Food for Thought

[Truthseeker360]

Great posts by all,


And this brings me to an idea.
Something we can all try if you wish.

An experiment we can all partake and post results here.

We all should have the room to grow tomatoes many of us already do.
And fairly easy to grow.

Got some great recipes for toms ,red sauce,soup, pizza sauce,dips you name it.

For those unfamiliar with Dr Moto please check link.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...60162162692745


What i propose is to use two watering cannister one with message of love & gratitude wrote on it the other without.You can write on label stick onto
watering cannister.

Also for those more advanced with own philosophy, but even for those just starting new gardens.
PH LEVELS

I was thinking of testing ph levels before and after crops to see the effect on ph levels as well as visual differences,soil quality etc.
And any increase in yields next crop.

http://gardening.yardener.com/Yarden...il/CheckSoilpH

Let others know methods used ie[QUOTE]using h2o2 (hydrogenperoxide) in your garden instead of pesticides and commercial fertilizers../QUOTE] twoRone(Excellent post my personal no1 so far).

Think this should also be used by everyone who resonates.


Maybe we can grow all year long and experienced can advise newbies.
Any ideas on easy crops to start with please post.


A garden of seasonal harmony with which we can connect all year around.

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Love Light & Harmony

[Truthseeker360]

Beautifull post Thankyou for sharing.

Love Light & oneness

Originally Posted by vipassana

I'm always on the look out for useful stuff in charity shops and a few weeks ago I found a pasta maker which was brand new in it's box.

Today I gave it a try and with 500g of flour and 3 eggs I successfully made pasta for vegetable lasagne for tonight's evening meal and some tagliatelle to store in the fridge for another meal.

I don't know if it was beginners luck or if it really is easy to make but it was a great success. The flour I used was organic and the eggs were from local free range garden chickens.

There's definetly therapeutic value in kneading and the vegetable lasagne tasted delicious because it was totally home made with love.

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A couple of years ago I visited Lauriston Hall, a local housing cooperative, which was a fantastic place in beautiful countryside. http://www.diggersanddreamers.org.uk...t&sel=lauriest Members devoted approxiametly 3 days of their time to work in their community. As well as raising their own animals the community grew a lot of their food in a huge beautiful garden.

The woman who showed me around told me about her daily green sandwich. So together we selected a largish green leaf then picked lots of smaller vegetable leafs and herbs then we rolled it up and ate it.

So even growing a few herbs and lettuce in pots is worthwhile to have your own organic green sandwich.

[Swanny]

Just looked at the label on the stuff I bought today and it has extras like phosphoric acid which I'm guessing would not be good for my carrots
Oh well any hairdressers out there want some cheap bleach?

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Blessings to all

Alternative energy!!
Natural energy!!
Free energy!!

http://solarcooking.org/plans/funnel.htm


I haven't tried myself yet but indtend to in the summer months whilst camping.


Love Light & Harmony

[Swanny]

Nice one Truth I intend to start doing that

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HEMP!!

http://www.earthfirst.org/hemp.htm

http://www.ratical.org/renewables/

Hemp/hydroponics

A match made in heaven...

Alternative methods an alternative replacement alternative medicine


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Love lights & Water

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Alternative energies

http://india_resource.tripod.com/alternateenergy.html

http://www.reuk.co.uk/Storing-Wind-P...ressed-Air.htm

There are many energies we can harness with minimal initial outlay,and be a step closer to being self sufficient.


No matter the climate or continent there is a method.

When the time comes and world monatary system and fossil fuels are no more,to be self sufficient before day zero, is surely a must for ground crews and individual's alike.

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Love light @ oneness

[Truthseeker360]

Another great poet here at Avalon,
this was by Antaletriangle


Children Pump Clean Water While Playing on the Merry-Go-Round
In a way it's free energy-it's not on the lines of anti-gravific waves and HO cells but it's quite innovative in it's own way.
http://www.naturalnews.com/024732.html
NaturalNews) PlayPumps International, a US non-profit organization, has come up with a very innovative way to help Africans obtain clean water for their families. The PlayPump is a sustainable, patented water pump that gets its power from children. The PlayPump is a merry-go-round that doubles as a water pump.

The spinning of the merry-go-round pumps clean water from underground into a 2,500 liter tank, standing seven meters above the ground. A simple tap makes it easy to draw water. All excess water is diverted from the storage tank back down into the borehole. The pump is able to produce up to 1,400 liters of water per hour at 16 rpm from a depth of 40 up to 100 meters.

