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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

Why am I not surprised....  oh, because I read 1984 when I was a kid....
 
But geez.....  OK, guess that means that the first animals I eat are the ones 
I purchase from others since I won't know if they have micro chips in them....
 
 
I figured the reasons that "debit cards" were invented was to ultimately get 
rid of cash, and therefore the cash society, so that government could know 
every purchase we ever make.
 
RFIDs, are also being promoted for kids - make sure you can get your kid back 
if they are kidnapped..... reminded me of some other movie made where we had 
colonized some other planet, but everyone had ID chips under their skin.  
Does government go to hollywood and suggest these movie ideas to them to 
start brainwashing us???  LOL.
 
 
I've saved that article, thanks.
 
 



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'sounds like you are well on your way.  If the right people on the list read 
what you wrote below, you might get some suggestions.  Once again, I'll 
remind you to included the homestead list address in your reply.  

This reply came only to me, and I am not even close to the best person for 
these type questions.  If you haven't erased the post below, re-send it to 
the homestead list address .. Thanks for all of the info; 'sounds like you 
are probably on the right list


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--- On Sat, 12/6/08, Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com> wrote:


> Well, W/F 53, divorced.  My only son killed at age 21, and I have a 28 y.o. 
> daughter in Miami.  1 year ed college -operating room.  I specialized in 
> open heart and trauma (before they called it trauma).  Coincidentally in 
> 2005, my son died of massive trauma, and my daughter 11 months later
> nearly died from a heart problem.
>  
w/ the Ex... small biz's owner, oddball collection ofbusinesses.  Private 
investigations (40 investigators employed, plus staff), had a 30 year 
contract to recycle all of Miami-Dade county trash and came up with a new 
approach to scrap metal density that pissed off a lot of people :-)

 ... (company sold long ago in partner wars), had a chemical/pool & paper 
goods supply customers in the Keys- a purchase of a  company pending 
bankruptcy for $500.00 (what a coup), and a fresh water lobster farm in
 Ecuador, and a number of other small biz not worth mentioning (more 
accurately, the mind is slipping and I can't remember them all..... LOL  I 
was the controller
- 
I got 3 months intensive lessons from a client who oweowed owed.... enough to 
do small biz accounting.) Hyperinflation in Ec. nearly wiped us out.  
Hurricane Andrew, right thru the eye, was NOT fun.  Neither were 6-8
> other hurricanes over the years.
> 
> No fishing in the desert. There is hunting around here, sheep/antelope, but 
> I haven't looked into it yet.
>  
I have prepped 4 garden areas at my parents' place, all located near existing 
water supplies.  Still have to build fences this winter to keep the rabbits 
out.  Neighbors have lots of free manure, which the local ext. office 
suggested to improve the sand.  I've spent a lot of time lately
figuring out how many feet to plant to get X yield, and how to preserve 
foods, calculating out how many canning jars toorder, etc.  (I already know 
how to can and freeze food, did this a lot when I was a kid and young adult.) 

 At the moment, except for the distraction today.... I've been working on 
garden layout, by soil needs, watering, time of year to plant etc. to 
organize it in a way I feel will be logical.  My dad is sort of helping me
construct irrigation that works for this area... sprinklers waste to much.  
(IE he sits and tells me what to do.)
>  
I've grown pet rabbits, and want to switch to NZ and/orCA.  I already know 
how to build the cages.  Just got acatalog in the mail, and the pre-fab ones 
are way too expensive.    Bev has suggested a few other breeds
also.  I need to track down a couple of local breeders to see what they have, 
otherwise will have to travel to locate.  Rabbits are a lot easier to dress 
than chicken. Also, alfalfa grows here locally and it would be no problem at 
all to grow "rabbit food" right here, as it grows most of the year here from 
what I've seen so far.  
>  
> I've grown chickens for food & eggs in the past, that is a cinch.  I just 
> need to build a different kind of chicken house than I had in Homestead.  
> Another winter project.  Was out scavenging for some free wood last 
> week,but I don't think it is really suitable, too aged and
too warped at this point.  
>  
 We have wind storms here in the spring, and that could prove to be a 
problem.  I planted onions when I first moved here,,,, I was SOOOO excited 
that they were growing beautifully, and one day a haboob hit, and flattened 
the tops... so I wound up with pearl onions by accident...
> waaaahhhhh.  
>  
I made a list of the foods I normally eat in a year, and from there have 
calculated out about how much not only I eat, but my parents and brother 
since we're all here.
>  
I also figured that I would grow field corn and get a grinder to make chicken 
food, and corn meal.
>  
I have thought about goats, but that will require me to build a different 
kind of fence around the gardens.  I do like goat milk & cheese and suspect 
they would be good for weed control on the rest of the property.  One of the 
neighbors has sheep & a couple of beef cows.  I bet it
is really expensive the way she is feeding them.  
>  
> We've got pecan trees also.
>  
Also for food storage, suspect stuff grown in the springtime needs to be 
canned or frozen, as it gets pretty hot in the summer (not as bad as AZ 
though) and then stuff harvested in the fall can include things that can be 
stored in the garage, etc.   Dried beans, winter squash, etc. 
>  
I'm sure there is going to be a big learning curve on what grows best at 
which time of the year.  I'm starting with "have instructions, will follow" 
and from there ask some locals.  
>  
Oh, also, I'm ordering Red Worms to put in a pile to eat up the kitchen 
leftovers etc and use the end results for fertilizer.  Ditto for chicken and 
rabbit fertilizer.
>  
Bev has given me a lot information that supplements the information gleaned 
from the internet.  I'd like to avoid commercial fertilizers and pest 
control.  
>  
>From what I've heard so far, just about everything grows here.  Except I've 
>been warned I might not have much luck with peas.  
>  
The wish list would include a green house, or something that I can start the 
liners in before I set them out.  I haven't seen greenhouses here like they 
have in S. FL at all... and suspect that is due to the spring winds that come 
thru.
>  
 I lived for 4 months w/out electricty (only a generator to bring water up 
from the well) after Andrew.  Fortunately, after the roads were cleared we 
could drive about 30 miles north to get food supplies.  It is hard to imagine 
what it would be like in some kind of economic disaster where you
could not drive a few towns over to get supplies.  Food storage 
(refrigeration) was a real problem after Andrew. 
>  
I hope that those kind of extremes don't happen again.  But if it does, at 
least I know a little bit about that.
>  
I don't really know any people out here yet.  Have met a few.  Did meet one 
couple that seem pretty interesting, they were selling silver eagles at the 
flea market.
>  
>  
I suspect after I get the prep work done, the next thing coming up soon, will 
be WHICH PLANTS MUST BE STARTED IN LINERS, and which seeds can I just plant 
in the ground. The more of the later, the better since I don't have a
greenhouse.  Although mom says I can borrow the apartment windows,,,, as the 
apartment is fairly warm and has a goodsouthern exposure.
>  
 







> --- On Sat, 12/6/08, bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] National Debt Much > $100
> Trillion & the Bond Market Bubble
> To: cayadopi AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 3:59 PM
> 
> When you please, and if you please; tell us more about
> yourself and your
> homestead and how you plan to farm/fish/hunt/raise animals,
> etc. on your
> homestead.  
> 
> tell as much, or as little as you please; or nothing at all
> if that is what
> pleases you.  With more information, though, some might
> have some helpful
> information..........
> 
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