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
By the way, got some not so good pics of my “butcher's wheel” but now am having trouble downloading them. It's fearsome, getting old and forgetting the things that previously were routine. Maybe daughter will be here tonight and give me a hand.
YOU’RE MORE UP ON IT THAN I AM!
We have an acre here etc. Doing tolerably for partially retired folks.
My own expectation is that there will likely be 3-9 or maybe at most 12-18 months of pseudo recovery and ‘happy times’ again. Everyone will be singing OThuga’s praises even more.
Then the super crash will occur and not get better until after the literal Armageddon.
However, I don’t know any prophetic sources who have been flawless about timing.
And, I don’t even know any secular speculators who I’d trust much.
IF YOU FIND SUCH, PLEASE, PLEASE, PING ME!
>>>>Will the freezing/thawing adverse it’s nutritional value much?<<<
Nope, not the nutritional value... Many of them will have a texture change from freezing.
Of more concern would be if tin canned, bulging, leaking from the swelling would be a major problem.
Home canned, as long as the seal is intact, should be OK if they are slowly defrosted.
I don’t think I would let them freeze though. There are always ways to prevent it. I don’t know how you are transporting them, but even if you were putting them in the back of a pickup or trailer, there are ways to protect them. You can get styrofoam in large sheets from most home building supply stores - and if that was not going to be enough, I would try taking a cheap electric blanket inside the styrofoam and plug it in to an inverter. That way you would have heat in the ‘box’ and unless it will be -30 or -50, you should be able to keep them from freezing.
The following is from University of Missouri on the subject.
If home or commercially canned foods freeze, they are still safe to eat IF the seal (or seam of the can) is not broken.
When commercially canned foods freeze, the food inside expands and the can may bulge or even burst. Throw cans in this condition away, without tasting (don’t even give it to your dog). Even if the can is not bulging, there may be microscopic openings in the seams due to stress.
Thaw frozen canned goods slowly; a refrigerator is an ideal place to thaw such foods. Commercially canned foods can be placed on a tray or plate to check for leakage from the seams that may not be apparent. If any leakage occurs, discard the food.
Use canned goods that have frozen as soon as possible (providing seals and seams are not leaking) as quality will deteriorate quickly.
Starchy foods may curdle (separate) when frozen — thawing and heating should correct this problem.
As an added precaution, boil all low acid foods 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the food, before tasting.
If produce canned at home was processed in jars made for freezing as well as canning, the frozen jar may be placed directly in the freezer and kept there until used. Keep in mind that quality, especially texture, will be affected. Therefore, this food should be used as soon as possible.
Any food that looks or smells bad should be discarded so that humans and animals cannot eat it.
To prevent loss of food, home and commercially canned goods should be stored in an area where they will not freeze. While an unheated porch or garage might be acceptable during a normal Missouri winter, these areas will not offer enough protection from freezing during the sub-zero temperatures that Missouri sometimes has. If jars must be stored where they may freeze, wrap them in newspapers, place them in boxes and cover them with more newspapers and heavy blankets.
Barbara Willenberg, Nutritional Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia
>>>Fried okra is GREAT when with little cubes of red potatoes and a sprinkling of cornmeal.<<<
Oh yeah!!!! I love it having some good Texas cooks on here!
Brings back lots of good memories of the years I lived there.
Add some greens, beans and a good piece of meat... That’s livin high on the hog!
OK guys, next time I go to the Gigante grocery store, I’m going to have to pick up some okra... They have pretty large packages of fresh for about $1.49 (see, I was interested enough in them that I even checked out the price)
Got the red potatoes in one of my mini root cellars.
Any more recipes for us - to bring back more of those good memories... ; )
Wow you were lucky to find them for 20 cents. I was there today and they were $1.00 per package.
I’m still waiting for my Heirloom Acres seeds to arrive. I emailed them yesterday to find out when they would be here. They wrote back that they are so behind because of the demand. So, I guess we aren’t the only ones preparing.
A page for writers, info and research, history Air Force and more.
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snipped from above link:
A new searchable index of hundreds of thousands of documents held by
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Footnote.com and The National Archives Launch Largest Interactive World War II Collection
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Briefly: Over 600 Health Science E-Book Titles To Be Launched By Elsevier On ScienceDirect and Other News
Monday, January 26th, 2009
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It’s called “The American Veterans’ and Servicemembers’ Survival Guide,” and it comes, unsurprisingly, from outside the system. It is a publication of the nonprofit advocacy group Veterans for America, available as a free download at veteransforamerica.org.
and others...
