Posted on 02/09/2009 12:36:11 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny
Yahoo ran an interesting article this morning indicating a rise in the number of survivalist communities cropping up around the country. I have been wondering myself how much of the recent energy crisis is causing people to do things like stockpile food and water, grow their own vegetables, etc. Could it be that there are many people out there stockpiling and their increased buying has caused food prices to increase? It’s an interesting theory, but I believe increased food prices have more to do with rising fuel prices as cost-to-market costs have increased and grocers are simply passing those increases along to the consumer. A recent stroll through the camping section of Wal-Mart did give me pause - what kinds of things are prudent to have on hand in the event of a worldwide shortage of food and/or fuel? Survivalist in Training
I’ve been interested in survival stories since I was a kid, which is funny considering I grew up in a city. Maybe that’s why the idea of living off the land appealed to me. My grandfather and I frequently took camping trips along the Blue Ridge Parkway and around the Smoky Mountains. Looking back, some of the best times we had were when we stayed at campgrounds without electricity hookups, because it forced us to use what we had to get by. My grandfather was well-prepared with a camp stove and lanterns (which ran off propane), and when the sun went to bed we usually did along with it. We played cards for entertainment, and in the absence of televisions, games, etc. we shared many great conversations. Survivalist in the Neighborhood
Kansas State University runs a mail group for High Tunnels. There is a world of information available there.
If you are at all interested, sign up and learn before you venture into it.
http://listserv.ksu.edu/web?SUBED1=HIGHTUNNELS&A=1
I can highly recommend this list!
Lost Goat Wanders Into Carl’s Jr. Restaurant
POSTED: 7:38 am PDT April 16, 2009
UPDATED: 8:25 am PDT April 16, 2009
PEDLEY, Calif. — Diners seeking Six Dollar Burgers and Charbroiled Chicken Sandwiches at a Southern California Carl’s Jr. outlet got an unexpected serving of goat.
A small, lost and wounded female goat wandered into the restaurant in Pedley near Riverside on Wednesday and caused a lunchtime stir. Disoriented by her reflection, the goat began butting into windows and doors.
Riverside County sheriff’s deputies tried to distract and soothe her until animal control officers arrived.
continued.
[LOL, wish I had been there, still laughing...
It is safe in the animal shelter now...granny, ]
just on fox news: a warning about emp possible threating in future
more info here:
http://www.onesecondafter.com/pb/wp_194d9c9d/wp_194d9c9d.html
seemed to concern reporters that congress has stopped research on how to prevent effects..
no celebrex, but will look into the oils as a substitute for Advil which I Never take without eating food.. dangerous to tummy..<<<
Yes on never taking pills without food first.
LOL, not sure if above means you intend to drink the essential oil, but please do not, it and the others are for rubbing on your body, unless you use the herbal teas...........
Kansas State University runs a mail group for High Tunnels. There is a world of information available there.<<<
Thanks for the information.
Plastic covered greenhouses do not work here, I live in an area of very high sudden winds.
My greenhouse days in this life are over.
just on fox news: a warning about emp possible threating in future
more info here:
http://www.onesecondafter.com/pb/wp_194d9c9d/wp_194d9c9d.html
<<<
Interesting link, yes I know about them, have for years and learned even more looking at the jihadi info.
Strange, Jim Bohannon interviewed an author last night, very interesting, his book, the name is gone from my mind, I think his name was Reed, ex Pentagon.
He talked about the past and future of the nuclear weapons.
And he is very worried about the jihadi/Pakistan/nuclear weapons danger.
He said the same thing that Dr. Bill Wattenberg has said for years [ kgo.com] That any good machinist can build the one that was used on Japan, if he has a source for the nuclear stuff and that Russia did not and does not know where all the ‘nuclear stuff’ they created is today.
He says it will arrive here in shipping container as less than 5 per cent of them are checked.
I had something on this in my morning alerts, I will send it yahoo, LOL, I warned you.
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Very pretty!
Is it that green there already?
Which overlook or whatever it is called is the one you see everyday?
Mine isn’t old age but numerous surgeries. But I don’t imagine essential oils will work any differently on me now vs. 10 years from now!
