In article
<wildbilly-3A1A97.06344823042008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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;-)
You have my e-mail. I can mail them. <g>
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Peace! Om
"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a *****."
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