tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48332621353414342502024-03-05T14:32:30.801-08:00Pleasant Oaks FarmGardengatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541408439026764417noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833262135341434250.post-21353086781388015502022-02-23T09:47:00.001-08:002022-02-23T09:47:40.322-08:00When you can do nothing else...<p> Turtle Forth as Catherine Austin Fitts says to do.</p><p><a href="https://home.solari.com/turtle-forth/">https://home.solari.com/turtle-forth/</a></p><p> and listen to some good music while cleaning your closets!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7NQ3a27WxKA" width="320" youtube-src-id="7NQ3a27WxKA"></iframe></div><br /> <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wbPOKVwpkDI" width="320" youtube-src-id="wbPOKVwpkDI"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Na9c79PS4bg" width="320" youtube-src-id="Na9c79PS4bg"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Gardengatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541408439026764417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833262135341434250.post-27750001287695689782022-02-11T15:04:00.004-08:002022-02-11T15:04:58.209-08:00Thank you Dr. Malone!<p><span style="font-family: times;">Dr. Robert Malone puts it all in a letter form, so well to understand and so important to read. </span><b><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you Dr. Malone and cheers to the truckers all over the world for standing up for all of our rights!</span><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times;">Just an excerpt from it full letter in the link below:</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Integrity is a commitment to truth, in what you say, how you live, and how you treat others.</span></i></span>
</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Saint Augustine, the doctor of the Roman Catholic Church, famously <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/798196-the-truth-is-like-a-lion-you-don-t-have-to" rel="noopener" target="_blank">said</a> “The truth is like a Lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.”</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></i></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Dignity flows from respect, for ourselves, for each other and for the world we live in.</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">
</span></i></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Community is what binds us together, to each other, and gives our lives purpose and meaning.</span></i></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: times;"> <a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/robert-malone-open-letter-canadian-truckers/">https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/robert-malone-open-letter-canadian-truckers/</a></span></i></p><h1 class="post-title long unpublished">Thank you Steve Kirsch! <br /></h1><h1 class="post-title long unpublished">How you can help persuade the FDA committee not to approve Pfizer for kids under 5</h1><h3 class="subtitle">This
takes < 42 seconds of your time (John did it in 28 seconds). The
more people who do it the better. Even though it will be ignored, we
don't want to have them claim that nobody opposed it. </h3><h3 class="subtitle"><a href="https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/how-you-can-help-persuade-the-fda">https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/how-you-can-help-persuade-the-fda</a> </h3><p><i><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: times;">Another video from a Canadian Major who splits rank and spills truth----</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.brighteon.com/e89eb388-2985-47df-83e2-b24bc039b2d3">https://www.brighteon.com/e89eb388-2985-47df-83e2-b24bc039b2d3</a> </span><i><span style="font-family: times;"> <br /></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">This video is interesting...too bad they give no answers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYMDi3HrrDg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYMDi3HrrDg</a><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: times;"></span></i></p>Gardengatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541408439026764417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833262135341434250.post-24432021935733081562022-02-09T17:07:00.003-08:002022-02-09T17:11:40.006-08:00Protect the children...make sure they have a voice!<p> It's a short video loaded with lots of facts...</p><p><a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/child-health-topics/health-freedom/protect-the-kids-demand-the-fda-vote-no-on-eua-for-6-month-olds-up-to-5-years/">https://childrenshealthdefense.org/child-health-topics/health-freedom/protect-the-kids-demand-the-fda-vote-no-on-eua-for-6-month-olds-up-to-5-years/</a></p><p>A <b>BIG </b>shout out to Paul Craig Roberts who is really voicing his concerns.</p><p><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/02/09/the-battle-for-freedom-in-canada-is-not-over-but-at-the-moment-the-truckers-are-ahead/">https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/02/09/the-battle-for-freedom-in-canada-is-not-over-but-at-the-moment-the-truckers-are-ahead/</a></p><p>This one is a happy moment...look how peaceful things are!</p><p><a href="https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/judge-orders-ottawa-police-to-return-all-fuel-they-seized-from-truckers/">https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/judge-orders-ottawa-police-to-return-all-fuel-they-seized-from-truckers/</a></p><p>GiveSendGo is where you can now donate since GoFundMe no longer works!