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Establishing A Food Forest: Inspiring, Enlightening, Amazing! Watch This Online

Inspiring, enlightening, and amazing! Watch the film on-line. Establishing A Food Forest " Learn how to establish your own Food Forest with International Permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton as he takes you through the essential stages of ...

Discussion - Poet - Jun 15 2013 - 12:18pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments

Connecticut is on the move to Label GMO's

Just an alert to those who are interested in the fight to label GMO foods - The Connecticut Legislature is in the throes of creating a GMO labeling bill.  Public testimony (on many Public Health Bills, but predominantly on the GMO bill) went until 2 am ...

Discussion - MustardSeed - Mar 29 2013 - 10:37pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

First step: purchase a bear proof composting drum.

Ok I'm now going shopping for a bear proof composting drum. 2nd hand hopfully nothing fancy otherwise I will make one. Try on Craigs list. See how long it takes. bear proof costs Something to think about here...as we also live in bear ...

Discussion - Garyhotice - Mar 14 2013 - 10:45pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Pagosa Peak Prosperity

Early Stages but here goes. Just moved here prior to reading "The Crash Course" so Ive prepared for nothing which the future might hold. Pagosa Spring has amazing beauty and great community, all supported by many gas stations and one ...

Group - Garyhotice - Mar 20 2013 - 2:38pm - 0 comments

Kingman Arizona Preppers

Welcome.  This forum is to provide an anonomous place to meet like minded people.  Then take it offline if applicable.  An objective is to prepare yourself and your family in case of a currency collapse.  If you are into mathematics or statistics, then ...

Group - dolphinsrsmart - Mar 5 2013 - 6:45am - 0 comments

If you live within 250 miles of zip 64628, what resilient/sustainable actions have you taken to improve your part of the world?

What post-peak skills do you have are are you developing? Do you live without flush toilets at home? What food do you raise at home? What have you repaired yourself this past year? How do you live without public water supply? How will you ...

Discussion - NorthCentral_Mi... - Mar 2 2013 - 2:01pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE A FREE DIY AQUAPONICS MANUAL

Aloha All! There are NO POSTS visible to me now, for some reason. If you've requested the manuals, please email me directly at friendlyaquaponics@gmail.com , and reference our group or Peak Prosperity, and which manual you would like to ...

Discussion - Friendly Aquaponics - Mar 1 2013 - 5:07am - 4 comments - 0 attachments

Weed The Soil, Not The Crop

Doug and myself have been having a discussion about a gardening system I use called Weed The Soil Not  The Crop. It is described as a bioextensive gardening system. It was developed by Ann and Eric Nordell so they could run a 3 1/2 acre market ...

Discussion - threehhorse - Feb 26 2013 - 10:41pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Know anyone who wants to live in a community with a garden?

There are nine units on the 5-acre property where I live.  It is not an "intentional community" but it is a community of people who look after each other and grow food.  For folks who are hip to peak oil and want to live in a place with ...

Discussion - Hilarybethhodge - Feb 14 2013 - 4:23pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Growing Your Food

With the planting season quickly approaching, what are some suggestions on types of fruits, vegetables and herbs do you recommend growing??  Which foods can be preserved best and keep for a longer amount of time??  I understand that this answer can vary ...

Discussion - BeccaLeigh - Jan 30 2013 - 11:35pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Pesticides Severely Affecting Bees

In a new study in Nature , researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London, in Egham, UK, show that low-level exposure to a combination of two pesticides is more harmful to bumblebee colonies than either pesticide alone. This suggests that ...

Discussion - Wendy S. Delmater - Oct 23 2012 - 11:01pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Resilent Life Seed Exchange

This is a discussion where those who have extra seeds will share with those who want to try a new crop in their kitchen garden. Anything from companion plantings to keep off bugs to beans to what have you? Post what you have extra of, or want, and ...

Discussion - Wendy S. Delmater - Oct 2 2012 - 4:09pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Foods You Can Grow in the Comfort of Your Home

Foods You Can Grow in the Comfort of Your Home Don't have an outdoor green space where you can grow fresh food? Don’t fret. There are plenty of foods that you can grow indoors — right inside your home, in fact — that will have you eating ...

Discussion - Wendy S. Delmater - Sep 6 2012 - 11:15pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Seed Exchange

You are welcome even if you don't have seeds to exchange as I have been blessed with an abundance. All I have and all I will exchange are open-pollinated heirloom seeds. I have little bags, markers and envelopes but more will always help. ...

Event - logicalunatic - Aug 30 2012 - 10:35am - 2 comments - 0 attachments

slovenia

(community, community + resilience + Security + alternative power + permaculture + home energy efficiency + gardening + food storage + alternative fuels +precious metals + ...

Group - saso123 - Aug 18 2012 - 3:33pm - 0 comments

Protecting your garden from extreme weather

Here is a National Geographic article about extreme weather. Let's talk about it and how it affects your food security. And it’s not just heavy rains that are making headlines. During the past decade we’ve also seen severe droughts ...

Discussion - Wendy S. Delmater - Aug 18 2012 - 7:19am - 5 comments - 0 attachments

Tidewater Virginia - Community and Resiliency

To help people in the Tidewater area of southeastern Virginia and surrounding areas connect to exchange ideas on building community and adding resiliency in preparation for whatever the future brings.  We have a small (~25), but functioning group of ...

Group - Dogs_In_A_Pile - Aug 8 2012 - 4:09pm - 0 comments

Aquaponics on a Commercial Scale

Our Mission: To support and forward the developent of Commercial Aquaponics as a viable way to earn a good living, in the face of "Big Ag" and to level the playing field for small commercial farmers without resorting to mechanization or the ...

Group - Friendly Aquaponics - Jul 29 2012 - 1:19pm - 0 comments

Aloha Hawaii Resiliency Group

Our Mission: To empower people to build more environmentally sustainable, connected, compassionate, and resilient communities rooted in personal commitments to change and grow together, as the world changes. E malama e, e malama aina, e malama ...

Group - Friendly Aquaponics - Jan 31 2013 - 12:07pm - 0 comments

Aquaponics: A Food Revolution Raising Food the EASY WAY!

Our Mission: To openly share our experience raising food with Aquaponics, which offers the best combination of technology and sustainability, to create a food production revolution in urban, suburban, and rural enviroments, raising food the EASY WAY! ...

Group - Friendly Aquaponics - Jan 8 2013 - 11:29pm - 0 comments