tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207131912024-03-06T22:13:59.295-08:00Real Food & Scandalous Gardening SecretsScandalous (and not so scandalous) secrets related to gardening, cooking, health, nutrition, and whatever else crosses my mind . . . I am a long time organic gardener who has endeavored to educate myself in various ways--from learning and apprenticing with elder gardeners, to reading and researching, as well as doing my own experiments right in the garden . . .Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713191.post-82395476982442397092018-07-26T08:39:00.001-07:002018-07-26T08:47:37.810-07:00Imidacloprid Toxicity Washington State Department of Ecology is Right<br />
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Dear Editor <a href="http://www.chinookobserver.com/" target="_blank">Chinook Observer</a>,</div>
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(Published Wednesday July 4, 2018, print edition.) </div>
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Senator Takko is wrong, the Department of Ecology is right!</div>
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The Willapa Grays Harbor Oyster Growers Association has been
denied a permit to spray the <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">neonicotinoid</span>
--imidacloprid in our bay, based on current science.</div>
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We can begin to understand<i> </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">neonicotinoid</span> toxicity generally, and imidacloprid toxicity
specifically, simply by reading the label:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Environmental Hazards, Do not apply directly to water, areas where
surface water is present or to intertidal areas below the mean high water
mark.” “This product is toxic to wildlife and highly toxic to aquatic
invertebrates.” (Invertebrates are animals without backbones, like crabs and
shrimp and shellfish.) The following statement is also given on the label:
“PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS, HAZARDS TO HUMANS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAUTION.” Page
5 (2014):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><<a href="https://bit.ly/2tra369">https://bit.ly/2tra369</a>></div>
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Speaking of hazards to humans: “Four general population
studies reported associations between chronic neonic exposure and adverse
developmental or neurological out comes, including tetralogy of Fallot” (a
congenital heart defect), “anencephaly” (children born with part or all of the
brain missing), “autism spectrum disorder, and a symptom cluster including
memory loss and finger tremor.” (2016)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><<a href="https://bit.ly/2llmEnI">https://bit.ly/2llmEnI</a>></div>
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The environmental hazards include: " . . . <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that they are persistent . . .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and are highly toxic to a wide range of
invertebrates." <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(2014)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">: </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><<a href="https://bit.ly/2tgbzsu">https://bit.ly/2tgbzsu</a>></div>
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A more recent environmental study shows: “. . . . the
initial toxicity assessment of this insecticide was flawed.” “. . . most of the
organisms do not die immediately but start dying in large numbers after a week,
and their populations disappear completely after a few weeks . . .” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Neonicotinoids bind irreversibly to the
nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) embedded in the synaptic membranes of
neurons” (nerve and brain cells), “and their activation elicits a continuous
electric impulse that eventually leads to the death of the neuron. The neuronal
death toll accumulates as more and more chemical molecules bind to other nAChRs
until the organism cannot cope with the damage and dies . . .” “. . . effects
are cumulative with time, because neurons do not regenerate. It has been termed
time-cumulative toxicity . . .” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ . . .
exposure to neonicotinoids causes a number of sublethal effects on aquatic
organisms, such as feeding inhibition, impaired movement , reduced fecundity ,
reduced body size in . . . <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fish and
immune-suppression in fish . . . “ “ . . . vertebrates that depend on insects
and other aquatic invertebrates as their sole or main food resource are being
affected.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vertebrates have backbones--like
us and fish and birds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fish are
important to our commercial and recreational fisheries, and birds are very
important to our tourism industry and to our ecosystem as well. (2016):
<<a href="https://bit.ly/2LifRHf">https://bit.ly/2LifRHf</a>></div>
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Science is an ongoing process. What we know continues to
grow. What we knew in 2015, based on the above referenced documents from 2014, should
have been enough to ban imidicloprid use in our bay. We know even more
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any increased risk, no matter how
small, of infants being born without parts of their brain is unacceptable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this is not the only risk to us or to our
environment from this poison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should
never forget that oysters are filter feeders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we eat oysters from our bay, we are eating everything dumped,
spread, or sprayed in our bay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should
be grateful that the Washington State Department of Ecology has put science
over politics in an effort to protect us, and to protect the essential
ecosystem of our bay that produces abundant and diverse foods which we enjoy
and which our economy depends on. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Thank you,</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Harvest McCampbell </span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">From: <http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/>
</div>Harvesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872861471819228830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713191.post-11843787107593542482018-07-26T06:17:00.000-07:002018-07-26T08:38:47.518-07:00Pesticide Not Needed For Oyster Production<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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There are alternatives to shrimp pesticide </div>
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Dear Editor <a href="http://www.chinookobserver.com/" target="_blank">Chinook Observer</a>,</div>
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(Published Wednesday June 13, 2018, print edition.) </div>
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I am writing in response to the Science Conference report. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The section on oysters reads more like
marketing rhetoric for chemical companies than it does like actual oyster
related facts.</div>
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The oysters most commonly grown in our bay now, are known as
Pacific oysters and were originally from Japan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These oysters, like most oysters, are not adapted to living on mud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In their natural habitat they attach to hard
clean surfaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Off bottom culture is
often ideal, to keep them off the mud; it has been practiced in many places
around the world since at least the Roman Era.</div>
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Flip and tumble bag culture is nothing new.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is used on the East Coast of the US to
produce the medium sized, premium, deep cupped and neat shelled oysters prized
by the half-shell market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many
other types of off bottom culture being used in the US and around the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These techniques include tumble
cages, stationary or removable tray culture with substantial supports, and
floating systems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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In many areas of our East and Gulf Coasts, oyster reefs are
being reestablished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They rely on a
variety of structural supports including pyramids or berms made of bagged or
caged oyster shells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can also
include recycled concrete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seeding of
oysters on to these structures relies on natural sources or hatchery larvae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some areas the restored reefs have existed
long enough for oysters to be harvested.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our native Olympia oysters originally grew on oyster reefs, which kept
them out of the mud, out of conflict with burrowing shrimp, and provided
overall ecosystem benefits as well.</div>
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Burrowing shrimp, by the way, are not an invasive
species.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are native to our
area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are an important environmental
keystone species, providing ecosystem benefits, and they existed here for
millions of years alongside our native oysters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Burrowing shrimp are repelled by eelgrass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Destruction of eelgrass beds is on-going in
our bay by the intentional use of herbicides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is also well documented that human caused impacts to the ecosystem
have severely reduced burrowing shrimp predators, and changed the ecology in
other ways that benefit some species of burrowing shrimp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, other species of burrowing shrimp
are now threatened by an invasive non-native parasite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is concern that the affected species may
not survive.</div>
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Imidacloprid is a neonicotinoid insecticide that has
recently been banned for all outdoor use in most member states of the European
Union, because of devastating ecosystem effects and negative health effects on
human beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The very same salmon
mentioned in another part of the article depend on tiny creatures in our bay to
reach a healthy size before entering the ocean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Imidacloprid spread or sprayed in our bay will further negatively affect
our salmon runs by killing the food they depend on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many other species depend on the creatures
that would be killed by imidacloprid, including our endangered sturgeon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And imidacloprid is directly toxic to
arthropods of commercial interest, namely our market shrimp and crabs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The Willapa Grays Harbor Oyster Growers Association is the
only oyster growers association in the US which wishes to use this deadly
ecosystem toxin in coastal waters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
much larger <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Pacific Coast Shellfish
Growers Association has publicly repudiated the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please do not forget that oysters are filter
feeders and that if you eat our local oysters you are eating everything that
gets dumped into our bay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Department of Ecology
made the right decision, based on peer reviewed scientific studies and
reports.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more information on the
science please visit the Facebook group, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ResistToxics/" target="_blank">Resisting Toxics in CoastalEnvironments</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Thank you, </span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Harvest McCampbell</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">From: <http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/>
</div>Harvesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872861471819228830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713191.post-59698542415837247782018-04-28T08:03:00.000-07:002018-04-28T08:03:43.332-07:00Want Your Clams and Oysters Without Poison?<h2>
Take Action Now! </h2>
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Large commercial oysters growers are seeking a permit to
spray the systemic and environmentally hazardous neonicotinoid neurotoxin—Imidacloprid--on
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If they are successful this will create a precedent for
allowing this environmentally hazardous chemical to be sprayed in wetlands and
inter-tidal zones in other states as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While this permit application is for Washington State, if approved it
will likely affect many other areas.</div>
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This product is clearly marked on the label, “Environmental
Hazards, Do not apply directly to water, areas where surface water is present or
to inter-tidal areas below the mean high water mark.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“This product is toxic to wildlife and highly
toxic to aquatic invertebrates.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following statement is also given on the
label:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS, HAZARDS
TO HUMANS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAUTION.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Source, page 5:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/089442-00005-20140616.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/089442-00005-20140616.pdf</a></div>
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The State of Washington has temporarily denied the permit,
based on sound science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
requesting public comment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The comment
period is open until May 14<sup>th</sup>, 2018.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Comments can be made at the following link:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://ecology.wa.gov/Events/WQ/Aquatic-Pesticide-Permits/Public-notice-to-deny-permit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ecology.wa.gov/Events/WQ/Aquatic-Pesticide-Permits/Public-notice-to-deny-permit</a></div>
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The Imidacloprid permit request is for using this chemical in
non-native commercial oyster beds, where it has been shown that it binds to
sediment particles and persists for many months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This product has been shown to be toxic to
arthropods, mollusks, and worms in terrestrial, aquatic, and marine environments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While binding to sediment particles, Imidacloprid
solution that comes in contact with water disperses readily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When absorbed by susceptible creatures it
binds permanently and cumulatively to sites in their cellular structures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of the susceptible creatures are
important to the food web, and their demise--as well as the demise of the
native burrowing shrimp they wish to target-- will affect the entire
ecosystem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The burrowing shrimp are an
important keystone species in our coastal wetland ecosystems.</div>
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If you would like to learn more about the importance of
burrowing shrimp, the dangers of Imidacloprid, or sustainable alternatives to
off bottom culture for oyster growers please stop by the facebook group, Resisting
Toxics in Coastal Environments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have
collected a large body of evidence addressing these issues which we would be
happy to share with all interested persons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Our priorities are to encourage lasting solutions that will
help the industry end its long-standing reliance on pesticides and create
conditions amenable to ecologically and economically sustainable fisheries and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shellfish aquaculture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ResistToxics/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/ResistToxics/</a></div>
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It is up to us! We can do this!</div>
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flowers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Easter, Mother’s and Father’s
Day are just around the corner and graduation is coming up soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or maybe you’re the one who deserves a
gift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This attractive coffee table book
might be just what you need to get conversations started at your next Secret
Garden Club meeting and it will help you plan some surprises in your borders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will find sections on “The Lore and
Legends of Irises;” ‘Irises in American Gardens;” “Bearded Irises,” including
tall, medium, and miniature, as well as reblooming; “Beardless Irises,”
including those native to Siberia, the Pacific Northwest, Louisiana, and Japan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bulbous irises as well as pest, diseases,
propagation, and botany are also covered. The luscious photos will have you
scrambling for bulb and iris catalogs and finding special spots to tuck in these
vibrant treasures. The best part of all is - irises do well here in Bigfoot
Valley! <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Magic of Irises, </i>Barbara
Lawton, Fulcrum Publishing, ISBN 1-55591-267-2</span></div>
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American Gardening </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">includes ancient stories and myths,
traditional gardening plans, and garden related crafts, activities, and
recipes. Everything you need to know to grow a bountiful crop and learn about
northeast and southwest tribal gardening traditions is included.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each section either begins or ends with a
traditional story. These stories illustrate where the information shared began
and its place of importance in the culture. Basic outdoor education is covered,
including a reminder to be respectful of the creatures that are often found in
the garden and the roles they play in nature. Most sections include activities
that could be used as classroom curriculum. Traditional children’s crafts,
toys, and games have been adapted; many using items the children will be able
to help grow. Instructions and illustrations are well thought out, clear, and
easy to follow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a very rich
resource for anyone who wants to share or explore traditional Native American
gardening practices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Native American Gardening, </i>Michael J.
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the western states. The region is divided into more than 20 climate zones, each
more specific than those provided by the USDA system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The river valleys here in Humboldt and Trinity
counties are Sunset zone 14 as opposed to USDA zone 8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a good thing to keep in mind when
browsing the plant listings looking for that special specimen for your garden.
