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Post by steev on Dec 27, 2017 11:33:20 GMT -5
So that helper is expected back today; I posted the position on craigslist; two dozen applications, so far; he shows or he blows.
Went south to Paso Robles; plenty of new vineyards going in: water mining, and it's looking like another drought year developing.
It occurred to me that the areas I'm tilling won't re-sprout their weeds until there's rain, not that it would do me much good to get them planted, lacking rain.
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Post by steev on Dec 29, 2017 3:10:43 GMT -5
He showed up; I told him how many people had expressed an interest in his position; we'll see whether he got the message.
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Post by steev on Dec 29, 2017 3:52:10 GMT -5
I need to go deal with an attorney next week about putting the farm in a family trust; if I leave it to my daughter, it'll be on the market before I'm cold (she has no interest in it, but it won't be a quick sale, regardless; there's been property across the road on sale for years). My brother appears interested, as well, but we'll see. It's a use concept; nobody thinks it's good for anything but pasture/range land. Clearly, I disagree, and I think my practices are improving the soil and the community, potentionally. I am committed to developing landrace varieties of veggies that perform well in that environment. Although it's a lower altitude, I think it's not too different from Joseph's environment, though I think he has less-restricted irrigation, though a shorter growing season.
I think I'm on-line to build a house on the farm soon-ish, so many things are up in the air.
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Post by richardw on Dec 29, 2017 14:53:00 GMT -5
I plan on doing the same with our 5.1 hectars, plenty of room if any of my kids want a slice to use, if in a family trust it wont be able to be sold off, well thats the why i want it set up.
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Post by walt on Dec 29, 2017 16:09:21 GMT -5
I also want to set up a trust for my garden. I have a long-term citrus breeding program started. I want the land to be held long enough that anyone wanting to get grafting wood or seeds from my stock after my death. Presuming I do die. I won't believe it till it happens. Too many citrus breeding attempts have disappeared after the owner dies.
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Post by steev on Dec 29, 2017 20:31:17 GMT -5
I'm pleased to note that I'm not the only one not entirely convinced that he will ever die, although I'm hedging my bets, just in case it turns out that even so wonderful a being as myself is disposable (seems it would be a terrible waste, IMHO, well, IMO).
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Post by philagardener on Dec 30, 2017 7:43:54 GMT -5
No worries, the old disposable is the new renewable. "It's not waste, it's compost".
They didn't call it pushin' up daisies for nothing.
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Post by khoomeizhi on Dec 30, 2017 8:14:04 GMT -5
Too many citrus breeding attempts have disappeared after the owner dies. Same goes for other fruit and nut breeding. Been in a couple situations in the last few years where particular genetics were offered to our group, and trying to follow up, the offer-er had passed recently and the orchards already sold, bulldozed, or both. |
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Post by richardw on Dec 30, 2017 12:13:14 GMT -5
They didn't call it pushin' up daisies for nothing. May have been the case once but nowadays formaldehyde will see to that |
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Post by philagardener on Dec 30, 2017 12:31:08 GMT -5
Too many citrus breeding attempts have disappeared after the owner dies. Same goes for other fruit and nut breeding. Been in a couple situations in the last few years where particular genetics were offered to our group, and trying to follow up, the offer-er had passed recently and the orchards already sold, bulldozed, or both. It's a story repeated over and over. Best to be proactive and try to pass on before you do. |
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Post by philagardener on Dec 30, 2017 12:31:40 GMT -5
They didn't call it pushin' up daisies for nothing. May have been the case once but nowadays formaldehyde will see to that is going chemical free! |
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Post by steev on Dec 30, 2017 19:59:21 GMT -5
Embalming-fluid-free, at least.
I was just watching "Food Wishes" and it was noted that 10% of the population (I don't know the parameters of that "population") experiences soapy cilantro; isn't genetic variability interesting. I used to think lactose-tolerance is the rule, but now I know better; I'm one of the fortunate mutants, tolerant of cow-squeezins.
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Post by philagardener on Dec 30, 2017 20:59:26 GMT -5
I was just watching "Food Wishes" and it was noted that 10% of the population (I don't know the parameters of that "population") experiences soapy cilantro; isn't genetic variability interesting. I used to think lactose-tolerance is the rule, but now I know better; I'm one of the fortunate mutants, tolerant of cow-squeezins. Yup, it's genetic! www.nature.com/news/soapy-taste-of-coriander-linked-to-genetic-variants-1.11398 |
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Post by steev on Dec 31, 2017 0:48:49 GMT -5
Very interesting, that. Again, I'm so pleased to be in the genome that likes it (like lactose); those of us who are tolerant have a leg up nutritionally, culturally, and socially (can't hang with friends in a Mexican restaurant if they can't stand cilantro). Guess I shoulda had a dozen kids, for the sake of the species, but I've only one, for the sake of the environment (no thanks expected; though I don't doubt there are some grateful I wasn't more prolific, although attitudes are not hereditary, only culturally passed on, so my bad attitude wouldn't necessarily have persisted, unfortunately, IMHO).
As a species, our remarkable heterogenetic diversity has led to our global success; may we have the sense to not destroy ourselves from narrow perspectives. now that we have achieved the potential for global understanding.
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Post by richardw on Dec 31, 2017 17:02:16 GMT -5
Same here, i love coriander, the ol girl doesn't so for that reason i dont grow it, dam it.
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