The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[seminolewind]

We made some with alcohol, Aloe and Peppermint oil. Much nicer than the store-bought stuff.

Just placed orders for seeds and Onion sets from Renee's Garden and Park Seed. I was going to reduce my garden space this year, but now will be converting some of the flower beds to veggies. Since I have no way of starting tomatoes indoors and our season is so short, I hope we will be able to get some plants this spring. Likely I'll dig out the Walls of Water and try to get an early start.

LOL I was just looking thru the seed catalogs online. Your right, gotta plant some veggies and will be grateful when they grow.

 

[seminolewind]

Hi, Michelle! Love the avatar. It's the end of the world as we know it, it's the end of the world as we know it... (sing with me!)

Put in a garden, folks who have never done it or who have only dabbled previously. Soon, you will need one. This year we are planting more than ever before:

Tomatoes: big sandwich types, cherry types, paste types
Squash: Zucchini, yellow crookneck, Butternut
Crowder Peas, Purple Hull Peas
Onions, garlic
Basil, Sage, Oregano (Mexican & Cuban)
Bell Peppers
Sweet Potatoes
Russian Kale
Rhubarb patch, ongoing
Blueberries, ongoing
Blackberries, grow wild all around us
Moonglow pears and Haven Peaches (if the trees aren't zapped by frost this year)
Wild Lettuce, aka Opium Lettuce for pain
Cantaloupe
Starting a stand of elderberries this year......

There are other seeds we have here, but we may have no room for more in our two garden spaces this year. Next year, we may expand into a larger area, health willing.
What happens if life never goes back to what society has become used to? What if we are going back to an agrarian lifestyle in order to survive? It is within the realm of possibility. The ones who already know how to grow gardens and preserve their own food are ahead of the curve.

Yes to all! Are sweet potatoes easy? Don't forget the eggplant. Yea on the squash and tomatoes!

 

[1muttsfan]

This is the best advice on egg storing I've ever found

https://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/how-to-store-fresh-eggs-zmaz77ndzgoe

 

[1muttsfan]

Considering that as recently as a week ago Fox was pulling some of their on-air staff for calling the epidemic a hoax, I would be careful about how much faith you put in their reporting, unless it is directly from the mouth of non-affiliated actual medical experts and not their in-house so-called "experts"

 

[getaclue]

1mutts, that's not entirely correct. Early on, Trump began pushing to restrict travel from China, into our country. The democrats, of course, criticized the move. He then asked for 2.8 billion dollars to help with research regarding the virus. The democrats delayed passing the bill for the funding. Instead they wanted to tack on an additional 5 billion dollars, to fund their own agendas, but still tell the American people they were passing the bill for the virus. Trump said the way they were politicizing the virus was a hoax. He did NOT say the virus was a hoax. He wanted a "clean bill", without the extra funding for such things as Planned Parenthood, and other things the democrats were trying to include in the bill.

The New York Times, and others intentionally misquoted what he said. That's already been proven, but by the time it got debunked, they had already moved on to other things to criticize him about.

 

[1muttsfan]

I am not looking to get into any political arguments. I do despise liars. My post was not about the president.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

The CDC says this virus won't just go away. It will remain, and continue to infect people even into next year. The current panic is to slow down the cases. It isn't going away from my understanding.

 

[speckledhen]

No room for eggplant right now. I think sweet potatoes are relatively easy, never tried those in the past.

Well, my older son, the one my younger one is living with, has had to shut down their restaurant and if the company closes any of the locations, his is prime for it since business is further down than the others. So he's extra stressed now and he has never prepared like I told him to, too much influence from his former spendthrift wife. At least Chris has had two inquiries from middle schools for interviews in the system where he graduated. Hopefully, he'll, be out of Michael's house soon.


I would rather not talk politics at all here. Does not matter who is in office, where info is coming from, the bottom line is we are helpless to know the truth of any of it so we'd better prepare for the worst (and of course, hope for better than that).

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I've been waiting for my sweet potatoes to sprout slips since Christmas. They say 3 months. We are almost there. I was hopeful, they have roots, but so far no sprouts.

 

[speckledhen]

I've been waiting for my sweet potatoes to sprout slips since Christmas. They say 3 months. We are almost there. I was hopeful, they have roots, but so far no sprouts.

We're trying to do them two ways. Here is one: