Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[kathie wood <whisperingwind190@yahoo.com>]

Sorry Brenda but I think I was the one who mentioned the needy and yes here there are some needy off-gidders, most being in their late 50's to late 70's. Even tho they have lived off grid for many years,their choice life style, they are living on a very fixed income and wanting so badly to get some help to get off of their generators and gasoline usage that they have to use most often. If they even could afford a pair of solar panels and the rest of the system for such they would be able to live alot more at ease. Sure they chose to live this way and sure there was only the choice of a generator way back when they began living off the grid,but even they need to change a bit as the costs of living is not skyrocketing just for the ones who do have enough money to go solar,but also with their costs of food, toiletries and feed for their animals. I thank Chad for his thinking of the ones who really could continue to live as they do, but would have their old age lives a bit easier if they had just a two panel solar setup. We all get older and even off gridders need help in that stage of their lives. Thank you Chad. I do respect your opinion tho Brenda.  Kat

--- On Thu, 5/29/08, Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:

From: Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net>
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Food Stamps/ Food
To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 9:52 PM

Funny you should mention that variety. It's the one I grow. See
http://www.ingegnoli.it/PDesc.asp?IDP=830
POMODORO - COSTOLUTO GENOVESE - SELEZIONE VALENTE
DA INSALATA, DA TAVOLA E DA MERCATO.Pianta vigorosa da coltivarsi con sostegni
sia all’aperto sia in serra dove dà risultati sorprendenti per la sua
fruttificazione abbondante e precoce. Frutti di perfetto color rosso, costati,
con polpa dolce, carnosa e profumata. Eccellente sia per insalata sia per
conserve. Buona resistenza alle comuni malattie dei pomodori.
Indeterminata: la pianta necessita di sostegni.
Cod:283

There are slight differences in strains but I believe this is the one I market.
Not ribbed at all. Possible it could be Costoluto Fiorentino tho. I redug and
reamended all six tomato beds and still got dozens of hardy volunteers from
last season.


paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 5/29/2008 at 7:52 PM yarrow@sfo.com wrote:

>I don't have a greenhouse or any indoor space to grow seedlings, so I
>grew tomatoes from seed using wintersowing this year and had a bunch
>to give away. All I used was some free recycled plastic containers,
>homemade compost, and a couple square feet in my garden path, and I
>got free seeds, too. I didn't need a greenhouse, fluorescent lights,
>heating pads, etc. And one of the easiest to germinate was Costuloto
>Genovese, which I haven't grown before and am eager to taste.
>

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