#sustainability #forager #gardening #garden #gardener #gardendiy #growyourownfood #permaculture
#sustainability #forager #gardening #garden #gardener #gardendiy #growyourownfood #permaculture
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You’re a cool guy
😮 Prices going up, and amount of seeds going down 😢
We need more milkweed planted!!! Or our monarch population will die off sadly. There was an endeavor years back to eradicate all the milkweed, it hasn’t been a good thing for our butterfly colonies.
Do seeds go bad? Is there a certain way to store them?
I can remember when those seeds were 10 packs for a dollar. I dont need fertilizer from the Middle East because I have chickens. I also make my own fertilizer by soaking nettles and comfrey in a bucket of water and letting it rot, then I water my plants with the water.
Dollar tree seeds work fine not low quality but they do have many less seeds in them. Look at the weight
Make your own fertilizer. How to on YouTube.
Local library’s sometimes have seeds
not gmo seeds, but hey seeds are seeds gotta start somewhere… check out your local library for local seed exchange programs…
Let some of your plants go to seed and collect them. You can keep some, give & swap some too!
Human pee is a good free fertilizer! Use it!
No land? Grow sprouts and mico-greens in your windows! Or under LED lights.
try your local public library, many of them have seed libraries or exchanges, even in smaller towns like where i live. if all else fails, then reach out to your local agricultural extension office or local agricultural program in your local college, and one of them should have some seeds for you
Meanwhile, I'm picking up Dandelion seeds off the lawn.
Learn to make your own fertilizer. It’s called JADAM Korean farming. It works great, organic and is cheaper than traditional fertilizer and then I don’t have to buy Bayer or other company’s products.
Can't America make its own fertilizer? Surely it's cheaper than shipping it half way across the world!
I love free heirloom seed website. Comes to about 56 cents a pack after donation.
Dollar tree seeds are Ferry morse
I'm not sure if starvation is coming for us humans here in the West this season…but it for sure is coming for the wildlife. We have destroyed nearly all of their natural ecosystems and food sources. Please plant NOW for the birds, bees, butterflies, and other wildlife. This is projected to be the hottest summer in history. Protect those that cannot protect themselves. If they fall, it will be the beginning of the end for all of us.
"The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone."
-Bill Mollison (A Permaculture: A Designers Manual)
“The tragic reality is that very few sustainable systems are designed or applied by those who hold power, and the reason for this is obvious and simple: to let people arrange their own food, energy and shelter is to lose economic and political control over them. We should cease to look to power structures, hierarchical systems, or governments to help us, and devise ways to help ourselves.”
-Bill Mollison (Permaculture: A Designers' Manual)
These quotes aren't JUST about food. Do you knit, sew, repair engines, electronics or bicycles; bake or build? Do you code or design operating systems? …..The list goes on.
All of these skills can be shared cheaplyfreely, to supply ALL our needs.
Time for Victory Gardens Again?
"According to archived USDA fact sheets, there were more than 20 million victory gardens in 1943, which produced 10 billion pounds of food. In 1944, gardens provided around 40 percent of the U.S. vegetable supply. Tomatoes led the list in popularity, followed by string or wax beans, onions, lettuce, radishes, beets, and carrots. Two-thirds of the gardens were in towns, cities, and suburban areas."
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Agriculture
in 2000 they were .10 cents each. It’s not surprising.
Maybe this is the opportunity to ween off of petro based fertilizer – which really- we have known for decades, is NOT long term good for the environment.
Yup I still have some that say 4 for $1
Hell yeah hell yeah