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https://youtu.be/x8rhAbX45Cg Give this man a change to teach us more.
http://shermsorganicnews.blogspot.com/2015/04/go-to-home-grown-food-summit-2015.html
Get more ideas from the Food Summit too.
Showing posts with label GARDENING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GARDENING. Show all posts
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Ron Finley’ Presents How to Bring Back Yard Gardening.
Yes, in America, the land of the free, in some city's you cannot grow eatable plants, or have a garden. I've reported on this before in my blog Rooster Politics. It hard for me to believe we've gotten so greedy. That's what the gamblers who control and participated in Wall Street market have done and will to any economy. We need organic produce for good health. They don't want neither. Chemicals are big money too.
More folks because we have to as well vegetarianism (health) are moving into fruits and vegetables. So what will the government control next You guess it; the gardener.
Ron’s has a wonderful sense of humor and passionate stance on healthy eating have made him a well-known guerilla gardening hero. He fought the law, and he won. He describes himself as “a renegade gangster provocateur game-changing gardener.” A TED talk he gave in 2013 has been watched by over 2 million people, and as a fashion designer Ron appreciates beauty. “For me, the whole urban gardening thing is about art,” Ron says. “I want everyone to be able to design their own life.”
https://youtu.be/x8rhAbX45Cg Give this man a change to teach us more.
http://shermsorganicnews.blogspot.com/2015/04/go-to-home-grown-food-summit-2015.html
Get more ideas from the Food Summit too.
https://youtu.be/x8rhAbX45Cg Give this man a change to teach us more.
http://shermsorganicnews.blogspot.com/2015/04/go-to-home-grown-food-summit-2015.html
Get more ideas from the Food Summit too.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Go to: Home Grown Food Summit 2015
I'm a prepper, your a prepper come an be prepper too. She is on You tube with lots of helpful ideas on seeds and storage of foods. https://youtu.be/8V6XzP6AXAk Join gardening projects in your area. If you grow a garden on lawn areas use areas where it has sun and not sprayed with chemical there.
You might be surprised on the latest studies on Churches and which one has the longest lived members :(115) http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/healthscience/2015/February/Secrets-to-Longevity-Revealed-in-Denominations-Lifestyle/
I have pinterest views on storages and being a prepper too.
https://www.pinterest.com/toughertimes/preppers/
https://www.pinterest.com/toughertimes/water/
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| She has excellent advice on making a storing your own seeds for your area |
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| OR, MAKE THEM FOR YOUR seasonal problem area. The seed markets don't want you to have these kind of seeds, that have the reproductive life in them, that kill fungus. These seeds you can keep the best of them and plant next year. You got the answer why? Monsanto and, others, have no control and this corp.can't make money. http://orgcns.org/1NJFQSJ #Gardening #Organic |
To learn more about the Basalt Food Garden: https://www.facebook.com/BasaltFoodGa...
To learn more about Growing Your Own Groceries visit: http://www.GrowYourOwnGroceries.org.
Note that Marjory will personally respond to comments posted on the blog site at http://www.GrowYourOwnGroceries.org - she gets some in here, but the response is way faster on the blog site.. And yes, Marjory does want to hear from you!........
I follow her on my social media's and on my FB
Make your kids a job. How to sell grow and sell plants https://youtu.be/_S7Ghj5TPr8
THIS MAN: I admire. He has been stopped by the city to grow editable plants i.e. view all his videos. Give him a reason to live, and teach... https://youtu.be/x8rhAbX45Cg http://shermsorganicnews.blogspot.com/2015/05/are-you-ready-for-your-famine.html
https://www.pinterest.com/toughertimes/preppers/
https://www.pinterest.com/toughertimes/water/
https://www.pinterest.com/toughertimes/canning-and-storage-of-foods-for-winter/
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
FREE OPEN SEEDS INITIATIVE
A group of scientists and food activists is launching a campaign Thursday to change the rules that govern seeds. They're releasing 29 new varieties of crops under a new "open source pledge" that's intended to safeguard the ability of farmers, gardeners and plant breeders to share those seeds freely.