The browsing is terrific!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are over
8,000 plants listed – 500 of them brand new to this edition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The new expanded plant encyclopedia now
includes many color illustrations. The information on zones, the plants need
for sun, shade, and water are clearly highlighted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This brand new book was just released in February;
it should be available in book stores and garden centers right now!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will make a great gift for plant
collectors, landscapers, and anyone who loves to garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Western
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</div>Harvesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872861471819228830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713191.post-42078757855943507482018-04-14T15:53:00.001-07:002018-04-14T16:52:15.860-07:00Milk Thistle Salad!Milk Thistle seeds are famous as a liver tonic and Milk Thistle flowers
are famous as a tea for new mothers, but did you know that young Milk
Thistle leaves are fabulous in a salad?<br />
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You do need gloves and clippers to collect them, and a good set of
kitchen shears to remove the prickles along the leaves edge. They look
absolutely dashing in a salad of mostly dark or pale greens. They have
mild yet robust sweet nutty flavor, and if picked in the morning and
then kept slightly<span class="text_exposed_show"> moist and refrigerated until served for lunch or dinner, they are delightfully crisp. </span><br />
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Yes, they are a bit of work, but in the early spring, most anything
from the garden, the fields, or the forest is welcome. Please be
careful to not gather where anyone may be spraying pesticide or there is
a chance of industrial pollution.<br />
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My photo from 4.7.2004, moist
riparian alder woods along Mill Creek in Hoopa CA. I can still smell
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The first clue many people have is a mysterious rash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This rash may appear very differently in
members of the same family getting bitten by the same population of this icky
insect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes it shows as tiny to
medium sized spots which can be darker, lighter, or redder than the surrounding
skin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These spots can be raised similar
to a mosquito bite or they can even be slightly sunken like a tiny
indentation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may itch, hurt, or
burn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people experience the
itching, pain, or burning without any visual rash at all. </div>
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The rash can be much worse for people who are allergic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Individual bites can appear as large mosquito
bites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They sometimes itch, burn, and
hurt all at once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Small or large raised
red areas that resemble welts, hives, a slap mark, or a burn may appear and
persist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can become infected and they
can cause scarring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Elderly people and young children may have infected feeding
areas that they are not aware of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bed
bugs inject an anesthetic when they bite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This anesthetic can be very effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is important to encourage everyone to do full body checks on a weekly
basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Children and the elderly may need
help and encouragement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many other
health issues can be detected by skin checks, so it is a good habit for
everyone to cultivate in any event.</div>
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Keeping that anesthetic in mind, some people can be living
with a fairly heavy infestation and not have a clue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This makes it very important to inspect
bedding and mattresses for bed bug signs on a regular basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before you start stripping your beds to do
your inspection, you want to gather some supplies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you disturb bed bug nests and are not
prepared to kill them on sight, they are going to head into your walls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once they get into your walls they are very
hard to kill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, if they are
already there, do not despair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
think you are in this situation, let me know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I will cover it in a future article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Meanwhile, arm yourself with a spray bottle full of
isopropyl alcohol (70%); a good sized magnifying glass; and a bright penlight,
flashlight, or other movable light to help illuminate the bugs and their eggs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Seventy percent isopropyl alcohol is an effective contact
poison for bed bugs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not use a higher
concentration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The higher concentrations
evaporate too quickly to do the job, they are highly flammable, and they are
more toxic to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lower concentrations
won’t kill the bugs. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep in mind that even
the 70% isopropyl alcohol is toxic to human beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is less toxic to us than most
insecticides; but you should still take it seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having a set of goggles close by and a face
mask or a bandana is a good idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Open
the windows as well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you find a few
large bed bug nests you may be spraying quite a bit of the alcohol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Now that we have our supplies we are ready to begin our
inspection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Start by looking very
closely at the top of the bedding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
there has been any bed bug activity, you may notice feces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like the rashes bed bugs cause, their feces
can take many forms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may look like
fly specks, tiny gritty grains of ‘dirt,’ small spots of goop, or irregular
stains—in shades of black, brown, amber, or red. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In small infestations the stains may be pale
in color and tiny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the infestations
grow, the stains also tend to grow and darken in color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A new small infestation can be hard to
detect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But a large well established one
is not something you want to be faced with. So, look carefully.</div>
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While you are inspecting for feces, keep your eye out for
the bed bugs themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adults are
about the size and shape of a sesame seed. Add a tiny head to the narrow end,
with piercing mouth parts, and legs extending out to the sides slightly back
from the head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Color the creature red and
you have the general idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bodies
are somewhat translucent, and they are segmented as well, which allows them to
swell and elongate as they feed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bed bug
eggs look a lot like tiny grains of rice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They vary in size quite a bit, but 2 – 4 of them could sit on top of a
sesame seed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When first laid they
glisten and are sticky, allowing them to adhere to many surfaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When first hatched, bed bugs are translucent
and about half the size of their egg. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>The hatched egg cases remain attached to the
surfaces they are laid on, and will dull and darken in color and collapse over
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the immature bed bugs feed,
they slowly take on pigment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right after
a meal the digestive track may appear black. The insect itself will slowly change
color as it matures; from cream to yellow, amber, and finally the red of the
adult.</div>
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If you find bugs or eggs, and you may need the magnifying
glass and the flashlight to find them, spray them immediately with the rubbing
alcohol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soak them well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep an eye on them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they try to escape, spray them some
more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They like to hide in tucks, seams,
and folds, and by blending in to the patterns on fabric.</div>
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After you finish inspecting the top layer of bedding, do not
pull it off the bed and inadvertently shake it over the floor or carpet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will just spread any of the bugs and
eggs around that you missed and help them escape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Roll each layer up separately, looking for
bed bug signs as you go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If bugs or
feces are found, place bedding in a plastic garbage bag and seal tightly with a
twist tie or something similar, right away. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Repeat your inspection for each layer of the
bedding, right down to the mattress(es), and then carefully inspect the
mattress(es) as well, spraying any bugs or eggs you find as you go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also inspect the bed frame and headboard very
carefully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bed bugs are known to nest in
narrow cracks in wood, recessed screws and bolts, and in hollow metal tubes and
fittings.</div>
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Hopefully, you won’t find any bed bugs. If you do, or if
your friends or family members do, you can find simple tips on killing bed bugs
when doing your laundry, as well as tips for helping friends and family members
in my previous bed bug article published in the December 21<sup>st</sup>
issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t still have it on
hand, you can read it on my blog, where I have added bold subheadings so you
can find the specific information easily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><<a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2016/12/avoiding-bed-bugs.html">http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2016/12/avoiding-bed-bugs.html</a>><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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If you find bed bugs or feces, repeat the entire inspection
process on a weekly or even twice weekly basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every bed in the house needs inspected, as well as any other places that
people tend to sit or lounge for long periods of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you continue to get bit, find bugs, or new
feces on subsequent inspections, I can share more tips on treating an
infestation in a future article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please
feel free send me an e-mail with your request.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Your personal information will be kept completely confidential, of
course. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">(You can also leave your questions or tips in comments.) </span>Harvest McCampbell, <a href="mailto:harvest95546@yahoo.com">harvest95546@yahoo.com</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">January is traditionally the time of day dreaming and planning for gardeners young and old. Garden catalogs begin trickling in, tantalizing us with rediscovered heirlooms as well as new and improved flowers and foods. Slowly we work through each catalog revising the list of everything we want, until we can be satisfied with what we really need and what we really have time and space for. But many a cold, rainy day is cheered with all the possibilities. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If you aren’t already inundated with gardening catalogs check out this blog post from ‘The Garden Glove’ on the <i>Top 12 Garden Seed Catalogs:</i></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <<a href="http://www.thegardenglove.com/top-garden-seed-catalogs/%20">http://www.thegardenglove.com/top-garden-seed-catalogs/ </a>>. It contains most of my favorites, many of which are free on request. When you click on a catalog name you are sent to their web site. Most seed companies feature a link to a page where you can request a free copy of their catalog right on their home page. If you don’t have Internet service, stop by one of our local libraries. Most libraries (including ours) have public access computers available, and someone is usually available to give you a hand or help you sign up for a class or a tutor.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Pl<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">aning for Peppers</span></b> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Believe it or not, now is the time to plan for peppers. Peppers do an outstanding job when our summers are hot. However, our cool spring weather can get them off to a dismal start. They tend to be very slow growing when young; the cooler it is, the slower they grow. A little planning ahead will help you grow the best pepper crop ever. Peppers of all kinds can be started inside (in late January or early February) if you can provide a warm location and bright light. Peppers germinate best with soil temperatures between 75 and 80 degrees. You can get a good guestimate of indoor soil temperature by laying a room thermometer down on the surface where you will place your seeded six packs. It may take some experimenting to find the right location. You need the seeded six packs to stay warm at night, but not get over heated during the day when they are under lights. Many people resort to special heating mats made for starting seeds; others skip the seed starting step and purchase young plants ready to harden off and slip into the ground. If you want to grow your own peppers from seed, it is a good idea to find your spot or shop for a heating mat now. Most nurseries and garden catalogs keep them in stock, especially this time of year. Shop around; prices for exactly the same set up can vary greatly.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">In January our minds are on catalogs, even when thinking of peppers. If you are interested in growing organic heirloom peppers, The Seed Savers Exchange has a great catalog. Seed Savers offers seedlings of eight different heirlooms, three of which are hot, with the rest being mild or sweet. You can mix and match or order a sampler pack. And they have an amazing variety, nearly 50 different kinds of peppers, available as seed. (563) 382-5900 / <<a href="http://www.seedsavers.org/">www.SeedSavers.org</a>>. If the latest hybrids are what you want; Burpee has in a dazzling variety, many available as seedlings or seeds. (800) 487-5530 / <<a href="http://www.burpee.com/">www.Burpee.com</a>>. If you are hoping for peppers even if next summer is cool, then you should visit Territorial Seeds. They have an awesome selection of both seeds and plants that have been proven to do well in the Pacific North West. 800-626-0866 / <<a href="http://www.territorialseed.com/">http://www.territorialseed.com/</a>>. You can request a catalog on-line or by from any of these companies.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Once you get your seeds growing or your plants delivered, you will want to keep them in containers until all threat of frost has past. They will enjoy spending warm days outside, at first in the shade. Each day they should be exposed to more and more sun, until they are ready to stick their feet in the soil and thrive. Don’t forget to bring them in at night if it might get down close to freezing. Save your peppers a sunny spot in the garden and they will reward you with a bountiful harvest.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Winter’s crisp cold nights have an uncanny effect on many root vegetables, turning them sweeter than if they were grown in the summer. If you planted parsnips last spring; carrots, rutabagas, or turnips this fall—you can look forward to a special treat. Get out your shovel next time we get a break from the rain and use it to carefully loosen the soil around these delectable roots. Dig only as many as you will need for a few days; they will stay sweeter and fresher in the ground than they will in the fridge. You can use them in most any dish that comes to mind, such as home-made soups, casseroles, stir fries, or grated into salads. For a real treat try roasting up a batch of mixed veggies. Roasting brings out the flavors of fresh dug winter roots like nothing else can, whether you throw them in next to a pot roast or a nice fat hen; or if you just roast them up on their own. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Here is a veggie roasting technique that doesn’t require using parchment or any other fancy supplies. You can use a metal cookie sheet or a baking pan--whatever you happen to have on hand (and is safe for use under the broiler). Scrub up your veggies and cut them into pieces about two inches long by an inch wide and a half inch thick. Brush your pan and the veggies with a thin coat of olive oil. (If you don’t have olive oil, use whatever you have on hand.) You can sprinkle them with a little salt and pepper or other seasoning if you like. Place your veggies in a single layer on your pan, and set your oven rack so the surface of the veggies will be about five inches from the heat. Turn the oven on to broil, and keep a close eye on the veggies. After about five minutes, as they begin to brown, you want to move them around on the pan so they don’t stick. Continue checking them every three to five minutes. As they develop a nice warm color, pull the pan from the oven, brush their tops with oil and flip them over. They won’t all be ready to flip, nor will they all be ready to remove from the oven at the same time. But every time you turn or remove some, the rest can be shifted just a bit to keep them from sticking. If you don’t devour these delectable morsels as soon as they cool, you can serve them as a side dish; arrange them on lettuce or other greens, toss them with pasta, tuck them into a sandwich, or offer them as a finger food with a little dip. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Published by the <a href="http://www.hometowndebate.com/section/willapa-harbor-herald-news" target="_blank">Willapa Harbor Herald</a>, December 4th, 2017. Posted here with permission.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">A previous version was previously published by the Hoopa People News, in 2007.