Which ones do you recommend for inflammation? I do have some Tea Tree Oil - I’ll go dig that out. It never worked on me before, post-surgery. But since I’m in a more stable place now, it might do better.
I have been using Oregano and Peppermint on my infected leg, and it is working.
First I clean it with Peroxide and then when dry, pour the oils on, straight out of the bottle.
Oregano is getting tested all the time, by the medical world, not just the herbalist.
I have a large sore that does not heal, and at times is dangerously infected, as I am having leg problems, due to the lack of oxygen and blood flow.
I use Tree tea, but it is not my first choice....LOL, it stinks.
I was rereading your post, did you use Lavender Essential Oil on the scars/cuts?
It is the one that is often used to keep from having scars and for healing.
Be sure it is essential oil and not fragrance oil, for the f.oil is chemicals and a perfume type oil.
A better search, shows tests:
Lavender:
Peppermint is very healing:
Navy SEAL Chases Men Who Killed His Dog
http://www.zootoo.com/petnews/navysealchasesmenwhokilledhisd-1301
http://www.zootoo.com/petnews/navysealchasesmenwhokilledhisd-1301
NEW YORK — As if saying goodbye to his three Navy SEAL teammates
wasn’t enough, veteran Marcus Luttrell has now lost his dog Dasy, too.
The yellow Labrador was shot dead on Luttrell’s Huntsville, Texas,
property on April 1.
The killing resulted in a high-speed car case, as Luttrell hounded the
accused killers through four different counties before two of the men
were arrested with charges of cruelty to a non-livestock animal.
Dasy wasn’t just any household pet — she was given to Luttrell
following his return to the United States in 2006 from Afghanistan.
Luttrell was the sole SEAL team member to survive an intense June 2005
firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Dasy, named after each of Luttrell’s fallen peers, Daniel “Danny”
Dietz, Matthew “Axe” Axelson and Michael “Yankee” Murphy, reportedly
helped the SEAL overcome his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Her sudden death did not sit easy with Luttrell, who after hearing
gunshots outside his house, went outside to investigate.
“He heard some people talking over on a road and went out to where
they were,” said Lisa Block, spokeswoman for the Texas Department of
Public Safety. “He saw they had a shot gun and nearby found his dog,
Dasy, dead.”
The dog apparently did not die instantly from the gunshot wounds,
Luttrell realized.
“I could tell she tried to get away because there was a blood trail.
When I saw she was dead, the only thing that popped into my head was,
I’ve got to take these guys out,” Luttrell said, according to The
Associated Press.
After Luttrell confronted them, the men got into their car and fled;
the SEAL continued to pursue them through three different counties,
until they were stopped by the Onalaska Police Department.
Along the way on the chase, Luttrell placed a desperate call to 911,
warning the dispatcher of his potential to strike, as well.
“I told them, ‘You need to get somebody out here because if I catch
them I’m going to kill them,’ “ Luttrell recalled to The Houston
Chronicle.
“I was trying to talk myself out of being who I am. Talking to myself
about not doing the one thing I am good at.”
The Walker County Sheriff’s Department is now investigating the death
of Dasy. It has already charged Michael John Edmonds II, 21, and
Alfonzo Hernandez, 24, with animal cruelty charges. The crime could
elicit up to two years in prison, Block said.
The SPCA International, which helps U.S. soldiers bring back the pets
they adopted while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, has not spoken to
Luttrell. He apparently left town following the incident.
Yet the organization has nevertheless organized a petition in support
of prosecuting the alleged cruelty offenders to the greatest extent of
the law, according to Stephanie Scroggs, SPCA International
spokeswoman.
“We were just watching blogs and seeing the outrage in the online
community and how people were so angry, of course, with this,” Scroggs
said.
“We have first-hand knowledge of how important animals can be in
helping our vets heal from emotional scars and battles. We wanted to
help channel that outrage into a productive form of activism.”
The organization hopes to receive 5,000 signatures — by Thursday, it
was already half-way there, Scroggs said. The petition was posted
online only two days before.
“We’re just focused on getting the petition out there,” Scroggs
continued. “The best thing we can do right now is to make sure these
people face some serious justice.”
In 2006, Luttrell was awarded the Navy Cross for combat heroism. He
was the sole survivor of operation RED WING, conducted in the Hindu-
Kush mountain region of Afghanistan.
