Great comments on growing a garden for a solution to (some of) our problems. I'm by no means an expert at food production and preservation, but I hope my personal experience helps someone.
I live by an old growth forest, and a decent width river. This has given me access to a natural cycle of nature - trees and plants grow easily from the water table being so close, they fertilize the soil(read: Mycilium - small soil based root systems) with the tree's leaves(Carbon) and the decaying green plants(Nitrogen) every year. The trees eventually fall over, and decay back into the earth giving back large amount of nitrogen, carbon and other needed foods for the soil. This is probably one of the oldest cycles on earth - tree growth and decay.
For all growing mediums, proper soil horizons are critical to plant growth. https://www.soils4teachers.org/soil-horizons/ is a good resource to understand the concept, and to explain each horizon.
O and A horizon is what your plant will be mainly growing into - seeds are planted into O horizon(usually sterilized (for mold reasons)) soil, the seedling starts are also planted into the O horizon. As the plant matures, it's roots get into A and B horizon.
This takes the basic nature cycles of forests and puts them into the growing mediums in your back yard. This method is mostly useful if you have poor soil, and have access to a lot of untreated waste wood(wood not suitable for lumber, or firewood), and a decent amount of mulching material(green(nitrogen) and brown(carbon)).
Once you have mounded up each layer, the first year's food is mainly grown from the top two layers, which resemble most farming methods (an O and A horizon). Year after year(10-15 year process), the material in the mulch layers(Nitrogen from green organics, and Carbon from brown organics) will begin to settle, compress, and decay. This process gives nitrogen to the lowest layers, which need nitrogen to jump start the decay process in the small roots, sticks, branches, logs below the mulch layer. Once the wood begins to decay, they give their stored nitrogen back into the soil over the course of 5-10 years depending on hardness of the wood.
You can use this process in raised beds as well, just makes your horizons flat, instead of arched. I don't see any reason not to use already rotting logs(the plunky fall apart ones) in your garden as well as that is basically "humus", which is an O horizon material. This year, I mixed my poor soil with humus I pulled from the plunky trees in my old growth forest by my house, and got decent returns in my garden. I did not use any animal fertilizers this year(3 years ago I used rabbit manure). I grew Beans, Kale, butternut squash, peppers, camomile, cooking herbs, brussel sprouts, cabbage, and zucchini.
Biggest take away - the idea that you grow your soil, not your plants. If the soil is fertile, with the right thickness of horizons, the plants will take care of themselves! You still need to weed, water and preserve them though.
Thank you for this round up, Liam, sorry I’m so late in reading it. I know it’s last week’s news, but I read it for your take on it anyhow. Don’t let the turkeys get ya down. I know where your integrity lies. Whenever someone accuses me of being a bad actor, I remind myself it’s like someone calling me something absurd, like a ‘fire hydrant’, and then I tell myself, but I’m not a fire hydrant, silly to be get mad and defensive about being called something I’m not. And I move on. Looking forward to next week’s news! Er... I mean, this week, since it’s already next week. 👍 ❤️ 😬
Last week, one of our viewers suggested that instead of dwelling on problems, I also emphasize solutions. While I admit I felt immediately defensive - after all, knowledge is power - I very quickly understood this to be a request based out of a very real sense of anxiety around our situation.
I must question your integrity and your capability of understanding.
In fact I reverse it.
If we as we are forced by corruption and Lies to live against our own nature and against the best possibilities that we adhere to then there is something stale in the house...
And if you don't see that because you are so stuck up then I am sorry for you.
Law doesn't exist... So I do not need to comply by the Law.
However when you spew out such garbage that wanting a solution is based on anxiety
I want to make my point clear.
For over 20 years I am a proponent of a Zero Emission World.
All the problems in the world we face right now are made by two people...
One the ones actually doing it.
Two the ones like you making fun of other people's anxiety.
Shame on you!!!
You make a lot of money bullshitting other people.
Yet I present Solutions.
Which side are you on?
Show me the money.
My solution is simple:
A Zero emission World with added Interstellar Travel-
It is also a rant about being absolutely frustrated about one truth...
That is that I am the only person in this world that has a granted patent that can make a difference.
Which means that I should be up and talking about my Invention.
Now when Liam writes :
" I very quickly understood this to be a request based out of a very real sense of anxiety around our situation."
This very much triggered me.
It is a kick in the face by someone who never had to work for their money and it shows a lack of respect for the working man.
And I shall explain why:
People are anxious because there are so many frauds out there pretending but doing the opposite what they say they do.
I offer a solution and since I am the Inventor of said solution I have more to offer than anyone else.
I been an avid reader of Rounding the Earth... but recently I figured they do prolong the Status Quo more than to offer Solutions.
And yes they make a lot money.
Do you know how much money I made of my Invention? Zero!
Do you know what this Invention cost me?
Apart from the money which was way beyond 100.000 $ I lost my family been thrown into jail nearly lost my life twice and am financially ruined and a my own Government tries to destroy me.
Great comments on growing a garden for a solution to (some of) our problems. I'm by no means an expert at food production and preservation, but I hope my personal experience helps someone.