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cimex lectularius, bed bugs, are parasites of human beings.</span> Their only food is our blood, and they need it for every stage of their lives. Scientist tell us that they are very genetically diverse, very adaptable, and that they have been with us as long as we have existed. Once they thoroughly infest a home or an apartment, they are difficult to get rid of. The best offense is a good defense.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The first thing we need to think about is how they arrive in our homes to begin with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bed bugs are excellent hitchhikers. They hitchhike in and out of homes and business on people’s shoes, hats, scarves, sweaters, and coats. Holiday parties and family gatherings, where coats and sweaters may be thrown on a bed or be crowded into a closet, are the beloved Grand Central Station of bed bugs. Hotels and motels are also often bed bug transit stations, and they can be carried home in one’s luggage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bed bugs can also enter our homes under their own power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The adults grow to about 1/16<sup>th</sup> of an inch, sometimes larger, and they can travel fairly long distances and squeeze through the tiniest cracks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One survival instinct possess is the desire to spread out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A small population of bed bugs is difficult to detect; however, a large one is impossible to ignore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These adaptable creatures have also learned to sense threats, and will flee from rooms, homes, apartments, and businesses where pesticides and heat treatments are being used. Whether or not the treatments are successful for the home or apartment in question, the majority of the insects will have fled through narrow cracks around baseboards, windows, plumbing, switch plates, and through electrical outlets as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the same pathways they can use to enter your home!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One begins to see how tricky it can be to avoid an infestation. Understanding what attracts bed bugs can help. They have very a very keen sense of smell, and it is cued into all the sorts of scents that humans emit, even the ones we cannot smell ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their sense of smell is their primary way of finding us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In our homes and apartments, and even in our offices and businesses, we can begin by sealing those tiny cracks mentioned above that allow them to enter. Those tiny cracks also allow scents to waft down the pathways and hiding places in our walls where bed bugs like to spend their days, out of the sight of human beings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Frequent airing out of our homes and offices is also helpful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Given a choice, bed bugs will head for the strongest human scents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t want that to be your home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides, frequent airing lets out the toxins that are out-gassing from all the synthetic materials found in our homes and buildings, the fumes from our cleaning products, and it lets in fresh air and oxygen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frequent airing makes your home healthier!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Laundry should be done frequently, as piles of dirty laundry are bed bug magnets. Sheets at least, and all bedding if there is a possibility of infestation, should be washed every week. Washing with hot water and drying on high heat kills bed bugs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And for those doing laundry at home, once the washer has filled and started agitating, you can turn off the cycle for the night or the day, and they will all drown—even if the fabrics involved cannot stand high heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have no laundry facilities at home, you can use a bucket or the tub to soak those items that cannot be washed in hot water or put in the dryer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just make sure to squeeze out any air and that the fabric is completely submerged.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When out visiting, avoid piling your outer wear up with other people’s clothes or hats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you know ahead of time that this is not going to be avoidable, have a couple of plastic garbage bags waiting for you at home, one by your front door and one in the most convenient place to change clothes near your entrance. Also have a complete change of clothes waiting for you near the second garbage bag. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place all your outer wear in the first one, and seal it tightly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then change your clothes and seal them in the other bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In between, you might wish to shower and wash your hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bed bugs do not ordinarily hitchhike on our skin or in our hair, and they usually wait till we are asleep to actually touch us, but we can easily transfer them to our hair with hats and scarf’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And in very heavily infested buildings they can drop down on us from light fixtures and vents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your bagged clothes can then be treated at your leisure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can soak them for 6 to 8 hours, wash them with hot water and dry on high, or leave them outside in freezing weather for four days or more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ironing with a hot iron or steaming thoroughly with a special clothing steamer will also do the trick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition one can purchase small heat chambers made for treating items that may have come in contact with bed bugs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And then there are our shoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shoes smell like heaven to bed bugs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Taking your shoes off when you come in your home, or even before, is a good idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only does this reduce the possibility that you are depositing these hitchhikers throughout your home, it gives the shoes a chance to air out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The less scent the shoes have, the less attractive they will be to bed bugs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, having two or three pairs of everyday shoes is a good idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The longer you can air them out between wearings, the better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If your feet tend to sweat and, um, well, smell—several sets of activated charcoal inserts will help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also air the inserts out separately from your shoes, and rotate them on a daily basis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tea Tree, citronella, and lavender essential oils are known to confuse bed bugs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using a drop or two on each shoe before leaving the house can be helpful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Essential oils are generally available from natural food stores, herb shops, some bed and bath type stores, as well as from many on-line outlets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is also a product called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/CimeXa-Insecticide-ounces-bottle-Rockwell/dp/B0085HRWI8" target="_blank">CimeXa</a> which is completely non-toxic when used as directed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the current scientifically proven go-to treatment for bed bugs. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a dust that has no scent at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A tiny puff wafted into each shoe provides excellent protection from any bug that comes in contact with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once you have your CimeXa, read the label and consider treating the inside of your car as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are going to travel, treat your luggage before you leave, and all your belongings before you come home. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With CimeXa, more is not better. The dust should be applied so finely that you can’t actually see it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the bed bugs can see it, they will avoid it. CimeXa is only available on-line at this time, but it is available from many different sellers. (See comments for more information on CimeXa.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile, if you need to help a friend or family member with laundry and sealing all those tiny crawl spaces in a building where there is a known infestation, don’t stop at using essential oils. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Deet, which can be a problem for sensitive people, is the best bed bug repellant you can buy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not healthy, however, to use Deet on a daily basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if you need to help clean up an infested area, put it to good use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And definitely wear clothing and shoes that can be soaked, left out to freeze, or washed and dried on high heat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bed bugs reproduce very quickly, and they then disperse in an effort to protect themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ignoring someone else’s infestation is not only harmful to the person affected; it is harmful to us all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s try to be good neighbors and help where help is needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can stop this before it becomes our scourge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your right, this isn't about gardening, but you might need to know! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Published by the <a href="http://www.hometowndebate.com/section/willapa-harbor-herald-news" target="_blank">Willapa Harbor Herald</a>, December 21, 2016<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> under the title 'Be</span>d Bugs are Among Us.' Posted here with permission. (This version is slightly edited. The originally published version refers to our local community<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">this version also </span>contains a few corrections.)</span></span><br />
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Carefully chosen gifts can improve our loved one’s lives! You don’t need to spend a ton of money to show you care, brighten up a dreary room, and improve the air your gift recipient breathes. Houseplants provide all these benefits and more. If you have elderly or ill family members, research has proven that when they have plants to look at, they recover faster and feel less pain. House plants bring many of the benefits of gardening to those who can’t or won’t get out and dig in the dirt. Below you will find two easy to care for plants that make long lasting gifts.</div>
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Extensive research has been devoted to the effects of house plants on indoor air quality. While researchers don’t always agree on which plants are the best, Philodendrons and spider plants feature prominently on most lists. These tough guys don’t need any special care. They make good gifts for those who may be just starting out with houseplants and others who have limited time or abilities. They also make good gifts for busy people, for elders, disabled, or ill family members; in which case, part of the gift can be your regular plant care visits. <br />
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Philodendrons, while not traditionally thought of as holiday gifts, actually live much longer than most of the plants marketed for the season. Philodendrons are a very diverse group of plants. Native to the tropical zones of the Americas and the West Indies, there are over 900 different species found in the wild. They typically grow in the dim light found under the canopy of tropical rainforests. This adaptation to low light allows them to thrive indoors. They do need adequate light, however; and will do best in a bright room. They love cool morning sunlight, but they are likely to burn if exposed to direct afternoon sun during the warmer months. <br />
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Philodendrons would certainly prefer to be watered on a regular basis, as long as their soil is allowed to dry out in between watering. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I have had proof positive that they can stand a lot of neglect. (I am much better at caring for my outside plant menagerie than the poor souls stuck inside.) Of the three varieties of Philodendron that have shared my homes, the largest, a split leaved Philodendron (now classified as a Monstera), once nearly completely took over my front room. It came to me as a tiny one leaved start in a vase with some ivy. After ten years, each leaf grew to be a foot across, and there were at least fifteen leaves on the sprawling plant. What poinsettia ever lived so long? <br />
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For small rooms, look for heart leaved or trailing Philodendron. There are varieties with solid leaves, with decorative holes through the leaves, and some with variegated foliage. They also do very well in our area and are easy to start from cuttings. Philodendrons are best for households without young children. They contain calcium oxalate and are considered toxic, so avoid them where youngsters feel they have to put everything in their mouths. (Spider plants are considered child and pet safe. More information on them is coming right up.)<br />
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Water your Philodendrons once a week or so, first checking to make sure the soil has dried out. Over watering can lead to root rot and fungal infections. Occasionally adding a little dilute organic fertilizer or diluted left over coffee will help them stay happy and healthy. When the leaves are dusty, a damp cloth gently applied will return their shine. While polishing the leaves keep your eye out for scale and mealy bugs. They can be easily removed with the same cloth; or with a moistened swab, if they are hiding in hard to reach spot. <br />
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If you are on a budget, Philodendrons, and many other house plants can be grown from cuttings. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t know anyone with cuttings to spare, Etsy has many offerings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have more variety than most dedicated nurseries, better prices, and offer everything from cuttings, small plants, to mature specimens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simply search on “Philodendron” from Etsy’s home page:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><<a href="https://www.etsy.com/">https://www.etsy.com/</a>><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are in a hurry and have a little money to spend, you might want to check out Blooming Crazy Floral in <br />
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These tough and prolific plants do a great job of removing toxins from the air, and they are considered safe for children and pets. (This certainly doesn’t mean you should encourage them to take a taste.) Resistant to neglect, they still provide a delicate and lacy accent to any bright room. Spider plants have long gently curving grass like leaves in solid green or striped with white. They produce long flowering shoots that sport tiny lily like flowers, followed by young plantlets that hang in mid air. As the little “spiders” grow in size and number they hang down from the mother plant, forming a curtain or veil. When the plantlets begin growing roots they can be removed from the stems and rooted in water or moist potting soil and then put to work as air cleaners in other rooms. A spider plant makes a great gift that keeps on giving, whether for yourself or for others on your list.<br />
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Like Philodendrons, spider plants are happiest if you let their soil dry out in between watering, once they have well established root systems. They are rarely bothered by pests, especially when they are kept inside. But if you see signs of mealy bugs or scale, a damp cloth or swab will make quick and easy work of these pesky guys.<br />
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Etsy also seems to be the go-to place for spider plants as well. They have a large selection of varieties. Starts can be purchased for a few dollars, while more mature plants can range up to about $40.00. Search on “spider plants” here to check out the selection: <<a href="https://www.etsy.com/">https://www.etsy.com/</a>><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Published by the <a href="http://www.hometowndebate.com/section/willapa-harbor-herald-news" target="_blank">Willapa Harbor Herald</a>, December 7th, 2018. Posted here with permission.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">A version was previously published by the Hoopa People News, which you can view here:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2010/10/gifting-gardener.html" target="_blank">http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2010/10/gifting-gardener.html </a></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713191.post-69956202118398811162016-11-17T14:47:00.000-08:002016-11-26T11:13:08.527-08:00Beneficial Insects Love Irises!<br />
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ornamental, however it is totally edible cooked or raw. The younger
leaves are tender, and in certain seasons they are choice; however it is
always wise to give them the taste test if you are hoping to use the
lovely leaves in a salad, because they have a tendency to become strong
flavored and slightly bitter. Simmering or braising does tende<span class="text_exposed_show">rize them and sweeten them up. In addition to using them in salads and as a garnish, they are great added to soups and as part of the mix in an old fashioned 'mess of greens.'</span></span></span><br />
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Red Veined Sorrel from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/197769820314987/photos/a.818351388256824.1073741829.197769820314987/1033304706761490/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Growing Together Community Gardens</a>.</div>
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show">Red Veined Sorrel is easy to grow and plants and seeds are often available at nurseries, garden centers, and through mail order catalogs and on-line sellers. They are offered under a number of different names, including red sorrel, blood sorrel, and unicorn plant. Once established they will return each year and their clumps will slowly increase in size and they can be divided to share with friends or to get them established in a few spots in the garden. </span></span></span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713191.post-74060445117333792392016-11-12T17:04:00.000-08:002016-11-12T17:04:07.054-08:00Lemon Balm<h3>
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It is in the mint family, as are many culinary and medicinal herbs.