Luttrell and his team, working remotely, were discovered by more than
200 Taliban fighters. Sixteen Special Forces personnel, including eight
SEALs, perished in the confrontation. It was the largest single-day
loss of life in SEALs’ history.
Lutrell, though wounded, survived by crawling several miles through
the mountain range. He was eventually discovered by anti-Taliban
village people and taken under their wing.
Dasy had proved instrumental in helping Luttrell recover from the
emotional trauma he endured.
“I consider that dog just like a daughter to me,” he said, according
to the SPCA International.
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No, I had some arnica gel and tablets.<<<
those I have not used.
I would be using the oregano, peppermint,and always the lavender, for it heals everything.
Before essential oils, we used the liquid insides of vitamin E capsules and I sometimes, crushed a zinc tablet and made a paste of the vit. E, if you have fresh comfrey leaf add that, crush into a green smear and spread it on, it works.
Bill kept a vit. E, with a pin in it near his chair, LOL, he would apply it to his cuts and put the pin back in the hole ready for the next time......sterile?
NO, but it served him well for many years.
We never bought all that stuff from the drugstore.
For updated statistics on gun checks, see our National Instant Criminal Background Check System webpage at
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/nics.htm.
The information can be found under the “Reports and Statistics” section and is updated monthly.
Apr 17, 2009 7:06 pm US/Eastern
Mystery Illnesses Sack Westchester, L.I. Schools
Hundreds Sickened By Norovirus At Horace Greeley High In Chappaqua; Dozens Taken Ill At Amityville School
http://wcbstv.com/local/mystery.illness.horace.2.987685.html
Reporting
Tony Aiello CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (CBS)
[Thanks to Milford421 for this report]
http://www.archive.org/stream/bushfruitproduct00vanm/bushfruitproduct00vanm_djvu.txt
BUSH FRUIT
PRODUCTION
BY
RALPH A. VAN METER
Professor of Pomology
Massachusetts AgricuUnral College
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
ORANGE JUDD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc.
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD.
1928
b34
Copyright, 1928, by
ORANGE JUDD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc.
Copyright in Great Britain
Printed in the United States of America
PREFACE
The object of this little book is to place
before the gardener in a simple and direct way
the knowledge needed for success with bush
fruits — strangers to too many gardens. It is
intended to answer the more important ques-
tions which arise in the mind of every gar-
dener and to present concisely the few things
which must be done rather than all the things
which might be done.
There is little here that is new or original.
The only merit that might be claimed is the
exclusion of a multitude of details more be-
wildering than helpful to the amateur. The
purpose has been to present a compendium
of standard practice in clear and readable
form.
Special consideration is given to short cuts
and to things which may be left undone with-
out seriously curtailing the crop, in the belief
that a fair crop of good fruit, easily grown, is
of greater interest to the gardener than the ab-
solute maximum in yield to which plants may
be forced by unremitting effort.
PREFACE
Emphasis is therefore placed on plant
growth and the operations which affect it most
directly. Special reference is made to the ob-
servation and study of the growth habits of
plants as the basis for making every effort
count.
It is a pleasure to acknowledge here the
assistance of Professor Fred. C. Sears, who
read the manuscript, and of Professor Frank
A. Waugh, who edited it. Without the in-
spiration and kindly advice of these men the
book would never have been written.
R. A. Van Meter.
Amherst, Mass.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Gardener and His Garden ... 11
II. Raspberry Culture 17
III. The Red Raspberries 26
IV. The Black Raspberries 52
V. The Purple Raspberries . . . ^ . 61
VI. The Blackberries 66
VII. The Dewberries 87
VIII. The Currants 95
IX. The Gooseberries . 109
X. The Blueberries 113
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Thomas B. Meehan EgtabIished/2’854
J. Franklin Meehan
S. Mendelson Meehan
CAPITAL STOCK, $100,000
Tree, Shrub & Fruit
SEEDS
Autumn, 1910 Spring, 1911
Thomas Meehan & Sons
Nurserymen and Tree Seedsmen
GERMANTOWN, PHILA., U. S. A.
Cable Address Meehan, Philadelphia, A, B, C Code, 4th edition
A
S WE COLLECT but few more seeds than our
usual sales warrant, those expecting to need large
quantities for forestry or other purposes are
solicited to write us early that we may arrange
for collecting them.