Women and girls in Africa are primarily responsible for collecting enough water each day for cooking, drinking and cleaning. This often means hauling heavy water containers for many miles taking, on average, three hours a day. The weight of the water containers is equivalent to about 44 pounds (20 kg). Many young girls and women must walk as much as six miles every day to retrieve water for their families. Some have to make the trip twice.

In much of the world, we take water for granted. We turn on a faucet and out it comes. We flush a toilet and think nothing of the amount of water it takes for that flush. When you flush that toilet, you’re using the same amount of water that one person in a less developed country uses all day to wash, clean, cook and drink.

The World Water Crisis

Our bodies are made up of over 60% water and our brain is about 70% water. We become thirsty if we lose just 1% of that water and if we lose 10% we can die. Dehydration is responsible for about 80% of deaths from cardiac arrest.

Today, there is a huge water crisis on our planet. Consider these facts:

• Only 1/10th of 1% of the water on earth is drinkable.
• 1.1 billion people worldwide do not have access to clean water. That`s 18% of the world`s population.
• Unsafe water and lack of sanitation is now the single largest cause of illness worldwide.
• 5,000 children under age 5 die every day as a result of unclean water and poor sanitation. That`s one child every 15 seconds.
• Half the people in developing countries are suffering from water-related illnesses.
To learn more about PlayPumps International, you can visit www.knowh2o.org and www.playpumps.org. They have many videos, a blog and links to other information that can further explain the process and the benefits of the PlayPump(c). You can even sign up to sponsor a PlayPump. And, be sure to take the water test at knowh20.org (click on the Play link). You’ll be surprised at the answers.
cont.on link above.
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Per ardua ad astra:Through adversity to the Stars.

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A Call to all.

May 9th

Avebury UK


I am currently gathering info on Avebury where I'll be go myself as is Mudra to mention a few. (and will update as more join)

If anyone wishes to join us please send myself a pm or leave visitor message or just turn up!! Time TBA(currently 3pm)

We will be meeting a few hours prior to the event,(i am looking for venue )
somewhere we can drink ,eat , and talk together i will book a table for same.

So please feel free to inform me of any personal requirments,dietary wheel chair access etc etc..

If all vegetarians/vegans could let me know i can prepare chef in advance

Here is a link for usefull and practical info about this site which is open 24/7

No other events at present on day /time

Camping is an option close by and there are many local B&B's.
I myself will probably be camping.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main...ace/w-avebury/

http://www.avebury-web.co.uk/avebury_now.html

Can others please do the same for their sites in each area and post here.

You can also post your request on samarkis thread: http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=10551

Love Light & Togetherness

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Avebury May9th
Update

Friends we now have a venue:

Red Lion Avebury +4401672539266 email 7928@greeneking.co.uk for Bed & brekfast http://www.pub-explorer.com/wiltshir...ionavebury.htm

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?zoom=1...e=GB&qs=SN81RF

Time TBA

It's right in the heart and seemed apt.

They have a great menu with decent veggie option local produce and ales.

Some will eat some will drink all will chat and spread light.



Thanks for the many who have all contacted me with such excitement that the vibrations on the due will surley be unprecidented.

Thankyou all i look forward to meeting each of you individually ans as one.

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Been a way for a bit, sorry.

Ok i was thinking maybe i share some recipes with you,what i cook each day

It wont be accurate measurments or timimg just with the senses sight smell taste instinct etc.

Now i dont profess to eat or know if i get my daily requirements still learning veggie option for me and kids and am no dietician,so feel free to point out sights

ok so just had lunch:

Tuna pancakes sweet and sour sauce boiled rice chips

1 onion
1 green pepper
1 lemon or lime (not req)
3 eggs
five spice
red sauce? stay with me
vinegar malt rice any
soy sauce (if ya got)
tin tuna

rice of choice

quarter onion and seperate
dice green pepper same size as onion
fry in oil add five spice (brown wilt but still crunchy )

now red sauce add to pan (how much? 250 mill i used today/)
vinegar 3 x glugs (glug 5 x table sppons)
add sugar hand full
lemon lime if got goes great
3 x dash soya
Touch five spice half dash

heat simmer presto


beat eggs add touch five spice cream or milk(dash) 2 tablesoon approx

heat oil pan drain excess add little mixture so coupl mil thick (iused 7 inch pan) x 3

cool and pat down excess oil

Tuna mixed with 2 x dash vinegar 2 dash soya sauce (not req)
also fine diced spring onion with tuna an nice option

Place tuna 1 inch wide from ease to west onto pancake roll x 3
cut of ends (chef's munch)

Cut into 1 inch chunks arange on plate

poor over little sauce all most onions green peppers dipping dish for remainder

plate chips drizzled with sweet n sour

plates with rice all dip n share....


enjoy...


