This season was a drought year for the early 3 months or so. It was a struggle getting stuff established, and a bit frustrating to wait for rain and be disappointed so much when it didn’t come.
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Easiest Organic Control Of Cabbage Loopers and How Monsanto is Making it Ineffective On Corn
If you doubt this problem with BT GMO crops, check out this article
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/carey-gillam/new-research-shows-failin_b_14003604.html
that references a research paper on Bt resistance in corn earworm. Granted this is a different crop and a different pest, but the mechanism is the same–the Cry proteins that eat up the intestines the larval stage of insects. Larvae becoming resistant to Cry proteins will make BT ineffective as pest control in corn, and will make use of BT on organic corn crops ineffective as well. The resistance in the GM crops is the result of conventional farmers not keeping a portion of their fields in non BT corn, and to be a haven for corn earworms without resistance to BT to survive and pass on their genes. If all the corn is BT the next generations will consist only of BT resistant earworms.
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My Devastated Garden and Summoning My Inner Elmer Fudd
Despite the fact that I live in a place called Dancing Rabbit, I find rabbits to be the worst pest we have in our area. Without a fence around your garden and good protective cages around your fruit trees, you don’t stand a chance of growing your own food. In the last couple of years I’ve had a lot of trouble keeping rabbits out of my garden because my fence was less than reliable. This season my goal was to get some real fencing in my garden and finally make my garden rabbit free. Here’s why, with the help of Home Depot, I failed.
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Making Organic Onion Sets From Your Favorite Varieties
Vital Permaculture Skill: Grafting Pears and Apples
Grafting is a vital permaculture skill to learn, and though it may seem complicated and tricky, once you get the hang of it and know the tricks, it is incredibly easy. It opens up a whole new world of potential for your plantings on your land. In this video I follow the progression of my pear and apple grafts through the season.
The Cheapest, Easiest Market Garden Salad Spinner DIY
You can buy a small salad spinner to wash and prepare a small salad, or you can make a farm scale spinner out of an old washing machine, but for those in between amounts, there is another super easy and cheap method I’ve used with success for many years.
I mentioned my water system explanation video and here is the link:
Easiest Organic Control Of Cabbage Loopers and How Monsanto is Making it Ineffective On Corn
If you doubt this problem with BT GMO crops, check out this article
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/carey-gillam/new-research-shows-failin_b_14003604.html
that references a research paper on Bt resistance in corn earworm. Granted this is a different crop and a different pest, but the mechanism is the same–the Cry proteins that eat up the intestines the larval stage of insects. Larvae becoming resistant to Cry proteins will make BT ineffective as pest control in corn, and will make use of BT on organic corn crops ineffective as well. The resistance in the GM crops is the result of conventional farmers not keeping a portion of their fields in non BT corn, and to be a haven for corn earworms without resistance to BT to survive and pass on their genes. If all the corn is BT the next generations will consist only of BT resistant earworms.
Check out the Hardcore Sustainable facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/HardcoreSustainable/
My Devastated Garden and Summoning My Inner Elmer Fudd
Despite the fact that I live in a place called Dancing Rabbit, I find rabbits to be the worst pest we have in our area. Without a fence around your garden and good protective cages around your fruit trees, you don’t stand a chance of growing your own food. In the last couple of years I’ve had a lot of trouble keeping rabbits out of my garden because my fence was less than reliable. This season my goal was to get some real fencing in my garden and finally make my garden rabbit free. Here’s why, with the help of Home Depot, I failed.
Check out and follow the Hardcore Sustainable FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/HardcoreSustainable/
Making Organic Onion Sets From Your Favorite Varieties
Vital Permaculture Skill: Grafting Pears and Apples
Grafting is a vital permaculture skill to learn, and though it may seem complicated and tricky, once you get the hang of it and know the tricks, it is incredibly easy. It opens up a whole new world of potential for your plantings on your land. In this video I follow the progression of my pear and apple grafts through the season.
The Cheapest, Easiest Market Garden Salad Spinner DIY
You can buy a small salad spinner to wash and prepare a small salad, or you can make a farm scale spinner out of an old washing machine, but for those in between amounts, there is another super easy and cheap method I’ve used with success for many years.
I mentioned my water system explanation video and here is the link: