Too true for all of us. We have become too dependant on the local supermarket and on transportation to provide our daily sustainance, food , and entertainment.
But what do we do if the economic , or transportation system breaks down ?
This system breakdown has already happened in Europe, recently,.. what about here ?
Learn from the past - the USA depression of 1930's and from WW2 for recipies for survival and sustanance.
HYBRIDS : designed for plant vigor, productivity, marketability , insect and disease resistance.
Open pollinated/ Hierlooms: For "ole-timey" flavor, with emphasis on flavor ,plant succession, and exact reporduction.
Life is a gamble : sometimes by weather, circumstance , or happenstance, or geographic location.
Right now my garden and I have 22 inches of SNOW white "GLow-Bull WARMING" in the garden, and have had a total of 5 hours of thaw all the month of Febuary.
I look forward to Spring, moreso than most of you all !
I have been buying my seeds from Territorial Seed Company and some from Pinetree.
They have non-hybridized seeds.
I have had success with saving my own tomato seeds and this year I am trying with other veggies.
We could not survive on what I grow either, but it sure is a nice supplement to the menu to walk outside and pick dinner.
Plus the growing season isn’t long enough.
I sure wish someone would explain to me why global warming is not good for us. A longer growing season, more food, fewer heating bills, better gas mileage on the cars, less salt on the roads, lower taxes from less road maintenance.
I’d like to understand why that all is a problem.....
Good points, both of you!
Hope the Glow-bull warming lets up for you soon, TIK!