Posted on 04/19/2020 5:06:23 AM PDT by blam
Americans are panic hoarding plant seeds as the coronavirus outbreak confines millions to their homes, crashes the economy, and disrupts food supply chains. This has resulted in people questioning their food security. A Google search of “buy seeds” has rocketed to an all-time high across the US in March to early April, the same time as supermarket shelves went bare.
We’ve done a pretty good job of documenting the evolution of panic hoarding over the last several months. Americans started buying 3M N95 masks in mid-January, then non-perishables in February, followed by toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and guns.
Now apparently, plant seeds are the next big thing… Seed companies who spoke with CBS News said they have stopped taking new orders after unprecedented demand. George Ball, chairman of Pennsylvania-based Burpee Seeds, said the recent increase in new orders is “just unbelievable.” The company will start accepting orders again on Wednesday after it stopped taking new ones for several days to catch up on the backlog.
Americans in quarantine are becoming increasingly concerned about their food security. What has shocked many is that food on supermarket shelves that existed one day, could be completely wiped out in minutes via panic hoarding. Some people are now trying to restore the comfort of food security by planting “Pandemic Gardens.” “If I had to put my thumb on it, I would say people are worried about their food security right now,” said Emily Rose Haga, the executive director of the Seed Savers Exchange, an Iowa-based nonprofit devoted to heirloom seeds.
“A lot of folks even in our region are putting orders into their grocery stores and having to wait a week to get their groceries. Our society has never experienced a disruption like this in our lifetime.”
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My grandmother did the exact same thing.
Her recipe used red hots.
Any tips on starting brewers yeast?
Yep. I posted a link earlier to make your own bread starter without any added yeast:
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17513/no-commercial-yeast-starter/
Amazingly, there are lots of videos from home brewers that make their own yeast for brewing. (Check You Tube.)
I was surprised - but not really. Air is FULL of the stuff - you just have to set the proper ‘trap’ for it. ;)
If I plant ‘along the fence’ the rabbits love it.
The amazing leafing out brought joy to me, as well.
First it’s teaching their own children and now it’s growing their own food.
And teach them how to can them for years my folks did that and it tastes far better than store can goods.
peaches pares green beans tomatoes apples
sure miss it now.
Well...you DID say you grow fruit trees...some people have mango trees in the 600 gallon pots.
For that much dirt, might be easier to build a giant raised bed or something. Because you’re probably NOT going to be moving that around.
We have moving day twice a year. It involves a moving dolly. Not sure what you’d move that 600 gallon one with. The 25 gallon ones move easily with the moving dolly.
My wife, two of my Siamese cats, and a whip.
I was thinking big forklift.
But you be you.
Forklifts cost money.
So do divorce lawyers.
Thanks for your concern, but I would NEVER do that to her. :-)
Well there is THAT!
Plant two for the Rabbit, one for the Gardener! ;)
Food stamps can be used to purchase seeds and vegetable plants.
I religiously save seeds, plantable roots, bulbs, beans & potato “eyes” from our groceries. I stick them in water or potting soil. Most people cut off & toss this leftover stuff in the trash.
“There’s at least one FReeper who thought you had to buy soil to grow a garden and argued strenuously that it wasn’t cost effective because of that.”
The flip side is my neighbor who insists soil never needs to be amended to adjust ph balance. He plants like Bloomberg— pokes a hole, sticks in a seed, pours water. Wonders why only zucchini comes up.
“Long ago, an immigrant farmer vendor would have a horse-cart going up and down village streets hawking their various crops, all varieties.”
Here’s a song about that guy! You have to listen all the way to the end to get the moral of the story.
Chris Smither- No Love Today
I will hit youtube, I have a couple packets left but was wondering about making more from those. they are no longer in the store.
“When cooked meats chill, the fat rises and congeals on the top...Use it in cooking.”
Leftover skillet grease: I stir a cup of rice into the grease, chop in some green onion & black pepper. Add 1-1/2 cup water, simmer. Dirty Rice!
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