The Weekly Watch
Choosing Survival?
How do we survive all the intersecting crises? There are strategies. A good starting point might be to stop creating wars and coups around the world, and follow up with the cessation of fossil fuel ASAP. We could perhaps manage to save our species, but it will take serious action. Can we overcome the powers who strive to maintain the status quo, and move forward toward sustainability, peace, and true prosperity? Will we even try? I don't know, but I do understand that there are ways to minimize our many impacts and increase the likelihood of human survival. Today let's look at promising practices and ways to create a stable future.
Let's begin with sustainable local food production...
Permaculture is a means to sustain and improve our environment while providing food.
In this encouraging video, Geoff Lawton discusses his work and successes around the world.
(34 min)
There was a comment in one of my recent pieces that we can't produce enough healthy food for our large world population. I disagree. We just have to change how we raise food. I'm a proponent of neighborhood market gardens. Here's a great trip to Charles Dowding's productive backyard just last week...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2tVCrGi7Ck (38 min)
Those of you who doubt you can grow much of your own food should watch this no-till composting master gardener.
There are new techniques of intensive food production like aquaculture, producing both vegetables and fish in symbiosis...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAeJ5RwqPFQ (7.5 min)
The end of the clip shows a $75 small scale system.
Curtis Stone discusses regenerative agriculture. He talks about several producers (links below) and the economic challenges of sustainable systems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86LTzfBWA1U (11 min)
Jodi Roebuck - http://www.roebuckfarm.com
Ben Falk - http://www.wholesystemsdesign.com
Grant Shultz - http://www.versaland.com
Alan Savory - http://bit.ly/1gm0HIZ
Joel Salatin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z75A_JMBx4 (17 min)
Mark Shepard - https://www.acresusa.com/products/restoration-agriculture
For those of you without a yard or garden area, consider community gardens
There are many types https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeHgrIIPF9M (4 min)
Here's an example from St. Pete, FL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr40mqBAoe8 (25 min)
Gardens can help build communities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFDAfmw-UNA (3 min)
Community may be the key to survival...
Close communities do better during climate emergency/disaster...(6 min)
Climate change is amplifying extreme weather events like hurricanes, heatwaves and other disasters. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of how best to prepare for this stuff? Moving inland? Buying flood insurance? Stockpiling water? Building stronger relationships might not be high on that list, but maybe it should be.
Twin Oaks community in VA has a creative community design...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7in_Iqnqjo (11 min)
Twin Oaks is a local, income-sharing, intentional community. Stephan Przybylowicz and Ari Tupelo Sandler will discuss the community's commitment to non-violence, how their income-sharing model works to help combat structural inequalities (such as sexism), and how the community grapples with internal power dynamics to lessen its effects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VWT7XRG-tA (1.3 hours)
This is an interesting tour of several eco-villages across the US...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnNnjKwYNg8 (21 min)
There are many of these communities around like Dancing Rabbit in Northeastern Missouri.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EfjHhzht_c (8.5 min)
52 min full blown tour... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hXSyofrG6o
Climate will create challenges as we progress and living in a supportive community helps to folks to weather the storm so to speak...
Thom Hartmann looks at a report written in Australia on climate-related security risks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkD78l-HnQU (5.5 min)
With fire engulfing entire swathes of the country, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison—who built his political reputation by denying the reality of global warming and rejecting the need for any reduction in fossil fuel use—has become the legitimate target of mass popular anger. In the eyes of millions, he personifies the responsibility of the ruling elite for the social consequences of the climatic change underway and the drastic impact it is having on their lives.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/03/fire-j03.html
Perhaps we can restore climate stability if we would make it a global priority...