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New Web Tools and Resources Worth a Look
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
+ Jotcloud.com - Virtual Sticky Notes
Jotcloud is a extremely simple web service that is designed to let anyone jot down notes quickly on the web.
+ LeapFish.com - A New Search Portal
“The internet has grown more and more complex and more than often a search for something leads us to not only search the major engines of the web, but also the other major online destinations that hold our video information, image information, shopping information, news and much more. We believe some search goals require a more multi-dimensional approach to finding deep information that we usually end up hunting for or just never think of looking for in the first place. LeapFish searches everywhere and conveniently surprises you with relevant information that touches upon all angles of a great search in this day and age. We’ve created the first multi-dimensional information aggregator and search portal in the world. Our goal is to gather, organize and render the most relevant information from the internet’s most valuable destinations for each users search, in one single simple shot.”
See Also: LeapFish hopes for success in crowded field of metasearch (via SJ Mercury News)
+ Checkvist.com - Online Collaborative Outliner
Online collaborative outliner and task list manager.
Posted in New Websites and Resources, Search News
more.........
>>>Yeah, that’s what I am asking. ABOUT how much time do we have? We have the some of the smartest people here on this forum, so we should be able to point to a few measures or websites that monitor this stuff. For example, is there some measure like money supply, financial calculations. Surely, the people in Iceland, Argentina, and Rhodesia could have worked at finding some advance notice of the pain before it fully impacted them. Why can’t we?<<<<
Don’t think you will find any billboards with the countdown - XXXX Index at 50 - If it drops one more point - we will collapse...
Back in November 2006, I had time to really evaluate the situation at hand (having spent the summer trying to get a broken leg to heal) and decided to move diversified 401k’s (mine and wife’s) to Guaranteed Bonds. So, I only averaged about 4.5% for the last 2 years - better than if I had not. So, it was then that I also figured it was time to seriously put my skills and knowledge into active status. Have been preparing not only by stockpiling, but by building to produce full variety of food products and actively utilizing them.
My hazy crystal ball - Hmmmmm Sure looks like the end of this quarter is going to be a breaking point. I am preparing for that deadline! Hoping to help some fellow FReepers along too. (As well as our family - Including extended members.)
Now I better get back to planting those tomatoes, cabbage, broccoli, onion and other seeds. 1 1/2 acre garden takes lots of plants and seeds...
Oooops almost forgot - Welcome to the thread - share more with us...
>>>>I’ve been working through this site
http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/ <<<<
That’s great!
Sometime when you want to read a bit more from someone who has not only started over several times and who lives what she preaches every day, check out one of my favorites:
http://www.backwoodshome.com/advice/askjackieonline.html
Backwoods Home is one of my favorite sites. I also subscribe to that one as Mother Earth News has over the years drifted downward (even though they are recently trying to perk up)
Hope you enjoy Asking Jackie.
Thanks granny, great resource!
>>>>Maybe daughter will be here tonight and give me a hand. <<<<
Much as I hate to admit it, these kids are a whiz on these electronics..... That coming from an old geezer who started programming on an IBM 1401 in Assembler language back in 1966...
Really look forward to seeing it and making it so you can post it to all.
Thanks for the reply on the freeze/thaw issue. We decided to wait for the Spring to transport the canned goods. Big reservations on doing it now as we’re talking about 6+ full pallets worth... Tai’nt worth the gamble on losing a bunch of it! I’ve a full load as it is... and miles to go!
Re: Heirloom Acres Seeds, as I posted on #2558, Yep! They are really busy and are backlogged big time... I ordered first of the year and they are just now getting to it.
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Science Reference Guides
Gardening in the Shade:
A Guide to Selected Resources
Science Reference Section
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Photo of ferns and flowering plants.
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Chatto, Beth. Beth Chatto’s woodland garden: shade-loving plants for year-round interest. London, Cassell Illustrated, c2002. 224 p.
SB434.7.C48 2002
Cramer, Harriet L. A garden in the shade. New York, Friedman/Fairfax Pub., c2000. 144 p.
Bibliography: p. 142.
SB434.7.C734 2000
Darke, Rick. The American woodland garden: capturing the spirit of the deciduous forest. Portland, OR, Timber Press, 2002. 377 p.
