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Practical Prepping Protocol even if Poor
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 75470432:MV8zOTYyNTk1Xzc2MjAzOTAzX0Q4MEJCQkRF] [quote:darth:MV8zOTYyNTk1Xzc2MTkzNjU3XzIyQzlEQzYw] [quote:Pooka:MV8zOTYyNTk1Xzc2MTkyNzYzX0I3Rjc0NkU4] [quote:Anonymous Coward 75470432:MV8zOTYyNTk1Xzc2MTkxNjg0X0E0NjczQjFD] Help keep your garden health and producing. I wish I would had known about this during last growing season, but will implement it this coming up year. "Milk is a research-proven fungicide and soft bodied insecticide - insects have no pancreas to digest the milk sugars. Dr. Wagner Bettiol, a Brazilian research scientist, found that milk was effective in the treatment of powdery mildew on zucchini. His research was subsequently replicated by New Zealand melon growers who tested it against the leading commercially available chemical fungicide and found that milk out-performed everything else. To their surprise, they also found that the milk worked as a foliar fertilizer, producing larger and tastier melons than the control group." https://www.permaculture.co.uk/readers-solutions/feeding-soil-milk Also fermented rice water [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ke4OQljVmg[/youtube] [/quote] WHOAAAA - Had no idea! Hope I remember for next season! To think it does both pesticide function AND fertilizing! We'd all better save the link before Monsatan finds it and burns it up! [/quote] Wifey has been bugging me to buy a milk cow. I have goats in my pasture now, but I could keep up to 5 cows there. Have been studying the Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery. It is one of the BEST books I ever read. Took me a while, but I finished it yesterday. It gives you the basics of gardening, preserving food, caring for livestock, etc. Cows are really incredible for survival especially if you have an acre or so. My Grandma rented a pasture in the Great Depression and hiked 12 miles/day to milk the cow. It provided a lot of food for her family. BTW, a family of 8 lived on about $15/week including renting their house. When I lived in Germany, I rented an apartment in an old house in the little village of Hohenstaufen. Old, like 500 years old. The owner kept a cow in the basement. There was a tiny window that they shoveled hay into and manure out of. There was a trough in the stone floor to collect liquid waste, but they recycled every bit into the fields. The cow had to be led up the stone steps once a year or so to be bred. Had to be boring for the cow living in a small stone room. People in Northern Europe used to live primarily on bread from grains, milk and cheese, and root vegetables. You can live on those even in a cold, rainy climate. Excess milk goes to the pigs and chickens. Nothing is wasted. Now, I find I can use it as a fungicide. I learns something new every day. [/quote] @Pooka, I used CPLowkey's guidance on saving the page, but I hope no EMP/CME happens, as i am still trying to figure out a safe setup to protect the digital info. However, I did write the formula down in my notebook of useful information. @darth, A cow in the basement?!! we all know that would go over great here in the "land of the free"..lol... but interesting none the less. I like the root vegetables idea, as they tend to be more shade tolerant and with the GSM season coming upon us, it might be a saving grace. ---------------------------------------------- I also keep thinking about what we are headed into with the GSM. It seems that in the past it was extreme weather, rain poured and then drought. cold and other extremes mixed in. so my thoughts are to set up the growing land as if it is drought land....it is two fold as it would handle the heavy rains and also the droughts better. sorry if i am rambling, but the only other option i am seeing is growing indoors, but what if the power grid is fried or not reliable? I am just trying to figure out a way that could be implemented by the many. As We might be the ones that are chosen to teach others, even though they won't hear of it now. [/quote]
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Continuation of another thread of wonderful people with the best ever ideas for practical prepping even for those with little money.
We discuss power outages including CME and EMP, heating and cooking methods, first aid, foods; we run disaster scenarios to see if we know what to do.
This is probably the only prepping thread a person would need, whether long-time prepper here to share, or newbie prepper here to learn and everyone in between.
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