Re: Global warming and your garden

In article <Xns9AA39F9F1F2AFenigmaempirenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 enigma <enigma@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> news:wildbilly-A30D18.08242319052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ct.net.au: 
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> > In article <Xns9AA3456864C96enigmaempirenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >  enigma <enigma@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >> Omelet <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> news:ompomelet-2A2030.03070919052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
> >> 
> >>  
> >> > But if it IS cyclical and not controllable, it's better
> >> > to just prepare rather than whine about it.
> >> 
> >>  even if it's partly our fault (which i'm sure it is,
> >>  along 
> >> with the cyclical), it's better to prepare than whine
> >> about it. 
> 
> > Prepare for the worst, and hope for the best.
> 
>  pretty much...
> 
> >>  people in the US (& most industrialized countries) have
> >>  this 
> >> "manifest destiny" thing going on... entitlement. living 
> >> beyond their means, in as grand & wasteful a manner as 
> >> possible.
> 
> > Our infotainment media keeps Americans pretty well
> > insulated from reality. I don't think most Americans have
> > any idea about how wasteful we are. There certainly is a
> > percentage of Americans who think we have a "manifest
> > destiny" (even though it is beginning to look like the same
> > one the lemmings have) an entitlement to rule the planet.
> 
> hey now! don't go dissing the lemmings! that bad rap about 
> jumping off cliffs was entirely generated by a bored Disney 
> camera crew doing a "do***entary". they *chased* those poor 
> leemings over the cliff to their deaths. Disney has a lot to 
> answer for...
>  i find it sad, but amusing that over 75% of houses i am 
> seeing for sale have such rediculous (for the northeast 
> anyway) features as 'cathedral ceilings'. can you say 'heat 
> sink'?
>  i'm looking into a modular type house to put on that abutting 
> lot (if i buy it. the present house is beyond fixer-upper, but 
> the heirs think they can sell it as habitable. i'm going to 
> offer them 40k. 50k if they do the demolition. no way is that 
> place going to get a loan as is). it's near impossible to find 
> a less than 1000 sq.ft. 2 bedroom, one bath plan... bigger is 
> all over, with huge amounts of wasted space.
> 
> >>  plus no one teaches practical knowledge in schools
> >>  anymore.
>  
> > Some do but most of the manufacturing jobs have been out
> > sourced. http://www.rop.scoe.org/
> 
>  i was thinking more along the lines of self-sufficiency: 
> gardening, mechanics, assorted handcraft arts (pottery, 
> basketry, woodworking, sewing, plumbing), a solid, practical 
> mathmatics base, critical thinking... stuff like that.
The site shows landscaping, and I've seen auto mechanics being taught.
Practical mathmatics base, critical thinking... stuff like that,
would probably put you on a college track. It hasn't helped my
earnings but has allowed me to step in and out of the labor market.

Your post on getting a drop spindle made me redouble my efforts and I've
ordered an Ashford Student Spindle, bottom whorl model that can also be 
used as a top whorl, 2.8 oz., 12" shaft and 3" whorl.

I may have some questions. Could you write to me at 
williamlrose@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 so I don't need to clutter up the gardening group.

I think I mentioned that 5 tromboncinis have come up, plus 4 bitter 
melons. The heat is back in the 70's today and the peanuts seem stuck in 
getting all the way up. The year is looking good, just getting impatient 
with some of my tomatoes, seems like they are taking forever. The ones 
in the ground are growing quickly though. Everything that had a brush 
with the damping off seems to being having difficulties. Think I need to 
repot again.


> 
> lee
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