Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

When the day comes and people can't afford to pay, they'll either learn how
or do without. Food growing is somewhat unique. You usually know right away
if you haven't fixed your car properly. With growing you may not find out
you did it wrong until months later when crops fail for any number of
reasons. So without coaching or research it can take years to hit on what
works, if ever. People need to start now and get all the help they can
find. At best we face a long learning curve. I certainly did. If we wait
till we start seeing shortages or food priced over our budget, it'll be too
late to start learning and developing all the skills it takes. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 12/18/2007 at 12:10 PM Terry Wereb wrote:

>I LOVED IT!!!
>
> My  brother insists it is worth it to him to pay someone to change his
>vehicle's oil-- but then he complains about me trying to change it by
>myself, for no fee-- it's not like he is paying me to do his bookkeeping,
>and he won't pay to have someone do what I want to MY vehicle-- But then,
I
>know nothing---- and  changing the oil myself is worth it to me, cuz i can
>see what else may be going on, rather than wait for a breakdown...
>
> I tried to show my son one day, how to change spark plug wires-- he
>declared the whole, simple process 'gross'-
>
>My daughters can both cook-- but only because I insisted we make their
>favorite 'box meals' from 'real'
> food--it started with pasta salads, and now I have two bakers and chefs.
>They  now look upon Kraft MAc and Cheese as a poor substitute.
>
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