Think you cannot grow a garden in a smaller space? Think again. This video is a must-see for future food sustainability.
by Peak MomentÂ
May 7, 2008
Think you cannot grow a garden in a smaller space? Think again. This video is a must-see for future food sustainability.
by Peak MomentÂ
May 8, 2008 at 9:02 am
Scott,
I have my “Little Garden” going now.I even have flowers on my Tomato plants.
I was thinking that the local collages could put their “Agriculture Dep`s” on a mission.
They can learn,and,help feed their local humans,all at the same time.
These “Road Side Gardens”,I like to call them,could supply the local people with a cost friendly,healthy,produce.
I believe such a project would catch on,and,make people feel better about themselves by helping others.
May 9, 2008 at 7:32 pm
That is a great idea about the colleges. The only problem I see with that is that the college curriculum is geared towards business interests instead of helping people become sustainable.
I just got through finishing up a business degree, and can attest to the fact that it is not the “little people” that are the concern. The concern is churning out people who will support big business growth and profitabality.
The “little people” are seen as an asset only so long as they can be kept in the dark, poor, and working for poverty wages. In fact, an entire class discussion was centered around this class structure and how it is necessary for a certain segment of the population to be kept poor for business to thrive in an open market.
May 10, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Barbara, thanks for this video. Lots of great ideas here. I started my first garden last year and grew tasty tomatoes and bell peppers. We’re starting this year’s garden by adding lettuce, broccoli, green and yellow onions, garlic, zucchini, and the herbs basil and mint. Each year we plan to add more. We thought about chickens and I’m encouraged that we can raise them, as well as grow oats and possibly wheat.
It has become a necessity for sustainability as we can no longer operate as we have and expect to survive.
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“In our society, growing food yourself has become the most radical of acts. It is truly the only effective protest, one that can – and will – overturn the corporate powers that be.” Jules Dervaes
May 11, 2008 at 11:54 am
Wonderful interview and tour!
We whole-heartedly agree with your ‘back yard sustainability’ mindset and vision.
May you be BLESSED in your own efforts and how your vision inspires others.
Thank you for sharing!
Best Blessings!
Donna @ Millers Grain House
May 11, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Great Video, I have been doing similar things on my 5 acres. I would strongly suggest that you looking to harvesting and winnowing equipment for your grains. There is nothing more disheartining than trying unsuccssfully to havest and get your grain that you worked so hard to grow. I would also look into rain water cathment systems. If I may suggest the University of Texas has excellent information.
Carl in Wisconsin
May 11, 2008 at 8:29 pm
These are excellent suggestions. I have just added three links that show how to harvest grains by hand, build a greenhouse, and catch rainwater. Here they are the titles on the home page in the right-hand sidebar:
These two are under Gardening:
“Building Your Greenhouse”
“Growing and Harvesting Wheat by Hand”
This one is under Water Solutions:
“Harvesting Rainwater”
Working together and sharing information is the best survival technique we have. Thank you!
May 15, 2008 at 1:22 am
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May 19, 2008 at 12:44 am
Great video.
we rent our place, however…we have a really nice garden out back this year.
We don`t have wheat or oats. I wouldnt know how to thresh, and everything else we would need to do.
There are pictures of our garden at the following link.
http://www.cheekymonkey.hyperphp.com/smf/index.php?topic=43.0
May 19, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Wow, Anita! Great pics of a great garden. Everyone should check this out.
We can’t plant until near the end of may, when the snow is gone from Saddle Mountain. It isn’t safe from frost until then.
We just had Trapper Vince, who will start giving lessons on trapping varmints very soon, come and till our garden with his tractor. We started a new spot this year, and I am taking pictures of each step we are using to start the new space and will post on the site.
Do you can and dry your produce?
Barb
August 22, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Good Stuff! I pressure can all I can! No power for preservation over the long haul, like frozen stuff needed! Just a berth for each jar, in a dark, cool place! I have eaten meat, and veggies, potatoes included that are three years old!, And I am alive to tell the tale! Wine – same story! Dandelion wine too! Beer? not so hot after about 6 -8 months, no matter how dark and cool! Dried herbs, garlic, veggies, potato slices coated in lemon juice before drying to prevent blackening, do very well in glass jars on shelves with preserves, fruit does great, dried then put in glass jars for safety sake and mice troubles! and canned sauerkraut goes for three years tested once pressure canned to safe keeping! G d help the common folk, no one else will! GM is gone, our sons and daughters jobs are in Asia, and we fight and die for oil from foreign lands to put in cars we will never be able to buy! The government is two cheeks of the same asshole , no matter how you vote! G d Help America before it is too late! We are in distress!