Bibliography: p. 361-364.
SB434.7.C734 2000SB439.6.D27 2002 SciRR
Druse, Kenneth. The natural shade garden. New York, Clarkson Potter, c1992. 280 p.
Bibliography: p. 269.
SB434.7.D78 1991
Fish, Margery. Gardening in the shade. Foreword by Graham Rice. Sterling, VA, Capital Books, 2000. 152 p. Originally published London, Collingridge, 1964. With new foreword.
SB434.7.F57 2000
Gillmore, Robert. The woodland garden. Dallas, TX, Taylor Pub. Co., c1996. 186 p.
SB439.6.G54 1996
Hawthorne, Linden. Gardening in shade. New York, DK Pub., 1999. 72 p.
SB434.7.H38 1999
Hodgson, Larry. Making the most of shade: how to plan, plant, and grow a fabulous garden that lights up the shadows. Emmaus, PA, Rodale, c2005. 407 p.
Bibliography: p. 390-392.
SB434.7.H64 2005 SciRR
Luebbermann, Mimi. Shade gardens. Minnetonka, MN, National Home Gardening Club, c1999. 170 p.
Bibliography: p. 164.
SB434.7.L84 1999
Schenk, George. The complete shade gardener. Portland, OR, Timber Press, 2002. 311 p.
Originally published Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
SB434.7.S33 2002
Sunset gardening with shade. Edited by Suzanne Normand Eyre. Menlo Park, CA, Sunset Pub. Corp., c1996. 112 p.
SB434.7.S86 1996
Taylor’s guide to shade gardening. Edited by Frances Tenenbaum. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1994. 501 p.
SB434.7.T4 1994 SciRR
Walters, James E., and Balbir Backhaus. Shade and color with water-conserving plants. Portland, OR, Timber Press, c1992. 165 p.
Bibliography: p. 141-142.
SB439.8.W35 1992
Wiley, Keith. Shade: planting solutions for shady gardens. Portland, OR, Timber Press, 2006. 176 p.
Not Yet in LC
Woodland gardens: shade gets chic. Edited by C. Colston Burrell. Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, c1995. 111 p. (21st-century gardening series, handbook no. 145)
SB1.P6 1995
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Acton, Patricia. Grassy ornamentals for shady gardens. American gardener, v. 83, July/Aug. 2004: 30-35. SB1.N3
Armitage, Allan. A handsome perennial for partial shade. Fine gardening, no. 105, Oct. 2005: 14-15. WMLC 93/1412
Bush, Gene. Great groundcovers for shade. American gardener, v. 84, Sept./Oct. 2005: 18-23. SB1.N3
Cullina, William. Within the woodland: the art and science of growing wildflowers beneath the trees. Horticulture,
v. 99, Mar./Apr. 2002: 88-93. SB1.H86
Faustgen, Jim. Made in the shade. Northern gardener, v. 132, May 2004: 18. SB21.M6
Foggett, Clare. Light and shade. The Garden, v. 130, Dec. 2005: 894-897. SB4.R8
Taylor, Doris. Planting under a tree. Fine gardening, no. 105, Oct. 2005: 40-43. WMLC 93/1412
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Fern Questions and Answers
The U.S. National Arboretum
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/faqs/fernsfaq1.html
Gardening in the Shade
North Carolina State University
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/text/gardening_shade.html
Gardening in the Shade
Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A&M University
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/county/smith/homegardens/Shade/shade.html
Gardening in the Shade
University of Minnesota Extension Service
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/DG1428.html
Ground Covers for Shady Areas
Montgomery County, MD, Department of Environmental Protection
Icon indicating a pdf document http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/dep/greenman/gcovers.pdf
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Growing Plants Beneath Evergreens
University of Manitoba, Department of Plant Science
http://www.umanitoba.ca/afs/hort_inquiries/coniferous_ornamentals/grow_plants_under.html
Growing Plants in Shady Places
Miami-Dade County Extension Service
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Herbaceous Ornamentals for Shade
Ohio State University Extension
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1243.html
Landscape Plants for Shady Areas
Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service
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Native Herbaceous Perennials for Shade in the Washington DC Area
Green Spring Park, Alexandria, VA
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/gsgp/gardening.htm
Native Shade Gardening Suggestions
Mark Johns, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
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Native Woodland Wildflowers for the Home Garden
Iowa State University
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/1996/3-1-1996/flow.html
Suggested Plants for Shady Areas
Yuma County, Arizona Cooperative Extension
http://cals.arizona.edu/yuma/horticulture/plantsshade.html
The Woodland Edge Garden
Plants for a Future
http://www.pfaf.org/leaflets/woodlandedge.php
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Beer and Brewing:
A Guide to Selected Resources
* Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
* Handbooks, Guides & Manuals
* Histories
* Of Historical Interest
* The Science of Brewing
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGuides/beerandbrewing.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGuides/bees.html
[LOL, I will ignore the climate change part...granny]
Bees, Pollination and Climate Change:
A Guide to Selected Resources
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Science, Technology & Business Division
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Buchman, Stephen L., and Banning Repplier. Letters from the hive: an intimate history of bees, honey, and humankind. New York, Bantam Books, 2005. 275 p.
