Episode-2481- Half Acre Homesteading – Part Four – Plant Propagation

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Okay I am calling this series “Half Acre Homesteading” because marketing. The use of two words in a 2-3 word phrase is good at grabbing attention, think “Taco Tuesdays” or anything in that vein. You don’t need a half acre to make today’s show work for you, you can do most of this on even a postage stamp lot, many do. Likewise even if you have a lot more land, then this is what we call zone one design.

Creation of a 1/20th – 1/2 acre system that you spend the majority of your activity on and hence it is ultra productive and gives you the greatest ROI on your efforts. I will be covering techniques, varieties of vegetables and perennials, tools, etc. today but it is also a lot about how to think about the concept of small property homesteading. Today we continue with part four of this series and discuss plant propagation for independence, cost savings and skill set development.

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Intro Segments
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- Call the JERK Line at 877-644-1345
The reason for propagating your own plants
- Reduce expenses
- Produce more food
- For a profit
- For independence and skill development
Why you should not try to self propagate everything at first
Primary methods of propagation
- From seed
- Rooting cuttings
- Layering
- Division
- Grafting
Propagation Systems
- Indoors with lights
- Green Houses, Cold Frames, etc.
- Misting Systems
- Grow beds
- Aquaponics based propagation
- “The Right Spot”
If growing food is like printing money, propagation is the printing press

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I enjoy episodes like this that deal mostly in practical matters.

However, I caught an error a couple weeks ago. For better or worse, this has nothing to with the proper way to raise food or anything like that. It has to do with Man’s place in the universe.

While from a biological point of view we were obviously “evolved to live close to the land”, there is ample evidence that, spiritually, this is not quite the case. This is a mistake that most environmentalists and “pro Earth” people make. In some ways it is a minor point, but in other ways not so minor.

It is totally true that Earth is our current home, that most of us have learned to love living here, and that as long as we do live here, we need to help take care of the place. But there is ample evidence that this was not our first home; that not only have we lived on other worlds, but that we have taken other forms.

Though this may sound fantastic, the evidence is there, and this is my point: It helps explain why we so often seem to be “not so smart” about this planet, and why some of us even brush off our abuse of her as some minor complaint not really worth taking seriously. It helps explain why this planet has a more difficult road to sustainability than some would expect, considering “Earth is our home.” We indeed have brought with us other habits of life that may not be as appropriate here as they might have been in other places or at other times. If Mother Earth doesn’t always seem to “resonate” with listeners, this is one reason. This is a real gap in our knowledge about our own past, and filling that gap with the truth would be a huge step towards solving the problems we are having here.

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Episode-2481- Half Acre Homesteading – Part Four – Plant Propagation — 1 Comment

Larry Cox on August 3, 2019 at 5:28 pm said:

I enjoy episodes like this that deal mostly in practical matters.

However, I caught an error a couple weeks ago. For better or worse, this has nothing to with the proper way to raise food or anything like that. It has to do with Man’s place in the universe.

While from a biological point of view we were obviously “evolved to live close to the land”, there is ample evidence that, spiritually, this is not quite the case. This is a mistake that most environmentalists and “pro Earth” people make. In some ways it is a minor point, but in other ways not so minor.

It is totally true that Earth is our current home, that most of us have learned to love living here, and that as long as we do live here, we need to help take care of the place. But there is ample evidence that this was not our first home; that not only have we lived on other worlds, but that we have taken other forms.

Though this may sound fantastic, the evidence is there, and this is my point: It helps explain why we so often seem to be “not so smart” about this planet, and why some of us even brush off our abuse of her as some minor complaint not really worth taking seriously. It helps explain why this planet has a more difficult road to sustainability than some would expect, considering “Earth is our home.” We indeed have brought with us other habits of life that may not be as appropriate here as they might have been in other places or at other times. If Mother Earth doesn’t always seem to “resonate” with listeners, this is one reason. This is a real gap in our knowledge about our own past, and filling that gap with the truth would be a huge step towards solving the problems we are having here.