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I planted this lavender in a patio pot because it is very useful for attracting bees to your garden. We need bees. Also pleasant aroma.
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I tried growing maize but in September it started to do badly...I think it needs to be in a greenhouse from Autumn. Anybody know?
Forwarded from Ice Age Farmer
Your pigs are dirty and dangerous, experts announced, and could be responsible for food and mouth disease destroying the entire meat industry. But huge corporate farms that the technocrats control are totally cool.

Why? “Smaller producers are thought [?!] to be more likely [?!] to engage in practices such as swill feeding, that have a high chance of accidentally introducing the virus. They may be less aware of what they’re responsibilities are in terms of preventing an outbreak and also what they would need to do in an event of one.” <— This is the most flagrant, unfounded assumption!

Experts: you are too dumb to do it right, and therefore, we just need to make it illegal.

[ @iceagefarmer Note - More context in mega post above]

#WarOnMeat

https://www.perthnow.com.au/business/agriculture/hobby-farm-pigs-a-foot-and-mouth-risk-c-7868571
Forwarded from Ice Age Farmer
Backyard hens’ eggs contain 40 times more lead on average than shop eggs, research finds

Note that it is explicitly your backyard birds that are suddenly at issue.

Newly published research found backyard hens’ eggs contain, on average, more than 40 times the lead levels of commercially produced eggs. For your safety, we may have to make your birds illegal, (just like we’ve been salivating over)!

“These findings will come as a shock to many people who have turned to backyard food production. It has been on the rise over the past decade, spurred on recently by soaring grocery prices. BUT, after years of living on these soils, contaminants have built up in soils. These legacy contaminants can enter our food chain via vegetables, honey bees and chickens.

[@IceAgeFarmer note: it’s just too dangerous to let you feed your family. if you want eggs, save up your carbon credits like everyone else. More context in mega post above]

#WarOnMeat #WarOnPets

https://theconversation.com/backyard-hens-eggs-contain-40-times-more-lead-on-average-than-shop-eggs-research-finds-187442
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Forwarded from PrepperCollective
The Everything Guide To Living Off The Grid - Terri Reid - 3.pdf
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The Everything Guide To Living Off The Grid - Terri Reid - 306 Pages - 6.6 MB
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Forwarded from PrepperCollective
Prepper Supplies Survival Guide_ The Prepping Supplies, Ge.pdf
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Prepper Supplies & Survival Guide_ The Prepping Supplies, Gear & Food You Must Have to Survive - Novato Press - 167 Pages - 2.8 MB
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Forwarded from PrepperCollective
Canning and Preserving for Beginners_ The Essential Canning.pdf
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Canning and Preserving for Beginners_ The Essential Canning Recipes and Canning Supplies Guide - Rockridge Press - 155 Pages - 4.1 MB
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This channel has many ebooks on self sufficiency, prepping, food preservation, homestead farming, cooking, alternative energy use. One thing is that some books are in EPUB version so you will need "Adobe Digital Editions" app or a similar app to read them. Some books are in PDF so easy to read.

https://t.me/PrepperCollective
Grow your unwanted onions like this with cocktail sticks supporting them above water and roots will grow and green shoots will sprout above and then you can plant them. They will produce about 3 new onions each so from 4 onions you will get 12 onions. The top part of the onion bulb should not be covered completely with earth when planting.
Forwarded from Herbs Health Happiness
16 Foods That Boost Your Immune System Naturally ❤️

https://herbshealthhappiness.com/16-foods-that-boost-your-immune-system-naturally/?ref=telegram

So useful to know! 🙂 Make a note of these.
Have you realised that we need to preserve food because when it's in short supply you will still have your preserves or smoked meat to fall back on.
Forwarded from PrepperCollective
Beginners Guide to Home Canning Food Preserving, A - Mel J.pdf
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Beginners Guide to Home Canning & Food Preserving, A - Mel Jeffreys - 118 Pages - 1.4 MB
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Forwarded from Smöl Axe
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/rediscovered-native-american-remedy-kills-poxvirus/3003420.article

"...extracts of S. purpurea and found that it was highly effective at inhibiting the replication of the virus in rabbit kidney cells. They then looked at the replication cycle of the virus and found that the herb 👉inhibits mRNA synthesis👈, halting production of proteins vital for replication. ’Other drugs are being developed against smallpox, but S. purpurea is the only known therapy that will target the virus at this point in the replication cycle,’

https://www.rxlist.com/pitcher_plant/supplements.htm

"Pitcher plant is taken by mouth for digestive disorders, particularly constipation; for urinary tract diseases and fluid retention; as a cure for 👉smallpox; and to prevent scar formation👈."


https://amishways.net/product/sarracenia-purpurea-extract/
Gas can not force their way into your home to fix a prepaid meter or over monetary dispute only for suspected gas leaks. This video explains in more detail. As a result of sky rocketing energy bills we need this kind of information.

https://youtu.be/7upu8i9bSpY
Forwarded from PrepperCollective
The Self-Sufficiency Bible - Simon Dawson - 270 Pages.epub
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The Self-Sufficiency Bible - Simon Dawson - 270 Pages - 6.5 MB
I really feel for these people mentioned in the post below, the elderly, those who use foodbanks, those struggling already without the extra cost of energy. Any ideas how to survive this economic disaster or help others in our community to do so? 😢😢😢😢😢
Forwarded from OFFICIAL TRUTH BE TOLD
THIS IS NOT A FUEL CRISIS
THIS IS A GREED CRISIS FACT
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😞😞😞😞😞😞So... let me get this straight:
* British Gas made a profit of £1.3bn between January & June
* BP announced profits of £6.95 billion between April and June alone
* Shell has profited by £9.4bn in a year
The MEN at the top:
* John Pettigrew, boss of National Grid received £6.5m bonus on top of his salary
* Chris O’Shea, chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica was paid almost £2m last year in salary and benefits
* Centrica's non-executive directors were paid almost £1m
* Scottish Power's CEO Keith Anderson is on £1.15m.
* Eon boss Michael Lewis is on £1m
* EDF's Simone Rossi is also on £1m
* And their top execs enjoyed a share of £4.65m
* Peter Simpson of Anglian Water earned a £1.3m pay package
* Welsh Water bosses awarded themselves bonuses of over £930,000
* Severn Trent bosses awarded themselves bonuses of £5.56m
* Thames Water's Sarah Bentley, received a £727,000 bonus on top of her £2m annual salary

Meanwhile there are...
* People who haven't had breakfast and/or lunch TODAY, because they can't afford it.
* People using Foodbanks because food is becoming more of a luxury than a necessity.
* Children celebrating a birthday without presents.
* Parents worrying about new school uniforms - and some schools enforcing rules which are not cost-effective.
* People who can't get to work because they can't afford to put petrol in their cars/pay for public transport anymore.
* People who are working so much they're making themselves ill, and they STILL CAN'T AFFORD to pay their bills.
* People who have been given fines by these same energy/water companies because they couldn't afford to pay their bills in the first place - increasing their debt.
* Customers being told to do STAR JUMPS TO KEEP WARM for crying out loud!
* Hose pipe bans when gallons of water leak away everyday.
* people are having to give up their pets because they can no longer feed or take to a vet.
* Elderly people NOT DRINKING because they're worried about running out of water!!!
All this and energy prices are set to rise up to 75% in October...
THIS IS MADNESS!.. I'm all for supporting profits ..I'm not for supporting greed at the cost of lives of others..

Something needs to change..

Why is customers' money being used to make life more comfortable for those who are making life more intolerable for the rest of us?
Not sure where this info was taken from ....needs checking..but could be true...