It's inspired by the example of open source software, which is freely available for anyone to use but cannot legally be converted into anyone's proprietary product.
At an event on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, backers of the new Open Source Seed Initiative will pass out 29 new varieties of 14 different crops, including carrots, kale, broccoli and quinoa. Anyone receiving the seeds must pledge not to restrict their use by means of patents, licenses or any other kind of intellectual property. In fact, any future plant that's derived from these open source seeds also has to remain freely available as well.
Irwin Goldman, a vegetable breeder at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, helped organize the campaign. It's an attempt to restore the practice of open sharing that was the rule among plant breeders when he entered the profession more than 20 years ago.
"If other breeders asked for our materials, we would send them a packet of seed, and they would do the same for us," he says. "That was a wonderful way to work, and that way of working is no longer with us."
These days, seeds are intellectual property. Some are patented as inventions. You need permission from the patent holder to use them, and you're not supposed to harvest seeds for replanting the next year.
Even university breeders operate under these rules. When Goldwin creates a new variety of onions, carrots or table beets, a technology-transfer arm of the university licenses it to seed companies.
This brings in money that helps pay for Goldman's work, but he still doesn't like the consequences of restricting access to plant genes — what he calls germplasm. "If we don't share germplasm and freely exchange it, then we will limit our ability to improve the crop," he says.
Sociologist Jack Kloppenburg, also at the University of Wisconsin, has been campaigning against seed patents for 30 years. His reasons go beyond
Goldman's.
He says turning seeds into private property has contributed to the rise of big seed companies that in turn promote ever-bigger, more specialized farms. "The problem is concentration, and the narrow set of uses to which the technology and the breeding are being put," he says.
Kloppenburg says one important goal for this initiative is simply to get people thinking and talking about how seeds are controlled. "It's to open people's minds," he says. "It's kind of a biological meme, you might say: Free seed! Seed that can be used by anyone!"
The practical impact of the Open Source Seed Initiative on farmers and gardeners, however, may be limited. Even though anyone can use such seed, most people probably won't be able to find it.
The companies that dominate the seed business probably will keep selling their own proprietary varieties or hybrids. There's more money to be made with those seeds.
Most commercial vegetable seeds are hybrids, which come with a kind of built-in security lock; if you replant seed from a hybrid, you won't get exactly the same kind of plant. (For this reason, some seed companies don't bother getting patents on their hybrids.)
John Shoenecker, director of intellectual property for the seed company HM Clause and the incoming president of the American Seed Trade Association, says his company may avoid using open source seed to breed new commercial varieties "because then we'd ... have limited potential to recoup the investment." That's because the offspring of open source seeds would have to be shared as well, and any other seed company could immediately sell the same variety.
The initiative is probably more significant for plant breeders, especially at universities. Goldman says he expects many plant breeders at universities to join the open source effort.
Meanwhile, two small seed companies that specialize in selling to organic farmers — High Mowing Organic Seeds in Hardwick, Vt., and Wild Garden Seed in Philomath, Ore., are adding some open source seeds to their catalogs this year.
It's inspired by the example of open source software, which is freely available for anyone to use but cannot legally be converted into anyone's proprietary product.
At an event on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, backers of the new Open Source Seed Initiative will pass out 29 new varieties of 14 different crops, including carrots, kale, broccoli and quinoa. Anyone receiving the seeds must pledge not to restrict their use by means of patents, licenses or any other kind of intellectual property. In fact, any future plant that's derived from these open source seeds also has to remain freely available as well.
Irwin Goldman, a vegetable breeder at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, helped organize the campaign. It's an attempt to restore the practice of open sharing that was the rule among plant breeders when he entered the profession more than 20 years ago.
"If other breeders asked for our materials, we would send them a packet of seed, and they would do the same for us," he says. "That was a wonderful way to work, and that way of working is no longer with us."
These days, seeds are intellectual property. Some are patented as inventions. You need permission from the patent holder to use them, and you're not supposed to harvest seeds for replanting the next year.