Many mint family plants go dormant over the winter in our area. In our
garden, Lemon Balm is first to greet spring with new green leaves. Sometimes it even stays green and lush through most of the winter.<br /> <br /> Lemon Balm has a pleasant mild lemony-mint flavor. It makes a great cup of tea, and the young tender leaves can also be<span class="text_exposed_show">
added to all kinds of salads. It is sometimes used in spring rolls,
stir fry, curry, and Thai dishes as well. Any recipe that calls for
basil can be given a new taste sensation by substituting Lemon Balm.<br /> <br /> Lemon Balm also has a long history of use in cosmetics and as a gentle medicinal plant. It is a great carbon fixer, and when mature produces lots of organic matter that us useful in making compost or adding to mulch.<br /> <br /> In addition the flowers (which are inconspicuous) attract bees--especially mason bees--and other pollinators and beneficial insects as well. Providing for and attracting pollinators and beneficial insects is part of the important and necessary work of every gardener.</span></span></span><br />
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Lemon Balm for tea, flavoring, cosmetics, or as a gentle herbal remedy:<br /> <br /> If you have never made tea from fresh herbs before, check out this link: <a href="http://www.doityourself.com/stry/how-to-make-lemon-balm-tea" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>www.doityourself.com/stry/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>how-to-make-lemon-balm-tea</a><br /> <br /> Tips for using Lemon Balm in cooking can be found here: <a href="http://www.lemonbalmcream.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>www.lemonbalmcream.com/</a><br /> <br /> Here are some great recipes to try: <a href="http://www.farmflavor.com/tag/lemon-balm/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.farmflavor.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>tag/lemon-balm/</a><br /> /culinary_uses.html<br /> <br /> You can treat yourself to a home spa day with a Lemon Balm bath and home made Lemon Balm toners and astringents: <a href="http://www.lemonbalm.org/lemon-balm-cosmetic-skin-care-uses/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lemonbalm.org/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>lemon-balm-cosmetic-skin-ca<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>re-uses/</a><br /> <br /> If you want to explore its medicinal properties check out this link: <a href="http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/lemon-balm" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://umm.edu/health/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>medical/altmed/herb/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>lemon-balm</a><br /> <br /> For more fun things to do with Lemon Balm see: <a href="https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/12-things-to-do-with-lemon-balm/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">https://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>thenerdyfarmwife.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>12-things-to-do-with-lemon-<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>balm/</a></span></span></span><br />
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Lemon balm is easy to grow from seeds. Plants can be found through local plant sales, nurseries, and on-line herb specialists. Many gardeners receive their first plants from other gardeners and then pass along the offspring. Lemon balm is a reliable self sower to the extent that some people consider it a pest. If it gets pesky in your garden, cut it back to the ground about midway through its first flush of tiny flowers, before they set seed. Mature clumps can also be divided with a shovel, to reduce their size and share with friends.<br />
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One can go to the garden a little grumpy or in pain, with a
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That happened to me yesterday, suddenly, in the rhubarb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suddenly everything else was just gone and there
I was sitting on the cool earth, enmeshed in the jewel tones of rhubarb,
entranced by the beginning of autumn glimmerings on blueberry leaves, and the
glory of the Jerusalem artichoke's crown of fall flowers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was suddenly just there, the sweet brisk
fall air tickling my skin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was just
there with Creation and rhubarb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No more
grumpiness, no more pain, no more headache, no more resentment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was back into peace.</div>
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Our first frost had visited the night before and these lovely
stalks of rhubarb were tugged and twisted loose for the food bank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each stalk a gift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gift to me, in their simple beauty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gift to the food bank, and from there a gift
to the precious people who depend on the food bank, who look to the food bank
for something sweet they would otherwise never have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My thoughts went to these precious people,
some of them elderly, some of them disabled, some of them working long hours
for low pay—supporting our economy and our elite yet not able to make ends
meet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My thought went to these precious
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Rhubarb is seldom available in our stores and when it is, it
is very expensive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And here was this
gift, fresh picked, organic, and loved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grown
with love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Given with love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There certainly is not enough for
everyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But not everyone loves
rhubarb. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our food bank is very special.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Customers get ‘points’ which they spend, they
get to make choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And for some people
that choice, today, will be rhubarb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sometimes rhubarb is more important than tuna fish or eggs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometime the memory of the treat made from
grandma’s garden is more nourishing than anything else can be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And for some people, that is the gift that
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In many of our old cultures, our wealth was not counted by
what we hoarded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our wealth was counted
by what we gave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creation is the gift to
us, which nurtures us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before we made up
all this extraneous stuff, before people owned and controlled land, before they
developed monetary systems that impoverished many and enriched few, before all
that, everything we needed was a gift from Nature, from Creation, and the labor
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo-- Shelia Rickers. Me pulling weeds at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205986126963316&set=g.199322290183177&type=1&theater" target="_blank">Growing Together Community Gardens</a>, completely oblivious to the camera.</td></tr>
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My hands are not as young as they used to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But there are still a few hours of labor left
in this aging body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can still weave
myself back in to Creation, back into the garden, and I can still count myself
wealthy as I find that I, and the garden, have something to give.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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If you would like to join us at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Growing-Together-Community-Gardens-197769820314987/" target="_blank">Growing Together Community Gardens</a>, we have a very few available garden beds; and we always welcome
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<span style="font-size: small;">Community gardens flourish in many states and towns all over our country, and in many other countries as well.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3468" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are often looked at as a way to provide garden opportunities for people who don’t have yards; and in fact, this is often true, but they provide many other opportunities for those interested in gardening as well.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3469" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our own community garden draws sun-seeking members from people whose yards are shady; folks looking for temporary relief from deer, until they can get their deer fencing put in; new gardeners and gardeners new to the area; those who want to garden with others who may have more experience;<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3471" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>families who want to share in our community fruit plantings—which would take years to begin producing if planted at home; as well as those who have no space to garden. <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3472" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many reasons to join a community garden.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3473" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gardening for the first time, or even for the first time in a new place, is a tremendous learning adventure.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3475" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3476" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless you have gardened on a riverine tidal mud flat before, you have probably never encountered soil like ours. <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3477" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s good soil; but it can be challenging.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3478" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maintaining proper soil moisture in the summer is a challenge all of its own.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3479" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then there’s the weather.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3480" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our cool summer nights and warm to hot days, interspersed with cool rainy weather, is hard on many plants. Our weather is also a perfect formula for fungal disease; which can be avoided or lessened without chemicals, but it presents another challenge.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3481" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As summer weather fades, long summer days give way to long winter nights, when the sun remains at a very low daytime angle.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3482" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While fall and early spring harvests can be bountiful, winter gardening is another challenge.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3483" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With so many challenges to overcome, it never hurts to start your gardening adventure alongside other gardeners who have at least a little more experience.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3484" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Social networking helps the world go around, even in the garden!</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOg8xJqzDSzy16meF8CT2aKuF4u3vl1y-_rvoslb8p1FP3AN5vdm_JgVNqVucxGs_v0jfZvIEikfsqldozFIonq5woxoM4z8vsQa2HPQLiQHI1F-TLc3zazomQKHhWd_uAbSv8/s1600/B+%2526+L+1+small+for+web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOg8xJqzDSzy16meF8CT2aKuF4u3vl1y-_rvoslb8p1FP3AN5vdm_JgVNqVucxGs_v0jfZvIEikfsqldozFIonq5woxoM4z8vsQa2HPQLiQHI1F-TLc3zazomQKHhWd_uAbSv8/s640/B+%2526+L+1+small+for+web.jpg" width="634" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Garden Member, Blaire Jones, and her family have enjoyed the garden along with our other families, for many of the reasons mentioned above.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3486" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3487" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Blaire shared, “I really like learning about all the different kinds of plants in the garden, especially the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/197769820314987/photos/a.818351388256824.1073741829.197769820314987/1086878288070798/?type=3&theater" target="_blank"> fennel</a> and other<a href="https://www.facebook.com/197769820314987/photos/?tab=album&album_id=818351388256824" target="_blank"> herbs</a> that can be used in making food and tea.”<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3488" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This has been her family’s very first experience with gardening.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3489" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They got a late start, faced some challenges with keeping the soil evenly moist and getting good seed germination, but they persevered and have a lovely crop of peppers and peas, with <a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2006/02/kindly-kale.html" target="_blank">kale</a> and carrots coming along for fall.</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3490" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blaire’s children have been very excited to pick ripe berries and apples in the garden.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3492" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Blueberries, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/197769820314987/photos/a.992709124154382.1073741839.197769820314987/1055195417905752/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">golden raspberries</a>, and <a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2016/08/augusts-community-garden-stars_27.html" target="_blank">Aronia</a> berries have been relished; and Aronia berries and apples have made their way home for snacks and smoothies.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3493" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children have helped with general garden chores, and with planting and tending the family’s garden bed as well. “My kids have enjoyed planting seeds and then picking their own produce, which tastes much better than what you can buy from the store.”<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3494" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Blaire attests, gardening is a great way to encourage children to eat fresh fruits and veggies.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3495" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Visiting the garden becomes a magical treasure hunt, with delicious morsels as the prize.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3496" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blaire and London are our happy garden stars.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1476027684237_3498" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sharing the garden with children definitely reminds us to take delight in the sweet and simple pleasures that only gardening can bring.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal;">Visitors and volunteers are welcome at the garden!</span> <span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal;">We are located on the corner of Water and Adams Streets in South Bend WA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>W<span class="null">e</span></span><span class="null"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal;"> are currently open </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Tuesdays between 3:00PM and 5:30 PM and Saturdays from 10:30 AM until at least 11:30 AM (rain cancels).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saturday times will remain the same through fall and winter; however, as the days get colder and shorter, Tuesday’s hours will shift a few hours earlier. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a very a short waiting list for prospective new members. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are interested in the idea of planting fall greens, roots, or garlic, time is of the essence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more information, please contact the coordinator, Harvest McCampbell, (360) 934-5792 or (707) 834-2985.</span><br />
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<span class="gmail-null"><span style="font-family: "times" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Note to readers: I have been the coordinator of Growing Together Community Gardens for about a year and a half. It keeps me very busy. :) You can check out our photos and posts on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Growing-Together-Community-Gardens-197769820314987/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">facebook page</span></a>. Thanks! </span></span><br />
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Growing Together Community Gardens entered fruits and
vegetables in the Pacific County Fair this year. Seven entries were made and all seven won
ribbons! Blue ribbon winners included
Aronia berries, which were covered in the article about the garden last
month. Green Broccoli, rhubarb, sea berries
(another rare and very nutritious berry), and flying saucer summer squash also
won blue ribbons. In addition, golden
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Growing Together Community Gardens is the only community garden
in the Raymond / South Bend (WA) area. It is
located on the corner of Water and Adams streets in South Bend, Washington, in
the back yard of Legacy Community Outreach Food Bank, and cater-corner across
the street from The First Lutheran Church of South Bend. The First Lutheran Church (FLC) is the
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The garden’s vision is unique. It incorporates three different ideas, each
found on their own in various community gardens across the nation and around
the world. First, rental beds are available
to individuals and families, who make their own choices about what to grow for
their own households. While most people
grow vegetables in their bed(s), some people just want a spot to putter and
grow flowers. Everyone who rents a bed becomes
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Second, there are designated ‘community’ areas in the
garden. Featured in the community areas
are ten different kinds of berries, rhubarb, apples, herbs, garlic, and
potatoes. The berries and rhubarb for
which we won ribbons were grown in the garden’s community areas. ‘Community’ produce is shared among members. Any surplus is donated to Legacy Community
Outreach Food Bank. The garden’s rhubarb
is also a delicious part of FLC’s Fruit Crisp Fundraiser. The fundraiser was held this year, on
Sunday September 4<sup>th</sup>, at the church, from 11:30 – 2:30. Other fruit crisp varieties, besides rhubarb, were available and one could purchase a slice or a whole crisp. All funds raised stay in the local community
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Third, is the garden’s ‘food bank bed.’ Garden members also help care for this part
of the garden, and all the produce is donated to Legacy Community Outreach Food
Bank. Last year, the garden was able to
donate over 500 pounds of fresh organic produce. The green and golden broccoli and the flying
saucer summer squash mentioned above came from this bed. In addition, this year, there are fresh herbs
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garden. Provision is made for the food
bank, for sharing and creating community, and for individuals to grow what they
would most like in plots of their own. In fact, two of our members entered items from
their plots and won ribbons at the fair!
Andy Carlson won a blue ribbon
for his Scarletbor Kale. Shelia Rickers
won five blue ribbons; one each for a pumpkin and a zucchini, and three for
flowers. </span></div>
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<span class="gmail-null">There is one sad note about the garden’s fair
entries this year. Due to some
confusion, they were all erroneously entered under a single person’s name. That’s why you don’t remember seeing any
entries from the community garden. A
better job will be done next year. </span></div>
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<span class="gmail-null"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">If you would like to visit the garden, we are open </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Tuesdays between
4:15 PM and 6:00 PM and Saturdays from 10:30 AM until at least 11:30 AM. While there are no beds available at this
time, there is a short waiting list for prospective new members. Volunteers are also always welcome. We often have fresh herbs to share with
volunteers, as well as tips on how to use them and preserve them. For more information please contact the
coordinator, Harvest McCampbell, (360) 934-5792 or (707) 834-2985.</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span class="gmail-null">~~~ </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Published in the <a href="http://www.hometowndebate.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Willapa Harbor Herald</span></a> on 8.31.16, reprinted here with permission. All rights reserved.</span> </h2>
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<span class="gmail-null"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Note
to readers: I have been the coordinator of Growing Together Community
Gardens for about a year and a half. It keeps me very busy. :) You
can check out our photos and posts on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Growing-Together-Community-Gardens-197769820314987/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">facebook page</span></a>. Thanks! </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">From: <http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713191.post-45246572901903867912016-08-27T09:00:00.001-07:002016-09-19T08:21:06.265-07:00August’s Community Garden Stars!<h4>
<span data-offset-key="985bd-0-0"><span data-text="true">Super foods are very much in demand by everyone interested in nutrition. Berries, of course, are all famous as super foods. Many of them taste great and they provide us with important health benefits. Aronia berries, pictured growing at our local community garden, are the queen of super berries and one of the stars of the August garden. </span></span></h4>
