Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

Good point, experience is pretty handy when a new challenge hits. I have 
frustrating times when everything forces me to find new workarounds. And 
don't always succeed.

And they think farmers are dumb until they try it themselves and fail 
disastrously. It's not for college majors or something; it requires a 
variety of specific skills learned by practice and perseverance. Texas 
A&M never taught me how to grow food, nor my parents, tho grandpa 
homesteaded in Colorado in a dugout. Later their garden & root cellar 
got them thru the Depression.

paul
 2:02 PM, John D'hondt wrote:
> It is all simple when you know Paul but we have been years at it and 
> sometimes we still run into unexpected trouble. Thing is that we will 
> be much faster than a beginner to find solutions. I can only pity the 
> people that intend to start trying the moment it will be really 
> necessary.
> John
>
> > That picture struck me. Our experience at markets tells us people are 
> > in serious trouble, their limited cooking skills & so much 
> > frustration trying to grow a few things themselves. So like most 
> > others at the mercy of the supermarket & middlemen. Lots of people 
> > would love to grow and cook, at least where we see them. They care 
> > about pesticides & GMOs. Also strikes me as odd that our clientele 
> > had trouble with curly top virus on tomatoes but it never occurred to 
> > them to Google it. I took them straight to it. Clue: the leafhopper 
> > that spreads it doesn't like to feed in shade, so row covers.
> >
> > paul
> >
> > On 8/31/2014 1:33 PM, John D'hondt wrote:
> > > I had to search a bit before I happened to see the name Las Vegas. I 
> > > saw my first super market in 1965.
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > > > see attached where was the supermarket
> > >
> > >
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