Chicken nuggets instead for kids....


flour plain
oats (Porridge oats)
Bread white
2 x eggs
salt pepper
five spice

can boil chicken first if wish


dice chicken breast
crumble bread breadcrumbs
mix flour five spice salt pepper(whatever)
coat chicken in egg then flour egg breadcrumbs
deep fry until golden and drain

red sauce (msg free from garden )

recipe to follow for tommato from garden to tommato sauce.


chicken nuggets no golden M
golden M suppressant

Love light & Vitality
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[Moxie]

Hello to gardeners! Great thread, glad to find it. And, I am also one that has stumbled onto H2O2 gardening and will be experimenting this year. Nice to know someone else at avalon is doing the same!

I smile to think that in just the last two yrs I've relocated and now have a large garden, a pond, a spring, well water, a chicken coop going in as I type and a passive solar greenhouse in the making! Truly humbled here as just over 2 yrs ago I was working in a courthouse dealing w/criminal files... arghhh... what a breath of fresh air to be living near a lake in the country! I feel so fortunate and it's been like a slo-mo movie all of this transpiring while the economy is in dire straits & what other myriad things are in the offing in conspiracy & spiritual camps.

Just yesterday I was thinning out the beets, lettuc, carrots etc... it's about all I can do after having fractured at least one rib last weekend... my physical body has me restrained !!!

So, this summer I'll be a canning queen.... will be my first time w/a pressure canner altho I have used a water bath canner before.

It's SO much more pleasant to labor in love w/the bounty here at homeland... not having to pay such a high fee for organic food.

I'll be giving feedback later in the season after experimenting w/H2O2 as we intend NOT to use any pesticides.

Our Rhode Island Reds arrive in a couple of weeks & I look forward to free range eggs. The coop is utter varmint proof but we have a few acres where they can range during the daytime hours...

Have a beautiful day!

[Truthseeker360]

Hi great post,


Karma works in great ways,enjoy my friend enjoy,as we all will with your comming posts.


And your avtar is natural beauty personafide...Anthropomorphism

Gotta be in my top 5 avtar's

Sorry to hear about ribs,suffered this in past ,all i can say is smile strongly try not to laugh ...


wooops sorry..


Love light & oneness
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Originally Posted by Moxie

Hello to gardeners! Great thread, glad to find it. And, I am also one that has stumbled onto H2O2 gardening and will be experimenting this year. Nice to know someone else at avalon is doing the same!

I smile to think that in just the last two yrs I've relocated and now have a large garden, a pond, a spring, well water, a chicken coop going in as I type and a passive solar greenhouse in the making! Truly humbled here as just over 2 yrs ago I was working in a courthouse dealing w/criminal files... arghhh... what a breath of fresh air to be living near a lake in the country! I feel so fortunate and it's been like a slo-mo movie all of this transpiring while the economy is in dire straits & what other myriad things are in the offing in conspiracy & spiritual camps.

Just yesterday I was thinning out the beets, lettuc, carrots etc... it's about all I can do after having fractured at least one rib last weekend... my physical body has me restrained !!!

So, this summer I'll be a canning queen.... will be my first time w/a pressure canner altho I have used a water bath canner before.

It's SO much more pleasant to labor in love w/the bounty here at homeland... not having to pay such a high fee for organic food.

I'll be giving feedback later in the season after experimenting w/H2O2 as we intend NOT to use any pesticides.

Our Rhode Island Reds arrive in a couple of weeks & I look forward to free range eggs. The coop is utter varmint proof but we have a few acres where they can range during the daytime hours...

Have a beautiful day!

[Swanny]

I tried the 6% peroxide on my seedlings the other day, mixed it 50/50 with rain water.
Spilt some on my hand later and it burnt so was expecting all my seedlings to be dead the next morning but they are fine, good job as I just sprayed them all, didn't think about testing it on a couple first
Also planted some peas today after keeping them in my mouth for 9 mins, thought about doing it with some lettuce seeds but they are too small

[sunflower]

Haven't tried the peroxide yet but probably will give it a try soon.