Even university breeders operate under these rules. When Goldwin creates a new variety of onions, carrots or table beets, a technology-transfer arm of the university licenses it to seed companies.
This brings in money that helps pay for Goldman's work, but he still doesn't like the consequences of restricting access to plant genes — what he calls germplasm. "If we don't share germplasm and freely exchange it, then we will limit our ability to improve the crop," he says.
Sociologist Jack Kloppenburg, also at the University of Wisconsin, has been campaigning against seed patents for 30 years. His reasons go beyond
Goldman's.
He says turning seeds into private property has contributed to the rise of big seed companies that in turn promote ever-bigger, more specialized farms. "The problem is concentration, and the narrow set of uses to which the technology and the breeding are being put," he says.
Kloppenburg says one important goal for this initiative is simply to get people thinking and talking about how seeds are controlled. "It's to open people's minds," he says. "It's kind of a biological meme, you might say: Free seed! Seed that can be used by anyone!"
The practical impact of the Open Source Seed Initiative on farmers and gardeners, however, may be limited. Even though anyone can use such seed, most people probably won't be able to find it.
The companies that dominate the seed business probably will keep selling their own proprietary varieties or hybrids. There's more money to be made with those seeds.
Most commercial vegetable seeds are hybrids, which come with a kind of built-in security lock; if you replant seed from a hybrid, you won't get exactly the same kind of plant. (For this reason, some seed companies don't bother getting patents on their hybrids.)
John Shoenecker, director of intellectual property for the seed company HM Clause and the incoming president of the American Seed Trade Association, says his company may avoid using open source seed to breed new commercial varieties "because then we'd ... have limited potential to recoup the investment." That's because the offspring of open source seeds would have to be shared as well, and any other seed company could immediately sell the same variety.
The initiative is probably more significant for plant breeders, especially at universities. Goldman says he expects many plant breeders at universities to join the open source effort.
Meanwhile, two small seed companies that specialize in selling to organic farmers — High Mowing Organic Seeds in Hardwick, Vt., and Wild Garden Seed in Philomath, Ore., are adding some open source seeds to their catalogs this year.
Monday, March 4, 2013
GROWING PLANTS (TREES) INDOORS
Why not have edible plants instead of decorational ones for a change. Some will do well in windows or on patios etc. Be an in home gardener doesn't take much money. Every year I grow 3 herbs in my apt. for the smell alone. Most will come in and smell the aroma and ask about the nice smell or if I'm baking a cake. (Thyme, Rosemary, and Sage)
Many of us have limited space, but we can still enjoy fresh fruit. Although not all fruit trees thrive in containers for longer periods of time, you can grow any fruit tree in a container for a few years and then transplant it. Choose a dwarf variety, which is well suited to living in a container.
http://pinterest.com/ptsherm/edible-plants/ for more idea's
Some of the most popular dwarf citrus trees to grow in containers are:
Meyer lemon: First imported from China in 1908, it is believed to be a cross between a lemon and a mandarin. The fruit has a very sweet flavor and is less acidic than a true lemon.
Calamondin: Prized for its attractive shape and foliage, it produces fragrant flowers nearly year-round. It is grown primarily for aesthetics and less for actual, edible fruit.
Dwarf Kaffa lime tree: The rind of the fruit and the unique double-lobed, aromatic leaves are often used in cooking. They're s more variety's on the Internet and in the links listed below, including growing vegetable (herbs indoors.)
Master gardener Chris Dawson prefers mail orders, however, be sure to inspect the tree when it arrives to be sure the packing material is still moist and the roots are in good shape. As with any bare-root tree, make sure the roots never dry out before planting. To plant:
Many of us have limited space, but we can still enjoy fresh fruit. Although not all fruit trees thrive in containers for longer periods of time, you can grow any fruit tree in a container for a few years and then transplant it. Choose a dwarf variety, which is well suited to living in a container.
http://pinterest.com/ptsherm/edible-plants/ for more idea's
Some of the most popular dwarf citrus trees to grow in containers are:
Meyer lemon: First imported from China in 1908, it is believed to be a cross between a lemon and a mandarin. The fruit has a very sweet flavor and is less acidic than a true lemon.