SF523.3.B83 2005
Delaplane, Keith S., and Daniel F. Mayer. Crop pollination by bees. Wallingford, Eng., New York, CABI, c2000. 344 p.
Bibliography: p. 297-331.
QK926.D35 2000
Ellis, Hattie. Sweetness and light: the mysterious history of the honeybee. New York, Harmony Books, c2004. 243 p. Bibliography: p. 229-233.
QL568.A6E68 2004
Flottum, Kim. The backyard beekeeper: an absolute beginner’s guide to keeping bees in your yard and garden. Gloucester, MA, Quarry Books, c2005. 167 p.
SF523.F63 2005
Gould, James L., and Carol Grant Gould. The honey bee. New York, Scientific American Library; Distributed by W. H. Freeman, c1998. 239 p.
QL568.A6G68 1988
Horn, Tammy. Bees in America: how the honey bee shaped a nation. Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, c2005. 333 p.
Bibliography: p. 301-316.
SF524.5.H67 2005
Langstroth, L. L. Practical treatise on the hive and the honeybee: the classic beekeeper’s manual. Mineola, NY, Dover Publications Inc., 2004. 409 p.
Originally published as A practical treatise on the hive and the honeybee. Philadelphia, J. B.. Lipincott & Company, 1878.
SF523.L286 2004
Sammataro, Diana, and Alphonse Avitabile. The beekeeper’s handbook. 3rd ed. Ithaca, NY, Comstock Pub. Associates, c1998. 190 p.
Includes bibliographies.
SE523.S35 1998
Whynott, Douglas. Following the bloom: across America with the migratory beekeepers. New York, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2004. 246 p.
Bibliography: p. 241-246.
Originally published in Harrisburg, PA, by Stackpole Books, 1991.
SF524.5.W48 2004
Wilson, Bee. The hive: the story of the honeybee and us. London, John Murray, c2004. 308 p.
Bibliography: p. 286-296.
SF523.3.W54 2004
Winston, Mark L. The biology of the honey bee. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1987. 281 p.
Bibliography: p. 227-267.
QL568.A6W56 1987
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Check, Erica. Pollinators in peril. Nature, v. 443, Oct. 26 2006: 893.
Q1.N2
Cox-Foster, Diana. Mysterious Bee-havior. Science, v. 315, Mar. 16 2007: 1473.
Q1.S35
Harrison, John F. Environmental physiology of the invasion of the Americas by Africanized honeybees. Integrative and comparative biology, v. 46, Dec. 2006: 1110-1122.
QL1.A448
Klein, Alexandra-Maria, and others. Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological sciences, v. 274, Feb. 7 2007: 303-313.
QH301.P7415
Milius, Susan. Most bees live alone. Science news, v. 171, Jan. 6 2007: 11-13.
Q1.S76
Weinstock, George M., and others. Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Nature, v. 443, Oct. 26 2006: 931-949.
