Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["bruce smith" <cityhomesteader@gmail.com>]

Hi,
so sorry to here that your garden was toasted.. I had that trouble a couple of years ago. Since then CT has had a pretty good rain fall pattern.. I do not water my garden with a hose unless pressed by hot weather and a lack of cached rain water.
Harvesting rain water is simple and a cheap way to store water.  All you need is in expensive plastic garbage cans with lids, and a sears sump pump with a hose attached.  When the barrel under the rain spout fills up, pump it to a garbage can and put a lid on it.. I fill 5 garbage cans at one rain storm..

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 7:37 PM, E. E. Mitchamore Jr <emitch@att.net> wrote:

We have had  no rain and much hotter temperatures this Summer, and my garden didn't respond well.  Crops were "done" by June 1.  Clearly I need to raise my game.  More shade, mulch, organic matter, work on the water supply, more heat-tolerant crops.

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

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From: Tradingpost

To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:10 AM

Subject: [Livingontheland] The Price Of Food: 2007 - 2008

The Price Of Food:  2007 - 2008
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=230814

Look at this chart showing the last 12 months price rise in dairy, field crops, and vegetables. Do the math. Project this trend for next year and the next, and figure how families are going to eat at this rate of inflation. Apparently the meat industry has been absorbing the rising cost of feed grains, and many are selling off herds and flocks. So next year's shortages will run up the price of all kinds of meat as well.

What are you growing to sell more or eat more at home instead of buying?


paul tradingpost@lobo.net


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