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Monsanto-spawned superweeds growing three inches daily, destroying farm equipment
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| August 1, 2011
| Ethan A. Huff
Posted on 08/01/2011 1:45:40 PM PDT by opentalk
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To: opentalk
more signs of judgment from God
To: Vigilanteman
I also take a teaspoon of Tabasco sauce straight twice a day during cold and flu season.
I love you dude!
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posted on
08/01/2011 4:39:04 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(You can't forfeit the game Chuck! If you go home you forfeit!)
To: Average Al
So many wild onions in my yard, my eyes water when I cut it, but they stop when it gets hot.
I don’t know enough abpout this story to judge it , but food is going to get a lot more expensive if they have to stop No till farming.
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posted on
08/01/2011 5:00:02 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: opentalk
Isn't "pigweed" the stuff that has corrosive sap, that will blind you if it gets into your eyes? It's the "Xenomorph" of the plant kingdom!
Mark
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posted on
08/01/2011 5:01:34 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: Chunga85
But this is pure BS
Can you explain why?Because it is a blatantly agenda based site. Pure fringe agenda based. Nutburger time. I have never heard of this happening in any media until today. One may as well use DEBKA as their primary news source. Pure crap.
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posted on
08/01/2011 5:19:27 PM PDT
by
steveo
(PETO-VT-IN-MARI-SVB-CRVCE-AVSTRALI-SEPELIAR)
To: null and void
And lots of weeding, with hoes. Of course, that will work with the super-weeds, too.
And we have lots of unemployed and even seasonally employed who could now be put to work year-round (or all growing-season) to dig up and kill weeds.
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posted on
08/01/2011 5:36:13 PM PDT
by
tbw2
To: tbw2
A "You
Will Work For Food" program?
I like it.
47
posted on
08/01/2011 5:39:40 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 921. When your only tools are a Hammer & Sickle, everything looks like a Capitalist...)
To: NVDave
I have him/Natural News on my Facebook. He is on the conservative side of almost every topic that he posts about. He takes quite a lot of heat for it there.
To: Average Al
As long as you washed them good, I think you could, but the flavor would be dominating rather than blending or complimentary as when you sautee' them.
BTW, the scientific name for pigweed is Amaranthus palmeri and it is both edible and highly nutritious. Pigs love it and hence the name.
Because of the concentration of nitrates, it can be mildly toxic to cattle and other undulates with multiple digestive chambers as the nitrates concentrate as it moves along the digestive tract. Ditto for those with kidney or other digestive problems.
If a cow eats too much pigweed, the best antidote is plenty of grass and water to dilute the nitrogen concentration. Avoid grain, alfalfa or other nitrogen rich hay.
If that doesn't do the trick, tobacco and a call to the vet generally will save the cow as long as you catch it early enough.
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posted on
08/01/2011 8:14:52 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Hot Tabasco
Tabasco sauce is positively one of the most useful food and nutritional supplements ever invented. I've rescued perfectly awful food with a few dashes of Tabasco to make it edible. Occasionally, I will find a store brand which might be up to 70% as good as the real thing. But not often.
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posted on
08/01/2011 8:18:51 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Hot Tabasco
Tabasco sauce is positively one of the most useful food and nutritional supplements ever invented. I've rescued perfectly awful food with a few dashes of Tabasco to make it edible. Occasionally, I will find a store brand which might be up to 70% as good as the real thing. But not often.
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posted on
08/01/2011 8:19:01 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Vigilanteman
“I’ve rescued perfectly awful food with a few dashes of Tabasco to make it edible.”
Yup. I think that is why they used to (maybe still do? I don’t know.) put a miniature bottle of the stuff in every MRE.
If you got an MRE that was a bit sketchy, dumping in the Tabasco made it anywhere from tolerable to downright delicious.
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posted on
08/01/2011 8:35:23 PM PDT
by
Nik Naym
(It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
To: null and void
Fumigation! “Tent” the fields, after injecting methyl bromide & chloro picrin...oh, wait! The EPA banned methyl bromide & chloro-florocarbons!
Too bad, too; they were the most effective soil fumigants for killing not only insects, soil pests, and fungi; but were also the most effective against weed seeds. But, that is what government is for: screwing the people.
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posted on
08/02/2011 12:40:38 AM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(ATTN GOVERNMENT: "public service" does NOT mean servicing the people, like a bull among heifers.)
To: MarkL
Isn't "pigweed" the stuff that has corrosive sap, that will blind you if it gets into your eyes?No; pigweed is a different, unrelated plant altogether. Pigweed is in the amaranth family...Hippie "grains".
What you're thinking of is "hogweed" and/or "giant hogweed", two similar, closely related plants: one is big (4-6' tall); the other is bigger (6-9" tall). They're members of the 'carrot family', with very nasty sap.
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posted on
08/02/2011 1:02:58 AM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(ATTN GOVERNMENT: "public service" does NOT mean servicing the people, like a bull among heifers.)
To: Vigilanteman
That is good info, thanks!
To: MarkL
Isn't "pigweed" the stuff that has corrosive sap, that will blind you if it gets into your eyes? It's the "Xenomorph" of the plant kingdom!
I think you mean
Giant Hogweed.That's significantly different from the glyphosate-resistant pigweed strain, which, according to
Wikipedia, is edible. Probably tastes nasty, though.
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