Paul Beckwith posted 3 pieces on climate restoration about 15 min each.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnTVUGbxXss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq1kq3nSNqQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy-FSMfzV78
https://www.climate-restoration-foundation.com/
https://foundationforclimaterestoration.org/
https://foundationforclimaterestoration.org/resources/
Energy use in our homes, industry and transport accounts for two thirds of our total human induced carbon dioxide emissions. Far from dramatically reducing since the 'historic' Paris agreement in 2015, those emissions have actually started to creep back up. The world is now catastrophically off track to meet any of the lower pathways set out by the IPCC special report published in 2018. We know what we must do. So why aren't we doing it.? This week we look at a new report just out from the International Renewable Energy Agency, which provides a stark assessment of what's required.
https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2019/Apr/IR...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikz5JHfPQ6k (15.5 min)
Structures
Earthships are one answer to sustainable housing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTL8z5pbmHU (27 min)
Here's a tour with one of the pioneers...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efI77fzBgvg (40 min)
Like the Earthships, here's a home in India that makes it's own power, collects it's own water, and processes it's own sewage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5gzj0bmq0 (9 min)
Transportation...
Communities that promote walking and biking
https://www.bikeleague.org/community
Most bike friendly US cities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpj4GfI1cI4 (3.5 min)
Global bike friendly cities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoWNtx1tD5Q (8 min)
Public transportation
Best in the world...
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-top-10-best-public-transit-syste...
Best US cities
https://alltransit.cnt.org/rankings/
https://realestate.usnews.com/real-estate/slideshows/best-places-to-live...
Unfortunately AmTrak is looking a cutting routes rather than expansion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-jP4vh3z_A (7.5 min)
It is all about money instead of sustainability and public service.
Sailing a super boat across the Atlantic in record time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDmz9iqyeSU (22 min)
There are way to work your way on a sail boat
https://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/adventure-travel/artic...
https://www.findacrew.net/
A sustainable economy...
Richard Wolff discusses why markets destroy community.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTE4FbZ3LkE (3 min)
Michael Hudson joins Max and Stacy to discuss a sane approach to our economy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnTVUGbxXss (26 min)
An economy based on war and environmental destruction is doomed. Will US culture's last grasp at more power destroy the ecosystem making all human survival moot? US actions in Iraq and the entire middle East (and South and Central America too) are absolutely disgusting and shameful to me. The propaganda/spin machine has pickled the brains of our fellow citizens to the point they don't know nor care about the outrageous behavior and provocation of the US/CIA/Israel/Saudi war machine. Look at our beautiful bombs.
As usual Chris Hedges sees the situation for what it is...a disaster.
The assassination by the United States of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, near Baghdad’s airport will ignite widespread retaliatory attacks against U.S. targets from Shiites, who form the majority in Iraq. It will activate Iranian-backed militias and insurgents in Lebanon and Syria and throughout the Middle East. The existing mayhem, violence, failed states and war, the result of nearly two decades of U.S. blunders and miscalculations in the region, will become an even wider and more dangerous conflagration. The consequences are ominous....
The United States, like Israel, has become a pariah that shreds, violates or absents itself from international law. We launch preemptive wars, which under international law is defined as a “crime of aggression,” based on fabricated evidence. We, as citizens, must hold our government accountable for these crimes. If we do not, we will be complicit in the codification of a new world order, one that would have terrifying consequences.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/war-with-iran/
With its drone missile assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and seven others at Baghdad’s international airport in the early morning hours of Friday, the Trump administration has carried out a criminal act of state terrorism that has stunned the world.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/04/pers-j04.html#pk_campaign=si...
Washington’s cold-blooded murder of a general in the Iranian army and a man widely described as the second most powerful figure in Tehran is unquestionably both a war crime and a direct act of war against Iran.
Maj. Danny Sjursen writes...
Violence begets violence; revenge engenders cycles of vengeance. This is exactly why war, or acts of war, must not be taken lightly. It also explains why America’s recent adventurism in the Middle East has only increased Islamic terrorism, killed hundreds of thousands worldwide, and ultimately left the U.S. no better off than when it began its crusade after the 9/11 attacks. Instead, this cycle of violence and revenge has produced nothing but “blowback” in the form of global anti-Americanism.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/trumps-illegal-impeachable-act-of-war/
Earlier this week the US embassy was stormed by irate Iraqis...
Dr. Thabit Abdullah, who’s chair of the history department at York University in Toronto. As well, Thabit was a leader of the opposition activists in Iraq against Saddam Hussein; fled the country. And while opposing Saddam, he also opposed the U.S. war in Iraq and has stayed part of the struggles his whole life. (video or text)
https://therealnews.com/stories/iraqi-protesters-storm-the-american-emba...