[freemind454]

Hello all i'm new here. And i love the synchronistic way this thread has fallen in my lap after a days gardening, and a day after i finally paid my subscription to post, ( i must say due to the jack thread. ) Ouch !
Anyway i started growing veg about three years ago with seeds from garden centers and supermarkets . But have had limited success probably due to lack of experience i thought . After trying to save some seeds by letting some onions go to flower but they never produced seeds and i let half a dozen of them flower all right next to each other, but no seed. So after doing some reading i found out that all brand name seeds are f1 hybrid or genetically modified in some way, and heirloom or heritage seeds were what i needed.
So the search was on and i found a company calling themselves heirloom vegetable seeds uk who were selling survival packs of seeds for 25 pounds. Anyway the order ended up being through a US company and nothing to do with the UK , i never received my seeds or a reply from my numorus e mails , and that was about 5 months ago .
I have since received my money back from the billing agent , and found another company in the uk who are really good http://www.realseeds.co.uk/about.html .
No survival packs here for 25 pound but you really do know what your getting. I've got stuff sprouting up strong now looking better than ever before. And best of all now i can save my own seeds

here's a list of good seed companies mainly in the us

http://www.nativeseeds.org/
http://www.heirloomacresseeds.com/
http://rareseeds.com/
http://www.groworganic.com/default.html ... es=4204552
http://www.seedsofchange.com/
http://fedcoseeds.com/


Here's a list of seed companies that are supplied by seminis, which is owned by monsanto. mainly us again.
* Territorial Seeds
* Totally Tomato
* Vermont Bean Seed Co.
* Burpee
* Cook's Garden
* Johnny's Seeds
* Earl May Seed
* Gardens Alive
* Lindenberg Seeds
* Mountain Valley Seed
* Park Seed
* T&T Seeds
* Tomato Growers Supply
* Willhite Seed Co.
* Nichol's
* Rupp
* Osborne
* Snow
* Stokes
* Jungs
* R.H. Shumway
* The Vermont Bean Seed Company
* Seeds for the World
* Seymour's Selected Seeds
* HPS
* Roots and Rhizomes
* McClure and Zimmerman Quality Bulb Brokers
* Spring Hill Nurseries
* Breck's Bulbs
* Audubon Workshop
* Flower of the Month Club
* Wayside Gardens
* Park Bulbs
* Park's Countryside Garden

[Carol]

Aloha, you may also be interested in www.friendlyaquaponics.com

This url has photos of how things grow in the system. http://www.friendlyaquaponics.com/howthingsgrow.html

These folks live down the road from us and we are setting up the Family system with room to grow into a Commercial system as time progresses.

[lightbeing]

Wow, thanks Carol for the links.

The pictures of the tomato plant are amazing.
In just one week looks like it tripled in size
Have to get me one of those hydroponics system
for beginners with smal patio or garden !!

Blessings
lightbeing

Originally Posted by Carol

Aloha, you may also be interested in www.friendlyaquaponics.com

This url has photos of how things grow in the system. http://www.friendlyaquaponics.com/howthingsgrow.html

These folks live down the road from us and we are setting up the Family system with room to grow into a Commercial system as time progresses.

[Carmen]

Sorry, but I have my doubt about growing hydroponically. To me plants are designed to be grown in healthy soil!!!

[Truthseeker360]

Originally Posted by Carmen

Sorry, but I have my doubt about growing hydroponically. To me plants are designed to be grown in healthy soil!!!

Hi Carmen i see your point,but here are also many beautifull plants that thrive in water, liliy lotus....many edible.

Another point is that the times are a changing,the poulation takes great demands from gaia,ballance is required.

The plus side on pollutants alone for adavaced water growth systems,should resolve.
There are many more it's clear in the posts.

Also for serioius ground crew members who wish to unit in numbers,serious systems for abundant food stocks,with reduced toxins etc etc.
also free energy(iwill post more of this soon)
Still plant in the soil in your own space for she needs this so do you oneness,but the rape of gaia must be stopped.

This is an issue with which ideeply resonate you may feel my passion,and it is just that for Carmen i resonate with you to these are my feelings and not directed at you.

Love light @ healthy food for the masses

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[Carmen]

I have no issues with this Truth. I do not know much about hydroponics. It just that the soil and its organisms, mineral balance etc is quite complex and the doubts I have is about replicating that complexity to grow plants that are nutritionally dense. It would be an interesting excersize to test for nutritional density with a refractometer.(which is a way to test for healthy, nutritionally dense plants)

I take your point also about pollution and looking after the planet. Building humus up in soil is what has to happen to solve the problem of carbon emissions. Soil has to be understood and valued more.

Cheers

Carmen

[Truthseeker360]

Thanks carmen,


Yeah relativly new to me also, but i have tried crops by taste and are excellent,better than supermarket.

Hydroponics does use liquid feeds to give required nutrients to promote flowering stage and veg stage i agree refractometer would be good test.

Aquaponics look to even negate these so defo test required here.