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<span data-offset-key="985bd-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="985bd-0-0"><span data-text="true">According to the USDA, Aronia berries have the highest antioxidant score of all berries tested! (1) They are also high in fiber and vitamins C and K, (2) as well as iron. (3) Aronia berries health benefits have been well researched. The studies indicate that they may be healthful for people suffering from many different conditions. Whether you are looking for preventative foods to reduce your chances heart attacks or cancer, lower your cholesterol, help lower elevated blood sugar, improve and heal the digestive system, reduce inflammation, slow or reverse weight gain, and improve the immune system, (1) Aronia berries might be just what you need. No single food, however, is a cure all. But making good food choices is certainly a good idea. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="985bd-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="985bd-0-0"><span data-text="true">While you may not have heard of these rare berries before, they are native to the North Eastern United States and range up into Canada. They prefer cool moist climates, thus thriving here in Pacific County. They are easy to grow, can be started from cuttings or divisions, and they don’t require any supplemental irrigation here in the Willapa Harbor area. They are vigorous, however, and need room to stretch out, or careful attention to pruning.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Growing Together Community Garden members; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fransisco.soriavalencia"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Fransisco Valencia</span></a>, Edna Garcia, and Norma Tapia, as well as their children love our Aronia berries as you can see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have also been the members providing the Aronia berry shrubs with their care this year; resulting in berries that are three times as large and twice as sweet as ever before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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Now you’re wondering what those blueberry look-a-likes taste like, aren’t you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They taste like a cross between blueberries, cranberries, and pomegranates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people like them right off the bush, and some find them to be a little bit strong flavored and a little bit puckery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But most of us wouldn’t enjoy a cranberry straight out of the bog either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aronia berries do well in jams, sauces, and pies, mixed with other fruit, and tossed into smoothies, pancakes, and muffins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you search the internet you will find many recipes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a great page to get you started, ‘Aronia Berry Love and Six Recipes:’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://deeprootsathome.com/aroniaberry-love-and-6-recipes/">http://deeprootsathome.com/aroniaberry-love-and-6-recipes/</a><br />
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You can taste test Aronia berries at the community garden on the corner of Adams and Water Street in South Bend any Tuesday between 4:15 and 6:00 PM. The garden is also open for at least an hour on Saturdays beginning at 10:30 AM. Those who like the berries can help prune in the fall and take home cuttings to start for their own yards. If you don’t have room, you might want to ask about a garden membership. The garden doesn’t have any openings right now, but there may be an opening or two in the near future. For more information contact the garden coordinator, Harvest McCampbell, at (360) 934-5792 or (707) 834-2985.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Published in the <a href="http://www.hometowndebate.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Willapa Harbor Herald</span></a> on 8.3.16, reprinted here with permission. All rights reserved.</span><br />
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(1)<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://aroniaberryservicesofneiowa.com/health-benefits.html">http://aroniaberryservicesofneiowa.com/health-benefits.html</a></span> <br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">(2)<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/chokeberry.html">http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/chokeberry.html</a></span><br />
(3) <span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://spiritfoods.net/health-benefits-of-aronia-berries/">http://spiritfoods.net/health-benefits-of-aronia-berries/</a></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Note to readers: I have been the coordinator of Growing Together Community Gardens for about a year and a half. It keeps me very busy. :) You can check out our photos and posts on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Growing-Together-Community-Gardens-197769820314987/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">facebook page</span></a>. Thanks! </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><br />
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The Arctic Jet Stream <u>was</u> a constant and continuous
ribbon of undulating wind which circled the globe near the boundary between the
subarctic and temperate regions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
fueled, primarily, by the temperature differences between the Arctic air mass
and temperate region air masses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
served to separate these air masses, keeping cold Arctic air in the Arctic and
warmer temperate air masses in the temperate regions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The simple fact of the Arctic Jet Streams
existence regulated and stabilized the climates in Arctic, subarctic, and
temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Meanwhile the undulations in the Arctic Jet Stream were a predictable
driving force in seasonal weather patterns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the undulations retreated warmer weather would follow, and when they
dipped down into lower latitudes temperatures would drop.</div>
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The graphic below illustrates the continuous Arctic Jet
Stream band as it existed, most likely throughout all of modern human
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please note that the undulation
shown along the West Coast of the Western Hemisphere, is not where that
particular undulation usually occurred.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An undulation in that position would have heralded extremely cold
temperatures along the usually more temperate West Coast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A more usual spot for that undulation would
have been over the US States of Montana and North Dakota, as well as the Great
Lakes region, and the Eastern US coast.</div>
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from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream" target="_blank">Wikipedia’s Jet Stream page</a>, where you can learn more about the Jet Stream
as it was.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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You have probably noticed, that I am speaking of the normal
function of the Jet Stream in the past tense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, its normal functioning is in the past, perhaps
permanently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following graphic shows
its configuration as it is often seen in today’s climate changed world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please notice that it has broken up into a
bunch of different eddies, with large openings that allow cold Arctic air to
move down into temperate zones, while at the same time allowing warm air to
reach right into the heart of the Arctic.</div>
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<a href="http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html" target="_blank">SFSU Jet Stream Page</a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can access
real time images of the Jet Stream with a few clicks. </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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The Jet Stream has broken up, because of atmospheric carbon
loading and the resultant Arctic warming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no longer enough temperature difference between the Arctic and
the temperate regions to provide the energy needed to maintain that huge ribbon
of wind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this means that large Arctic
cold air masses and cold winds are flowing into temperate zones while large
warm air masses and warm winds travel further north.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our weather and our climates have become increasingly
unpredictable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the warm air brings
about further melting in the Arctic, this will continue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unpredictable weather, unfortunately, is not
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Most of the food produced and eaten here in the North
American countries of Canada and the US is produced on large corporate farms
using huge heavy machinery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heavy
machinery cannot enter fields that have been drenched by unseasonable rain,
whether to plant, tend, or harvest crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Untimely winds can knock down growing and ripening grain and other crops,
making it impossible to harvest by mechanical methods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further, large scale farming is not adaptable
to drought conditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mulching to
maintain soil moisture, intercropping to shade the soil, and water catchment
from homes and outbuildings, which are very effective strategies for gardens
and small farms, do not work for large scale modern mechanized farming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, the genetic diversity that
builds resiliency in gardens and small farm, does not work at all for large
scale mechanized farming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Corporate
farms, in order to harvest crops by machine, need the crop to ripen all at once
and to be uniform in height, and size; which necessitates there being as little
diversity as possible. Meanwhile, unseasonable warm or cold temperatures can encourage disease and pests, which are actually much easier to manage in small diverse settings. When there is a sudden unexpected freeze, a gardener can harvest their crops and process them for storage; while everything may be a total loss on a large mechanized farm. Freezing temperatures, early in the growing season, can also lead to a total crop loss for large mechanized farms. The machinery used to plant crops is exceedingly expensive, and most farms, even very large farms, either lease the equipment or hire a contractor who owns the equipment. Schedules are tight, and retooling is done between types of crops. If you loose your field, the planting equipment is now in a different part of the country planting other crops. By contrast, small farmers and gardeners can replant; or the can interplant cool and warm season plants to begin with, letting the weather choose which will thrive.</div>
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Large scale mechanized agriculture depends on the weather
being predictable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more
unpredictable the weather becomes; the more food prices will rise, and the more
severe food shortages will become.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please
see my post on ‘Food Riots,’ for more information our current and pending food
crises, as well as a few tips on the small part you can play in helping to
avert the worst case scenario.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2015/08/food-riots.html">http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2015/08/food-riots.html</a></div>
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It's time to learn to garden, even if you only have room
for a five gallon pot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gardens are much
more adaptable to changing weather and climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Gardening will help you become more food secure as climate change
continues to interfere with large scale agriculture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you only have room for a five gallon pot,
please see this post on ‘The Power of One Turnip Seed’ for an idea of where to
start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-power-of-one-turnip-seed.html">http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-power-of-one-turnip-seed.html</a>
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If you have room to do a little gardening in
your yard or at a community garden, you might want to consider starting a fall
garden, if you haven’t already.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition to the greens mentioned in the ‘<a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2006/11/fall-greens.html" target="_blank">Fall Greens</a>’ post, most root
vegetables can be planted in the fall as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If your weather turns out to be too cold for seeds to germinate, most of
them will come up early in the spring, providing you with an early harvest next
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2006/11/fall-greens.html"></a></div>
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If you already garden, saving seed is a worthy endeavor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By saving seeds from the
plants you grow, you can select the very best your garden offers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, you can easily produce more
seeds than you can use, and then trade that seed for other varieties or from
seed from warmer and cooler regions to build genetic diversity in your own
garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Learn more here:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2006/09/saving-seed.html">http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2006/09/saving-seed.html</a></div>
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For those who already save seeds, the idea of managing your
plantings and seed saving efforts to maximize diversity may interest you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I discuss this idea, briefly, in my book, ‘<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Food-Security-Sustainability-Times-Ahead/dp/0981897509" target="_blank">Food Security and Sustainability for theTimes Ahead.</a>’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also discussed in the book, are
the ideas of growing a balanced diet in the garden, growing basic herbs for self care, as well as immune system enhancers that you can grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The book is available on request from book stores and libraries as well as from many
on-line book sellers.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Food-Security-Sustainability-Times-Ahead/dp/0981897509"></a></div>
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Meanwhile, you may want to delve deeper into the
relationship between people and seeds, the ancient history of gardening, as well as embracing some thoughts on maintaining your personal seed bank to foster as much
genetic diversity as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘<a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2006/01/seedy-perspective.html" target="_blank">A SeedyPerspective,</a>’ is a good place to begin exploring all these ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Gardening and saving seeds won’t put the broken Jet Stream
back together again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it will
help reduce your carbon footprint, and provide some food security for you and
those you love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more we can engage
in producing our own food, the more food resilient
we will be!</div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713191.post-14117982213566238122015-08-21T19:34:00.001-07:002015-08-21T19:51:46.151-07:00Food Riots?<br />
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"That's the year they had food riots in Calcutta and Rio and Manila,
when the world was finding out that it was easier to produce eleven
billion living human beings than to feed them." </h3>
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Mike Resnick, in the story, 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm,' from the collection of his work, 'New Dreams for Old.' This is a work of fiction, however, it is much truer than any of us would like.<br />
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<span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212091510279:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212091510279:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212091510279:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212091510279:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$text0:0:$text0:0">Right
now, the world has about 7.3 billion people. It is estimated that we
could reach <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World-Population-1800-2100.svg" target="_blank">11 billion by 2060</a>. That is less than 50 years from now.
All things being equal, many of our children will still be alive, as
will our grandchildren . . . </span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212091510279:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212091510279:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212091510279:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212091510279:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$text0:0:$text0:0"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212761510212:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212761510212:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.0"></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212761510212:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212761510212:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687212761510212:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$text0:0:$text0:0">"The
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that about <a href="http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm#Number_of_hungry_people_in_the_world" target="_blank">805 million people</a> of the 7.3 billion people in the world, or one in
nine, were suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2012-2014." </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.0"> </span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$text0:0:$text0:0">"About
21,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes,
according to the United Nations. This is one person every four seconds,
as you can see on this display. Sadly, it is children who die most
often." </span><a class="" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$range0:0" dir="ltr" href="http://www.poverty.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.poverty.com/</a></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0">Food riots are real. They began happening in Europe in the 1700's. However the earliest food riots were more about political maneuvering that brought about high prices than they were about real food shortages. Here is a list of some historical food riots with brief descriptions and links to more information: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_riots">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_riots</a></span></span></span><br />
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<div class="article-title">
In 2013, high food prices fueled Egypt's riots—and those in Brazil, Turkey, and Syria:</div>
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<a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/high-food-prices-are-fueling-egypts-riotsand-those-in-brazil-turkey-and-syria">http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/high-food-prices-are-fueling-egypts-riotsand-those-in-brazil</a> </div>
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<span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0">Food riots continue to happen in our modern world. Rioting and looting in Venezuela this year has become common, over food shortages brought about, at least in part, by politics. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/venezuelas-food-shortage-keeps-getting-worse-2015-8">http://www.businessinsider.com/venezuelas-food-shortage-keeps-getting-worse-2015-8</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687213008176854:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0">Food shortages are expected to worsen over the next few years, and they are expected to be less based on politics and economics and more based on the fact that, because of high populations coupled with the effects of climate change, we won't be able to produce enough food for everyone. " . . . </span></span></span><a href="http://www.theweeklyobserver.com/risk-of-food-shortages-to-rise-with-climate-change/7437/" target="_blank">the Impending Global Food Crisis is Real and is due to Happen in the next 15 Years</a>."<br />
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" . . . climate change is contributing not just to melting ice caps and rising sea levels, but also <a href="https://www.greenbiz.com/tag/drought">to drought,</a> <a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/article/climate-change-contributing-hunger-what-we-can-do" target="_blank">food shortages</a> and, ultimately,<a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/10/17/defense-department-integrates-climate-change-all-operations"> to global instability</a>. </div>
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<span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687215008176654:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687215008176654:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687215008176654:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687215008176654:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0">What
can you do? Eat lower on the food chain. The less animal protein you
eat, the more grain is left for other people to eat. Don't eat more
food than you need. Don't buy more than you will eat. If you are
throwing away uneaten food on any kind of a regular basis, you are
placing more demand than necessary on the world's food supplies, which contributes to rising prices, which is pricing poor people out of a place at the table. Grow a
garden! The more food we can produce ourselves, the less demand we are
placing on world food supplies and the more affordable food will be
for the poorest people. For more ideas on what you can do, check out my book, <i><a href="https://www.createspace.com/3347495" target="_blank">Food Security and Sustainability for the Times Ahead</a></i>.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687215008176654:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687215008176654:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687215008176654:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687215008176654:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0">Park your car and grow something! Please check out my article, <a href="https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/24/18651816.php" target="_blank"><i>Carbon Production = Oxygen Consumption</i></a>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687215008176654:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687215008176654:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687215008176654:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687215008176654:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687225414842280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687225414842280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687225414842280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687225414842280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$text0:0:$text0:0">Become a food producer. Now
is the time to think about fall gardens, which are the easiest gardens
to grow. In addition to the greens covered at the link below, most roots do well in
the fall also: <a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2006/11/fall-greens.html">http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2006/11/fall-greens.html</a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687225414842280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687225414842280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687225414842280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2j.1:5:1:$comment1687210661510422_1687225414842280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$text0:0:$text0:0">If you have tips or questions on reducing your demand on world food supplies or starting a garden and becoming a producer, please leave a comment!</span></span></span></span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713191.post-46649449356719024402015-08-14T16:15:00.001-07:002015-08-16T14:33:03.687-07:00Avoiding Mosquitoes in the Garden<br />
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I rarely get bit, but today I did, twice while at the
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bites for the year and I spend a lot of time outside. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My main question was "Why?" Why now? Why am I suddenly
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myself what I have been eating that I usually don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
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First I found that mosquitoes are attracted to lactic acid;