I live by an old growth forest, and a decent width river. This has given me access to a natural cycle of nature - trees and plants grow easily from the water table being so close, they fertilize the soil(read: Mycilium - small soil based root systems) with the tree's leaves(Carbon) and the decaying green plants(Nitrogen) every year. The trees eventually fall over, and decay back into the earth giving back large amount of nitrogen, carbon and other needed foods for the soil. This is probably one of the oldest cycles on earth - tree growth and decay.
For all growing mediums, proper soil horizons are critical to plant growth. https://www.soils4teachers.org/soil-horizons/ is a good resource to understand the concept, and to explain each horizon.
O and A horizon is what your plant will be mainly growing into - seeds are planted into O horizon(usually sterilized (for mold reasons)) soil, the seedling starts are also planted into the O horizon. As the plant matures, it's roots get into A and B horizon.
With the horizons out of the way, it's time to explain "HugelKulture" - german for "hill tree mound" iirc. Here is a picture of a HugelKulture's horizons https://www.newlifeonahomestead.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/diagram-of-a-hugelkultur-bed.jpg
This takes the basic nature cycles of forests and puts them into the growing mediums in your back yard. This method is mostly useful if you have poor soil, and have access to a lot of untreated waste wood(wood not suitable for lumber, or firewood), and a decent amount of mulching material(green(nitrogen) and brown(carbon)).
Once you have mounded up each layer, the first year's food is mainly grown from the top two layers, which resemble most farming methods (an O and A horizon). Year after year(10-15 year process), the material in the mulch layers(Nitrogen from green organics, and Carbon from brown organics) will begin to settle, compress, and decay. This process gives nitrogen to the lowest layers, which need nitrogen to jump start the decay process in the small roots, sticks, branches, logs below the mulch layer. Once the wood begins to decay, they give their stored nitrogen back into the soil over the course of 5-10 years depending on hardness of the wood.
You can use this process in raised beds as well, just makes your horizons flat, instead of arched. I don't see any reason not to use already rotting logs(the plunky fall apart ones) in your garden as well as that is basically "humus", which is an O horizon material. This year, I mixed my poor soil with humus I pulled from the plunky trees in my old growth forest by my house, and got decent returns in my garden. I did not use any animal fertilizers this year(3 years ago I used rabbit manure). I grew Beans, Kale, butternut squash, peppers, camomile, cooking herbs, brussel sprouts, cabbage, and zucchini.
Biggest take away - the idea that you grow your soil, not your plants. If the soil is fertile, with the right thickness of horizons, the plants will take care of themselves! You still need to weed, water and preserve them though.
Thank you for this round up, Liam, sorry I’m so late in reading it. I know it’s last week’s news, but I read it for your take on it anyhow. Don’t let the turkeys get ya down. I know where your integrity lies. Whenever someone accuses me of being a bad actor, I remind myself it’s like someone calling me something absurd, like a ‘fire hydrant’, and then I tell myself, but I’m not a fire hydrant, silly to be get mad and defensive about being called something I’m not. And I move on. Looking forward to next week’s news! Er... I mean, this week, since it’s already next week. 👍 ❤️ 😬
Last week, one of our viewers suggested that instead of dwelling on problems, I also emphasize solutions. While I admit I felt immediately defensive - after all, knowledge is power - I very quickly understood this to be a request based out of a very real sense of anxiety around our situation.
I must question your integrity and your capability of understanding.
In fact I reverse it.
If we as we are forced by corruption and Lies to live against our own nature and against the best possibilities that we adhere to then there is something stale in the house...
And if you don't see that because you are so stuck up then I am sorry for you.
Law doesn't exist... So I do not need to comply by the Law.
However when you spew out such garbage that wanting a solution is based on anxiety
I want to make my point clear.
For over 20 years I am a proponent of a Zero Emission World.
All the problems in the world we face right now are made by two people...
One the ones actually doing it.
Two the ones like you making fun of other people's anxiety.
Shame on you!!!
You make a lot of money bullshitting other people.
Yet I present Solutions.
Which side are you on?
Show me the money.
My solution is simple:
A Zero emission World with added Interstellar Travel-
https://fritzfreud.substack.com/p/the-invention-the-illuminati-does
I'm confused, are you talking to Liam, or the guy who wanted solutions and not problems?
To be honest it is a bit of both...
It is also a rant about being absolutely frustrated about one truth...
That is that I am the only person in this world that has a granted patent that can make a difference.
Which means that I should be up and talking about my Invention.
Now when Liam writes :
" I very quickly understood this to be a request based out of a very real sense of anxiety around our situation."
This very much triggered me.
It is a kick in the face by someone who never had to work for their money and it shows a lack of respect for the working man.
And I shall explain why:
People are anxious because there are so many frauds out there pretending but doing the opposite what they say they do.
I offer a solution and since I am the Inventor of said solution I have more to offer than anyone else.
I been an avid reader of Rounding the Earth... but recently I figured they do prolong the Status Quo more than to offer Solutions.
And yes they make a lot money.
Do you know how much money I made of my Invention? Zero!
Do you know what this Invention cost me?
Apart from the money which was way beyond 100.000 $ I lost my family been thrown into jail nearly lost my life twice and am financially ruined and a my own Government tries to destroy me.
So yes I am fed up with all those.
Show me the money.
And stop protecting those in power.
Because if you do you will fall with them.