Showing posts with label organic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label organic. Show all posts

Saturday, September 20, 2008

[Need00] "HEALTH THRU GARDENING" IS SEEKING LAND DONATION

"HEALTH THRU GARDENING" IS SEEKING LAND DONATION
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Health Thru Gardening, the grass roots non-profit which publishes the present blog and its sibblings, is currently LOOKING FOR SOME LAND IN OR NEAR W. LOS ANGELES (SUCH AS MALIBU, SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CANYONS, ETC) TO OPERATE A MODEL FACILITY TO SHOWCASE HOW TO GROW FUNCTIONAL FOODS AS WELL AS SPECIFIC "MIRACLE PLANTS" WITH IMMUNE SYSTEM BOOSTING PROPERTIES -- A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE TRULY ORGANIC AND SUSTAINABLE FARMING & GARDENING, AS WELL AS WHAT IT CAN BE USED FOR.

THE PROCESS OF CREATING THIS MODEL FACILITY WILL BE THOROUGHLY DOCUMENTED THROUGH MULTIMEDIA RECORDINGS, AND MADE WIDELY AVAILABLE THROUGH ANY AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY, SUCH AS DVD RECORDINGS, RSS FEEDS, ETC, SO IT CAN EASILY BE REPLICATED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.


If any of you readers owns a piece of land in or near Los Angeles, or if you know someone who does and might be so inclined (at least 1 acre of land, the more the better, and ideally, but not necessarily zoned agricultural or horse property), Health Thru Gardening just partnered with one of the best available experts on bio-dynamic organic agriculture, Jack McAndrew, whose biodynamic composts have been the secret behind some of the most beautiful gardens in "Hollywood" and on the Westside for many years, the sort of gardens of the rich and famous you can see depicted in Better Homes & Gardens.[Please email us if you need some, we will forward all requests to him.]

Mr McAndrew is ready to start a serious model composting facility for us of the type of what Dr Ehrenfried Pfeiffer ran for the City of Oakland for many years in the past century, and this, at absolutely no costs to us! We also have volunteers lined up to help us with the workload... but we still need to find suitable land!


More, if space permits, the place will be used for a pilot "Community Supported Agriculture" project, and for pilot projects growing "miracle plants" and "miracle trees" such as Agaricus Blazei [an immune system booster, a mushroom delicious to eat, close cousin to the common supermarket mushroom, A. Campestris, currently building great interest because of its effect on AIDS and HIV+ patients, particularly in form of added longevity]; Artemisia Annua [a form of wormwood, which has similar effects, but with cancer]; Paulownia [a tree that has varieties which can grow to 80 feet in 7 to 10 years, producing rich animal feed and very valuable wood, and a 100 feet long taproot very useful for hill management, landslide prevention, etc, plus leaves that are valuable as a base for nutraceuticals]; or Moringa Oleifera and Moringa Steganopetala, trees which are *entirely edible* and also immune-system boosting: The leaves are delicious and contain more iron than spinach, 2 times more calcium than milk, 3 times more potassium than bananas, and 7 times more Vitamin C than oranges, among plenty of other things(the list goes on and on) plus numerous compounds of medicinal value -- and it can grow 15 feet a year too! This is the famous tree that population reductionists hate, because it is already making a significant dent into the development of the AIDS pandemic in Central and South Africa, which was promising to depopulate the entire continent... If it can save the life of a malnourished African child with little or no medical support, and of his mother too, *imagine* what it could do for a well-fed, well cared-for person in West Hollywood!


If you have a piece of unused land, donating it for a substantial tax deduction, or simply making it available at low or no cost for a reasonably long period of time could make a HUGE difference in many people's lives... In fact, this is probably one of the single most widely-useful and compassionate thing you could ever do! Think of it! One acre of land could save many lives, right here, right now, including of people you personally know... and perhaps even *yours*!


