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Research : bitter melon, chaya, and costus igneus. Those are important blood sugar lowering plants. Chaya actually lowers high blood sugar AND raises low blood sugar. There are more, but let’s start there.
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This is spam. Just ignore it. And welcome!
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Can it be blended with 20% or 30% vinegar to bring it up to required strength?
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I don’t think Paul Krugman has ever uttered a syllable I agreed with. And as for this ufo nonsense, do not comply.
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I did some searching and found that there is more than one type of azolla. Do you know the latin name for the useful one? Thanks!
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It depends on your conditions. I’m in South Texas. I have a bunch of fruiting trees and plants in the middle of a huge range land area, so there are very few disease vectors around me. As such, I don’t spray my trees at all, with the exception of the aforementioned kaolin clay. It helps with our intense sun. I do have blight issues, but trees that don’t tolerate it die and I replace them with another variety. There are parts of the country where chemical spraying is mandatory, or you’ll never get fruit. The upper Eastern seaboard being one of them.
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I just called a friend in the cattle business and he said he’s heard nothing about this. He’s at the auction most weeks, and most of the folks he spends time with are also producers. None of them have mentioned this. I’ll ask him to check with the USDA rep.
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Thorny brambles, bushes and small trees don’t block your ability to observe, but are a deterrence. They can be used to “channel” approaching people and animals. We keep the mesquite thin and at least 100 yds away, but everything on our place cuts, scratches or bites.
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Shooting a pistol is more about correct hold and muscle memory. You want to push toward the target with your strong hand and pullback toward you with your weak hand. It is really easy to not be steady with a pistol. Try aiming at 10 yards with a laser turned on. You may be shocked at how much that dot moves. If you are only planning to shoot a pistol defensively, try to get some “instinctive” training. This is where you “point” the pistol, but don’t use the sights. It is all about muscle memory. In a real gunfight the one who is looking for a sight picture and trying to line it up will probably take too much time and lose. A friend who trains swat and other tactical types starts them out with .22s that have no sights. Another good thing to do for muscle memory is make sure the weapon is unloaded and go from hands by your side to presentation over and over. Pick out a wall switch etc. and use it as an aiming point. You don’t need to pull the trigger. Just aim/point and lower your hands then do it again.
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First, What position are you shooting from? A bench or other rest? standing? kneeling? prone? Are you using an optic or open sights? Is your hold of the rifle consistent? The same every time?
Only the center of your last joint in your trigger finger should be touching the trigger. Don’t let your trigger finger touch the stock.
There is an organization called project appleseed. They have a website. It is run by volunteers and there are groups all over the country. They do 2 day courses that can have a huge impact on your shooting skills. It is essentially the WW2 era combat marksmanship course distilled into that timeframe. They teach correct shooting positions, sight pictures, correct sling use etc.
All firing is done at 25 meters at reduced targets. Bring a rimfire carbine and about 400 rounds. It used to be free for women and minors. I don’t know about now. I think it was $75. for adult males. Best bargain out there.
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I’ve had cabbage, celery etc. resprout from the core thrown into the compost pile. Then the chickens find them….
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Also find out if some type of ag tax exemption is available for whatever property you are looking at. There may be minimum acreage requirements also. It can make a huge difference in annual costs.
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Two in Mexico and one in Texas. Despite what some think, we are not in Mexico.
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Interesting that you have Caracas where you are. I didn’t realize they had traveled that far North. We are NW of Victoria and they are common. That being said, our biggest aerial threat to our flock is chicken hawks.
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Hi Charles, We have cream leghorns in 9a South Texas. They seem fine with our Winter and Summer. They are 3 years old now. Laying has slowed, but they still make 3 or 4 eggs each per week. Large and good foragers.