Q1.N2
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Bees and Pollination: a collection of links from Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/agnic/bee/
What’s the Buzz on Planting a Bee Garden, by Stephen Buchman, Tucson ARS
http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/na/bgardn.html
The Hive and the Honeybee: Selections from the E.F. Phillips Beekeeping Collection at Mann Library, Cornell University
http://bees.library.cornell.edu/
Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=53420300
Honeybee, from Great Plains Nature Center
http://www.gpnc.org/honeybee.htm
Honeybee Genome Project, at Baylor College of Medicine
http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/projects/honeybee/
Honeybee Information, from Texas A&M University
http://honeybee.tamu.edu/
HoneyBeeNet, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Wayne Esaias’ site for learning about the effects of climate change on bees and ecosystems
http://honeybeenet.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mid-Atlantic Apiculture
A regional group focused on pest management crisis in beekeeping industry
http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/
The Pollinator Partnership
Learn more and get involved in pollinator protection
http://www.pollinator.org/
Project Budburst
A national phenology network field campaign for citizen scientists
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/citizen_science/budburst/
Status of Pollinators in North America, a publication from the Committee on the Status of Pollinators in North America, National Research Council
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11761
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Wayne Esaias, Ocean Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
April 2007
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGuides/containergarden.html
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Container Gardening
A Guide to Selected Resources
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SELECTED BOOKS ON CONTAINER GARDENING
Gardening in containers: creative ideas from America’s best gardeners. Newtown, CT, Taunton Press, distributed by Publishers Group West, c2002. 170 p.
SB418.G377 2002 SciRR
Guerra, Michael. The edible container garden: growing fresh food in small spaces. New York, Simon & Schuster, c2000. 159 p.
Includes bibliograpical references.
SB324.4.G84 2000 SciRR
Joyce, David. The complete container garden. Pleasantville, NY, Reader’s Digest, 2003. 216 p.
SB418.J685 2003
McCreary, Rosemary. Container gardens: simple steps to beautiful potted plants. Alexandria, VA, Time-Life Books, 2000. 143 p
SB418.M29 2000
McGee & Stuckey’s the bountiful container: a container garden of vegetables, herbs, fruits and edible flowers. New York, Workman Pub., c2002. 432 p.
SB518.M32 2002
Ouellet, Kerstin P. Contain yourself: 101 fresh ideas for fantastic container gardens. Batavia, IL, Ball Pub., c2003. 299 p.
SB418.O93 2003
Stevens, David, and Jerry Harpur. Roof gardens, balconies and terraces. New York, Rizzoli, 1997. 160 p.
SB419.5.H37 1997
Swindells, Phillip. Container water gardens. Hauppauge, NY, Barron’s Educational Series, 2001. 64 p.
SB423.S923 2001
Taylor’s guide to container gardening. Edited by Roger Holmes. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 453 p.
SB418.T39 1995
Webster, Vicki. Container gardening. 6th ed. Menlo Park, CA, Sunset Pub., c2004. 128 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
SB413.R47 R35 2004
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Container Gardening with Children, from Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Parents/gardening.html
Container Gardening for Wildlife, from the National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org/backyardwildlifehabitat/container.cfm
Container Gardens, from Texas A&M University
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/floriculture/container-garden/lesson/index.html
Container Vegetable Gardening, from Arizona Cooperative Extension
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/vegetable/container.html
Container Vegetable Gardening, from Virginia Cooperative Extension
http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/envirohort/articles/vegetables/contgrdn.html
Gardening in Raised Beds and Containers for Older Gardeners and Individuals With Physical Disabilities, by Diane Relf, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
http://www.hort.vt.edu/human/pub426020d.html
Guide to Container Gardening, from GardenGuides.com
http://www.gardenguides.com/TipsandTechniques/container.htm
Eifen tuin & auto, creative gardens from Holland
http://www.autotuin.nl/cargarden.html
No Ground? Use Containers, from Journey to Forever
http://journeytoforever.org/garden_con.html
Drought-resistant Plants for Pots, from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/design/handbooks/potted/drought.html
Vegetable Gardening in Containers, from the Agriculture Program of Texas A&M
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/container/container.htm
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Allaire, Denise. Cuisinons nos plantes sauvages. Québec, Éditions de l’Aurore, c1977. 178 p.
TX823.A46
Angier, Bradford. Free for the eating. Harrisburg, PA, Stackpole Books, [1966]. 191 p.
QK98.5.A54
Angier, Bradford. Feasting free on wild edibles; a one-volume edition of Free for the eating and More free-for-the eating wild foods. Harrisburg, PA, Stackpole Books, [1972, c1969]. 285 p.
TX823.A48 1972
Beatty, Bill. [Wild plant cookbook] Bill & Bev Beatty’s wild plant cookbook. Happy Camp, CA, Naturegraph Publishers, c1987. 174 p.
TX823.B423 1987
Illustrations by Bev Beatty.
Beedell, Suzanne Mollie. Pick, cook and brew. London, Pelham, 1973. 224 p.
