Also known as willow-leaved sea buckthorn, this is the definite guerrilla tree. Fast growing and very wind-resistant, it is an excellent pioneer species for re-establishing woodlands as it suckers freely (new trees pop out from it’s roots especially if they are cut in spots occasionally, more than a metre away from the trunk with a …
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Seed Saving
from – https://www.primalseeds.org/seedsaving.htm Seed Saving By Primal Seeds Why save seed To not save seeds is to be reliant on seed companies and to miss an opportunity to get lots of free seed. WhatÂ’s more saved seeds are adapting to the local growing conditions, which will make crops more productive and resistant to pests and …
the alphabetical npk list of random compost material
Material Nitrogen Phosphoric acid Potash Alfalfa hay Apple fruit Apple leaves Apple pomace Apple skin (ash) Banana skin (ash) Banana stalk (ash) Barley (grain) Bat guano Bean and pod Beet waste Beet waste (root) Blood meal Bone meal Bone (ground and burned) Brewer’s grains (wet) Brigham tea (ash) Cantaloupe rind (ash) Castor bean pomace Cattail …
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For the Liberation of Seeds and Humus
from – https://www.primalseeds.org/rescuingcrops.htm For the Liberation of Seeds and Humus By Kent Whealy , director of the Seed Savers Exchange. We live in a beautiful area on the Iowa-Minnesota border. We are in the heads of valleys as they start to drain toward the Mississippi River. It is called the “driftless area.” The glaciers split …
Amaryllidaceae
I find it hard to imagine a meal cooked without one of these very versatile plants. Often refered to as the onion family all members have a distinctive smell, caused by common sulphur compounds. Many produce by vegetative expansion as a preference although they can all seed. Cultivation Take a careful note of planting locations …
Asparagus – Asparagus officinalis
Description Aside from day lilies, asparagus is the only member of the liliaceae family that is cultivated for food. It is a perennial vegetable lasting up to 20 years and is grown for its young shoots, or spears, which are harvested mid April to early June. Growing up to 1.5 metres tall this ferny plant …
slide show – primalseeds
There are millions of plants, of which at least 30,000 edible. We rely on no more than 30 to feed us. Rice, wheat and maize provide 65% of the world’s protein intake. 3 crops. home Diversity is what sustains life. Without it plants cannot evolve and adapt to changing conditions. Consider apples, some favour …
Conscientious Objection
<download this page> Working with students to support freedom of conscience and with teachers to introduce alternatives to animal experiments Some courses within biological science, human and veterinary medicine and other disciplines still involve the harmful use of animals. You may not have anticipated that such animal use would be part of your degree, and …
Monsanto Splits
Monsanto and US/Swedish pharmacuetical transnational Pharmacia & Upjohn yesterday announced plans to merge. Pharmacia &Upjohn are interested only in Monsanto’s profitable pharmacuetical business. If the merger goes ahead the ailing agricultural biotech sector of Monsanto will be separated from the new company which will be called Pharmacia corporation, 20% will be sold off and the …
Biosafety Protocol
On the night of the 8th of April a group calling itself the “Petaluma Pruners” destroyed grapes being grown on genetically engineered rootstocks in Sonoma County, California. The group have released the following communique: GE GRAPES AND THE PATENTING OF LIFE TAKE A HACKING! Spotlight on California Wine Country’s Dirty Little Patented Secret Under the …