You can find more details on this at any of the three following sites:
http://optimalgardens.blogspot.com/ and http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/


PS: If you know html, graphic design, RSS, PHP, PERL, MySQL, etc, and would like to volunteer some of your time for a great cause, or are a writer/editor, please email us! Our emails are the names of our blogs @gmail.com




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Monday, September 15, 2008

[PG-List00] SITEMAP : PERSONAL GARDENS - SHORT DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THIS BLOG'S POSTINGS

SITEMAP : PERSONAL GARDENS -- LIST & SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THIS BLOG'S POSTINGS
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The address of the present list is: http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/personal-gardens-do-it-yourself-or-have.html

So far, the following posts are available. All links are clickable and will bring you directly to the post of interest to you:

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[PG-Intro00] What this blog is about: BEING SUCCESSFUL WITH PERSONAL GARDENING
This blog is dedicated to bring you the practical secrets of attaining optimal results with Personal Gardening, defined as creating and maintaining a personal food-producing garden, and is a sister blog to http://optimalgardens.blogspot.com/ , which we strongly encourage you to visit.
[PG-Intro00 - V100-080915 - V101-080919] Permalink: http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/successful-personal-gardening.html

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[PG-List00] SHORT DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THIS BLOG'S POSTINGS
This is the post you are reading. It gives a short description of all existing posts, modified once a week.
[List00 - V100-080915 - V101-080919] Permalink: http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/personal-gardens-do-it-yourself-or-have.html [Yes, the link name is not really right, but nonetheless correct.]

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[PG-Info00] FREE RESOURCES FOR GARDENERS & FARMERS
There are numerous resources available, almost too many, and there is a big caveat coming with many if not most of the "free" resources. Many "free" resources in fact try to sell you something, usually man-made chemicals, GMO (genetically-modified) seeds, and the like, or at least the idea of using them, to get a "better" garden.
[PG-Info00 V100-080915 - V101-080919] Permalink: http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/free-resources-for-gardeners-farmers.html

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[PG-Info01] PERSONAL GARDENS : DO IT YOURSELF? OR HAVE IT DONE FOR YOU?
This is of course a matter of inclination, time, and budget. Our general thinking about the issue is that best and most beneficial to you (exercize, etc) is to do it yourself. Which of course is also the most cost-effective way to go -- provided, of course, that you first inform yourself properly. Which is precisely what this blog is about. However, to give you an idea of what it costs to have it done for you here in Southern California, here is a typical answer to an inquiry about what it would cost to have it done for you.
[PG-Info01 V100-080915 - V101-080919] Permalink: http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/personal-gardens-do-it-yourself-or-have_15.html

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[PG-Info02] If you don't grow food yourself, here is a good ex...
Here is a good example of what to look for if you can't grow your own organic food yourself yet. This is an article describing a small local CSA, what it does, and how it interacts with its customers. You can find it here: http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-i-2007-10-04-163924.112113-Down_on_Patricks_Farm.html under the title:
Down on Patrick's Farm - How one Peahi farmer grows food for Maui's people,
It tells the story of a Malibu native who apprenticed in So Cal with the last living great specialist of biodynamic composting, and went on to establish a CSA in Hawaii. Very inspiring.
[PG-Info02 V100-080915 - V101-080919] Permalink:
http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/if-you-dont-grow-food-yourself-here-is.html

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[PG-Info03] ORGANIC & SUSTAINABLE GARDENING AND AG...
This lists resources that will be useful for you to get a fair understanding about three main subjects: ORGANIC GARDENING & FARMING, PERMACULTURE, and SUSTAINABILITY
[PG-Info03 V100-080915 - V101-080919] Permalink:
http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/organic-sustainable-gardening-and.html

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[PG-Info04] SOIL & COMPOST GENERAL INFORMATION
This lists resources that will be useful for you to get a fair understanding about two main subjects, which are really the same: SOIL UNDERSTANDING, MAINTENANCE & DESIGN and COMPOSTING.
[PG-Info04 V100-080915 - V101-080919] Permalink:
http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/soil-compost-general-information.html

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[PG-Info05] BIODYNAMIC GARDENING & AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
Organic approaches on steroids are known as "bio-dynamic", and this post gives you references on that specific subject.
[PG-Info05 V100-080915 - V101-080919] Permalink:
http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/biodynamic-gardening-agricultural.html