</p><p><a href="https://www.givesendgo.com/">https://www.givesendgo.com/</a> </p><p>Sad news as I look deeper into the music world and all the concerts, dvd's, cd's I own that I can NO longer listen to...Joan Baez was someone whom I looked up to, got to see her perform in a small (old church) venue in Eugene years ago...now she is 80 and painting pictures of Fauci and writing letters to him. Such a change from seeing her play in the streets of Saragevo with a bullet proof vest on singing Amazing Grace...how was this war recognized then but the one we're fighting now is not?</p><p><a href="http://www.joanbaez.com/news/">http://www.joanbaez.com/news/</a></p><p>Then there is Ian Anderson...broke our hearts to read on his site, I wonder where his references are? I didn't know he was a doctor. Wow a 100+ concerts a year and 3000 concerts in 40 countries...what a blessed life he has had. Millions are suffering without any attention to their health after these vaccines...yet he has the nerve to mention protecting his "social bubble" as he's 72 years old.</p><p><a href="https://jethrotull.com/face-coverings/">https://jethrotull.com/face-coverings/</a> </p><p>He needs to listen to listen to the words of Thick as a Brick...if he can still hear. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hAt1b21S97k" width="320" youtube-src-id="hAt1b21S97k"></iframe></div><p><br />Here is the link to the words in case you may have forgot them---</p><p><a href="https://lyricsfair.com/thick-as-a-brick-lyrics-jethro-tulls-ian-anderson/">https://lyricsfair.com/thick-as-a-brick-lyrics-jethro-tulls-ian-anderson/</a><br /></p><p></p><p>Wonder after his pontificating he could take the time to watch this video of vaccine injured Brianne Dressen?</p><p><a href="https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/shows/the-defender-show">https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/shows/the-defender-show</a><br /></p><p> <br /></p><p><br /></p>Gardengatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541408439026764417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833262135341434250.post-59648058914680170792022-01-21T15:51:00.004-08:002022-01-21T15:51:49.705-08:00Time for a change...march on DC, WATCH LIVE ON THIS SUNDAY THE 23RD OF JANUARY!<p> <a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/child-health-topics/health-freedom/worldwide-walk-outs/">https://childrenshealthdefense.org/child-health-topics/health-freedom/worldwide-walk-outs/</a></p><p>JOIN THE MOVEMENT!<br /></p><p>Participants from all walks of life will be attending, regardless of
political affiliation, race, ideology or vaccination status. We will
gather to peacefully protest and march together in unity to restore
democracy, reclaim our civil liberties and say NO to mandates.</p>
<p>Speaker highlights include Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Del Bigtree, Dr.
Robert Malone, Dr. Peter McCullough, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Paul Marik,
Dr. Ryan Cole, Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, Steve Kirsch, Dr. Christina Parks,
Dr. Paul Alexander, Dr. Richard Urso, Attorney Tricia Lindsay, Kevin
Jenkins, Rev. Aaron Lewis, Rabbi Epstein, Tramell Johnson, Jo Rose (Jo
Speaks Truth), Lara Logan, Angela Stanton King, Chris Martenson, Kwame
Brown, Trahern Crews and many more!</p>
<p>Comedian JP Sears will emcee the event.</p>
<p>Musical performances will also be a part of the event, featuring
Jimmy Levy and Hi-Rez the rapper, Five Times August, and Matt Brevner.</p><p>This is reminiscent ...another Bobby takes the mike. <br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>Gardengatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541408439026764417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833262135341434250.post-60382853910591481692022-01-10T10:18:00.001-08:002022-01-10T10:18:22.350-08:00Home<p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwvSSwpVqkc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwvSSwpVqkc</a></p>Gardengatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541408439026764417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833262135341434250.post-25149267669090760182022-01-03T16:31:00.002-08:002022-01-04T13:35:46.118-08:00Winter reading and watching...<p> So news can come from anywhere you want to receive it...but facts are not beliefs, they are verifiable information from sources that are sometimes even in conflict with the information, such as the CDC putting info out to the public that is not the mainstream narrative...but who is reading this fact filled dry stuff that they themselves are telling you? Just food for thought.</p><p></p><p>Here are a few good interviews, first Reiner Fuellmich a practicing attorney in CA and Germany.<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.brighteon.com/2b36ce94-a9bc-41a1-9261-4d49a4cb23bc">https://www.brighteon.com/2b36ce94-a9bc-41a1-9261-4d49a4cb23bc</a></p><p>Robert Malone who has just been removed from Twitter, mind you he's the inventor of MRNA being interviewed by Joe Rogan, one of the most thought provoking video's I have watched regarding the world as it is today including all the false narratives. It's over 3 hours so for those who can't invest the time...the last 30 minutes is a "must see and hear".<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thethinkingconservative.com/the-joe-rogan-experience-1757-dr-robert-malone/">https://www.thethinkingconservative.com/the-joe-rogan-experience-1757-dr-robert-malone/</a> </p><p>and a classic trailer clip from the film Judgement at Nuremberg, with another Hollywood "we're telling you...so our conscience is clear, </p><p><a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=judgement+at+nuremberg+film+1961&t=ffab&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DRfOgZXIQ6fo">https://duckduckgo.com/?q=judgement+at+nuremberg+film+1961&t=ffab&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DRfOgZXIQ6fo</a><br /></p><p>have you seen the new Hollywood thriller...Don't look up?