The sharp increase in food prices over the last couple of years has raised serious concerns about the food and nutrition situation of poor people in developing countries, about runaway inflation, and in some countries, growing civil unrest, as food riots break out across the globe. Much has been written in these boards about the [...]
Continue reading about Food Crisis Looms: the Cost of Uncertainty
Well, HOWDY!!! I’m Monkeyfister, and this is my first post here. (Hi Monkeyfister) If you are not familiar with me, I can be a bit acerbic, but, oh, so friendly, once you get past my style of writing, and language (I am an old Sailor and Stagehand– my language is a bit salty), and get [...]
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Because I’m leaving town in a couple of hours and won’t be back til next Wednesday, I’m posting yet another diary about saving seeds. Yes, it’s a re-post — everything I’ve posted so far has either been published or posted elsewhere. But I think the information is important enough to bring it back to the [...]
Why save seeds from your garden when it’s so much easier to run down to the local hardware store and grab a few packets? Well, it’s easy, for one. And you can save seeds from the specific plants that have done best in your garden, thereby creating a personalized seed collection for plants that not [...]