Calamondin: Prized for its attractive shape and foliage, it produces fragrant flowers nearly year-round. It is grown primarily for aesthetics and less for actual, edible fruit.
Dwarf Kaffa lime tree: The rind of the fruit and the unique double-lobed, aromatic leaves are often used in cooking. They're s more variety's on the Internet and in the links listed below, including growing vegetable (herbs indoors.)
Master gardener Chris Dawson prefers mail orders, however, be sure to inspect the tree when it arrives to be sure the packing material is still moist and the roots are in good shape. As with any bare-root tree, make sure the roots never dry out before planting. To plant:
- Use any kind of container as long as it has drainage holes and is an adequate size for the tree - 10 to 16 inches in diameter.
- Fill the container with a light, well-drained potting mixture. Make a small mound in the center of pot and arrange the roots over the mound. Cover the roots with soil and tamp in lightly.
- Leave the stake in place to help the tree remain sturdy while the roots become established.
- Place in full sun, southern exposure.
- Water to keep the soil moist, but not soggy.
- Fertilize with a formula high in nitrogen with trace
minerals.
The one compromise with container fruit trees: They rarely bear as much fruit as their planted counterpart. On the plus side, the fruit usually appears a season or so ahead of trees planted in the garden.
- https://youtu.be/_S7Ghj5TPr8 how to grow plants for sale
Author: Growing Fruit Trees in Container; Chris Dawson
Another site for growing fruit tree in larger containers: http://www.hgtv.com/landscaping/growing-fruit-in-containers/index.html (This site shows more varieties of trees and berries) and,
http://www.hgtv.com/gardening/fruit-for-large-containers/pictures/index.html also,
http://www.hgtv.com/gardening/tips-for-growing-vegetables-in-containers/pictures/index.html?ic1=obinsite - Very good magazine on plants i.e.
http://www.sunset.com/garden/flowers-plants/thyme-thymus-00400000018291/
Friday, October 31, 2008
Eat More Nutritiously and Inexpensively
Eat More Nutritiously and Inexpensively At Home. Change your style and be a better meal planner and enjoy your family now. Actually more folks are eating at home. Do you eat out of Teflon, or Aluminum etc.? You never know what your food has been cooked in or what's in your food such as oils, MSG, chemicals, hormones, corn syrups etc. But then, maybe you drink out of aluminum cans?As the financial crisis deepens, more Americans are cutting back on eating out and staying home cooking their own meals. According to the NPD Group, a market research company, restaurant meals now cost on average about three times what it takes to make a similar meal at home.
While fast-food restaurants are maintaining a relatively steady customer flow, sit-down restaurants are seeing sales plummet. According to Edward E. Leamer, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, "There has been so much of a focus on Wall Street and the credit problem, but the real source of the problem in the fourth quarter is going to be consumer spending, and restaurants are one of the canaries in this coal mine." Learn more
While fast-food restaurants are maintaining a relatively steady customer flow, sit-down restaurants are seeing sales plummet. According to Edward E. Leamer, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, "There has been so much of a focus on Wall Street and the credit problem, but the real source of the problem in the fourth quarter is going to be consumer spending, and restaurants are one of the canaries in this coal mine." Learn more
Get out that crock pot, and soup and legumes are great for the winter and still basic with some home made bread. Make that home made jam and butter for sandwiches and don't forget the fresh fruits and vegetable. Keep a diary of successful meals and recipe to copy. Home made waffles and then freeze some for another day...you can successfully budget and balance meal with just a little planning and very little effort. Make dinners once a week enough for another meal and freeze. Plan ahead and freeze in baggies fresh produce to quickly use that week for soup, stews, and toppings such as omelets and vegetarian pizzas etc.
Spiegel Online February 13, 2009 Local Produce Movement
GROW YOUR OWN GARDENS, USE POT AND TAKE OUT UNEATABLE PLANTS IN THE SUN TO USE FOR SOME TOMATOES OR SQUASH PLANT ETC.
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