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Next I found that eating garlic and onions discourages
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And then I found that apple cider vinegar also discourages
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I have always known that eating red meat attracts mosquitoes. I am not much of a meat eater, which may be part of the reason they usually leave me alone. I do eat 3-oz servings of
salmon 5 times a week, and twice a month or so I usually have some other fish,
sea food, or chicken--but I don't eat red meat more than once or twice a
year--if even that often. The science behind this, is that uric acid attracts mosquitoes . . . .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Turns out that people who eat a vegan diet have the highest
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who eat fish but no meat have the lowest uric acid levels. So we can see why I rarely get bit. I am usually avoiding foods high in lactic and uric acid which attract mosquitoes while eating the garlic, onions, and apple cider vinegar that discourage them! </div>
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Food matters! Here's a quick recap: Dairy, meat, and a vegan diet can help attract mosquitoes. Fish, garlic and onions, and apple cider vinegar help repel them. However there is more to the story, please read the links below for the whole scoop on the other foods you may be eating that may be making you especially yummy to mosquitoes. No time to read them all? The secret is that real food is your friend, and junk food is your enemy! But we already knew that, didn't we?</div>
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<i><b><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Taste
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.organicauthority.com/health/taste-horrible-to-mosquitoes-4-foods-to-avoid-and-2-to-eat.html">http://www.organicauthority.com/health/taste-horrible-to-mosquitoes-4-foods-to-avoid-and-2-to-eat.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.mosquitnoband.com/why-do-mosquitoes-like-me-more-than-anyone-else/">http://www.mosquitnoband.com/why-do-mosquitoes-like-me-more-than-anyone-else/</a></span></div>
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<i><b>List of
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<a href="http://www.ehow.com/list_7437501_list-foods-high-lactic-acid.html">http://www.ehow.com/list_7437501_list-foods-high-lactic-acid.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://truthnhealth.com/2012/07/mosquitoes-what-to-eat-to-avoid-getting-bitten/">http://truthnhealth.com/2012/07/mosquitoes-what-to-eat-to-avoid-getting-bitten/</a></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418557">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418557</a></span></div>
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When we find damage in our yards and gardens that resembles the poor rhubarb on the right, careful eyes are very likely to discover that the slugs are out of control. </div>
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Organic slug control begins with nurturing the soil. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soil may seem like an odd place to start a discussion on slug control, but the easiest way to control slugs over the long term is to invite slug predators to do the job for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slugs are at their most vulnerable to predation as eggs in the soil and as tiny hatchlings that live for months beneath the soil surface.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To permanently reduce slug populations we need to think about our garden soil as a living and complex ecosystem.</div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson" target="_blank">E.O. Wilson</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>, in the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/" target="_blank">Nova</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>DVD, <a href="http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/lord-ants" target="_blank"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord of the Ants</i></a>, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>waxes poetic about the soil beneath our feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He mentions that most people think of the surface they walk on as two dimensional. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, he goes on to explain that soil is one of the most complex and most diverse environments on the planet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most natural undisturbed ecosystems this is still absolutely true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it may not be true in your garden, which Wilson was not considering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The soils were we garden have often been compacted, leveled, and groomed to death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, our gardening habits may work against the soil ecosystem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baring the soil to the sun causes oxidation of humus and death to most soil organisms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further, chemical fertilizers are toxic to most soil organisms and beneficial insects, and if your soil has ever been treated with pesticides or herbicides the soil environment has been further compromised, or possibly completely massacred.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We can, however, turn the soil around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is important to slug control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A complex living soil environment will nurture and protect the beneficial predatory insects which will happily devour slug eggs and young slugs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By improving the soil environment, we also improve the productivity of our gardens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a double win, more productivity and less damage!</div>
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In building and nurturing living soil, we may find we need to expand our ideas of what appropriate soil care is, what we might want to dig in and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>bury, as well as what we think is appropriate to use as mulch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To encourage a diverse soil environment, a diversity of organic matter needs to be incorporated into the soil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This feeds and creates habitat for a self supporting web of life, which will help keep pests in balance and protect our gardens.</div>
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This photo is from a hole I dug in a bed in my Hoopa garden, to remove mature parsnips, garlic, potatoes, and giant snow drop bulbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It</span> was about 12 inches deep, possibly a little more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t work the soil after digging. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That's just what the bottom of the hole looked like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, by the way, I didn’t need a shovel, I just used my hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The important things to note are that there are different types and different sizes of organic matter present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the soil, even though it is moist, is a loose assortment of various sized crumbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is your goal!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soil that is crumbly, full of air spaces and organic matter of different types and sizes is exactly what plant roots need, exactly what the soil nutrient cycle needs, and exactly what the predatory insects that dine on slug eggs and slug hatchlings need as well.</div>
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You can achieve soil like this, easily, and without spending any money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything you need is probably already produced in your garden and kitchen!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This technique is a variation on an old fashioned and little known British technique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is variously called garbage gardening or trash gardening, and it utilizes all kinds of organic matter. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this technique, the garden row is prepared by trenching, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the trench is then filled with organic matter including kitchen waste, weeds, and other garden debris, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which is them buried under at least six inches of soil, and the resulting mini berm is then planted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My modified version has been named “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Compost Hole Method</i>” by my friends, and just uses planting holes instead of trenches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of my friends have further adapted the technique to their gardens, environments, and resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the community garden where I am now the coordinator, we have re-adapted the technique once again; using wide trenches and probably a full ton of weeds buried under eight inches of soil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The two photos below show two different groups of tomato plants grown in the same garden, one over the trenched and buried weeds, and the other of tomatoes that were planted in our soil in an area that was tilled, top dressed, and then had finished compost worked into the planting holes. The tomatoes on the left were grown over the buried weeds, the ones on the right by more traditional organic methods. The difference is amazing!</div>
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The combination of this hollow structure and the presence of beneficial organisms creates the perfect home and food source for the tiny soil living creatures that devour slug eggs and young slugs before they emerge from the soil. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These predators will arrive in your garden as eggs laid by their mothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do not come out of their eggs big enough to slay slug eggs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They need other smaller organisms to devour while they grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hollow sticks, in addition to offering them an excellent food source, also provide them with shelter from larger predatory soil creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your soil is definitely going to be a jungle of tiny creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that’s the way it should be, and it will make your work so much easier!</div>
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In the post on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2006/12/slimy-slugs.html" target="_blank">Slimy Slug</a>s</i>,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I mention creating a coarse mulch of clipped sticks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This mulch of clipped sticks is important to mature slug predators, but now you also know how important it is to include some of these sticks in the soil itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An abundant garden will produce enough of this material to provide for both needs, however, it may take a few years of soil building to get to the point that you have enough sticks in production to do both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t have a source of fresh sticks and stalks to clip, check out the straw offered for mulching and bedding at your local feed store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most straw is actually the leftover stalks from a variety of grain crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look close at a bale, and you should see that it contains hollow tubular stems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While these stems will decompose faster than most garden stalks will, they will serve you very well until you get an ample production of stalks from your own garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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Check the straw out before buying, to make sure it has fairly sturdy hollow stems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t want hay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hay decomposes too quickly, it has very few hollow stalks, and it is full of grain and weed seed that will sprout in your garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be sure to clearly ask for straw and check it out before you purchase it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, yes, I know I did say that you could do this without spending money, and you can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will just take a little longer if you don’t now have fresh sticks and stalks to clip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fresh sticks and stalks are actually superior to straw, because they still have lots of juicy plant material that will feed beneficial microorganisms, and those microorganisms will be right inside the hollow tubes where the baby slug predators can eat them while they take shelter and grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sticks and stalks are better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Straw will help if you don’t have them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t have money for straw, just plant extra of whatever you are growing, and let it bolt and flower—your garden can easily produce plenty of stalks in a season or two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Weed stalks work too!)</div>
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A couple of other sources of hollow sticks you might already have around your yard are butterfly bush and elderberry shrubs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They both attract pollinators and beneficial insects, and elderberry has the additional benefit of producing berries that are edible and medicinal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once well established, both of these shrubs can withstand being cut back severely, and will generally regrow vigorously. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once you’ve clipped your sticks, you might want to allow them to dry before burying them and using them or using them as a coarse mulch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes those short clippings will sprout and root if you utilize them fresh. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That has never happened in my gardens, but I know of other gardens where it has happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another alternative is to take your chances, and then pot any up that start to grow and share them with your gardening friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fresh sticks are better than dried, but dried are better than none at all. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, you may have other plants that produce hollow stems, twigs, or sticks in your garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Give them your love, they deserve it!</div>
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Ok, let’s quit talking and get to work!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first thing to do is build soil. We’ll start with <a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2011/02/compost-hope-method-part-1.html" target="_blank"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Compost Hole Method</i></a>, and build some really fabulous living soil. Once your soil will provided a comfy nursery and larder for your slug eating predators, you will want to attract their parents to your garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All you need to know is covered in the post on <a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2006/12/slimy-slugs.html" target="_blank">Slimy Slugs</a>.</div>
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You are also going to want some help cleaning up the slugs the beneficial insects miss before they emerge from the soil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those mature slugs are the ones we hate the most after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless you live in the desert, toads and other amphibians are probably your best bet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will find lots of information here on creating amphibian habitat in your garden:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2010/11/hedging-for-amphibians.html">http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2010/11/hedging-for-amphibians.html</a> </div>
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If on the other hand, you live in a warm dry environment, you will want to create habitat for lizards and snakes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Piles of rocks and downed wood, that have lots of protected and hidden spaces for hibernation, egg laying, and escape from predators are the ticket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have a large garden, you will want to include this sort of reptile habitat in strategically located spots around your yard or garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Snakes prefer to enter their lair at the ground level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lizards generally like an elevated look out, say two to two and a half feet about ground level, with safe hidey holes directly below their look out. And since snakes will eat lizards, you might want to choose which creatures you want to attract to your garden and design with them in mind. In addition, all reptiles prefer their dens to be located in the sun, and to have flat areas for basking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think in terms of creating garden art as you create their habitat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t have to be a messy pile of unsightly rocks and downed wood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can totally be attractive, and it can include the odd whimsical element to make it fun for other sorts of garden visitors as well.</div>
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Speaking of other garden visitors, many species of birds also have a reputation for eating slugs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I have not ever personally found them particularly helpful in this regard, they do provide a wide range of pest reduction services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attracting birds for the purpose of getting them to eat pests is a little different than simply attracting them to feeders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Learn more here: <a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2012/01/mystery-in-garden.html">http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2012/01/mystery-in-garden.html</a></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjm3EV8uoC_Ba6pMNQHuLfMTDBaed-gxn4BU3rkqX_cmkizZO86uuXovyHhqhHwKevSEj7EqOGGO2hwzbG4eXuAP3ozcJfLle-xnaNnoFZ5xmFvfSu5F8R3iswU7bgy9oZw2zz/s1600/Slug+solarization.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjm3EV8uoC_Ba6pMNQHuLfMTDBaed-gxn4BU3rkqX_cmkizZO86uuXovyHhqhHwKevSEj7EqOGGO2hwzbG4eXuAP3ozcJfLle-xnaNnoFZ5xmFvfSu5F8R3iswU7bgy9oZw2zz/s200/Slug+solarization.jpg" width="150" /></a>It is going to take a little time to get your garden environment productive and diverse enough to keep the slugs from over populating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the meantime I suspect you will be hand picking, just like me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am gardening in a new location and still have lots of work and planning to do!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use a plastic bag as a glove when hand hunting slugs, and I stash them in a jar with a tight lid. While I forgot to leave any head room in the half gallon jar pictured below (don’t forget!), <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I filled it with slugs in about a half hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ugh!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Left in the sun for the day, the slugs were dead the next morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I promptly buried them for their nitrogen boost to the soil and to garden plants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you do this, don’t let them age in the jar, they create a terrible stink; but when buried the soil forms a filter and the microorganisms make quick work of the rest, there’s no smell at all once they are buried. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Quick tip, dig your hole before you open the jar!) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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Beware! Slugs can carry disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before you try this, contact your health department or cooperative agricultural extension and ask if slug borne meningitis is a problem in your area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it is, just get yourself a couple of plastic bags that have no holes, use one as a glove to collect the slugs, and the other as a receptacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you’re done, knot the bag closed with the slugs inside, and stash it and the ‘glove’ in the trash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And be sure to wash your hands!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slug slime is gross!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, but slug slim is actually good for the soil. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It helps the soil form that very desirable crumb texture and the beneficial soil microorganisms love it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slugs are not all bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But an over population of slugs is terrible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We are beginning to learn to think of the garden as an ecosystem, where all things exist in balance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The role of the gardener is to steward that balance and in return to be deeply nourished . . .</div>
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Questions?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additional organic slug control tips?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please leave a comment!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One turnip seed, planted in rich soil, in a five
gallon container, can grow to feed a family; if it is carefully nurtured.
First, that little seed will send out tiny leaves. Those leaves will eventually
grow large and plentiful enough that you won’t mind pinching a few to add to
salads and soups. As summer fades into the cool part of the year, the plant will
produce many leaves. Each leaf only lives a month or so. By watching them
carefully and experimenting, you gradually learn when they are best for adding
to salads (young and tender) and how long you can wait to use them as cooked
greens. Your turnip plant will continue to produce leaves straight through
winter and on into earliest parts of spring. (This article was written in 2008, in California. Here in Pacific County, Washington, many veggies are prone to going dormant over the winter. Be careful not to take too many leaves over the cold dark months.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Once the days begin to grow longer, you will notice
your turnip plant begin reaching upwards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tender and delicious buds will form, which can be snipped with a few
tender leaves, and added to salads, stir fries, and soups. The more buds you
snip, the more the plant will produce, so go ahead and snip as often as you
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The flowers will be followed by tender turnip
“beans.” The young edible seed pods are tasty, cooked or raw. They can even be
pickled if you are feeling industrious. But be sure to let some of the seed
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mature seed pods are the color of straw, and the pop
when squeezed, revealing a number of amber to nearly black, small, round seeds.