We do our best to send out sound and perfect
^seeds, but in the case of oaks, hickories and chest-
nuts the seeds are sometimes wormy, a defect that
cannot be detected until the worm eats its way out, often after the
seeds leave our hands. There are trees, too, that never perfect all
their seeds the Acer saccharinum and Liriodendron are examples
and there is no way to separate the imperfect seeds.
Not less than one-quarter pound will be supplied at pound rates
nor one-quarter bushel at bushel rates. Half ounces will be supplied
at ounce rates where the price per ounce is not lower than 20c. Sat-
isfactory arrangements for payment must accompany orders from
unknown correspondents.
When seeds are to go by mail, the charge is 9c per pound addi-
tional. P. O. orders payable at Philadelphia. For Canada the postage
is 18c per pound.
Germination of the Seeds
Seeds of deciduous trees and shrubs are best sown in Fall, pines
and similar evergreens in Spring, but deciduous ones will grow very
\\cll sown in Spring if kept in good condition through the Winter.
When sown in Spring seeds of a hard, bony nature, such as the yellow
locust, are best soaked in hot water for a day or two and then sown
at once. Seeds of maples, ash, magnolia, beech, all nut trees, as well
as many other kinds, require to be kept slightly moist over Winter
if not sown in Fall; on the other hand, catalpa and some others may
be kept quite dry until Spring comes.
All Spring sowings should be early; even if the ground freezes
later it won’t injure the seeds at all.
Junipers, hollies and a few similar seeds remain a full year before
sprouting. It is just as well, therefore, to keep them in a box of soil
until the next Autumn, then sow them.
These directions should insure tolerable success in raising seed-
lings. The greater the experience, of course, the greater the success.
To germinate, seeds require certain conditions of moisture, tem-
perature and time which they do not always meet with after sowing,
hence fail to appear the first season. Examine them at the close of
Spring, and if found sound do not disturb them, and their germination
may be looked for the season following.
Notice
We wish to remind our customers that while using our best
efforts to supply such seeds as will prove satisfactory we give no war-
rantv as to quality or productiveness or percentage of growth, there
being too many causes known and unknown which prevent good seeds
from germinating. Orders are accepted and shipped on these terms.
Samples will be furnished when applied for. Should shipments re-
ceived prove unsatisfactory from any cause, customers will kindly
notify us within seven days, otherwise it is understood the seeds are
accepted.
Our Reputation
Our firm has been in the seed and nursery business for over fifty
years and has correspondents all over the world. We have still
customers buying from us whose names were among the first on our
books. Having 250 acres in nursery, we can make use of seeds unsold,
enabling us to have fresh seeds to offer every season.
Hints on Seed Sowing
The general practice in sowing seeds is to sow them broadcast,
in beds three feet in width, which allows of weeding the seedlings as
they grow. The young plants are transplanted when two or three
years old. The covering of seeds with soil is to be regulated by the
size of the seeds. An acorn or a hickory nut of a thickness of an inch
should have a covering of two inches of soil, while those of dust-like
size require but little more than a dusting of soil over them.
A light soil is better for seeds than a heavy one; in fact, sand
alone has been found good for covering seeds, allowing the seeds to
push freely through it.
Shade is a great help; in fact, almost necessary, as seeds germin-
ate best in darkness. This is best afforded by a covering of forest
leaves, kept in place by a skeleton frame or some other contrivance.
The leaves should be removed gradually when the seedlings com-
mence to appear above ground, as light is needed then.
We are often asked whether when walnuts and other nuts are
wanted for forestry purposes the nuts can be set where trees are
We do not recommend it. Rarely every nut grows, so that
there would be many vacancies under the plan. Better to sow in beds
and transplant later.
Continues with a wonderful list of many varieties of tree seeds.
http://www.archive.org/stream/gardenersassista00thom/gardenersassista00thom_djvu.txt
THE
AMERICAN
GARDENER’S ASSISTAl^T.
