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In article , Charlie wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2008 22:12:09 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , Charlie wrote: On Wed, 21 May 2008 17:57:23 -0700, Billy wrote: Not to be thought a slacker, yesterday I harvested a chard (3/4 was used as an accompaniment to our dinner, the other 1/4 used in salad). Two lettuces replaced the chard in the garden. Whoa, Hoss....this confuses me, this replacement thing. Did you harvest the whole chard plant, root and all? Root and all. It was from a mesclun salad mix that included chard. I need the room for my regular lettuce. I already have a designated area for the chard. OK....I assumed you know what you are about, but just wanted to be sure. Speaking of greens, have you tried Mizuna? It is receiving 100% in this household, even Lovey, who has a , uhhh, very sensitive palate and lots of taste buds, has given it the thumbs up. It is very prolific. Strangly, I have a packet of mizuna but I haven't sprouted it yet. But then the summer is young. Well now, get that stuff in the ground. It gets down to business quickly and produces abundantly. It is great fresh and and sauteed. This morning I picked two strawberries and shared with my significant other. Five anise came out of the germinator. Yesterday I finished planting 26 Dent corn and 6 Mammoth sunflowers. Temps are cooling here and I covered the peanuts with a clear plastic hood so they would stay warm. I am still in awe of how early the tomatoes have started to bloom. Charlie How's thing goin' out in the "Skunk Works"? Yo plants jumpin' up and givin' you a minstrel show? Anything lookin' different? I've been watching it closely and I am beginning to see some vibrant color and growth. Wishful thinking perhaps? You have your brewer up and running? I've a batch ready to go and I'll start another immediately. I've started adding 2 TBSP magnesium sulfate to each batch, along with a blender full of pureed dandelion and shepherds purse or whatever good stuff is growing, and rainwater. Added 1 cup of alfalfa meal and/or pellets to the brew bucket. I finally made it to the feed store and got fifty lbs. of dried molasses. Ten bucks, much cheaper than using store bought blackstrap. Alfalfa meal and alafalfa pellets......ten bucks per fifty lb bag. I've several cans of mackeral waiting in the wings....this one should be fun. I made a big mistake yesterday. I dosed the lettuce patch with tea and fish sauce. Later in the day, I was wandering the garden and nibbling stuff. Wasn't thinking about what I had supplemented and had to do some serious spitting when I ate some lettuce. Fish juice tastes like about like you would expect. Whoa, have I got a book for you. "Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply" by Vandana Shiva. Sound like anybody you know? Heh heh.....of course. I've only finished the introduction and this lady is already going for the groin. Ain't she wonderful? Sigh.....off to Borders.....again. Thanks......I guess. http://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Harvest...y/dp/089608607 0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211432791&sr= 1-1 I'm only halfway through, "In Defense of Food", which the library gave me two weeks to read. But "Stolen Harvest" has stolen my heart) Dammit Billy......'tweenst Left Coast Bill and Right Coast Bill, I am gonna go broke buyin' books. This education stuff is expensive! ;-) Charlie, who greatly values the following passage, but often falls way short of the ideal. "Well, it's always a mystery, because you don't know why you get depleted or recharged. But, this much I know. I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your own capacities, just that in itself creates new potential." "And I've learned from the Bhagavad Gita and other teachings of our culture to detach myself from the results of what I do, because those are not in my hands. The context is not in your control, but your commitment is yours to make, and you can make the deepest commitment with a total detachment about where it will take you. You want it to lead to a better world, and you shape your actions and take full responsibility for them, but then you have detachment. And that combination of deep passion and deep detachment allows me always to take on the next challenge because I don't cripple myself, I don't tie myself in knots. I function like a free being. I think getting that freedom is a social duty because I think we owe it to each other not to burden each other with prescription and demands. I think what we owe each other is a celebration of life and to replace fear and hopelessness with fearlessness and joy." ~~Vandana Shiva She sounds like a cross between Saint Molly and I.F. Stone. It's not the destination, it's the journey that counts. It's not the goal but the process that is important. -- Billy Bush Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
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