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We sometimes forget that we've traded a lot for our new found convenience in the modern world. Freedom was the first casualty, if the food supply broke down today how many would survive? What if medicine stopped being delivered, or fuel ran out or the electricity turned off. We live in crazy times... people often say these things could never happen but things are more fragile than most people realise. No nations are independent anymore, we are all heavily reliant on imports for many essential goods. Many have likely noticed certain things are becoming a lot harder to find not to mention the steep increases in price. There's no harm in becoming more independent other than it being less convenient and you might have to think for yourself a lot more but just like a muscle the brain wastes away without use. Perhaps the biggest benefit is health, once you cut out all the toxins we've been forced to ingest health improves dramatically.
For those who want to relearn what we once new and in a sense start become human again you don't need much. All you need to do is get started planting, no detailed guides, no expensive equipment, just plant what ever you already have access to. They might be old potatoes thrown out from the kitchen, seeds from an apple core, rotten tomatoes, seeds from a melon, some cuttings from a neighbour, seeds or plants that are growing wild. There's no substitute for the real thing, those with their hands in the dirt will learn fast but if you never get started you will never learn. There's going to be some failure but if you keep thinking and trying different things you will have some success. Once you know a bit about growing plants you can scale up if a time comes when you need it. Small growing areas are no excuse, until every inch of soil is covered in food its not like you've used up all your space. If you get to the point where you want to grow all your own food, aiming for a ton per person is a good amount, so yes grow things that are easy to grow and high yielding as you need as much as you can.
There's so much knowledge lost about how to live for ourselves but it can be rediscovered, necessity drives innovation so few are working hard on such things now but given the circumstances around the world i think that might be starting to change. The simpler you can do things the better in my experience, i grow all my food mixed together and it seems to grow better, planting what ever i have at the time in a mix. It costs a lot of energy to grow food, if you spend more than you get back you're going to starve pretty quickly so keep things as easy as possible. Save seeds each generation and they will become better adapted over time and don't use poisons, the microbes that live throughout the body are just as much a part of you as your own cells and they are just as important. The microbes in the gut break down and release nutrients from food but they also create nutrients like proteins and b vitamins. Others have been shown to actively fight cancers and disease in the body, some even repair damage in the brain. Very few cause disease and can usually only take hold when there's some sort of disruption to the community, much like a garden densely filled with plants there's very few resources available for weeds to get established. You are a community of lifeforms like a garden, even plants take in beneficial microbes from their environment in the form of endophytes and will inoculate their own seed so that the community can build cooperation over generations.
Its not easy but its enjoyable, there's always more to learn, in my mind everything people can do to regain their freedom is a step in the right direction so i hope as many people as possible can do so.
For those who want to relearn what we once new and in a sense start become human again you don't need much. All you need to do is get started planting, no detailed guides, no expensive equipment, just plant what ever you already have access to. They might be old potatoes thrown out from the kitchen, seeds from an apple core, rotten tomatoes, seeds from a melon, some cuttings from a neighbour, seeds or plants that are growing wild. There's no substitute for the real thing, those with their hands in the dirt will learn fast but if you never get started you will never learn. There's going to be some failure but if you keep thinking and trying different things you will have some success. Once you know a bit about growing plants you can scale up if a time comes when you need it. Small growing areas are no excuse, until every inch of soil is covered in food its not like you've used up all your space. If you get to the point where you want to grow all your own food, aiming for a ton per person is a good amount, so yes grow things that are easy to grow and high yielding as you need as much as you can.
There's so much knowledge lost about how to live for ourselves but it can be rediscovered, necessity drives innovation so few are working hard on such things now but given the circumstances around the world i think that might be starting to change. The simpler you can do things the better in my experience, i grow all my food mixed together and it seems to grow better, planting what ever i have at the time in a mix. It costs a lot of energy to grow food, if you spend more than you get back you're going to starve pretty quickly so keep things as easy as possible. Save seeds each generation and they will become better adapted over time and don't use poisons, the microbes that live throughout the body are just as much a part of you as your own cells and they are just as important. The microbes in the gut break down and release nutrients from food but they also create nutrients like proteins and b vitamins. Others have been shown to actively fight cancers and disease in the body, some even repair damage in the brain. Very few cause disease and can usually only take hold when there's some sort of disruption to the community, much like a garden densely filled with plants there's very few resources available for weeds to get established. You are a community of lifeforms like a garden, even plants take in beneficial microbes from their environment in the form of endophytes and will inoculate their own seed so that the community can build cooperation over generations.
Its not easy but its enjoyable, there's always more to learn, in my mind everything people can do to regain their freedom is a step in the right direction so i hope as many people as possible can do so.
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