Well how about a little sanity from Jimmy and Max?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjWllto0Xzg (25 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TZqRabzbZg (20 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR2ZMduQE2s (21 min)
Here's an extensive conversation between Aaron, Max, Ben Norton, and Rania Khalek.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeQ_dx452WM (2 hours)
Abby and Mike also went live with an empire files
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k4_fjCv-Tk&t=2m25s (1 hour 40 min)
A shorter clip from Aaron...
The US assassination of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander, is the culmination of three years of Trump administration war-mongering against Iran. Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council, discusses Trump's radical neocon agenda in Iran and how Democratic votes for new sanctions against Tehran helped lay the groundwork for the current crisis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnU5bqLZ4_8 (23 min)
Anya Parampil speaks with Daniel McAdams, executive director of The Ron Paul Institute, to discuss President Trump’s decision to assassinate a top Iranian military leader, Major General Qassem Soleimani. The two also explore Twitter’s still-unexplained move to ban McAdam’s account because he called Fox News host Sean Hannity “a retard”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuYSY1GJh-E (20 min)
Niko and Medea speak from the protest in Miami yesterday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkXiuQ9Ex6Y (7 min)
After last week's column on US warmongering I had planned on a more positive piece today. The world interfered and I had to include the insane story from this week about US aggression in Iraq/Iran. So on the positive side we can grow healthy food in a sustainable way, create cooperative communities, build sustainable structures, transport ourselves with less energy, possibly mitigate some of the carbon that is driving climate, but the big question this week is can we control US warmongering? It seems not. When reporters reveal our war crimes we imprison them - https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/28/assa-d28.html
As wikileaks continues to expose war crimes and lies - https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/28/opcw-d28.html .
Wishing us all peace in this new year and decade. We sit at that point of balance between survival and extinction. The people want to choose peace and prosperity. Will our corporate oligarchs give us a chance?
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Interesting Harvest
Survival options give us hope to avoid extinction.
Thanks for baking up a batch of peace cookies.
Goes well with the anti war brew.
As OPOL would say...
Peace out.
Still have a cup of kindness to share...
left over from new years.
Thought of you when I posted the sailing stories in today's column. Hope you're snug at home instead of on the cold blue sea. All the best!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Don't know the answer
But the last 30 years of war has been the creature of Oil men with ties to Saudi Arabia. They are the reason for continued dependence on fossil fuel and war. Democrats like Obama have been hand in hand with them. Another environmental abomination is gasahol. Originally pitched as a way to stretch fuel supplies, it then became Democrats favorite "environmentally friendly" fuel, even though it's effectiveness was only found for old carburetted cars that skipped tuneups. These cars are long off the road, but a string of "campaign contributions" from Archer-Daniels-Midland in deep Blue Illinois keeps the requirement and government subsidy going. This is why the Sanders campaign is so significant. Not because Bernie is a Leftist. We have had many of those campaigns. But because it is not funded by shadowy corporate contributions that would ensure that it was only astroturf.
BTW, the subsidy is not only wasteful and diverting agricultural resources, but gasahol actually increases air pollution which a simple google search will reveal.
So, we are subsidizing use of agricultural land to grow corn for fuel that we don't need that increases air pollution over fossil fuel. Why? To increase the profits of a private company and the politicians they have suborned.
NOTE: I have an old carburreted dinosaur automobile. It is definitely NOT out of tune and never has been since I took delivery on December 4 1972.
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
Why gasahol? Iowa is the 1st primary
As you say it makes no sense...reduces mileage and increases pollution while costing more.
We have a car with a carburetor - an 86 toyota truck, and my '63 Ford 4000 gas powered tractor.
Hope your winter is better than last years and your fruit trees are doing well. I'm off to McMinnville in the next week or two to buy more trees.
https://falconrest.com/mcminnville-nurseries/
Ordering seed today from Southern exposure.
https://www.southernexposure.com/
Take care and be well!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Winter is much better than last year.
Only about 20 degrees less than Central Alabama (but much drier). Of course the wind has been coming from the South. I fear that when it comes from Alberta again, the trees will not be hardened enough.
