And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
I can't help but think of the incredible work that represents
I grew my own vegetables for years. After (maybe) ten years of the "insanity," someone asked me if saving a few hundred dollars on growing my own was worth thousands of dollars in blood, sweat and tears, not to mention the money spent on tools, fertilizer and what not. I then joined a CSA and have been happy, healthy and more or less stress free for years.
In the tough times that may be approaching, growing your own makes sense as it creates a food supply from hard work rather than money. If things get as bad as some predict, having a bit of dirt with basic vegies and fruit will be a comfort. I started preserves early 23 with plums (I'm southern hemisphere) and ate them nearly a year after bottling. They were delicious.
I grow high-cost items (peppers, spices, and such) in a small indoor hothouse in the basement, room-size only. The LED strip lighting that covers the ceiling is plenty bright enough and uses about the power of a small electric room heater. Right now there's a foot of snow outside, and a few dozen big bell peppers ready to eat.
The advantages include a continuous growth model, no damaging wind, a lot fewer easy-to-control pests, and no weeding. At 71 years old, I find this method a whole lot more enjoyable than grubbing in the 50x100 garden plot outside that I can only use a few months out of the year. Did I mention that everything is at waist level?
I'm going to try to grow red potatoes in pots under the tables. If I'm lucky, dedicating just one small room to food production is going to make a very measurable impact on our budget, as store costs continue to climb into the stratosphere.
Yep, lots and lots of work. This is why farmers used to have large families before high tech agriculture.
ReplyDeleteI have a 50 x 50 garden and the weeds end up winning most years.
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I grew my own vegetables for years. After (maybe) ten years of the "insanity," someone asked me if saving a few hundred dollars on growing my own was worth thousands of dollars in blood, sweat and tears, not to mention the money spent on tools, fertilizer and what not. I then joined a CSA and have been happy, healthy and more or less stress free for years.
ReplyDeleteMy experience makes me look at this and wonder how they kept it from being razed by deer, coons, rats, mice, rabbits, birds, etc.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't forget slugs and snails...and other creepy crawly vermin that snack all night...
DeleteHow are they gonna get the tractor and combines in there? Need better planning.
ReplyDeleteNever, not once, did I feel oh crap, I gotta work in the garden.
ReplyDeleteI've grown many types of vegetables but numerous fruit and nut trees.
While a hobbyist, I have lent my labor to orhards and ranches as often as I could. My only lament now is I don't have more land to sow.
In the tough times that may be approaching, growing your own makes sense as it creates a food supply from hard work rather than money. If things get as bad as some predict, having a bit of dirt with basic vegies and fruit will be a comfort. I started preserves early 23 with plums (I'm southern hemisphere) and ate them nearly a year after bottling. They were delicious.
DeleteThis is a commercial garden in the UK and run by Charles Dowding.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/@CharlesDowding1nodig
A small pepper patch seems to satisfy my green thumb.
ReplyDelete"I can't help but think of the incredible work that represents"
ReplyDeleteI can't help but think of the incredible self sufficiency that represents.
I grow high-cost items (peppers, spices, and such) in a small indoor hothouse in the basement, room-size only. The LED strip lighting that covers the ceiling is plenty bright enough and uses about the power of a small electric room heater. Right now there's a foot of snow outside, and a few dozen big bell peppers ready to eat.
ReplyDeleteThe advantages include a continuous growth model, no damaging wind, a lot fewer easy-to-control pests, and no weeding. At 71 years old, I find this method a whole lot more enjoyable than grubbing in the 50x100 garden plot outside that I can only use a few months out of the year. Did I mention that everything is at waist level?
I'm going to try to grow red potatoes in pots under the tables. If I'm lucky, dedicating just one small room to food production is going to make a very measurable impact on our budget, as store costs continue to climb into the stratosphere.