit of the Ottawa situation is that our puppet government (and their corporate/central banking cartel bosses) seem to have overplayed their hand when they started freezing protestor's bank accounts. Those people who were paying attention now have a very vivid understanding of what may be coming with the whole CBDC/social credit system (and hopefully woke up quite a few motivated people who will now cut their ties to centralized systems and contribute towards parallel decentralized systems).
I was worried that my 23 reasons piece might be a bit of an information overload but I often get people making long lists of excuses why they cannot garden so I wanted it to be as comprehensive as possible. Also (as I am sure you can tell) I am very passionate about gardening, seed saving and giving back to the living planet, so once I start writing about it those things they take on a momentum of their own and next thing you know I have written half a book :) Truth be told I could have made it a "30 Reasons You Should Start a Garden in 2023" article but I cut my self off after 23.
Your garden sounds lovely, relatively diverse (offering a range of different forms of nutrition and seasonal crops) and efficient (using the rain run off for irrigation). Have you ever tried planting specific flowers to invite in predatory/parasitic solitary wasps to help manage the herbivore insect populations? I find that they can help a great deal when it comes to caterpillars and worms/grubs.
Do you grow your crops from seed or buy seedlings from a nursery? How do you fertilize/add fertility to the soil?
I can offer a list of shade tolerant crops that I like to incorporate into garden designs for my clients at my day job (landscape design and installation) if you like?
You are most welcome and I look forward to interacting with you more in the comments section of my articles.
Wow, you are thorough, and you really pay attention!
I grow almost everything from seed. I did buy some onion sets and cabbage seedlings last year because I forgot to buy seeds, since remedied, and current cabbages (starting to head up) I grew from seed. It was a real effort since I had to bring them in the garage because it got down to 16 degrees F a couple of nights, but they're back outside and none worse for wear! I think it might be more economical to do onion sets though.
We compost everything we can and the chickens donate. I use fish emulsion when I think things need help. Currently beds not in use are covered with leaves. We're still not sure how to best incorporate the compost since tilling seems not to be not a good thing. Basically, my husband just sort of turns in it. He's got a bad back, so it's becoming more challenging.
Quite apparent I need to become a paid subscriber. I am very interested in help with the bug/worm problem. I did use BT last year; expensive and ineffective... About like the jab!
My chickens free range and they are hell on my flower gardens which was my passion before I got into veggies. I don't dare think about the $$$ involved. I have dozens of day lilies, roses, camellias, expensive peonies, etc. Many of them are fenced off when the damage became more than I could tolerate. I have very little lawn grass, and wish I had less. We do NOT have a riding lawn mower. Shade tolerance is very interesting too.
Enough for now. Will see you on your newsletter. I'm Nancy in NC. I'm so delighted our paths crossed.
That is excellent you grow much of your crops from seed. If you take it a step further and begin getting into the rhythm of saving seed (from the open pollinated heirloom varieties you grow) the savings really start adding up.
I explored the innate value in seed saving (and sharing seeds with friends, family and neighbors) in this article (by comparing planting and saving heirloom seeds as an 'investment in the Earth to a hypothetical investment in a bank). I would enjoy hearing your thoughts on what I came up with https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/the-best-investment-on-earth-is-earth :)
I wish I my wife was on board with chickens but we have a small yard and she isn't there yet. At our future homestead we will certainly have chickens and other animals that can be our allies in regenerating and building the soil.
Fish emulsion is great but I prefer Kelp Meal or liquid kelp/seaweed when I can get it cheap (as seaweed contains over 70 trace minerals and natural plant growth hormones for encouraging vigorous root development and higher rates of photosynthesis in leaves).
That is so great you leave your beds covered in leaves (it provides a sanctuary for beneficial insects and mimics the forest's erosion preventing and soil nourishing leaf litter layer).
Once you have broken up any tough soil with the initial tilling, all you need to do is all a thin layer of compost on top of the soil each year (perhaps raking it into the top 1-2 inches of loose soil) and the soil organisms will do the rest of the work. You can also plant specific crops (like Daikon radish) that serve the function of being a 'biological tilling mechanism' (via the action of their deep tap rot breaking up the soil without destroying the networks of beneficial critters in the soil). For more info on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ZXwlP58FY
I am sorry to hear about your experience with BT, I can suggest some great companion plants and ways to set up habitat for attracting predator insects that will keep the numbers of worms and caterpillars down in a future post.
Yes the mRNA and viral vector injections are not only ineffective from a medicine stand point, the cost people pay (both in tax money and medical bills down the road) are substantial. I actually lost a friend (healthy guy 35 at the time) to the pfizer injection. His work mandated he take it and a few days after his second one he dropped dead right on the job site (total heart failure, no preexisting conditions). Another friend of mine was in the Armed Forces they mandated it too, now he has myocarditis and pericarditis, can't work, can't go hiking or skiing with his kids. It is tragic and disgusting what our criminal government and their friends in big pharma are doing to people.
I do not currently have the paid subscription option activated on my substack newsletter but there have been a few people that asked me how they can contribute to my work (as they really appreciate the practical info I shared) so I think I shall make becoming a paid subscriber an option when I have time later today.
I will see if I can dig up my old shade tolerant food crops and medicine plants list and share it with you when I find it.