Of interest. I have a Russian plum, a Siberian Cherry cross and a Polish apple rootstock derived from a Russian apple. Oh, and the Korean Giant Asian pear. All dropped their leaves a full month before the American/Euro varieties. Russian/Korean plants don't fool around when days start getting short. The lazy plants weren't ancestors. They were losers in the evolutionary sweepstakes.
I suspect those trees will among the last to break dormancy.
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
One of ours is carbureted too,
'85 Jeep XJ. Registration due this month, gotta' take it down for emissions testing.
Fortunately, my mechanic is good with carburetors.
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
your mechanic must be older...
not many around with carb experience.
Hope your winter is mild and all is well in your world.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
E10 has been a disaster for small engines
like landscape equipment, generators, 2 cycle engines and the like. It ruins the carburetors.
It is a major nightmare in the marine industry. The ethanol absorbs moisture in the air, then leaves a shellac in the gas jets. The corn industry has pushed the EPA into allowing E15 to be sold. This will make matters worse. Sounds like they are pushing E20 next.
The only work around I have found is to drain the gasahol and replace it with straight gas (at $20/gal) during storage or add 2 oz acetone to a 10 gallon fill-up (for older cars).
Good luck.
I use non-ethanol gas in my small engines
Tends to cost about $1/gallon more. That's what I burn in my old tractor too. It is my understanding that the ethanol dissolves the rubber in lines and so on which gunks up the carb. especially in small motors.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
STA-BIL works well for me in the car.
For the lawnmower, I run it dry, then fill the tank with STA-BIL and pull the cord a few times to get it throughout the fuel system. In Spring (Or what Lookout would call early summer!) I drain that, fill it with fresh gas and yank and yank and yank until it starts.
Spring gets fresh synthetic oil and a new air filter too.
At least the lawnmower is cheap gas. It costs me $97 to fill the Caprice with premium gas in 2018.
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
yes use stabilizer especially over winter
I always keep some in the old tractor gas. Sure is nice to have machinery that will crank.
Reminds me of the joke about the preacher that bought a lawn mower from a kid at a yard sale. He returned shortly saying it wouldn't crank. Kid said you pull and pull, and then kick it and cuss at it, then pull again till it cranks. Preacher said I've been a man of god so long that I don't even remember cuss words. Kid said pull a few more times and they'll come back to you.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning ...
Here's a good panel on the Iran killing, from RT:
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8UYcEnwGg4 width:500 height:300]
I thought this one was good too, Primo Nutmeg with George Galloway.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p69u_S9VYM width:500 height:300]
Have a nice day.
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
Thanks!
I had seen the primo nutmeg Galloway interview. I noticed he will cut out segments and post shorter clips of the longer interview.
I'll catch the RT America piece later today...thanks!
Currently listening to Kim Iverson's war commentary...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya4NnVVTdds (13 min)
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Wow it looks like Solemaini was lured to Iraq
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/01/iraqi-parliament-expels-foreign-mi...
"We have learned today from #Iraq Prime Minister AdilAbdl Mahdi how @realDonaldTrump uses diplomacy:
#US asked #Iraq to mediate with #Iran. Iraq PM asks #QassemSoleimani to come and talk to him and give him the answer of his mediation, Trump &co assassinate an envoy at the airport."
https://twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/1213833855754485762
Posted by: Fec | Jan 5 2020 15:23 utc | 3
I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish
"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"
Heard from Margaret Kimberley
Doesn't that sound low down enough for the US?
from your MoA link
We are the terrorists, what can you say?
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I've known a few Iranians
Not enough to predict their response. but the ones I knew were not that different in outlook from Sicilians. And I know what that sort of treachery would mean in Sicily - full blown vendetta.
Nothing good will come of blood on a truce flag.
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
Nothing good ever *has* come of blood on a truce flag
Makes me wish I could renounce my citizenship - and I would, if I had anywhere else to go.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Good morning, Lookout,
At home all stuffed-up, darn it; started antibiotic and making chicken soup in hopes of beating this viral or bacterial bug asap.
Enjoyed you insightful post today; given the breaking war news, who would have thought to say, "I told you so."
We live in dangerous times growing exponentially in the wrong direction by the choices made by greedy and foolish oligarchs and their political minions. Democracy teetering before it ever really gained complete control in our USA experiment having each progressive step challenged and maligned before the good benefits could take place.