I agree with soil and carbon emissions


Love n hugs

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Re: Avebury May9th Nexus Global Meditation
Hi all,

Thought this may be of interest to some who travel to Avebury,as of today now,the uk has 8 confirmed cases of swine flu,with 1 possible contraction(first to have who has not been to mexico)
So maybe Vitamin D will offer protection..

Thanks to Ancor who posted the info below...
http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=13572
Vitamin D's role (for epidemic influenza)


I am not posting this because of Swine Flu, however, the stories around have certainly got people thinking about flu epidemics, even if this one turns out not to be real, there is always a chance that something natural may come up.

Henry Deacon mentioned something about Vitamin D being useful for us - I cant remember the exact quote, but David Wilcock's recent blog also reminded me about it.

Today I saw this referred to on the SurvivalBlog.com (itself a depressing but highly informative blog)

In depth article on Vitamin D's role in nailing flu like infections

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/51913.php

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The Five Elements Theory of Chinese Cooking

Learn about the Role of the Five Elements in Chinese Cooking



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Written by Rhonda Parkinson

Like the concept of yin and yang, the Five Elements Theory is at the cornerstone of Chinese culture. What is the Five Elements Theory? The Chinese believe that we are surrounded by five energy fields: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. However, the elements are not static: they are constantly moving and changing. (In fact, some scientists think the term "element" is misleading, and prefer to refer to the "five phases" or "five forces.")

Once the Chinese identified the five elements, they set about categorizing all phenomena within the five categories. Everything, from a river to sounds to the organs in our bodies, can be described in terms of the five elements. How things are characterized depends on their individual qualities. For example, earth is associated with growth and nourishment, so the spleen, which monitors the blood - digesting debris and producing antibodies when necessary - is categorized as an earth element.

Just as an imbalance between yin and yang can produce destructive forces, keeping all elements in balance promotes harmony both in our surroundings and ourselves. Of course, balancing five elements is a little more complicated than achieving harmony between two opposing forces. According to Chinese belief, each element acts upon two others, either giving birth to it or controlling it. For example, wood gives birth to fire and controls or suppresses earth. Similarly, fire gives birth to earth and controls metal. All the elements are constantly interacting with other elements - none stand alone. The table below outlines the relationships.

Gives Birth To Controlling
Wood - Fire Wood - Earth
Fire - Earth Earth - Water
Earth - Metal Water - Fire
Metal - Water Fire - Metal
Water - Wood Metal - Wood

To give an example from nature, a plant (wood) grows when it is given water. When burnt, wood gives birth to fire, and the burnt ashes subsequently return to the earth.

What role does the Five Elements Theory Play in the Chinese diet?

You'll see adherence to the five elements theory in many facets of Chinese life. Martial arts, for example: many schools have a series of basic movements, each designed to keep the body in harmony with one the elements. And the five elements theory plays a large role in Feng Shui, the latest trend in both landscaping and interior decorating. Literally meaning "wind and water," Feng Shui is all about aligning energies in your home or work environment in a way that is most conducive with your own personal energy.

As for diet, Chinese herbalists believe that, to properly treat a patient, you must know the state of the five elements in their body. A deficiency or an excess of an element can lead to illness. In The Chinese Kitchen: Recipes, Techniques, Ingredients, History, and Memories from America's Leading Authority on Chinese Cooking, Eileen Yin Fei-Lo provides some wonderful examples of how her grandmother used the principles of the five elements theory to cure common illnesses. Treating a cough with winter melon tea and fresh water chestnuts is just one example.

A detailed look at the use of five elements theory in diagnosing and treating illnesses is beyond the scope of this article. Suffice to say that practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine rely on it to explain the relationships between the body organs and tissues, as well as between the body and the outside environment. The table below outlines the relationship between the five elements and body parts, feelings, colors, and taste.

Element Yin Yang Feelings Colors Tastes
Wood Liver GallBladder Rage Green Sour
Fire Heart Small Intestine Happiness Red Bitter
Earth Spleen Stomach Thought Yellow Sweet
Metal Lungs Large Intestine Sorrow White Spicy
Water Kidneys Bladder Fear Black Salty


How would a physician use the above information to make a diagnosis? Let's say a patient suddenly developed a preference for sour food. This could indicate liver problems. Of course, the actual process of examining a patient and making a diagnosis is much more complex than merely consulting a chart. It requires a thorough understanding of the interaction between all the elements. Because time and date of birth are also thought to play a role in an individual's "state of the five elements," many physicians will consult astrological charts before making a diagnosis.

"He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the skills of the physician."
(Chinese proverb)



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[rhythm]

Cricky !! im always amazed at

how knowledgeable poeple are

thnks for the

great info Trufy...