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dry completely, away from irrigation and other moisture. Once dry, use your
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any intact pods as you do. Then shake the bag to encourage the seeds to settle
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have more turnip seeds than you really want to grow. Plant out a row or two,
and save the rest of the seeds. You can pinch the young greens as you did with
your single turnip, and you can also begin pulling tender young turnips in six
to eight weeks. Turnips are excellent raw, roasted, mashed, fried, steamed, or
boiled. Extra seeds can be shared with friends and family. (Or traded with
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have been problematic. For fun, for variety, and for food security, consider
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Excerpted from: </span><a href="http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/2011/07/digging-dirt-july-in-garden.html" target="_blank">Digging the Dirt / July in the Garden</a>, <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">from the article originally published in the Hoopa People Paper in 2008, Copyright Harvest McCampbell</span></div>
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I now live in Pacific County Washington, where I am currently the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/WillapaGrows/" target="_blank">Growing Together Community Garden</a> coordinator. We are hand selecting mildew free turnips for seed saving! </div>
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Most modern popular literature about the low growing herb we
often call plantain tends to focus on Plantago major (which is deemed to be of
European origins), while ignoring the many species which are endemic to North
America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this on-going endeavor to
completely erase the native species from our minds, the claim is often set
forth that the Indigenous People learned to use plantain from the colonists and
settlers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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In an effort to set the record straight, I have collected a
little information on just a few of the indigenous plantains to share with you,
along with a few of their traditional tribal uses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are actually very many native plantains
found in North America, as well as in other parts of the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plantago major is by no means the beginning
and ending of the plantain story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hopefully this small collection of information will inspire some of you
to do some research on the native plantains found in your areas or from your
own homelands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there, you can search
out how your own ancestors or the original inhabitants of your area used the
plantains found near where you live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>More research, even on the Plantago species listed below will turn up a
wealth of information not included here.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Plantain has been
consumed as human food since prehistory. For example, archaeological recovery
along <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>'s
Central Coast has demonstrated use of this species as a food since the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millingstone_Horizon" title="Millingstone Horizon">Millingstone Horizon</a>.” <sup>1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>The
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Millingstone Horizon</span> is an
archaeological period in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dated from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6500_BC" title="6500 BC">6500</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_BC" title="1500 BC">1500 BC</a>. <sup>2.</sup></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The following information is based on a
search of on-line documents, and is not based on my experience with any of the
species discussed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My purpose in
undertaking this little project was to expand the discussion on the medicinal
and edible Plantago species of North America, and to encourage interested
persons to do further research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before
using any unfamiliar plant for any purpose one must be very sure of their
identification, and they must be knowledgeable about possible toxic
look-a-likes in their area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before
ingesting or otherwise using any unfamiliar plants, double checking
identification with a knowledgeable person who has long been in the habit of
using them for your intended purpose is not only wise, it may save your life. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t depend only on information on websites
and in books to determine what use for food or medicine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be careful!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Selected North American native Plantago
species:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #00b050;">Plantago cordata</span></h1>
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This
indigenous plantain was primarily found in or near wetlands in the mid-west,
great lakes, Appalachian, and East Coast areas of the US and up into Canada.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This lovely large Plantago was an important
food and medicine plant of the Indigenous people wherever it was found.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is currently a sought after ornamental
plant for wetland type gardens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has
become rare, threatened, endangered or absent throughout much of its former
range.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is sensitive to the loss and
degradation of habitat, grazing, and climate change.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Range:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLCO2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLCO2</span></a></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Photo</b>: </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/explorer/species.cfm?id=14565">http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/explorer/species.cfm?id=14565</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ethnobotany:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A discussion of the ethnobotany and
economic uses of P. cordata, long reputed as a medicinal plant, is provided by
Tessene (1969).”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tessene, M. 1969. Systematic and
ecological studies on Plantago cordata. Mich. Bot. 8: 72-104” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/abstracts/botany/Plantago_cordata.pdf"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/abstracts/botany/Plantago_cordata.pdf</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wyandot
medicinal use of this plant: Howard’s Domestic Medicine. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=m9kSAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA836&lpg=PA836&dq=Plantago+cordata+/+Medicinal&source=bl&ots=-MYC68dunP&sig=5KN1BNUir8VrQohUJG7mcFkp74&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p_SiU9O1FpLgoASJxYKIDw&ved=0CE4Q6AEwDA#v=onepage&q=Plantago%20cordata%20%2F%20Medicinal&f=false"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">http://books.google.com/books?id=m9kSAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA836&lpg=PA836&dq=Plantago+cordata+/+Medicinal&source=bl&ots=-MYC68dunP&sig=5KN1BNUir8VrQohUJG7mcFkp74&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p_SiU9O1FpLgoASJxYKIDw&ved=0CE4Q6AEwDA#v=onepage&q=Plantago%20cordata%20%2F%20Medicinal&f=false</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“This species is of special significance because of its traditional use
as a medicinal plant by native peoples of eastern North America.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/ec/CW69-14-143-2002-eng.pdf"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/ec/CW69-14-143-2002-eng.pdf</span></a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Edible</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ . . . </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">the
plant is edible and the best tasting of all the Missouri plantains.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.missouriplants.com/Others/Plantago_cordata_page.html">http://www.missouriplants.com/Others/Plantago_cordata_page.html</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">(Also see the sources shared directly below
under “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Medicinal</b>.”)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Medicinal:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heart-leaved Plantain has also
been collected for use as food and as a medicinal herb (Tessene 1969,
NatureServe 2006, Moerman 1998, Steyermark 1963), including in Canada (Jalava
et al. 2009).”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@mnr/@species/documents/document/stdprod_075578.pdf"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@mnr/@species/documents/document/stdprod_075578.pdf</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In addition to being edible, it
reportedly cures a wide range of ailments from snakebites to congested
swellings and low scrofulous ulcers.” <a href="http://www.plantdelights.com/Plantago-cordata-for-sale/Buy-Water-Plantain/#sthash.Pf79UFWQ.dpuf"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.plantdelights.com/Plantago-cordata-for-sale/Buy-Water-Plantain/#sthash.Pf79UFWQ.dpuf</span></a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">~~~</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Plantago maritima </span></b></div>
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Is one of
the smaller statured indigenous plantains that you might miss if you don’t know
what you are looking for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is endemic
to coastal and cool temperature areas of the US and it is wide spread
throughout Canada, where it is relished as a tasty wild edible.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Range:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLMA3">https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLMA3</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Photo:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<a href="https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/plantago/maritima/">https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/plantago/maritima/</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ethnobotany:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Alaska
Native food eaten fresh or cooked and canned for winter use, from: Heller,
Christine A. 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska. University of Alaska
(p. 45)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Plantago+maritima">http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Plantago+maritima</a></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Check the index in the book,
“Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge,” by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nancy Turner, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who covers uses of
this plant. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book may be available,
when released, in the reference section of your local or university
library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Pathways-Ancestral-Knowledge-Mcgill-Queens/dp/0773543805/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404152839&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=%22Ancient+Pathways%2C+Ancestral+Knowledge%2C%E2%80%9D+by++Nancy+Turner"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Pathways-Ancestral-Knowledge-Mcgill-Queens/dp/0773543805/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404152839&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=%22Ancient+Pathways%2C+Ancestral+Knowledge%2C%E2%80%9D+by++Nancy+Turner</span></a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Edible:
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ . . . young leaves are cooked as a spring
green and occasionally sold in markets . . .”</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://mainenaturalhistory.org/system/files/private/Roberts%20Island.pdf">http://mainenaturalhistory.org/system/files/private/Roberts%20Island.pdf</a></div>
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Young leaves
raw or cooked, seeds as flour extender: </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://practicalplants.org/wiki/Plantago_maritima">http://practicalplants.org/wiki/Plantago_maritima</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Note: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>It
appears this plant is primarily used as a food rather than a medicine by both
Indigenous people and settlers and their descendants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No information on medicinal uses was found.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Plantago patagonica </span></b></div>
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Of small to
medium stature compared to other indigenous plantains, it sports fuzzy leaves,
is adapted to a variety of climate zones, and was much used as a medicinal and
cultural plant.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Range:</span></b> </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLPA2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLPA2</span></a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Photos:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.explorenm.com/plants/Plantaginaceae/Plantago/patagonica/">http://www.explorenm.com/plants/Plantaginaceae/Plantago/patagonica/</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ethnobotany:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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“Used by
Indians in making soup.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From Wild
Flowers of California <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=x8EYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=Plantago+eriopoda+/+uses&source=bl&ots=sLRHR4kxdD&sig=AfWduVcSJbJvobLqk1M-At8p0Ss&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9iCjU9WOJcTpoATjhYLoAQ&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Plantago%20eriopoda%20%2F%20uses&f=false">http://books.google.com/books?id=x8EYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=Plantago+eriopoda+/+uses&source=bl&ots=sLRHR4kxdD&sig=AfWduVcSJbJvobLqk1M-At8p0Ss&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9iCjU9WOJcTpoATjhYLoAQ&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Plantago%20eriopoda%20%2F%20uses&f=false</a></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“. . . Plantago
patagonia is the basis for a boy’s game called horse race. Boys would place
bets and run as fast as they could for a certain amount of time in search of
the longest flowering stem for this Plantago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After the set amount of time had passed, the boy with the longest stem
won and collected the bets.”</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A number of infrequent and several common
plant Species on the Kiowa National Grassland have potentially important plant
biochemicals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among the plant genera on
our checklist with such a potential are: . . . Plantago . . . and others.”</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr233.pdf"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr233.pdf</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sixteen
different ethnobotany uses (including medicinal) by various tribes listed
here:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Plantago+patagonica"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Plantago+patagonica</span></a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Note:</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This plant does
not seem to have been adopted into non-Native medicinal or edible usage.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">~~~</span></b></div>
<h1>
<span style="color: #00b050;">Plantago rugelii</span></h1>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rugel's plantain is native to
much of the Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern areas of the US and it
extends its territory up into the North Eastern areas of Canada.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is often confused with Plantago major, to
the extent that many photos of Plantago major are actually Plantago
rugelii.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately, it seems that they
can be used interchangeably as food and medicine—which is a good thing, because
it<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>there is a lot of that, apparently,
going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In many areas Plantago rugelii
has larger populations and is more wide spread than the P. major of “White
man’s foot” infamy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this
indigenous plant seems to have followed those foot prints across the country,
it can now be found in many areas beyond its original range.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check the link for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Photos</b> directly below to learn how to tell these plants apart.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Range:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLRU">http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLRU</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Photos</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/rugels-plantain">http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/rugels-plantain</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ethnobotany:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Iroquois
<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none;">Medical</span></i> Botany - Page 211,
gives a number of traditional uses, see Google Books Result:</span></h3>
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<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=VUB1TD44uvsC&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=plantago+rugelii+/+medicinal&source=bl&ots=q9buA9VTLm&sig=9YF3ZQ78tSfizWfVokOtNKNjokY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Av2kU9b1LsjHoASnyIGIBA&ved=0CFoQ6AEwDA#v=onepage&q=plantago%20rugelii%20%2F%20medicinal&f=false">http://books.google.com/books?id=VUB1TD44uvsC&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=plantago+rugelii+/+medicinal&source=bl&ots=q9buA9VTLm&sig=9YF3ZQ78tSfizWfVokOtNKNjokY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Av2kU9b1LsjHoASnyIGIBA&ved=0CFoQ6AEwDA#v=onepage&q=plantago%20rugelii%20%2F%20medicinal&f=false</a></div>
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Search on “Plantago rudelii” at the following link for Menominee
medicinal uses:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://herb.umd.umich.edu/">http://herb.umd.umich.edu/</a></div>
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Medicinal use by Native people of the Miami and Potawatomi Peoples,
page 50: <a href="http://www.csu.edu/cerc/researchreports/documents/AnEthnobotanyIndianaDunesNationalLakeshoreVolume2.pdf">http://www.csu.edu/cerc/researchreports/documents/AnEthnobotanyIndianaDunesNationalLakeshoreVolume2.pdf</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Edible:</b></div>
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“The young leaves are palatable and can be eaten raw or cooked.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://eattheplanet.org/archives/1868">http://eattheplanet.org/archives/1868</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Medicinal:</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">”</b>Plantain seeds contain up
to 30% mucilage which swells up in the gut, acting as a bulk laxative and
soothing irritated membranes. Sometimes the seed husks are used without the
seeds. A poultice of the fresh leaves is used to treat burns and
inflammations.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/p/plantago-rugelii=blackseed-plantain.php">http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/p/plantago-rugelii=blackseed-plantain.php</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Other:</b></div>
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Of Interest
to Gardeners and Farmers, P. rugelii extract has been found to be toxic to root
knot nematodes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2586708/">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2586708/</a></div>
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Its use as a
dye material is documented here:</div>
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<a href="http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/ethno.asp?taxcd=PLARUG">http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/ethno.asp?taxcd=PLARUG</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">~~~</span></b></div>
<h1>
<span class="scientific"><span style="color: #00b050; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Plantago</span></span><span class="scientific"><span style="color: #00b050;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">virginica</span></span></span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></h1>
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Slightly
fuzzy medium sized to small species endemic through a wide area of the
continental US. There are only eight states where it is not found, including a
few each of the Northern, Desert, and Central States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is generally classified as a winter
annual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It grows during the cool moist
season, sets seeds to grow the following year, and expires in summer’s heat.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Range: </b></div>
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<a href="http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLVI">http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLVI</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Photos:</b> </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.catnapin.com/WildFlowers/Weed/wzPlantain.htm">http://www.catnapin.com/WildFlowers/Weed/wzPlantain.htm</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ethnobotany:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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“The Kiowa
tribe has used this plant in ceremonial garlands to confer health on the elders
during dances.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/plantago/virginica/">https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/plantago/virginica/</a></div>
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<h1 style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“The whole plant with roots is boiled to make a tea
which is given to children suffering from dysentery.”<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Catawba Herbals and Curative
Practices,’ </i>by Frank G. Speck</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/535753">http://www.jstor.org/stable/535753</a></i></span></h1>
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Traditional
Native uses<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>are included in, ‘Baboquivari
Mountain Plants: Identification, Ecology, and Ethnobotany,’ <span class="addmd">By Daniel F. Austin</span>;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>this book may be available in the reference section of your local or
university library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Baboquivari-Mountain-Plants-Identification-Ethnobotany/dp/0816528373">http://www.amazon.com/Baboquivari-Mountain-Plants-Identification-Ethnobotany/dp/0816528373</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Edible:</b></div>
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“Though <i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">P. virginica</span></i> has a hairy
texture raw it yields readily when cooked and is a soft pleasant green.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.eattheweeds.com/newsletter-7-january-2014/">http://www.eattheweeds.com/newsletter-7-january-2014/</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Medicinal: </b></div>
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“The leaves are
reputed of superior efficacy on poisoned wounds and boils, and give promise of
being a valuable nervine.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The quote is
found under the entry for Plantago virginica at the following page:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/cook/PLANTAGO_MAJOR.htm">http://www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/cook/PLANTAGO_MAJOR.htm</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">~~~</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">White
Man’s Footprint?</span></div>
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The historical basis for the moniker, “White Man’s Foot,”
being attributed<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to some plantains probably
stems from the Latin roots of the botanical name for this group of plants--Plantago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plantago comes from “Planta,” which in Latin
means “sole of the foot” and “ago” which is a suffix that means “sort of.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantago">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantago</a></div>
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Another interpretation of the Latin can be found all over
the Internet, “<i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Plantago</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">:</span> from Latin <i>planta</i> meaning
"foot print."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One
example:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=PLAMED">http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=PLAMED</a> </div>
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A very few descendants of North American tribal people, and
possibly even some tribes, have adopted this common name (or some derivative) for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plantago major—English plantain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We see, however, by the botanical name that
European people have long associated the Plantago species with their own feet
or footprints.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is unlikely that very
many Indigenous people would have come up with this name on their own, since
they were using native Plantago species for long before they adopted the English
language or had contact with English speaking people. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is further very unlikely that very many Indigenous
persons would have needed to learn uses <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>of plantain from settlers, as Plantago species
were wide spread and commonly used throughout North America prior to contact. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please see the short entry below, as an
example.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">~~~</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Navajo
Names for Plantain</span></b>:</div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">hastoi
ci-ye'r--old man's queue: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>. . .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plantago argyrea</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">bi'hi-lja'?-deer's
ears: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>. . .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plantago major</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">?alii:
be'yi.c'oI:-urine spurter (diuretic): <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.