Best hope i see is electing Bernie and getting behind the truly 'hard slog' for generations to come.
And in this, as you and many here often share, do what we can individually to turn the rudder. Thank you for providing alternatives to make life better each week; greatly appreciated.
Vit. C, zinc, and echinacea tea
All of those easily available at the drug/grocery store. A little fresh ginger grated into the tea doesn't hurt either.
If you have an herbalist in town , sweet gum tincture 3 tsp/day.
Oh yeah the most important...two clean sheets and plenty of rest!
And you're right Bernie (& Tulsi) are the only hope for our governmental system. Who knows what the future holds? We know we have today...best make the most of it.
Get well!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Tragically, I believe the answer to your question is Yes
The elite war machine learned their lessons well during the sixties, didn't they? Can't have a repeat of the Viet Nam public relations disaster if we are going to wage global war, can we? So what did they do? Well, they got rid of the draft which ameliorated that angle of the argument. Then they made sure to get the media on board. Can't have the nightly news reporting on the casualties of war as clueless Americans sit down for dinner, can we? And finally, they set about cultivating a massive propaganda apparatus with unprecedented reach to further their psy-ops and false flag campaigns. Have to give the well meaning citizenry a good argument for war, don't we?
Job well done, if you ask me. Most of the people I work with believe we need to protect ourselves from a big bad world out there waiting to get us. And those that don't, haven't a clue what's going on. When I try and fill them in, half the time, I can see their eyes glaze over. Just too much information, I guess, and they feel powerless and overwhelmed. I sympathize. Much of the time, I feel the same way.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
When the corporate dims of the day...
Usurped Henry Wallace as VP and installed the malleable Truman to succeed FDR, is (to my mind of late) when the corporate coup was created. Truman creates the CIA with their encouragement and the rest is history with the mafia branch of our gov't growing ever stronger every day. Taking out threats like the Kennedy's, MLK, Malcom, and on and on down through time probably involved with 9/11 to allow them total flexibility, and now with Julian and Chelsea suffering their wrath today.
Talk about making folks eyes glaze over.
You are so right about the success of the propaganda/spin machine. Just got to keep trying to educate. It is difficult to put the grass where the goats can eat it.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Yeah, but these goats don't just eat your grass
They come after you as soon as they see you on the field of play.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
I'm not one to butt heads with a goat
Similarly I'm not going to sit by silent when ignorant information is being spouted...not in every situation but with most folks. Not everyone will agree with my comments, but most can't refute me with evidence...and maybe they will think about it.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good advice for us all
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
"So what did they do? Well, they got rid of the draft ..."
and choked off economic opportunities in order to drive the poorest individuals into the military.
True
But that's a harder sell, not to mention a larger protest sign, than fighting against the draft. Better for the elites if volunteering to join the army falls under a questionable gray area.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
and worked like a charm to kill the anti-war movement
Never made me loose my quest for peace, but the big marches against war have become anemic at best. Needs to be tied to the climate struggle.
Want to travel to a parallel universe? Kinda fun. (9 min)
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjMmq09BCEA]
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
The big anti-war protests
Were really "My God! They want to draft ME!"
Human nature. Can't blame people for being human.
Today "Whew. Some ghetto rat is going. as long as it's not ME."
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
human nature is right...
...and doing away with the draft was one way to stifle the anti-war movement. Worked pretty good too.
Glad your winter is more moderate. Best wishes for your trees.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Home grown food, harvest to plate = amazing taste
This is the primary reason I keep expanding the variety and number of months I am harvesting fresh ingredients.
The radish seed planted in a pot or row in the garden provides greens for salad or a substitute for spinach,chard or kale in most recipes. The radish greens at the market are too old for taste and most have tears or breaks increasing the risk of food poisonings. Radish root can be eaten fresh or stored in a cool spot for several weeks before using. Pickle or ferment the root for new taste flavor, an added bonus the microorganisms (probiotics). Let the radish go to seed and use the seed pods as flavor bursts in stir fry vegetables. Let the seeds mature, harvest and use to grow sprouts or a new crop.
