Posted on 02/27/2021 7:15:47 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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Beautiful garlic! Prayers for you both.
Lovely pictures. I am knee deep today in that database of yours that you offered months ago. Finding some amazing stuff and easy to download. Lots of great gardening titles. I know I just have until April. Really appreciate you mentioning it.
You even have audio files of morse code for teaching. Downloading that now. Why? I don’t know just thought it might come in handy some day.
I tried to keep the knowledge base full of practical information that people could put to use quickly if necessary. Even though there is a lot of stuff there is very little in the way of fluff.
Yes I see that. Basically skipping firearms, hunting and fishing, car stuff and concentrating on prepper, garden, foraging, edible good/bad plants, crafts, etc. You have just about every base covered. I hope to be finished up today or tomorrow.
In the prepping world there were basically 2 schools of thought with 2 major contributors who lived through both scenarios and had lots of good info pertaining to their situations. The first was all out war and its main spokesman was a man named Selco, who survived a siege of his city with just about everything you can remember about an orderly society broken down. The second was Ferfal, who lived through a breakdown of his country. He still had a job, there were still some government services running but the currency was worthless, law and order was nonexistent and you had to scramble to keep afloat. I tend to believe if it all falls apart it will be a breakdown of society as opposed to war, so I set up my knowledge base accordingly. Everything in there is designed to make you more self sufficient. That’s why you have topics on hunting and fishing, fixing your own cars, etc. as well as survival.
I agree with your assessment.
Too funny!
I’m heading out to see what the greenhouses have for sale. I think all the rain and grey skies killed off my seedlings. Bummer.
I haven’t measured the square footage of the planters I use but I’m sure it isn’t more than 50 square feet. Still, I get enough for myself and maybe a neighbor or two.
Thanks. No need for pics, just your report of success convinces me to carry through.
This delicious drink was also in my Ninja booklet.
ORANGE CREAM
Fill 16-cube ice tray half with orange juice and half with low-fat vanilla yogurt. Freeze 4-24 hours.
Combine frozen cubes with 6 oz oj in Ninja. Pulse 6-8 times to consistency of thick smoothie.
The books that I took those estimates from were a comprehensive and self sustaining program. The crops selected would provide all the nutrients that were needed including protein.
In addition, the intention was to be able to grow/save seeds and replenish the soil. Approximately 60% was high biomass such as grains to ensure suffiecient compost, and 10% was dedicated to crops for sale.
So less area would be needed for just growing some veggies to eat. The sq. foot gardening method, for example states that 1 16 sq. ft. bed of 4x4 is sufficient for one person to grow their veggies.
👍sounds good.
I have now moved the remaining lettuces and spinach out to the greenhouse, using my, 'handy-dandy under-cover at night' method. Four days in; so far, so good! I also noticed that I had a planter full of spinach that made it through the winter because we got a big snow dump before the really cold weather set in and it was well insulated. I also have Kale that's still alive out there, though the bunnies did some serious PRUNING on my rose bushes, though damage assessment for that will come later.
The milk jugs filled with water provide additional heat, but it didn't work so well as many of them split during the winter with the big temperature swings in there, so if I do that again to extend the season in the fall, I'll need to empty them all before we get to hard winter. Live and learn.
OLD-FASHIONED GINGERBREAD
METHOD elec/mixer on low 30 sec, 2 1/3 c flour, 1/2 c shortening, 1/3 c sugar, cup molasses, 3/4 c hot water,
tea ea b/soda, ginger, cinnamon, 3/4 tea salt, an egg; scrape bowl constantly. Beat on med 3 min, scrape occa.
Bake in greased/floured bottom/sides 9x9x2" sq 325 deg 50-55 min--pick in center comes clean.
SERVE hot out of the oven for breakfast slathered w/ ice cold butter. Great w/ scrambled eggs.
VARY Serve as dessert
Topped w/ whipped cream cheese drizzled w/ a thin Lemon Sauce.
Topped w/ whipped cream cheese drizzled w/ Butterscotch Sauce.
Topped w/ whipped cream cheese and canned apricot halves w/ juices.
In the event of such a breakdown, the US has one advantage that, according to some of my international friends, is pretty unique. When the government shuts down, we shrug and go on with our lives!
I’m told that in most countries, a shutdown like our government does every other year or so, would result in absolute chaos, possibly anarchy.
I have no idea how accurate that is, but it makes for an interesting contrast.
Plucking a bright red, plump, and juicy tomato off the vine with the warm summer sun beating down on the back of your neck is the type of pleasant act most folks associate with gardening. There is no question that warm weather crops like sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, and watermelon are some of our favorite and most recognizable types of produce that we love to harvest out of our gardens. However, the other half or more of the veggies we love to grow are known as cool-season crops.
What Are Cool Seasons Crops
Cool-season crops prefer to grow in temperatures less than 70°F. What? Yes, so many of the veggies we love to cook with and consume should be harvested out of the garden when many other warm-season crops are just getting going in the garden. The best thing about these cool-season crops is if you prepare, plan and plant at the correct time, you can produce two crops per year by planting in spring and again for the fall.
Popular Cool Season Vegetables
Beet, Broccoli, Brussels Sprout, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Chard, Kale, Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Pea, Radish, Spinach, Turnip.
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