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  • From: su do <speakingbeareturns@yahoo.com>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] electric car
  • Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:19:40 -0700 (PDT)

Inetresting article on aquaponics
http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/

--- bruce smith <cityhomesteader@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I'm sick to death of this entire oil thing.. only
> because it is
> depressing and not going to go away..But only get
> worse.
>
> I am city homesteading and building healthy gardens
> where I live. Trying
> to close the loop and use free soil building organic
> waste. Also will be
> setting up a hoop house as described in Coleman's
> Book Four season
> Harvest and growing micro greens as well as making a
> barrelponics setup
> down in my basement to increase food I can grow
> myself. I also made a
> vow to get better acquainted with my fishing pole
> and bring some free
> protein into the house. Wild Harvesting more foods
> as well as
> incorporating some wild foods into my landscape
> through forest gardening
> and permaculture.. I live in the city on 3/4 of an
> acre and have
> gardened here for ten years.. Before that I was
> gardening organically
> where ever I could find the land to do so.
> Thankfully I had some awesome
> landlords.
> One of my Major Goals is to put a Solar electric
> panel on my roof! But
> moneys are tight.
>
> Harold and Sue Karber wrote:
> >
> > What totally amazes me is the lack of
> understanding of our monetary
> > system by the average person. We are getting hit
> with a double
> > whammy and it escapes most people. A quick
> example is when oil hit
> > $88,00 many countries like Japan stopped using
> USA dollars as payment
> > and switched to yens since the same oil we buy
> with USA devalued
> > dollars cost $88.00 in USA dollars the same barrel
> of oil cost $77.00
> > in yens. So not only is our dollar buying less
> both by the barrel
> > and at the pump it also buys less everywhere else.
> That is deflation
> > of the dollar but also inflation when buying those
> not local goods.
> > Yet the credit spending spree goes on and imports
> soar.
> >
> > The moral to this is be prepared to pay more with
> less valuable monies
> > and/or learn to buy local, feed yourself, barter
> and get off the
> > petroleum addiction. For us that is greenhouse
> for winter veggies,
> > solar and wind energy off the grid and buying
> local and not just
> > buying stuff.
> >
>
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