Episode-192- Pest Control for a Sustainable Survival Garden [44:37m]:
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Today’s show is about methods of organic pest control in your garden. I am big on organic gardening and organic methods, not because I want to save the polar bears but simply because they work better and are more efficient and sustainable long term. Sustainability is the key to long term survival.
I also have another brief swine flu update and big news, TSP has been featured by Lew Rockwell.com
Tune in Today to Hear…
- What we can learn about organic vs. chemical from the medical world
- Why if you don’t have healthy soil you don’t have anything long term
- Using diatomaceous earth to kill pests with out any toxins
- Garlic based repellent repel more then just insects
- Neem a natural wonder are insect control but let’s not over use it
- Soap based insecticides and combining them with other ingredients including neem
- Orange based products handle garden pests and even fire ants
- Nasturtiums an editable flower that does a great deal to protect your garden
- Mint, use with caution because it is invasive but it is very effective in companion planting
- Onions and Garlic great allies in repelling insect pests
- French Marigolds a death sentence for bad nematodes
- 4′Oclocks the last mean for the Japanese beetle
- Chrysanthemums hard to spell, easy to plant great for your garden
- The four horsemen of herbs; parsley, basil, oregano and rosemary
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Episode-101- Monsanto and the Geneticallyy Modified Food Threat [42:13m]:
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Today’s show is about Monsanto and the Genetically Modified Food Threat. I wanted to take a day to really inform our listeners about how real the threat of Genetically Modified Food (GMOs) really is.
Tune in today to hear…
- How the company that brought us PCBs, DDT and Agent Orange and told us they were all “perfectly safe” wants us to “trust them on their word” about GMOs!
- How Monsanto knowingly poisoned the town of Anniston and are “proud of what they did”
- The threats posed by “Round Up Ready” Canola and Soy
- How ancient seeds are now being patented on a first come first serve basis
- How the ancient of rule of agriculture (you must contain your threats from you neighbors) are being ignored by legal courtroom manipulation by Monsantos legal squad
- How the issue of patenting life might be the biggest threat we face today
- How GMO Cotton, Beets and Canola do effect the food supply even if you don’t personally eat them
- How Monsanto has begun buying up almost all the independent seed companies
- What you can do about all this, the only real thing you can honestly do!
- Look at your hands and see your answer to this problem
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Episode-89- Organic Companion Planting for Survival Gardening [41:32m]:
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In today’s show we dig into companion planting as part of building sustainable survival gardens. Tune in today to hear….
- How organic gardening is more about what you do then what you don’t do
- How organic gardening is a holistic system not just the absence of chemicals
- Why companion planting is more “natural” then isolated planting
- Combinations such as…
- Cabbage and dill
- Corn, beans and squash
- Lettuce and Flowering Tobacco and Spider Flower
- Radishes and Spinach
- Roses and Garlic or Onions
- Tomatoes and Broccoli
- Cucumbers and Nasturtiums
- Peppers and Pigweed
- The two pairings you should never make
- Six plants that can kill, repell and destroy pest insects
- Four awesome herbs for every garden
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The Role of Heirloom Vegetables in Survival Planning [30:39m]:
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Today we discuss heirloom vegetables and their unique role in survival planning. Tune in to today’s show to learn…
- The danger we face from “Monsantisation” of our food supply
- How Monsanto has used hybrids and patents to control agriculture across the globe
- The difference between heirloom seed, hybrid seed and genetically altered seed
- How you can build better strains of vegetables that are highly adapted to your region, naturally
- The need to keep proper distances to prevent natural hybridization of your heirloom plants
- How seed saving creates greater independence and sustainability
- How to select the best starting stock for your seed requirements
- The advantage that the home gardener has over the small scale farmer
- The importance of adding composting to your gardening plan
- The need for legumes in organic gardening
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