. .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plantago major </span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you are
patient you could also find Navajo uses at this page:</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.herbaltherapeutics.net/_media/library/Navajo-Indian-Medical-Eth.pdf"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.herbaltherapeutics.net/_media/library/Navajo-Indian-Medical-Eth.pdf</span></a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All the tribes that use the
plantains have names for the plants in their own languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check with your Tribal Language Department
or Language Specialist to find resources that may help find the traditional
names for the plantains used in your area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>University ethnobotany collections are also a good source of
information. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">~~~</span></b></div>
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Sources cited in introduction:</div>
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1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quote:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantago">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantago</a>>.</div>
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2.
Millingstone Horizon: <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millingstone_Horizon">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millingstone_Horizon</a>>.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">~~~</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
End!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></div>
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End Notes:</div>
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If you find typos, broken links, or layout problems--please feel free to leave
a comment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will fix them as soon as I
can.</div>
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If you use any of the native plantains for food, medicine,
or utility—and it isn’t closely guarded tribal intellectual property—please
feel free to share.</div>
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A lovely weed, commonly known as bird's foot trefoil, has
invaded and is threatening to take over the bed and wipe out the strawberries at our local community garden. </div>
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Bird's foot trefoil does have a place in the garden. It is a
fabulous nitrogen fixer, it makes a great warm season cover crop and it can be
used with good effect as a beneficial ground cover in orchards and under tall
crops such as corn. Its good qualities don't stop there! It is good for bees
and it attracts beneficial insects, it can help stabilize slopes, and it is
pretty to look at. However, it grows taller and much more vigorously than
strawberries--so it is definitely a weed in regards to our strawberry bed. Meanwhile, there are varieties that are much esteemed as wildflowers by the British.</div>
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<i>"Eyebright and birdsfoot starred the grass, and already vivid green clumps of marjoram reached up to bloom." </i></h3>
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There are several varieties of bird's foot trefoil, the one
in our garden produces 'stolons,' which are modified stems that the plant uses
to spread, much like mint. When you pull the plant up, you will notice these
white runners, which are just a little thicker than its stems and roots. Those
are the stolons. If left in the ground or put, fresh, into the compost they will
root and produce more plants. In addition, our lovely bird's food trefoil
produces 'adventitious' roots--that is to say, the above ground stems can root.
And as if all of that was not scary enough, after flowering it produces viable
seed.</div>
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Once you learn to identify bird's foot trefoil, you will see
that it is found in various places around the garden. Here is the good news. It
is easy to pull, and it is easy to shake the dirt off the roots. (Please do
your best to make sure the dirt stays in the garden beds. The more dirt we get
into our rock pathways, the more weeds those pathways will grow.) It wilts
quickly, and if pulled before it sets seed, it can be left to wilt on the edge
of the rock pathways. If you have a big pile of it, spread it out, you might
have to turn it over once or twice every few days before it is all thoroughly
wilted. Once it is thoroughly wilted, as long as it doesn't contain viable
seed, it makes an excellent addition to mulch and compost. Just remember to get
it into the compost as soon as it is ready. Weeds temporarily wilting along the
walk ways are all good. Leave them there too long, however, and they start
breeding slugs, and after that, they start decomposing and turning into top
soil. Which will encourage more weeds . . . </div>
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If the bird's foot trefoil shows up in your own bed, or if
you decide to be the strawberry hero, you are certainly welcome to bag up the
trefoil and take it away. A word of caution is necessary of you are thinking of
feeding it to animals. There are several species of bird's foot trefoil, some
make good forage and fodder and some are considered toxic. Don't plan on
feeding this to animals without taking samples to the County Agricultural
Extension for proper identification first!</div>
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Meanwhile, our precious organic strawberries are imperiled,
and our coordinator has her hands full with the food bank bed.</div>
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If the weather (and memory) agrees, we will try to get a
photo of the bird's foot trefoil for you on Wednesday. It looks a bit like
clover, with the familiar compound leaf made up of three leaflets . . . if you
check the strawberry bed it is the most rampant plant in there.</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">From: <http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713191.post-80196358550297649172015-05-23T08:23:00.000-07:002016-11-17T14:51:00.348-08:00BBQ Garden Connection<br />
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Sharing another note written for our local community garden members . . . Some of it won't apply to the public at large, but some may prove useful!<br />
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While everyone knows there are many things we can grow in the garden
that are tasty cooked on the grill or used in a sauce, some people may
not have started experimenting with using garden grown natural smoke
flavorings yet. Get your taste buds ready!<br />
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Rosemary is the most
well known garden smoke flavoring, and we do have some rosemary to share
in the garden. We have two varieties of rosemary, one is a tender
version and one is more woody. The woody <span class="text_exposed_show">one
is the one you want for the BBQ, and ours is a little over grown and
needs cut back. It is growing in the large octagonal bed that was
formerly tended by Adam and Melissa. This is the one closest to both the
rows of rectangular garden beds and to Water Street. The part that
needs cut back in hanging out of the garden bed. If you pruned a four
inch piece, that would give you enough to try, and it would leave the
rest for other people who wanted to try it as well. This is also the
best rosemary for drying and grinding to use as a spice. If it turns
out that no one wants it for the BBQ, maybe latter in the season someone
will want to dry it for use in their kitchen. </span><br />
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Another thing we have in the garden, which makes an excellent smoke
flavoring is our raspberry canes! In fact, all the related cane
fruits--raspberry, black berry, thimble berry, logan berry, and so
on—produce a very tasty smoke. The canes themselves add fruity flavors,
and the leaves which also have fruity notes, are more complex and hard
to describe. If you have used fruit wood on the BBQ or in the some
house, cane fruit is more like cherry wood than anything else, but
really, it has a taste all its own.<br />
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I recently pruned back one corner of our overgrown raspberries in
the garden, primarily to get them to resprout as more compact plants to
give away through the food bank. That left a little pile of young canes
with their leaves attached. Looking at that pile made me drool; however, I no longer run a little smoke house and I won’t be BBQing at
anytime in the foreseeable future. If you would like to take some or
all of those canes, they are on the ground between the new staked beds
near the black compost bin and the berry patch. If no one is
interested, once they are thoroughly dry, they will be safe to bury in a
compost trench or to be clipped up into small pieces and put in a
compost pile. If nothing else, they will contribute to our topsoil!
Nothing need be wasted in an organic garden!<br />
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Questions are always
welcome, in person at the garden or right here as a comment. In fact,
if you want to share some BBQ tips on using anything from the garden,
that would be grand.<br />
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Photo added 11.13.2016. Text and photo copyright <a href="https://www.facebook.com/winonna.mcampbell" target="_blank">Harvest McCampbell</a>. Please feel free to use the buttons below to share. All other rights reserved.<div class="blogger-post-footer">From: <http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/>
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This is a little note I was sharing with the community garden members where I currently garden, and I thought I would share it with you all as well . . . . <br />
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In the garden, wherever I (and others) have used the compost produced by
our garden, there have been a bunch of interesting seedlings. At first
I thought, hoped really, that they were chives. They had that grass
like look of young Allium seedlings.<br />
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But, no, what looked like a
single seed leaf, divided into two long narrow seed leaves, very typical
of the Umbelliferae family, but other than that I had no idea what they
were. They didn't really look like carrot seedlings, and I was hoping
they were not hedge parsley, often called 'stick tights' or 'miners
lice,' which spreads like wild fire. It is totally edible and choice,
by the way, but not many people know it or know how to use it.<br />
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Meanwhile, the seedlings have been coming in thicker and thicker.<br />
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Today I noticed a seed coat still posed on the end of one of the seed
leaves. I have been watching to see what the first true leaves look
like in an attempt to identify it. That seed coat looked amazingly like
a fennel seed, so picked it off and tasted it. Yep, fennel. And it is
coming in, in some places, as thick as turf grass.<br />
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The good news, is that
fennel seedlings are totally edible in soup or salad. They don't taste
like much now, and they don't amount to much either. But if you can
tolerate them a few weeks, they will be yummy and tender.<br />
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I can tell you exactly why we have it in our compost. Last
year, I was waiting for the fennel seeds to become mature, and I was
going to collect them for tea and flavoring--for myself and to possibly
share with the food bank if people were interested. But then right
before they were mature, someone cut the fennel down. And honestly, I
did not investigate further. But apparently they were put in the compost.<br />
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Fennel normally does not have this
rampant kind of germination rate, at least not in California where most
of my garden experience comes from. Many kinds of seeds, especially but
not exclusively those of the Umbelliferae family, have built in
dormancy, so that only a few will germinate at any one time, staggering
the germination of the seeds over days, months, and even years. It is a
built in survival mechanism, which allows at least some of the plants'
off spring to survive all kinds of quirky weather changes. Dormancy,
however, is built into the seeds at the end of their development. So,
if you time it just right, by picking the seeds after they have
developed viability, but before they have developed dormancy, you can
end up with perfect germination as soon as everything else is in
line--such as day length, moisture, and temperature. Apparently,
someone caught the fennel, in the exact perfect zone. <br />
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For
future reference, never ever put fully mature or nearly mature seed
heads of any kind in the compost--unless you either want volunteers or
you know for a fact that the compost is going to get hot enough to
sterilize them. Making truly hot sterilizing compost is an art and a
science and it takes a careful blend of materials and attention and
work. Yes, it does sometimes happen by accident. But don't count on
it.<br />
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All gardens get volunteers. Plants that show up, because
the seed bearing parts rotted in place or in the compost. Some times the wind blows them in, or they arrive by birds, or perhaps even fairies. Volunteers
are one of the delights of gardening, as far as I am concerned. I love
surprises in the garden, and they are often superior to hybrids in taste
and color, and nearly always superior to hybrids in vigor and
hardiness. Volunteers rock. But not necessarily when they are coming in like turf
grass . . . .<br />
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Gardening, of course, is a learning experience. Community gardening is even more so. We learn together in community. We learn about gardening and garden materials management not just from our own experience, but from the experience of other gardeners as well. We learn also, grace; to take the good with the bad and to turn sow's ears into silk purses, to turn a plethora of fennel seedlings into beautiful food. <br />
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Nature abhors bare soil. Sun light degrades soil nutrients in bare soil, and rain water dissolves them and washes them away. In nature, if there is enough light, enough warmth, enough soil, enough moisture--the ground is always covered with either green growing things or with a deep natural mulch. Nature attempts to do the same thing in the garden. Nature gives us weeds and volunteers to save our soil. It's our job, in the garden, to accept nature's innate system and manage it to work in our favor . . . <div class="blogger-post-footer">From: <http://harvestsgardeningsecrets.blogspot.com/>
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