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If you work hard and get prepared, you can survive the economic nightmare that is coming. All over the United States and around the world there are millions of people that are learning how to become more self-sufficient. For example, there is one family that is actually producing 6000 pounds of produce on just 1/10th of an acre right in the middle of Pasadena, California. In fact, they grow so much food that they are able to sell much of it to restaurants in the area. Video of this incredible "urban homestead" is posted below. The key is to start with what you have. The family in the video below would like to have a large acreage, but for now they have turned what they do have into an absolute miracle. Yes, a horrific economic nightmare is coming to this country, but you don't have to be afraid. One of the main reasons why so many of us are trying to warn people about what is coming is so that they will wake up and take massive action to become self-sufficient like the people in the video below have.
Originally posted by Kargun
Man this video makes me want to start my own garden. Not so doable in a condo
This was great to see!
Originally posted by gougitousakusha
problem is in the urban environment theirs high chance of cannabis seed being discarded or tossed into the mix.
White House garden. Since it was planted in the spring of 2009, the garden has yielded thousands of pounds of produce that has gone to feed the Obama family, White House guests, and the needy at a local food shelter. The first lady has also used the project educate children about the benefits of fresh food. (Watch Michelle Obama work in the garden.)
Here, a numerical look at the Obamas' backyard plot:
1,500 - Area, in square feet, of the garden — or, about 1/30 of an acre — after a 400-square-foot expansion in the spring of 2010
$200 - Cost of the seeds, mulch, and other supplies needed to start the garden last year, according to the assistant White House chef who oversees it
23 - Number of fifth graders who helped break ground for the garden
55 - Number of different kinds of foods — mostly vegetables — grown in the first year
0 - Synthetic fertilizers or pesticides used — much to the chagrin of conventional farming lobbyists and synthetic pesticide manufacturers
330 and 170 - Number of different types of vegetable and fruits, respectively, grown at Thomas Jefferson's garden at Monticello, which served as an inspiration for the First Lady's project. The Marseille fig, French artichokes, and purple calabash tomatoes were some of Jefferson's favorite picks
1,000 - Weight, in pounds, of the food the garden produced last year
1,600 - Weight, in pounds, of the food the garden has produced this year
4 - Number of new vegetables — bok choy, cauliflower, artichokes, and mustard greens — added to the garden in 2010
4 - Weight, in pounds, of a particularly large sweet potato from this season's harvest
134 - Amount of honey, in pounds, the White House beehive had produced, as of April
$495 - Cost of the "amazing" boots by "preppy chic" designer Tory Burch worn by the First Lady at this season's harvest festivities
Originally posted by Crunkman919
Originally posted by gougitousakusha
problem is in the urban environment theirs high chance of cannabis seed being discarded or tossed into the mix.
Sad but true. All someone has to do if this family's endeavor starts cutting into the local produce market is to throw some cannabis seeds randomly into a few of the garden boxes then in no time they'd be shut down and fined, or maybe even worse.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
reply to post by Golf66
hahahaha
Looks like she's trying to kill a snake or something.
They sure do grow'em self-reliant in Chicago.
VertiCrop is a commercial high-density vertical growing system which increases production volume for field crops up to 20 times over but requires as little as 5% of the normal water supply. It is a non-GM solution to food problems, using trays on a looped dynamic conveyor belt and automatic feeding stations to grow plants efficiently.
www.paigntonzoo.org.uk...
..South Pole Food Growth Chamber, which has been in operation since 2004. This semi-automated hydroponic facility in Antarctica is used to provide each of the 65 staff of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station with at least one fresh salad a day during the winter months, when supply flights to the station are extremely limited. The chamber has a floor area of 22 square metres and produces a wide range of fruit and vegetables with little more than the occasional topping up of water and nutrients. It does, however, require artificial lighting because the station is without natural daylight for most of the winter.
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