</p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/</a><br /></p>Gardengatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541408439026764417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833262135341434250.post-31847436906065815022021-10-29T09:18:00.006-07:002021-10-29T15:29:40.725-07:00History repeating itself<p>Such a bigger picture unfolding before our eyes, we were warned about this type of tyranny 58 years ago and the person that warned us was murdered.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxFRPepmIAzPqCczVZ_7PeGPqBa79ySXyGhz8okDNsQEDtu_OeWoc6upkGQ5jhXwHvY_uvxsBy76NuvK3YLvojpQKOvuladgBZMkDtdTD-NGIO4FVt4iRvbnLRpzKSPW0bGOww2OYoDQ/s2560/P1220340.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxFRPepmIAzPqCczVZ_7PeGPqBa79ySXyGhz8okDNsQEDtu_OeWoc6upkGQ5jhXwHvY_uvxsBy76NuvK3YLvojpQKOvuladgBZMkDtdTD-NGIO4FVt4iRvbnLRpzKSPW0bGOww2OYoDQ/w400-h300/P1220340.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvSD6If3zds">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvSD6If3zds</a> </p><p> Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., CHD Board Chair and Lead Counsel:<br />
<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“No government in history has ever
surrendered power in the absence of a demand. We need to tell these
governments and their friends in the technocracy, the Silicon Valley
billionaire boys club, the mainstream media, and the pharmaceutical
industry that we will no longer tolerate their trampling of citizens’
rights.” </span></i> </p><p><a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/child-health-topics/health-freedom/worldwide-walk-outs/">https://childrenshealthdefense.org/child-health-topics/health-freedom/worldwide-walk-outs/</a><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/worldwide-walkouts/5760145">https://www.globalresearch.ca/worldwide-walkouts/5760145</a><br /></p>Gardengatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541408439026764417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833262135341434250.post-40406754741145762682020-05-22T13:41:00.003-07:002020-05-22T13:45:17.814-07:00For the LIFE...and LOVE of BeesJust a quick post to remind us all of the importance of bees in our lives.<br />
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I read this article <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/05/20/poisons-mean-extinction-bees-and-humanity">https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/05/20/poisons-mean-extinction-bees-and-humanity</a>, written by Dr. Vandana Shiva earlier this week and once again was reminded of the role that bees play in our world...our whole world.<br />
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Though we're not beekeepers as such (we have tenders that visit our property), we have always advocated on their behalf, wether it was educating people on the toxins that can kill bees and/or damage the health of their hives, or sharing the many benefits of honey and how it can help keep us healthy.<br />
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I can still remember the first hive my husband caught north of us in the Eugene area. I was visiting my hospice patient and came home to find his beekeeping hat and gloves on our deck. I remember the excitement when he met me outside to tell me about the experience and how he reacted quickly to make them secure in a new home.<br />
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Yesterday my husband was lucky enough to catch a another swarm, this being his 4th.<br />
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Once again I was off the homestead but was met by another big smile. While pruning the lower branches of our fruit and nut trees he noticed a clump on one of our filbert trees and knew instantly that it was a swarm.<br />
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Having our Top Bar hives handy from our Eugene beekeeping days, he quickly got the tractor and moved it close to the tree keeping it a good distance from the other nine hives we have on the property.<br />
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He called our beekeepers and left a message last night and this morning they were here to transfer them to a Langstroth box. It was great to watch the skill and how careful they were to not disturb them too much. They obviously know what they're doing as the bees took to the new box and comb as if they knew this life on our homestead would be protected and welcomed.<br />
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One good deed deserves another and we received this from them,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drying beans from our garden, eggs from our chickens and canned Elderberry juice</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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To top off our Friday...look at whats for dinner tonight!<br />
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<br />Gardengatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541408439026764417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833262135341434250.post-39201105361773206482020-03-18T17:24:00.000-07:002020-03-18T17:32:56.049-07:00Revisited...Off the sidelines and in the game.<br />
My husband, David wrote this 12 years ago and thought it was pertinent to what we're experiencing today. Rest in peace Jan Lundberg.<br />
<a href="http://www.culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=205&Itemid=66">http://www.culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=205&Itemid=66 </a><br />
<br />
<br />
When we embarked on this journey six years ago, I never would have
believed how difficult it has been to network with people considering
the amount of resources we have to work with. We have tried for the last
five years to work with people in our community, well over 100 and the
list is growing.<br />
<br />
When we talk to people about peak oil/peak resources, climate and
ecosystems collapsing, collapse of the financial system and our
infrastructure, we find people think we’re nuts.
