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Post by synergy on Dec 12, 2016 14:32:40 GMT -5
Our weather , it's good exercise . I still have a ways to go shoveling the driveway ...
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Post by synergy on Jul 7, 2016 11:54:24 GMT -5
I am winning at milking goats and losing at getting them to graze what I want where I need them. Also I am thinking of putting childrens coats on them to make life more comfortable on rainy or cold days ahead. I am hot wiring more fencing today as the bear came onto the lawn by my house and helped himself to my broody hen and chicks in my chicken tractor for breakfast yesterday and was back again at supper which is still in broad daylight.
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Post by synergy on May 2, 2016 18:06:14 GMT -5
My weather is too flipping hot. Okay so I am over insulated myself but in April we had 3 days that hit 89 F (32 C here) in the sun and today is 86 F or 30 C and this is Canada eh. The west coast has had a very early spring for the most part . I need advice , I live in a narrow coastal valley that runs north south flanked with 1000 ft ridges on both west and east sides and it seems like we are a bit of a heat sink about 1 to 2 degrees warmer than surrounding areas , rather protected from wind unless it is dead on from the south which is rare. I want to plant a deciduous tree on the south east corner of my house to cut down on some of the summer heat. I have a small chestnut about 4 feet high that is about 4 years old I started from nuts from Castanea . Would that be a good choice to grow say 35 - 40 feet from the veranda perimeter of a fairly steep south sloping pasture ? Anyone think of any drawbacks ? I have two other chestnuts planted on the property . Any other suggestions ? i already have my orchards and nut groves situated and this would be in a mixed use paddock, horses, chickens , geese, goats and sheep that are to be rotated through . Of course I know I will have to protect all my trees from the critters.
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Post by synergy on Jan 23, 2016 22:13:45 GMT -5
Thank you, it is a changed document perhaps , no mention of the right of accession being granted yet the previous one clearly had that, I believe in clause 7 b but my memory may fail me which sub clause it was .
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Post by synergy on Jan 23, 2016 16:24:50 GMT -5
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Post by synergy on Jan 23, 2016 16:17:08 GMT -5
In light of the watching a TED talk on the Global Seed depository given by Cary Fowler and another video on Dr. Mercola, I am back here looking for a link to the contract that depositors sign when they consign seed there. Yes it works like a bank, the seed is not given away, but I believe the contract creates a legal right of Accession which is then assigned to those organizing the seed depository granting them the right to access the public domain open pollinated seed genetics and through GMO manipulation or cloning and breeding the new right to copyright genetics resulting . I somehow think the legal implications of this are being overlooked over and over , that it is vital to why this was funded by that particular group of investors . There are a number of contentious issues mentioned and of course facets to appreciate are in all peoples best interest too but I just cannot seem to forget this contract should be held up to public scrutiny if there is deeper implications . Like ambiguous bylaws governing us that can be enacted to control populations , I do suspect the legal right created in that contract can pave the way to genetics being copyrighted and can create a challenge in preserving the public domain of genetics should it be fought in court at a later date . Also as open pollinated seed disappears from the public domain I feel this may well hasten in the marketing of copyrighted versions .
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Post by synergy on Jan 23, 2016 15:31:26 GMT -5
I enjoyed the movie without analysing it too deeply as the premise is we have put a small research colony on Mars which is all a hypothetical premise from the beginning right?
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Post by synergy on Jun 27, 2015 20:41:09 GMT -5
Okay today the excavation has overloaded my senses , clearing the drive in went from being like a quaint goat trail into a camping spot , which I was increasingly seeing it erode , to looking like they are clearing for a super highway. My sensibilities are shocked . I am sure in a years time as it greens up I will be thankful it is being done but right now, it looks like a war zone And I have too much on my plate to be planting and with 2-3 months of hot dry weather, I will hold off and prep for putting in some fruit and nut trees in fall but this space in time right now is at best depressing , it looks like a scarred battle field I think in a years time it will be better and a few more years it will be fabulous so i will just try to have some faith .
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Post by synergy on Jun 23, 2015 0:01:32 GMT -5
I was very excited today as an excavator clearing scrub exposed LOVELY soils on the new homestead . Wow I feel like I hit the jackpot, good water and good soils on a very private south facing hillside. We set aside logs for making raised beds . Lots of firewood to season. I am still dreaming of finding a spring Planted more kale, the stuff from early spring bolted weeks ago .
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Post by synergy on Jun 19, 2015 20:48:58 GMT -5
David Suzuki message today was how our population in the city of Vancouver living in the rainforest coastline of British Columbia would deplete their present water reserves by 2050 with a continuing influx of people , median detached house price is over 1.2 million dollars so these people are paying dearly to live here . Water aquifer depletion is already and issue popping up here and we have a lot more rainfall.
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Post by synergy on Jun 6, 2015 15:25:06 GMT -5
Thank you flowerweaver, it is really beautiful here . I am unpacking and will still be moving from my farm a bit at a time for the next two months . I am planting greens in the half barrels around the grapevines planted in them. When I am sure where I want to plant things then I will start putting them in the ground but this year with everything a little unsettled, I think in the barrels is enough for now. I have some garlic, chives, other herbs, strawberries all mixed in pots with blueberry bushes in some half barrels and grape vines in others. I drive past so many berry farms spraying , my little oasis is away from all commercial scale farms so no overspray issues and the valley has a good orqanic movement happening .
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Post by synergy on Jun 1, 2015 19:02:14 GMT -5
The nut trees look to be about 17 - 20 feet high , very old and deep in a big wooded ravine near water it collects . One is up on a knoll above the driveway in a drier location ( driveway was a goat trail but we had it graded ) .
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Post by synergy on Jun 1, 2015 18:55:33 GMT -5
Black bear The neighbours claim they give up having a garden because of the bear raiding it but I will be very determined to secure one and safe areas for my animals too.
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Post by synergy on Jun 1, 2015 18:53:39 GMT -5
We are on the west coast of British Columbia , Canada
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Post by synergy on Jun 1, 2015 17:39:39 GMT -5
Its is a beautiful valley of 2,000 people and assorted wildlife : 1.bp.blogspot.com/_FtHSwuWjN4E/TSy7bFmVsnI/AAAAAAAAABE/Z3yt5dk8y10/s1600/hatzic-valley-2.jpgBut of course I am somewhat starting from scratch and my anxiety makes me fearful of making mistakes. So everything I could bring so far is in half barrels and I leave behind my orchard and every functional thing on my farm for a lovely spot surrounded by wooded ravines and towering ridges as I am in the middle of that valley basically. Too much to do just to get in the place so my real gardening will be later preparing for next years garden and planting fruit and nut trees when they go on sale here in fall. Odd thing that I find a bit horrifying , here a single potted tomato plant at Home depot sells for $15 ! I get far too overwhelmed by things like that .
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