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Khadaji

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Quote from: skilo on March 24, 2014, 11:04:05 PM

I grew some tomatoes and squash last year and with only 5 plants it was more than i could eat, I had to give most of it away.

I dice up my Zuchini and put it in the freezer... I then add it to soups and chili all year round... (I still have plenty to give away, but only if they ask for it)

I was giving away tomatoes, I had so many, but this year, I plan to make spaghetti sauce, and can it. (or is the correct phrase, 'jar' it?)

Really good spaghetti sauce has shot up in price so much, it would be financially worthwhile to can my own sauce.

skilo

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I have been thinking about going semi-vegiterian, Maybe just eating meat for breakfast (I don't think i could give up eating bacon It's just too tasty) but for lunch and dinner just eat vegies and fruits.

Vegies are much cheaper than meats and much heathlier than junk food snacks that offer no nutritional benefit at all.

I grew some tomatoes and squash last year and with only 5 plants it was more than i could eat, I had to give most of it away.

Kiki112

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My family has an urban garden, lots of vegetables there Cheesy

we almost don't need to buy any vegetables on the market..

I must say, they don't look as good as the ones in the store (because they color them to look better) but they are a lot more delecious, more quality and healthier Cheesy

ledmaniak

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Quote from: softron on March 24, 2014, 02:42:42 PM

Nice idea, just that People living in big cities dont have land space. Its helps tough, you get lot of fresh fruits

Even then you can grow tomatoes, herbs and other things on the balcony or indoors.

softron

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Nice idea, just that People living in big cities dont have land space. Its helps tough, you get lot of fresh fruits

ledmaniak

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I hardly have problems with pests or insects(except for caterpillars but placing a birdhouse close by to control that). Key thing is to do crop rotation every year and combine multiple types of plants to keep harming beetles/insects/pests away.

nelsonpitter

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This method is excellent but I think the problem of pests also present with this method.
As if we grow our food surroundings we may suffer from more insects and pests than ever and to control them we will have to us pesticides.
So we need to create balance between farming and living. My termite treatment davis team is working on home farming and we will come up with some good solutions for bio pest control.

ledmaniak

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I grow yellow, red and purple tomatoes and normally I separate them by color to have different colors is sauce(much fun when people stay for dinner Grin

).

What I always do is put them raw in a pan(about 1.5 kg) and cook them together with fresh garlic, balsamic vinegar, some salt and fresh peppers(sometimes also rosemary and cumming) until they are soft enough to mash. Then I mash them, with seeds and skin(giving is a little 'rough' taste). Quickly put it hot in a sterile glass/pot, close the lid and put it upside down to cool and let the air pull the glass vacuum.

"Moon dried" is also very nice: slice the tomatoes and put them at 100 deg Celsius in an oven for 5hrs together with some olive oil, rosemary and garlic. When dried, you can keep this in some glass/pot drained in oil for about a year.

Khadaji

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Quote from: ledmaniak on March 06, 2014, 08:03:00 AM

Growing mostly tomatoes, peppers, herbs and peas myself. Always have enough tomato sauce for eating pasta/soup for a year and tastes a gazillion times better than store bough stuff!

I've in years past simply given away many tomatoes... but this year I'm going to can some tomato sauce... I'm sure I can find instructions online ...

(Willing to share your favorite tomato sauce recipe?)

I agree with the taste... I do a number of different varieties, and it can be quite amazing to taste the difference between home-grown and what you find at the market.

Akka

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Quote from: RodeoX on March 05, 2014, 09:35:03 PM

Wow that picture is amazing! A garden subdivision?

Really? Don't you have this where you live?

In German it's called a "Schrebergarten" (at least in my part of Germany) and such big Groups of those Gardens are quite common in every town.