Some are aware of these things, but they’re not concerned because they
think they won’t be around to see it happen. Others know it but just
won’t do anything and are too lazy, and then there are those who are in
it for the money (capitalism with a smile).<br />
<br />
It is strange to me if I was to preach hatred and bigotry I would be a
valuable commodity and have people flocking to my doorstep. However,
offering people a chance to live self sufficiently, responsibly,
peacefully in a sustainable manner is more difficult to accomplish. The
latter requires hard, physical work -- something most people don't know
how to do.<br />
<br />
Even though we expected this to be our last move, now after retirement
at ages 52 and 50, we are once again thinking the unimaginable,
relocating. We know that with our skills and dedication we would be a
welcomed addition to someone who is trying to accomplish what we have
failed to do.<br />
<br />
We must begin to build avenues to connect people with
certain skills and assets; trying to educate people is not enough. Like
the documentary Power of Community states, what happened in Cuba in the
‘90s was not so much technological change as it was human. Sharing
responsibilities and costs will be very important in our future, as well
as utilizing our resources wisely.<br />
<br />
We have not been farmers all of our lives; we are somewhat new to this.
Our lives have been nothing like the stereotypical American way. We
were married at the ages of 21 and 19, not out of necessity, just young
and in love. We had our two daughters five years later, and our roles
have been reversed most of the time. I was “Mister Mom.” We lived on
one meager income because childcare in this country is deplorable. It
was our responsibility and no one else's to raise our children.<br />
<br />
While at home I grew some of our food, did fundraising for kids
activities and field trips at school, volunteered in the classrooms as
well as coaching boys and girls basketball and girls soccer. Because of
living on one income, I learned to barter with men 25-30 years my
senior in Rogue River, Oregon where we lived at the time. One example: I
roofed and painted my friend’s house and he and I built a 20’ by 24’
recreation room from start to finish. No money changed hands, just good
times and friendship.<br />
<br />
Up until six years ago, most of my life I was what one would consider a
“Jock.” I loved sports, mostly hockey, football and basketball. I knew
all of the stats and trades, I watched for over 40 years of how
championships were won. I saw many types of styles and philosophies of
play come and go. They were always in the context that you are only as
strong as your weakest link. The teams' success depended on each
individual player giving his or her maximum effort, and no one player
regardless of how great can win by him/herself.<br />
<br />
After 911 something changed in me and I gave up my addition to sports.
