Gardening 2024
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poltiregist
A True Doomsday Prepper
In my bid at survival , have ground up corn from a 50 pound bag of livestock corn that I purchased at a feed store . Then boiled it up and ate it in the form of grits . Yes it is eatable and passable eating with some salt and butter on it . This I post for those on a very tight budget . A 50 lb . bag of corn will sell for somewhere around 12 to 15 dollars and that would feed a family for a long time . -- For those that might not be familiar with grits , when boiled it will swell up around in my estimation of about fifteen times its original size . Fifty pounds of grits is a lot of food . --- However that is way down on my personal survival plan as , I have many cases of ground and boxed grits stacked up already .
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Poignant example from Russia on why we all had BETTER BE GROWING FOOD!
I have collected the corn left behind on the fields here after the harvest was over....
We could collect as much as we wanted as allowed by the field owner...
We actually collected the dent corn as food for the chickens...but...
We now have about 600 lbs of dent corn in storage in one barrel and another 300 lbs in another.
We love grits and we love fat chickens who lay beautiful eggs too!
Messing around in the raised bed garden earlier, pulling some weeds. Put my hand down to lean on one of the boards. It was covered in those little black piss ants. Those little bastard bites itch and burn like fire. Ran me in the house with my hand on fire. I grabbed the campho phenique. It worked! 
I think better than bug bite/itch cream/spray I normally reach for.
I think better than bug bite/itch cream/spray I normally reach for.
I got my 2024 Strictly Medicinal Seeds catalog today. Last year I ordered Stinging Nettle and Moringa seeds and neither sprouted one seed.
My entire garden is grown from seeds, but I am having a heck of a time with these two. As far as the Moringa, I have tried every conceivable sprouting method and not a single one showed and sign of growth. The Nettle was just spread in three places with differing soils and amounts of sunlight and nothing there either.
I still have a few seeds left and will try those. I may go ahead and order a new batch of both since they are both so healthy.
My entire garden is grown from seeds, but I am having a heck of a time with these two. As far as the Moringa, I have tried every conceivable sprouting method and not a single one showed and sign of growth. The Nettle was just spread in three places with differing soils and amounts of sunlight and nothing there either.
I still have a few seeds left and will try those. I may go ahead and order a new batch of both since they are both so healthy.
Speaking of seeds, I ordered heirloom seeds from 4 patriots last year. The shipping was exorbitant and none of the seeds did worth a crap...not ordering any seeds from there again.
I was going through the catalog and can't find Stinging Nettle or Moringa this year.
Absolutely luv my fresh peaches!! Mine won’t bloom for some time yet.
Don't know how 2 same pics attached..sorry about that. I thought I trashed one of the pics. Apparently didn't remove.
Be sure to include Medicinal Herbs in your garden this year. Or better yet, create a separate small garden of Medicinal Herbs!
rachaelk
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Agreed. I have diabetes and every medicine they have recommended for me has a long list of terrible side effects and only makes actual health worse. I am in search of healing. In my garden or close by in the wild there are lots of helpful plants....plantain...yarrow...echinace...sochan...stinging nettles....oregano...sage... lavender...mullein...rosemary.... Parsley....purple dead nettle and wild mint..horse tail although im not too sure about what to do with that one... clovers ...cleavers....and so many others. I dry what i can for winter.
Please take the time to look for the correct type of misteltoe. The berries are poisonous without the proper handling but the leaves can be soaked in spring water for several days and do help many people with their diabetes if it is still not so far as to need lots of insulin.
Doc Henley said something about which one, maybe he will kick in and help you ...
rachaelk
Member
Thanks for the info....i have heard of using mistle toe but only if you are really experienced
I’ve spent the day going through seeds. Making a list of what I need to purchase and planting a bunch of starts! Have them in the house under grow lights and sitting on seed warmers. Feel like I should have had some of these started 2 weeks ago. Sigh.
Anyone else have their seeds started yet?
Anyone else have their seeds started yet?
I do other have any started. The only ones that I don't direct sew are tomatoes and peppers.
I am going to do some herbs and try to start Moringa and Stinging Nettle again.
I am going to do some herbs and try to start Moringa and Stinging Nettle again.
I’m testing out some seeds to see if they are still viable. Several different types. I put them in small containers with paper towels and some water. Set them under the lights. Does anyone else do this?
Can you tell I’m taking a bit of a break for a few minutes and reading what you guys are saying?
Can you tell I’m taking a bit of a break for a few minutes and reading what you guys are saying?
I don't have time to plant a garden. I'm tired.
