Galt's Gulch

Growing your own

Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 8 months ago to Culture
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Perhaps time learning in a garden should be considered as important as time spent sitting in a classroom.
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  • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 9 years, 8 months ago
    I have a garden. I told the neighbors to please pick some lettuce I have so much. I grow some veggies and I also herbs and medicinal plants. I preserve what I can, mostly by dehydrating. I may have enough tomatoes to can some salsa this year.

    MSU Extension has wonderful classes on gardening and preserving. Check you're local colleges for courses.
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    • Posted by edweaver 9 years, 8 months ago
      I have a garden too. Learned all I needed to know about preserving growing up on the farm. I would not set foot in an Extension program. I sat on a county board for 4 years and saw the waste in that system first hand. Worst part is it is all taxpayer (producer) funded. Find another source. There are many.
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  • Posted by straightlinelogic 9 years, 8 months ago
    I never knew gardening was so fun. When we moved to Albuquerque I planted tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, jalepenos, squash, watermelon and herbs in planters in the back yard. After you've had homegrown for a summer, it's very hard to go back to store-bought. We have so much that I give stuff away to family, friends, and neighbors. Every day after lunch I harvest the day's "crop," and I find that incredibly satisfying. There is something very rewarding about picking, cooking, and eating things you have grown.
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    • Posted by Robbie53024 9 years, 8 months ago
      A work colleague is working with a client that does "vertical farming." Basically trays on racks. They have special lights, control CO2 and on/off cycle of lights, and water/nutrient mixture. They get the seedlings to grow to a replantable state in about 3 weeks, where they then transfer them to deeper growing media based on the type of item being grown. They've copied tremendous amounts of technology from the pot farmers (mostly illegal - who've developed methods to grow their crop inside to hide).

      Something to think about should Atlantis end up being a floating community, or one on an island with limited space or poor growing soil.
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