Ill Cljrfe larte;
CONTAINING
COMPLETE PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS
FOR THE CULTIVATION OF
VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, FRUIT TREES, AND . i
GRAPE-VINES. t ^
By THOMAS BRIDaEMAN, ^f ,
Gardener, Seedsman, and Florist. •^^ ^^
NEW EDITION; REVISED, ENLARGED, AND ILLUSTRATED, •i^^r
By S. EDWARDS TODD. /^^ fe^
NEW YORK:
WILLIAM WOOD & CO., 61 WALKER STREET.
1867.
C5
Entered according to Act of Confess, In the year 1S66, by
ALFRED BEIDGEMAN,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern Dis-
trict of New York.
The New York Printing Co.,
8i, 83, and 85 Ceiiire Street,
New York.
PREFACE.
The primary object in first publishing The Young
Gardener’s Assistant, was to enable our respectable
seedsmen, while furnishing a catalogue of seed for the
use of the Kitchen and Flower Grarden, to afibrd instruc-
tion, at a trifling expense, to such of their customers as
had not a regular gardener, and thereby save themselves
the blame, of those who may not have given their seed
a fair trial for want of knowing how to dispose of it in
the ground.
The Author, having shown his primary object in
adopting the catalogue form, presumes that his readers
will not be disappointed if they do not find there the
names of all the species or varieties of plants they may
wish to introduce into their gardens, the mode of culture
of such being generally alike. If a catalogue of this
kind was essential, it would occupy more space than is
allotted to this book ; besides, it would be impossible to
keep pace with our enterprising horticulturists and
florists, who are continually introducing new species into
•2. OL (. ‘
PREFACE.
our country. ^Yhen, also, it is considered that there are
a number of indigenous plants at present unknown to
us, it will appear evident that the most extensive cata-
logue would not be perfect in this respect for any length
of time; the Author, therefore, thought it unnecessary to
attempt anything more than is essential to the attainment
of a tolerable share of the products of the garden,
by ordinary exertion. How far he has succeeded in this
respect, must be left for the reader to decide.
Thomas Bridgeman.
P^RT I.
KITCHEN-GARDENING.
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL REMARKS ON KITCHEN-GARDENING.
Previous to preparing a kitchen-garden, the gardener should
provide . a blank-book, and prepare a map of his ground, on
which he should first lay out a plan of his garden, allotting a
place for all the different kinds of vegetables he intends to cul-
tivate. As he proceeds in the business of planting his grounds,
if he should keep an account of everything he does relative to
his garden, he would soon obtain some knowledge of the art.
This the writer has done for more than twenty years, and he
flatters himself that a publication of the results of his practice
will be interesting and useful to his readers.
If gardeners would accustom themselves to record the dates
and particulars of their transactions relative to tillage, planting,
etc., they would always know when to expect their seed to
come up, and how to regulate their crops for succession ; and
when it is considered that plants of the brassica, or Cabbage
tribe, are apt to get infected at the roots, if too frequently
planted in the same ground, and that a rotation of crops in
general is beneficial, it will appear evident that a complete
register of everything relative to culture is as essential to suc-
cess in the kitchen-garden as in agriculture proper.
Those who have not a garden already formed, and cannot
avail themselves of such a slope of ground or quality of soil
as they desire, must take up with such as may be within their
reach. If practicable, a kitchen-garden should have a warm
and south-easterly exposure. But when the ground slopes to
10 KITCFIEN-GARDEXIXU.
the nortli and west, as is frequently the case, it is important to
have the garden located on the sunny side of a grove, forest,
or out-buildings. Every person, previous to choosing a loca-
tion for out-buildinjcs and a dwellinfr-house, should select the
most desirable situation for the kitchen-garden.
LAYING OUT THE GROUND.
Good information, continued.....
http://www.archive.org/details/fruitsvegetables00turn
Fruits and vegetables under glass; apples, apricots, cherries, figs, grapes, melons, peaches and nectarines, pears, pineapples, plums, strawberries; asparagus, beans, beets, carrots, chicory, cauliflowers, cucumbers, lettuce, mushrooms, radishes, rhubarb, sea kale, tomatoes (1912)
Author: Turner, William, 1859-
Subject: Greenhouses; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening; Forcing (Plants)
Publisher: New York, A. T. De La Mare Printing and Pub. Co.
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: 001620986
Digitizing sponsor: NCSU Libraries
Book contributor: NCSU Libraries
Collection: americana
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