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[PG-Anal01] ANALYZING THE OFFICIAL 'ORGANIC' EFFORTS & PUTTING...
ANALYZING THE OFFICIAL 'ORGANIC' EFFORTS & PUTTING THEM IN PERSPECTIVE There is a quite interesting organisation named the OFRF, standing for "Organic Farming Research Foundation". It represents the organized "certified" organic farming interest. Its material is quite interesting to look at, from several points of view. First, because it usually contains valuable information, second, for what it does, and what it says, and for what it does NOT do, and does NOT say.
[PG-Anal01 - V100-080919] Permalink:
http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/analyzing-official-organic-efforts.html

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[PG-Mark01] Example of market offering for a ready...
Example of market offering for a ready-made gardening unit [OG-Mark01 – V100-080918] This is a typical commercial ad about a ready-made gardening unit (it even refers to us! :) The reply address has been deleted as this is an advertising-free blog, but it gives you an idea of what you can find and for how much! It will of course cost you at least 35% less if you do it yourself.)
Complete Ready-Made 4' x 8' Organic Food Garden For Sale - $499 (Anywhere! )
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Reply to: [deleted, as this blog is not about selling anything]
[PG-Mark01 - V100-080919] Permalink:
http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/pg-mark01-example-of-market-offering.html

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[PG-Info06] COMPOST TEAS - AN OLD SECRET TO LET YOUR GARDEN EXPLODE... THE SECRETS OF COMPOST TEAS
COMPOST TEA? WHY IS IT SO GOOD FOR YOUR GARDEN OR FARM? Compost tea is ancient. You can find references to it in texts dating back to the Roman Empire (in Cato's "De Agricultura"). So says a real doyenne of dirt, microbial ecologist Elaine Ingham
[PG-Info06 - V100-080919] Permalink:
http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/pg-info06-compost-teas-old-secret-to.html


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[Need00] "HEALTH THRU GARDENING" IS SEEKING LAND DONATION :
Health Thru Gardening, the grass roots non-profit which publishes the present blog and its sibblings, is currently LOOKING FOR SOME LAND IN OR NEAR W. LOS ANGELES (SUCH AS MALIBU, SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CANYONS, ETC) TO OPERATE A MODEL FACILITY TO SHOWCASE HOW TO GROW FUNCTIONAL FOODS AS WELL AS SPECIFIC "MIRACLE PLANTS" WITH IMMUNE SYSTEM BOOSTING PROPERTIES -- A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE TRULY ORGANIC AND SUSTAINABLE FARMING & GARDENING, AS WELL AS WHAT IT CAN BE USED FOR.

THE PROCESS OF CREATING THIS MODEL FACILITY WILL BE THOROUGHLY DOCUMENTED THROUGH MULTIMEDIA RECORDINGS, AND MADE WIDELY AVAILABLE THROUGH ANY AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY, SUCH AS DVD RECORDINGS, RSS FEEDS, ETC, SO IT CAN EASILY BE REPLICATED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
Permalink:
http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/2008/09/need00-health-thru-gardening-is-seeking.html


The present list will be modified as more posts are added, allowing you to navigate easily to what is of interest to you.

Always remember: When you create your own Personal Organic & Sustainable Garden, you of course have to look at the same issues a seasoned gardener looks at when considering installing a garden for someone else, and from the same points of view. Again, helping you do so is what this blog, and our sister-blog http://optimalgardens.blogspot.com/ are about! And for composting, go to http://biocomposts.blogspot.com/ .
Copyright 1964-2008 OSL All rights reserved, worldwide. LICENSE IS HEREBY GRANTED to all to freely link to or to reproduce this page by any means of one's choice, virtual or physical, and to republish it, including in a compilation, etc, as long as the entirety of the page is NOT MODIFIED in any manner (except of course your location if you are publishing a community ad of your own). This includes not modifying the present copyright notice and license, and the permanent link (permalink URL) or “web address” of the page, and license is granted as long as reproduction is not part of a commercial venture, that is, as long as you do not charge for it in any way, be it directly, or indirectly, for example in commercial publications. Commercial licenses available from the copyright holder.

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