Most vegetables the whole plant can be eaten. The window of maximum flavor and speed it needs to be processed limits the opportunity to ship to a market. When growing our own food those limits are removed. Experience growing few crops with toxic parts of a plant, like tomatoes, potatoes or eggplants, should not limit our imagination and experimentation with other crops.
My personal opinion on kale it tastes terrible, until after the plant experiences its first hard frost (below 26 degrees). Then its flavor becomes exceptional. What grocery store or farmers market is going to provide you that flavor experience?
Thanks for today's info.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
great tips on the radish crop!
We had homegrown sweet tater, peas, and collards on NY day....so good. The greens were harvested that morning, peas dried from summer, and taters from the fall harvest. Made a soup from the left overs and other refrigerator scraps that we'll finally finish tomorrow. It feels healthy on lots of levels to grow your own food. It is not difficult - you learn more every season - but if you've never gardened don't be scared to try growing a few things like radish and lettuce to build your confidence.
To me all the brassicas taste better/sweeter after a frost.
Recently heard a Dr talking about eating fresh out of the garden and how your gut biome becomes an extension of your soil biome. Makes sense to me. Kinda Sir Albert Howard's message.
Hope all's well on the farm. After the rain and wind I need to play 5,6 pick up sticks.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Morning lo
And everyone
Great selection today. Really enjoyed the one on Earthships. And the one on the house in india. Loved her accent. My drawing partner is from Gujarat. Made me smile.
Sunny here for a while. Working in the garden today. Perfect. Thanks for the great roundup. Be well...
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happy gardening
The earthships are such an interesting design using wastes (like old tires) to create beautiful sustainable structures. Helps folks build a vision of what could be too.
I remember back in the 70's the new alchemy institute https://newalchemists.net/ designed a home combining aquaculture and passive heating in the NE with similar design features to earthships. There's a way, but is there a will?
Have a wonderful week!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Great post Lookout
A lot of great info. I love the "earth ships". I've always love housing that utilized natural materials, especially those that are either under ground or partially under ground, using the earth as natural insulation.
On more sour note, call me Danny Downer, Cynical Cid or Bitter Bob, but I don't think humanity will make it to 2100 much less 2050, if, assuming of course the climate science is correct, which, appears to me as it is, but, as we are experiencing today, the impacts and projections are woefully under estimated. Which means, things are much worse than we know. Considering all the "establishment" solutions are offered under the guise of not changing the economic fabric of our societies, where the rich get to keep all their useless toys while the rest of us, well, suffer per usual, we are not going to make it.
The "energy required" to transition to a new "energy system", will produce more GHG than is allowed in the so called planetary carbon budget. Not to mention that what is already in the atmosphere, and if we cut all emission today, we would still blow past 2C by 2050.
Thanks for all the fish!
C99, my refuge from an insane world. #ForceTheVote
Sadly I agree...
we are (probably) past the tipping point. None the less I'll keep doing what I can.
I'm toward the end of my ride, but I'm still planting trees - not with the delusion that I'll "help" the planet, but with the awareness that it helps my mental health.
Thanks for coming by. Have a good one!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Jimmy- F'ck the establishment and the democrats
#allwarsarebullshit!
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Voting is like driving with a toy steering wheel.
Doncha love Jimmy?
Thanks for the clip cause I'm twitter incompetent---
"All Wars Are Bullshit!" Good cheer to teach the MSM.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
VoteVets organization:
VoteVets are saying this:
Trump is a National Security risk
I remember this organization and Jon Soltz from years back. I respected them and still do.
PS And so it will go on and on and on...
Think it was Iran?
...or Russia? May be China this time.
Well hope all is well with you and yours.
Did you happen to catch this dream scene above? You might like it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjMmq09BCEA
Caught this Tulsi tribute too... not my favorite but glad she's drawing attention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcp1YVsfCZg
Love this one - Tulsi singing Imagine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chEbezKKrMs
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I liked her singing with her husband in the car
and saw when it came out. I think Azazello posted it in one of the EBs. The rest is not my taste.
Hi there, I remember that song you posted for me
Saying hi back. I am glad you are here. Hope you will be for a long time to come. And from what I read, on your side of the pond in your garden, everything grows nicely. That's what counts.
Have a good Monday morning.