Showing posts with label heirloom seeds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heirloom seeds. Show all posts

Thursday, May 28, 2009

As the Dollar Slides...Now Is the Time To Make Preparations

As The Dollar Falls Inflation Rises
Posted: May 27 2009
http://www.theinternationalforecaster.com/International_Forecaster_Weekly/As_The_Dollar_Falls_Inflation_Rises

"We hope you are all aware that as the dollar falls inflation rises. That is because we don’t produce much anymore and as the dollar declines the cost of imported goods rises, including oil.

Based on nominal growth over the next ten years the CBO, the Congressional Budget Office, believes that GDP will grow 50%. There is not a chance that will happen. In fact, we could have no growth over that period. Yet, the proposed administration plan is to increase spending 50%. This shows you the desperation and stupidity of what is going on in Washington. Their only plan is to inflate until the system collapses. The robust recovery will only bring our negative GDP down to even as the stimulus package spreads its benefits. That will be some feat with real U6 unemployment at 19.2% to 19.8%. These facts and government projections will sink not only the dollar, but also sink the entire economy. America is looking at deficits of more than $1 trillion a year as far as the eye can see. Doesn’t anyone understand the impact of such borrowing?" What foreigners can be stupid enough to lend to us unless yields are perhaps 15% on treasuries. That means the alternative is massive monetization and wild inflation."

President Obama was quoted on C-Span over the Memorial Day Weekend as saying, in effect, "We are broke"...really? But the way the country and the government are carrying on, it looks as though we have not a care in the world...that is if you are of the working class ilk...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aKOzWiTDseUE had this to say,
"Earlier this month, the U.S. reported the first budget deficit for April in 26 years, with spending exceeding revenue by $20.9 billion, even though that’s the month when taxpayers have to stump up to the Internal Revenue Service and the government’s coffers should be overflowing. So far this fiscal year, the U.S. shortfall is $802.3 billion, more than five times the $153.5 billion gap in the year-earlier period.
Deathly Deficit

For the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the Congressional Budget Office forecasts a record deficit of $1.75 trillion, almost four times the previous year’s $454.8 billion shortfall and about 13 percent of gross domestic product."

It appears that things are going to get a lot worse before it even has a chance to get better...perhaps, for the survival of you and your family, you need to make physical preparations...garden, non-perishable food, water, first aid, etc...please peruse this site and find very reputable companies that can help supply your need!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Backyard Home Garden and Backyard Chickens: They Go Together Likes Birds To A Feather!

Are you still planning to put in a garden this year and also raise backyard chickens? Here's an idea you may want to consider...plant your garden and put your chicken coop in the same area...let me explain.
1. Choose a suitable place for your garden and fence twice as much growing space as you will need to grow your various vegetables.
2. Put a gate at each end of your rectangular plot.
3. Build your chicken coop directly in the center of your "compound", and divide that area right down the middle with more fencing. Make sure there is a door on each side of your new chicken coop.
4. The "first" year of your garden, plant vegetables on one half of your plot, while on the other half of your plot, the chickens run free in their yard.
5. At the end of the gardening season, let your chickens have the run of the whole place.
6. The next gardening season, rotate the whole operation: plant your garden on the alternate side, and let the chickens have the run of the area that was your garden last year!
7. Keep this rotation system up each year. Not only will your chickens naturally fertilize the area for your future garden each year, they will do a dandy job of ridding unwanted bugs and insects!

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Surviving the Economic Downturn: Grow A Backyard Vegetable Garden!

Costs of food, fuel and every thing else seems to be on the rise. To complicate matters, the economy is in the toilet. How can you make changes in your life to help alleviate the stress and strain on your budget? One of the greatest movements that is happening in the US is the movement towards growing your own vegetables in your own backyard. Is this viable? Is it cost effective. Let's look briefly at a recent article written by Alex Johnson for MSNBC.

Fighting the Recession, Armed with Seeds
Home gardening experiences a boom as families seek to cut food costs
April 7, 2009

"Kinne is part of a growing movement of Americans who are turning to their own resources to fight the economic recession, now in its 16th month. As paychecks and job opportunities shrink in tandem with rising prices at the store, more and more households are growing their own food in their backyards, in shared community-run gardens and even on their windowsills.
Kinne estimates that her garden saves her at least a $150 a month in grocery bills. And that doesn’t include the money she saves on services from professionals whom she pays with the fresh food she grows and the labor she provides helping them plant their own gardens
The National Gardening Association said its survey, conducted in January by Harris Interactive Inc., showed that 57 percent of American home gardens were smaller than 100 square feet. It projected that the average garden could produce 300 pounds of fresh produce worth $600, a return of $530 based on an average investment of $70."

As you can see, the investment and time put towards a home garden is not only economical, but is good for nutrition, a stress reduction, and just plain smart! I highly recommend you invest in heirloom seeds, as these seeds can be saved from year to year. Your initial investment in garden equipment and seeds for the first year may seem high, but this is an investment that will pay dividends in the years ahead. Please click on the banners SURVIVAL SEEDS, OR TOMATOFEST located to the right to get started on obtaining the best seeds possible for your garden! Make the right investment today!