TX823.B43 1973b
Belt, Thomas Edwin. Wild plants for winemaking. Andover, Amateur Winemaker, 1974. 87 p.
TP548.2.B449
Boisvert, Clotilde. La cuisine des plantes sauvages. Paris, New York, Dargaud, c1984. 302 p.
TX823.B59 1984
Candela Bettelli, Enza. Andar per boschi. Milano, Il castello, [1977?] 223 p.
TX823.C28
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TT157.C25 1980
Croisier, Annie. La cueillette : 10 mois de l’année Paris, Retz, 1979. 191 p.
TX819.A1C76
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TX823.C68
Dow, Elaine. Pages from a weed woman’s journal of common wild plants : their histories and uses in flower arrangement, cooking, dyeing, landscaping, and drying : with recipes. Topsfield, MA (P.O. Box 224, Topsfield 01983), Historical Presentations, c1991. 183 p.
QK98.4.A1D69 1991
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TX823.D78 1982
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TX823.E53 1983
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QK98.4.G7F74 1985
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TX612.J3F73
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TX823.F73
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SK606.G4
Cover painting and illustrations by Wayne Barber.
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QK98.5.A1G46 1988
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QK98.5.G45
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QK98.5.A1H37 1995
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QK98.5.H3 1969
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QK98.5.A1H44 1980
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TX823.H423 2000
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QK98.5.A1H57 1995
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TX823.K75 1975
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TX823.M274 1986
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TX823.M235
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QK98.5.A1M52 1980
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TX823.R8
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This is anecdotal, but a good friend of ours was in a Sam’s Club in north Scottsdale. A very nice affluent area. He saw three very well dressed younger women pushing a total of five carts loaded down with canned goods, rice, etc. When he asked the cashier about this, he said that the store hasn’t been able to stay fully stocked with staples, and that they call customers like this, “freaks.” Maybe more people than we think are hunkering down — just not talking about it.
>>>we’re talking about 6+ full pallets worth<<<
Dang, that would have had to have been a BIG pickup! LOL
I think your plan to wait for the thaw is probably a wise choice.
I often considered the bugging-out prospects, but I think that hunkering down is the best for me. 2 daughters nearby and other extended relatives close by - Besides, it would take a couple of 40’ trailers to take the minimum what I would want to have with me... Then I wouldn’t have the miscellaneous items that could be cannibalized for parts and stuff.
We have 7 bridges that could be closed and all the hoards from the cities would be kept out. We don’t have the big city cesspool type areas on the peninsula and it is big enough to have diversity - 60 miles wide by 180 miles long.
Having Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Norfolk all in a circle, surrounding you, does not make one feel secure without the option of isolating the area.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/selected-internet/cherryblossoms.html
Selected Internet Resources —
Cherry Blossoms
Science Reference Section
Science, Technology, and Business Division
Library of Congress
Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC ... More Cherry Blossoms ...
Flowering Cherry Information
CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN WASHINGTON DC
Cherry Blossoms, from the National Park Service; includes a history of the cherry trees in Washington, D.C. http://www.nps.gov/nacc/cherry/
Official Website of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/cms/index.php?id=390
Washington Post Cherry Blossom Guide
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/cityguide/features/2008/cherry-blossom-festival/
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MORE CHERRY BLOSSOMS
Annual Cherry Blossom Festival of Southern California
http://www.cherryblossomfestivalsocal.org
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Cherry Watch and Sakura Matsuri Festival
http://www.bbg.org/exp/cherries/index.html
Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia
http://www.jasgp.org/cherryblossomfestival/
Cherry Blossom Spots in Japan, from japan-guide.com
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2011_where.html
Hawaii Cherry Blossom Festival
http://www.cbfhawaii.com/56/
Macon Georgia Cherry Blossom Festival
http://www.cherryblossom.com/
Northern California Cherry Blossom festival
http://nccbf.org/home/
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
http://www.vancouvercherryblossomfestival.com/
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FLOWERING CHERRY INFORMATION
Cherry, information from the Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS) of University of Florida IFAS Extension
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Cherry
PLANTS Database, from National Resources Conservation Service, USDA
http://plants.usda.gov/
Ornamental Cherry, Plum, Almond and Apricot, from Clemson University
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC1018.htm
NASA Technical Reports on flowering cherries
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?Ns=ArchiveName%7C0&N=4294682589
Compiled by Alison P. Kelly, March, 2007; revised March, 2008.
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