But they are often not used to actually grow food (at least not in large quantities), but rather to build a "relaxing zone".

rmines

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I also grow as much as I can myself: herbs, small tomatoes and chili peppers.
Too bad I don't own a garden so I can't grow larger crops.

ledmaniak

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Growing mostly tomatoes, peppers, herbs and peas myself. Always have enough tomato sauce for eating pasta/soup for a year and tastes a gazillion times better than store bough stuff!

shorena

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No I dont escrow anymore.

Maybe you have heard of the "permaculture" movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpyocn1Vc5U

Its a great concept even for cities. Reading about this inspired me to make a herb spiral on our patio.

We will also make a horizontal garaden this year for some small plants to grow.
Even though there is not enough room to make a full grown (pun intended) garden, every bit helps.
Its also nice for the kids because they learn hand on where the food comes from and the plants attract small animals.

dank

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You cannot kill love

Quote from: RodeoX on March 05, 2014, 09:35:03 PM

Wow that picture is amazing! A garden subdivision?

Can I add to your theme the option of CSA's? If you can't grow your own food you might try community supported agriculture. You buy a share of a farmers crop each year and receive weekly shipments. Then you at least control your food supply somewhat. Because our farmer is organic, we get a discount on insurance that makes it cheaper than buying grocery store vegetables.

Have not heard of these before. Sounds fresh. It would be nice if each neighborhood was allocated land for their own community managed farm.

Thanks for the positive comments, glad to hear some of you all are practicing this in your life already. I would love to have some chickens and access to unlimited eggs.

jinjuro

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I'm growing most of our food today. We have a small farm we are growing fruits, and vegetables and corn. We are also raising livestocks too. Nice post dank.

Bit_Happy

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A Great Time to Start Something!

Quote from: dank on March 05, 2014, 07:14:27 PM

There are a number of reasons you should do this and there wouldn't be a better time to get started than now.

1. Nearly all food in supermarkets are GMOs and chalk full of pesticides at the least. Save yourself and your family the trouble of ingesting toxins.
2. Self sufficiency starts at home, if we all grew our own food we would be able to sustain our own lives even in the presence of scarcity.
3. It is both relaxing and enjoying to take a break from destroying life and creating life instead.
4. You will save money by growing your own crops.
5. The produce will be as fresh as it gets.

If you have the land to grow food, I implore you to do so. Maybe even talk to your neighbors and promote a food sharing network between each other.

This is Switzerland, maybe it's time we did the same:

Nice post and great picture.

RodeoX

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The revolution will be monetized!

Wow that picture is amazing! A garden subdivision?

Can I add to your theme the option of CSA's? If you can't grow your own food you might try community supported agriculture. You buy a share of a farmers crop each year and receive weekly shipments. Then you at least control your food supply somewhat. Because our farmer is organic, we get a discount on insurance that makes it cheaper than buying grocery store vegetables.

Vod

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Quote from: dank on March 05, 2014, 09:25:32 PM

Quote from: Vod on March 05, 2014, 09:18:27 PM

Growing your own food requires work. OP hasn't done any work for years. OP lives at home with his parents and sponges off them. OP IS LAZY.

This is just another thread for the forum idiot to gather attention. Undecided

Do you know how to talk about the subject presented in a thread or have you not yet matured beyond the capacity of a judgmental adolescent?

You're the forum idiot. I've tried to have reasonable conversations with you before, but you can never understand.

Better just to inform people what you actually are before they waste time conversing with you. Undecided

I didn't even mention the fact that you a scammer and a pathological liar....

dank

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Quote from: Vod on March 05, 2014, 09:18:27 PM

Growing your own food requires work. OP hasn't done any work for years. OP lives at home with his parents and sponges off them. OP IS LAZY.

This is just another thread for the forum idiot to gather attention. Undecided

Do you know how to talk about the subject presented in a thread or have you not yet matured beyond the capacity of a judgmental adolescent?

Vod

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Licking my boob since 1970

Growing your own food requires work. OP hasn't done any work for years. OP lives at home with his parents and sponges off them. OP IS LAZY.

This is just another thread for the forum idiot to gather attention. Undecided

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