Urban Homesteading

mjc master gardener Posts: 792	Urban Homesteading Feb 23, 2011 14:57:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mjc on Feb 23, 2011 14:57:34 GMT -5 Do they follow the teachings of the Father of the Internet, by any chance?
	About 39° N, 79° 58' W at just over 2000'; ostensibly Zone 5B. Weather is highly variable and seldom as forecast, with about 49" annual rainfall. According to the maps, the climate zone border runs right through my yard. "Duct tape is like the Force. It has a Light side and a Dark side; and it holds the Universe together."

nuts Guest	Urban Homesteading Feb 23, 2011 15:23:41 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by nuts on Feb 23, 2011 15:23:41 GMT -5 I'm gonna paint my car yellow and TM it to 'Yellow Car' So I can 1)Tax everyone who paint his car yellow 2)Tax everyone who use the words 'Yellow Car' cool

ottawagardener Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator I'm lazy that's why I work with nature. Posts: 3,507	Urban Homesteading Feb 23, 2011 15:33:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ottawagardener on Feb 23, 2011 15:33:30 GMT -5 Why not tm car. It would get you more revenue.
	Garden is a clearing in the woods grading from shallow, rocky soil supporting a maple bush to a pine forest planted on sandy soil and a clay bottomland with spruce and tamarack.

nuts Guest	Urban Homesteading Feb 23, 2011 19:13:13 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by nuts on Feb 23, 2011 19:13:13 GMT -5 You're right, but 'car' is a quite old concept,so is 'yellow'. ok,even yellow cars existed before, but I'm the first to realize that 'Yellow Car' is a real innovative concept.

sandbar master gardener Posts: 737	Urban Homesteading Feb 23, 2011 22:13:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sandbar on Feb 23, 2011 22:13:02 GMT -5 I heard they just trademarked ... "orflo" ...
	1/2 acre market garden, nice loam with a little too much clay. Farm has gently rolling hills at 1250' elevation, with commercial crops (rented acerage), pasture, and wood lot.

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Guru?! How am I supposed to turn the compost from the lotus position?

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Urban Homesteading Feb 24, 2011 1:05:07 GMT -5

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Post by lavandulagirl on Feb 24, 2011 1:05:07 GMT -5

Feb 23, 2011 13:35:29 GMT -5 orflo said:

I'm just reading this...someone please tell me this is a joke...These guys always took themselves very seriously, but this beats everything, this can't be serious,no? They always had this 'I am the greatest' attitude, and made a good job out of promoting themselves, while they are only blessed to live in a place with a wonderful climate, and are in fact only re-using knowledge of hundreds of years old (which is perfectly fine to me, but they do make it seem as though they have invented all of this, did they invent the earth as well?) Well, why don't they patent the term 'earth'? Or 'lettuce' or whatever

I wish it was a joke, Orflo. It makes me so angry, and sad. Not JUST for the fact that the trademark office actually approved it, but that so many people thought these people were somehow the end-all and be-all of urban homesteading. The are really good at being regurgitators of other people's ideas and thoughts, and REALLY good at self promotion. But I don't see that they are good for the urban homesteading community.

I'm cool like the other side of the pillow...

mjc
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Urban Homesteading Feb 24, 2011 1:35:55 GMT -5

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Feb 24, 2011 1:05:07 GMT -5 lavandulagirl said:

But I don't see that they are good for the urban homesteading community.

Especially when they cheat...tax exempt status for being a church eliminates a huge financial burden that almost everyone else would have to overcome to be truly self-sufficient.

About 39° N, 79° 58' W at just over 2000'; ostensibly Zone 5B. Weather is highly variable and seldom as forecast, with about 49" annual rainfall. According to the maps, the climate zone border runs right through my yard.

"Duct tape is like the Force. It has a Light side and a Dark side; and it holds the Universe together."

ottawagardener
Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator

I'm lazy that's why I work with nature.

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Urban Homesteading Feb 24, 2011 11:41:26 GMT -5

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Post by ottawagardener on Feb 24, 2011 11:41:26 GMT -5

You're right. Silly me. Yellow car really *is* an innovative concept... and so is Orflo and all derivitives therein like orflo's yellow car and yellow, orflo car and ... Anyhow, yes, it is not a joke because it's not funny! :/

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Garden is a clearing in the woods grading from shallow, rocky soil supporting a maple bush to a pine forest planted on sandy soil and a clay bottomland with spruce and tamarack.

grunt Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator Posts: 1,139	Urban Homesteading Feb 24, 2011 12:53:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grunt on Feb 24, 2011 12:53:17 GMT -5 I think I shall call the Ministry of Silliness, and lodge a Silly Complaint. They didn't consult me for permission to insult me. Silly.
	Always pay it forward. grungysgarden.blogspot.com/ I am located about 10 miles. north of the Idaho panhandle and just below Kootenay Lake. The property lies in a small microclimate that gives me a zone 5/6 Canadian version or 6/7 US version. One acre of land at an elevation of 1770', just off the edge of a flood plain. Sandy loam soil, hot days and cool nights (55F).

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Post by lavandulagirl on Feb 24, 2011 1:05:07 GMT -5

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Post by grunt on Feb 24, 2011 12:53:17 GMT -5

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