In article <ompomelet-CCDF5C.07533523042008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Omelet <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article
> <wildbilly-CF41D1.13515822042008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > In article <ompomelet-59C078.09391522042008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > Omelet <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <rlkq045emn5oavl1d57rnbhcnaod76e6kt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Charlie
wrote:
> > >
> > > > All you pollyannas can just move along, nothing to see here.
Everthing
> > > > will be taken care of. Just a tem****ary glitch in the matrix.
> > > >
> > > > Here is today's small sampling of "food insufficiency" stories.
> > > > Billy may be right, this appears to be a possible "Perfect Storm",
or
> > > > the fulfillment of Dr. Kissinger's proposal.
> > > >
> > > > Any of you Right or Left Coasters have anything re****table on the
first
> > > > article? We can no longer get Lundberg Farms rice here in our
town.
> > > > This has happened in the last week. Food prices are going thru
the
> > > > roof in a big hurry, produce from the fresh sections is outta
sight.
> > > > Cauliflower is 3.00 +, brocolli same, Iceberg Lettuce 1.68, and
these
> > > > are the common items. I picked up a bag of organic gala apples at
> > > > 1.98#... twelve bucks for the small bag. Unorganic apples are
1.78#.
> > > > Meat and eggs are going up weekly. Gas is at 3.35 and diesel is
4.12.
> > > > Oil passed 117.50 today.
> > > >
> > > > It's fast becoming a matter of backing up and remembering and
doing as
> > > > our parents and grands did, to a degree. We have some cush, just
gotta
> > > > give up some of the extraneous horsecrap, eh?
> > > >
> > > > And enlarge our own growing capacity. Both my sons, *and* DILs
are
> > > > finally onboard and borrowing all the garden info and bookmarks I
have.
> > > >
> > > > Those hunnert and fitty issues of TMEN sittin' on the shelf are
gonna
> > > > be the new bibles in the future. ;-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Soins et bonne chance
> > > >
> > > > Charlie
> > >
> > > I'll be stocking up on the low sodium (No salt added) canned veggies
> > > before they go any higher... Water costs for gardening eat me alive
so
> > > it's not economically feasible to make it more than just a hobby.
:-(
> > >
> > > I'll be studying more of the Texas native edible plants. Zeroscape
> > > items that don't need to be babied/watered.
> > >
> > > I'll also stock up on ammo so I can hunt my own meat...
> > >
> > > Squirrel is tasty in season and I have a hunting license. Same for
> > > fi****ng wild fi****es. Deer are also plentiful and I have somewhere I
can
> > > hunt without having to pay a $1,000.00 hunting lease!
> > >
> > >
> > > Might even learn to like Prairie dog. <eg>
> >
> > I'm glad that there are still the commons (property of the people, for
> > the people) to e used. Most of it was cut down, destroying the game
and
> > plants to be found there, the recharging the aquifers and clean water,
> > the preservation of the top soil, and the cleaning of the air. Sounds
> > like you have some private property lined up but this used to be every
> > person's right before the commons were taken.
>
> Yes, it is private property.
> Unlike California, pretty much all of the land it Texas IS private
> property except for the few and far between State Parks, but hunting on
> those is regulated too.
>
> > The oceans are being closed as well as they are the last vestiges of
the
> > commons. Grand Banks are fished out. There will be no salmon season on
> > the west coast as we try to save the salmon from extinction. Farmed
> > salmon just isn't the same, nutritionally or in terms of genetic
> > diversity.
>
> Still plenty of places to fish here.
> Fi****ng fees run the hatcheries so waterways get restocked.
>
> > You probably saw Jerod Diamond's article. "The Worst Mistake of the
> > Human Race".
> >
www.environnement.ens.fr/perso/claessen/agriculture/mistake_jared_diamond
> > .pdf It argues that we never had it so good as when we were hunter
> > gatherers.
>
> Indeed.
> For one thing, it limited the population to sustainable levels.
>
> >
> > You may want to check out xeriplants.pdf
> > www.abcwua.org/pdfs/xeriplants.pdf a mish-mash of landscaping and
garden
> > plants. Thanks to Jangchub, I'm trying to grow prickly pear cactus
> > now:-) The county enjoyed how we conserved last year, so they raised
the
> > water rates, and now we get to do it again.
> >
> > Good hunting.
>
> You need some spineless prickly pear pads to use as starts? There is a
> HUGE one just up the road from me.
I'll be right over;-)
--
Billy
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