Member MartHale7
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https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/preventing-ambrosia-beetles.htm
Your plant froze, and that is the damage that is there.
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Another great idea….
A local school teacher takes extra seed she has and creates origami seed packets. The entire class folds up the packages and they then hand these seeds out .
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I have left facebook, and I am on MeWe, I run a Christian farming group there. But there is also a seed trading group there ->
Seed Traders.
https://mewe.com/join/seedtraders
I take volunteer plants I have and then I visit friends in my area and I swap plants. I have been working hard on using my aquaponic system / grow towers to multiply plants so I have more to trade and swap with others. This barter system has worked great for me and them as they get plants they want, and I get barter items I want.
I had several extra seed trays I took over to a friend, and they told me they were just about to order seed trays, and the ones I brought were exactly what they needed. It does help to focus on plants that people want, and to encourage volunteers by spreading seed all over.
Building communities is the way to go. Most people do not want to garden, but that is fine I will trade food for tools, or $, or etc.
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I have used a berkey, it is tried proven and true. But right now the filters are $$$$$$$$$$.
In my berkey I put two silver coins ( one in each tank ) to aid in killing the bad guys.
That said the zero filter that you can get from walmart is cheap, and has amazing results for ppm.
Review on water filters here ->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja0ioX6GSz0
The best water filter is the one that pulls out what you don’t want in your water….. I would suggest NOT using the fluoride filter with the berkey, as it is shown to leave stuff in the water you don’t want.
https://waterfilterguru.com/why-you-shouldnt-use-the-berkey-pf2-fluoride-filters/
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I have a similar idea… My idea is to put a tray with sand on the grill, then on top of the sand put the pizza stone, my thinking is that the sand would buffer the heat from the stone and stop it from cracking, and also store the heat to be released evenly accross the stone. I have not tried this idea yet, but I am curious how you cook your pizza with the cast iron, I may try this with my oven.
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One part of me wants to be a minimalist, this fights with the prepper in me which wants to save everything because…. I may need that someday….
The battle is real.
I am seriously looking at doing some tests with burying some 55 gal food grade barrels. I like this idea as it would keep the food at about 50 – 70 degrees, and would give me back my storage space. This appeals to me because if we loose electricity, the vacuum packed food would not need any electricity to keep it cool or warm. It would move my long term food storage out of my home giving me all of that space back. I would have to label the barrels with what all they had in them, but getting the space back may be worth it.
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It seems that the amount of vacuum you need is related to how high you are compared to sea level. The high you are the less air pressure will be trying to rush into the jar.
Discussion here -> https://www.northwestfirearms.com/threads/anyone-know-how-much-vacuum-a-mason-jar-can-handle.82886/
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Back to Eden Gardening does seem to help with clay, but that takes about 3 – 4 years for the wood chips to break down… But the soil it makes is great.
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With a class of 30 children if they do 5 packs each = 150 packs. it is a win win win for all.
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I have food grade barrels already have most of my items in them to protect against mice.
My idea is to get a post hole digger and place a barrel in, then take temp readings. I do have a place all picked out, just need to move and execute the plan.
I believe if I do it right, no one would know I would have food stored there, another benefit is people can’t steal what they don’t know is there.
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It would be interesting to do a test and see how much pressure is lost over time with plastic verses mason jars….
Another question I have is how much vacuum is enough?…..
Or what benefit would we get if we increased the vacuum?
What is the strongest vacuum a mason jar can stand and be safe?
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The reason I would go with mylar bags is they are cheaper than jars.
The reason I would go with jars, would be micro plastics in the bags.
I have been using plastic food saver bags I get in bulk from Ebay, but I have been moving over to 1/2 gal mason jars because I feel better about food stored in jars to avoid the micro plastic….. The jars also out last the plastic bags so in the long term they can pay for themselves in not needing to replace the bags or if an event happened, you may not be able to get plastic bags.
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And this is why I have both. The best bread I have made so far comes from a mixture of King Arthur flour 3 cups with 1 cup ground wheat berries. It is for this reason I store king Arthur flour, as it rises so well. For long term storage having grain in the berries does last longer. If the grain is kept dry away from humidity it has an extraordinary long shelf life.
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And not only that they talk to other phones via the new blue tooth and transmit data via bluetooth grid.
it is good to have a plan for what is coming to know that your phone reports on you.
I know a guy who used wifi only for phone calls, he uses a VOIP service. He has a hardware switch for turning off the cell antenna which I think is a smart way of doing it.
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Of the times I tried to pull a vacuum with flour in the jar, I imagine there is a location inside that is clogged up. I will have to look to see if there is a way to clean the inside of the food saver……
I will be using a cloth or paper to block the flow our flour out of the jar from now on. the gauge sure helps to know if you are hitting target vacuum.