Guest guest Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 In a message dated 9/10/06 6:24:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, booldawgs@... writes: > I had time I would write a book to help people start to be self sufficient > and healthier in their own home. > Margaret...that's a great idea. I was thinking about that when I read your email. What kind of lights do you use? I am wondering where I would find room to grow indoor veggies? Please tell us more and PLEASE write that book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 I am convinced that I would not be dealing with breast cancer had I continued to live this life style every time that I started it. I lived on an 1 1/2 acre rented property from 1969 through 1976. My second son was born in 1970. I raised a huge organic garden and raised dairy goats, calves and lambs. My little boys were healthy and happy. Place sold and we had to move to town. Long story but we bought a country place again in 1984. Back to the organic garden this time with a cow. That lasted 2 years. For the next 14 years I played the executive wife, lived in the big country club house, developed my own career and longed to be back to the country life. This took me up and down the West Coast and SE Asia. High stress, fast food, grocery store food, HRT, yadayada were all reasons, IMO, to get breast cancer. If I lived in an apartment I would be shopping at the farmer's market, growing vegetables under lights, growing sprouts and buying only grass fed meats. If I had only a small yard I would be gardening in raised beds and pots. Dwarf fruit trees, blueberries and strawberries do very well in pots and they are major anti-oxidants. Sprouts and wheat grass are very easy to grow on the counter top. A pair of rabbits will supply a family with all the meat they need. You don't need a farm to grow, at least some of, your own food. Broccoli sprouts are delicious, easy to grow and a proven cancer fighter. Aside from health reasons it would be wise to learn how to grow some food now. Food (along with everything else) is going to get more and more expensive as the price of oil goes up. I buy diesel at a farm rate and it has tripled in price in the last 3 years. The farmer or rather the corporations that grow our food are going to pass that on to the consumer. If I had time I would write a book to help people start to be self sufficient and healthier in their own home. Regards, Margaret Your Life In a message dated 9/10/06 3:07:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, booldawgs@... writes: > I should be marketing meat and produce next year and give us a more secure > retirement. > Sorry this is so long. I will take it private :-)) > > Margaret, I think that this was refreshing for every person on the list to read. Your life is full of passion and purpose...as well as fresh air and sunshine, organic food and roots in the earth. I can't think of anything more supportive of good health. Thank you for openly sharing your life with us. I want to get on a magic carpet and swish out to you and plant myself in your fields! (lol). Best Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 The cheapest lighting I have found is just a hanging shop light that you can get at any hardware store. The only disadvantage is that you have to hang it within a few inches of the plants. You can adapt a book shelf pretty easily. My son does this with his orchids and I just copied him with veggies. I get the long box type plastic planters and plant salad greens in regular potting soil. I add bat guano to the soil, plant the seeds very shallow and thickly. Water gently but well, cover with plastic for a few days till you see green. Uncover and keep it watered. Soon you will be able to cut your own micro salad greens or begin pulling small bunches of baby lettuce. You can also grow cherry tomatoes under light all winter. Tomatoes, peppers and eggplant are all perennials in the tropics. Feed them fish emulsion fertilizer and/or blood meal and they will produce for a long, long time. Mist them if you are using central air or heat to keep them from drying out. Now I am getting paranoid about the plastic planter and the fluorescent light! Hmmm, I may have to make some changes. Margaret Re: Your Life In a message dated 9/10/06 6:24:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, booldawgs@... writes: > I had time I would write a book to help people start to be self sufficient > and healthier in their own home. > Margaret...that's a great idea. I was thinking about that when I read your email. What kind of lights do you use? I am wondering where I would find room to grow indoor veggies? Please tell us more and PLEASE write that book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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