I suppose the one benefit of the Ottawa situation is that our puppet government (and their corporate/central banking cartel bosses) seem to have overplayed their hand when they started freezing protestor's bank accounts. Those people who were paying attention now have a very vivid understanding of what may be coming with the whole CBDC/social credit system (and hopefully woke up quite a few motivated people who will now cut their ties to centralized systems and contribute towards parallel decentralized systems).
I was worried that my 23 reasons piece might be a bit of an information overload but I often get people making long lists of excuses why they cannot garden so I wanted it to be as comprehensive as possible. Also (as I am sure you can tell) I am very passionate about gardening, seed saving and giving back to the living planet, so once I start writing about it those things they take on a momentum of their own and next thing you know I have written half a book :) Truth be told I could have made it a "30 Reasons You Should Start a Garden in 2023" article but I cut my self off after 23.
Your garden sounds lovely, relatively diverse (offering a range of different forms of nutrition and seasonal crops) and efficient (using the rain run off for irrigation). Have you ever tried planting specific flowers to invite in predatory/parasitic solitary wasps to help manage the herbivore insect populations? I find that they can help a great deal when it comes to caterpillars and worms/grubs.
Do you grow your crops from seed or buy seedlings from a nursery? How do you fertilize/add fertility to the soil?
I can offer a list of shade tolerant crops that I like to incorporate into garden designs for my clients at my day job (landscape design and installation) if you like?
You are most welcome and I look forward to interacting with you more in the comments section of my articles.
Wow, you are thorough, and you really pay attention!
I grow almost everything from seed. I did buy some onion sets and cabbage seedlings last year because I forgot to buy seeds, since remedied, and current cabbages (starting to head up) I grew from seed. It was a real effort since I had to bring them in the garage because it got down to 16 degrees F a couple of nights, but they're back outside and none worse for wear! I think it might be more economical to do onion sets though.
We compost everything we can and the chickens donate. I use fish emulsion when I think things need help. Currently beds not in use are covered with leaves. We're still not sure how to best incorporate the compost since tilling seems not to be not a good thing. Basically, my husband just sort of turns in it. He's got a bad back, so it's becoming more challenging.
Quite apparent I need to become a paid subscriber. I am very interested in help with the bug/worm problem. I did use BT last year; expensive and ineffective... About like the jab!
My chickens free range and they are hell on my flower gardens which was my passion before I got into veggies. I don't dare think about the $$$ involved. I have dozens of day lilies, roses, camellias, expensive peonies, etc. Many of them are fenced off when the damage became more than I could tolerate. I have very little lawn grass, and wish I had less. We do NOT have a riding lawn mower. Shade tolerance is very interesting too.
Enough for now. Will see you on your newsletter. I'm Nancy in NC. I'm so delighted our paths crossed.
Thanks Nancy :)
That is excellent you grow much of your crops from seed. If you take it a step further and begin getting into the rhythm of saving seed (from the open pollinated heirloom varieties you grow) the savings really start adding up.
I explored the innate value in seed saving (and sharing seeds with friends, family and neighbors) in this article (by comparing planting and saving heirloom seeds as an 'investment in the Earth to a hypothetical investment in a bank). I would enjoy hearing your thoughts on what I came up with https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/the-best-investment-on-earth-is-earth :)
I wish I my wife was on board with chickens but we have a small yard and she isn't there yet. At our future homestead we will certainly have chickens and other animals that can be our allies in regenerating and building the soil.
Fish emulsion is great but I prefer Kelp Meal or liquid kelp/seaweed when I can get it cheap (as seaweed contains over 70 trace minerals and natural plant growth hormones for encouraging vigorous root development and higher rates of photosynthesis in leaves).
That is so great you leave your beds covered in leaves (it provides a sanctuary for beneficial insects and mimics the forest's erosion preventing and soil nourishing leaf litter layer).
Once you have broken up any tough soil with the initial tilling, all you need to do is all a thin layer of compost on top of the soil each year (perhaps raking it into the top 1-2 inches of loose soil) and the soil organisms will do the rest of the work. You can also plant specific crops (like Daikon radish) that serve the function of being a 'biological tilling mechanism' (via the action of their deep tap rot breaking up the soil without destroying the networks of beneficial critters in the soil). For more info on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ZXwlP58FY
I am sorry to hear about your experience with BT, I can suggest some great companion plants and ways to set up habitat for attracting predator insects that will keep the numbers of worms and caterpillars down in a future post.
Yes the mRNA and viral vector injections are not only ineffective from a medicine stand point, the cost people pay (both in tax money and medical bills down the road) are substantial. I actually lost a friend (healthy guy 35 at the time) to the pfizer injection. His work mandated he take it and a few days after his second one he dropped dead right on the job site (total heart failure, no preexisting conditions). Another friend of mine was in the Armed Forces they mandated it too, now he has myocarditis and pericarditis, can't work, can't go hiking or skiing with his kids. It is tragic and disgusting what our criminal government and their friends in big pharma are doing to people.
I do not currently have the paid subscription option activated on my substack newsletter but there have been a few people that asked me how they can contribute to my work (as they really appreciate the practical info I shared) so I think I shall make becoming a paid subscriber an option when I have time later today.
I will see if I can dig up my old shade tolerant food crops and medicine plants list and share it with you when I find it.
I am glad to make your acquaintance Nancy :)