Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[su do <speakingbeareturns@yahoo.com>]

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. 
> >
> 
> > _______________________________________________
> Livingontheland mailing list
> Livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
>
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/livingontheland
> 


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com