In the past seven years I have read hundreds of books by authors such as
Vandana Shiva, David Korten, Arundhati Roy, Kevin Phillips, Michael
Rupert, Eckhart Tolle, George Monbiot, James Lovelock, Richard Heinberg,
Matthew Simmons, James Howard Kunstler, Wendell Barry, Barbara
Kingsolver, Howard Zinn, Daniel Quinn and Kurt Vonnegut.<br />
<br />
I realize now that we were lied to. As George Carlin said, they call it
the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it. All
this and more caused me to take direct action.<br />
<br />
We downsized to one car, paid off our mortgage, turned off the “idiot
box,” installed an indoor clothes dryer (made by a local artisan that
works with iron), and our garden that started out for fun and food
became much more of a purpose and a way of life. We have hauled in tons
of manure and organic compost to build up the soil creating a working
system based on raised beds, crop rotation and cover cropping. We now
have fifty 4’ x 26’ raised beds and a 10’ x 15’ greenhouse allowing us
to do starts and grow more than enough food for three or four families,
plus rows of berries as well as fruit trees. Currently we grow and
process 60% of our food.<br />
<br />
We knew all along that we would never be able to learn everything that
was needed as well as do all the work ourselves. That’s why we have
tried to partner up or find other like-minded people to begin together
the hard work ahead of us.<br />
<br />
I remember Richard Heinberg saying that some figured there was 1% of the
population who was woken up and they had hoped to wake up to 5%. He
also stated that we needed 50 million farmers for the long slog ahead.<br />
<br />
I feel blessed that my wife of 31 years and I are on the same page. We
had always planned to work together after her retirement knowing that we
needed to have some income. We enjoy being around each other. We
believe that in this day and age when people are losing their homes, in
debt, bankrupt and pensions disappearing, we can and should be able to
find partners that are hard working, in good health and have some
valuable skills/resources that would help us become a complete team
together. There is so much to learn and adjust to, as climate change
alone is already affecting the way we grow food in Oregon.<br />
<br />
Last year at this time, I processed well over 500 lbs of tomatoes,
drying and canning. As I sit and write on this Labor Day, I have not
canned one quart of tomatoes -- not many in the area to be found. This
is one of the main staples in our diet.<br />
<br />
We would like to have partners living on the property that can help make
this work into a functioning way of living, saving resources and
growing food for five or six families. We would also like to
incorporate livestock, and renewable energy. But attracting willing
partners has been most difficult, to the point that we despair and might
move away. Neither of us wants to leave what we have built thus far,
but if we can't find others who can help, then maybe it's time for a
different arena with some new players who wants this team.<br />
<br />
As life as we know it begins to collapse, we need a prototype system
that can be easily duplicated to show others how to grow, process and
store food. People will begin to act irrationally when they or their
families have little to no food, so I would like to give them a choice
on how to feed themselves without the violence.<br />
<br />
In all of my years of watching and playing sports, I have never felt the
sheer joy and fulfillment that I do while working in the garden.
Watching a butterfly as it lands on me or feeling a hummingbird zing
past my ear. The great wins I chalk up now in the CHAMPIONSHIP column
are at the end of fall when cupboards are jammed to capacity, standing
room only with filled canning jars, the garage walls draped with garlic
and onions, and the freezer stuffed full with berries and nuts. What a
SWEET VICTORY! It is time for us all to give up our additions, and live
the life we were meant to live.
<br />
I have no illusions about saving the world. I would just like to be able
to have a chance of living in peace and sharing before Mother Nature
kicks our ass.
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<b>Ideas to ponder</b><br />
Connecting people that have different assets:<br />
1) Resumé Bank of people's assets, skills, knowledge and ideas.<br />
2) Such as:<br />
- Land, money, water, resources<br />
With people that don't have this but have technical knowledge<br />
- Such as:<br />
Knowledge on farming, solar, sustainable building<br />
3) People moving from one area of the country/state<br />
- Such as: <br />
A person moving from metropolitan area wanting to relocate to an area that's more sustainable, trading work for his or her stay.<br />
4) Sharing tools/resources<br />
5) Sharing skills such as:<br />
- Preserving of food, cooking, sewing, repairs (home), survival skills<br />
Investment<br />
1) Such as:<br />
- Someone with money that they would like to get out of the stock
market/retirement funds and invest in local businesses, someone starting
a business, solar energy, alternative energy and farming and
manufacturing.<br />
2) People with money who want to set up old style mercantile involving
local farms and artisans for manufactured goods, clothing, etc.<br />
3) Advising people on how best to utilize their land/resources.
Gardengatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541408439026764417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833262135341434250.post-25836230680872248842017-04-07T14:10:00.000-07:002017-04-07T14:10:15.207-07:00Amazingly beautifulYesterday was our first lambing experience and we're so excited to have a new ram lamb who is healthy and handsome!<br />
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I felt like I was going through the whole experience right along side our mama Fern. The birth was single and simple (well for me that is) and today we watch as mama and baby explore greener pastures.<br />
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Two more mama's to go but I have to say for our first...I will never forget this one!<br />
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<br />Gardengatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541408439026764417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833262135341434250.post-75185549468286224802017-03-25T11:50:00.004-07:002017-03-25T11:50:40.138-07:00<h3 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2g4Sku5kbzTQ07FonHlC6pPPwfFMAvs01leohgwVy7Nh3ZWQYRp_JZ5Bji12b7eZBfJUhJ8ErXsALE-xVDeOf4SJC2i5_AV_DTN4oDLR1s7i9EaawaNc3ol0CIJjK-GnnkAd-DtXAqI/s1600/P1120006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">WELCOME TO PLEASANT OAKS FARM</span></span></a></span></h3>
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We're a small farm on 14 acres outside of Rogue River, Oregon. We enjoy the homestead life of growing food and processing it, raising chickens, and our very sweet Gotland Sheep. <br />
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Vera is usually the first to call out to the others when someone new comes to the fence line. They are curious, bright and very friendly. Our first lambs are due this Spring and we're looking forward to this new adventure.<br />
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Our property is partially wooded on the side of the creek and home to a forest of Cottonwoods, Cedar and Pine. Mostly around our home is flat pasture land with a large garden area and orchard of 35+ fruit and nut trees.<br />
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Before moving back to the Southern Oregon area, we lived on property in Junction City, northwest of Eugene. We laugh at those who say we're not farmers mostly because of what we grow and eat. This chart shows one year of what we harvested in the Eugene area.<br />
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<h3>
Food Storage 2009</h3>
All the food that is listed below was produced on the our farm in
raised beds, using cover cropping, compost, and crop rotations in a 100
foot by 85 foot plot. There was no tilling. There were no chemicals,
and David and Elaine did all the food processing.<br />
<table summary="Food Storage 2009 at Kost Farm">
<tbody>
<tr class="rowone">
<th id="year">Dried</th>
<th id="us">Canned</th>
<th id="world">Frozen</th>
<th id="pct">Cool Storage</th>
<th id="emissions">Herbs</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">50 qts tomatoes</td>
<td headers="us">9 pts pickled veggies</td>
<td headers="world">20 - 4 packs of corn on the cob</td>
<td headers="pct">155 lbs potatoes</td>
<td headers="emissions">1 gal apple mint</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">22 qts zucchini</td>
<td headers="us">12 qts butternut squash</td>
<td headers="world">20 - 8 packs of stuffed cabbage</td>
<td headers="pct">200 lbs onions</td>
<td headers="emissions">1 pt spearmint</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">5 gal red onions</td>
<td headers="us">7 qts sweet meat squash</td>
<td headers="world">16 - 1.5 qts spagetti squash</td>
<td headers="pct">600 heads of garlic</td>
<td headers="emissions">1 pt orange mint</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">8 qts strawberries</td>
<td headers="us">7 qts pumpkin</td>
<td headers="world">5 gal blueberries</td>
<td headers="pct">30 spaghetti squash</td>
<td headers="emissions">2 qts peppermint</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">8 qts anaheim peppers</td>
<td headers="us">25 qts grape juice</td>
<td headers="world">5 gal marionberries</td>
<td headers="pct">12 butternut squash</td>
<td headers="emissions">1 gal mugwort</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">3 qts celery</td>
<td headers="us">25 pts strawberry jam</td>
<td headers="world">3 gal boysenberries</td>
<td headers="pct">8 sweet meat squash</td>
<td headers="emissions">1.5 gal motherwort</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">4 gal celery leaves</td>
<td headers="us">12 qts blackberry jam</td>
<td headers="world">3 gal strawberries</td>
<td headers="pct">4 pumpkins</td>
<td headers="emissions">1 gal yarrow flowers</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">1.5 qts Eur. Soldier Beans</td>
<td headers="us">12 pints boysenberry jam</td>
<td headers="world">20 - 10 packs anaheim peppers</td>
<td headers="pct">-</td>
<td headers="emissions">.5 gal lavender</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">2 qts Swed. brown beans</td>
<td headers="us">22 qts sauerkraut</td>
<td headers="world">8 pts pesto</td>
<td headers="pct">-</td>
<td headers="emissions">1 qt lemon balm</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">1 qt scarlett runner beans</td>
<td headers="us">48 qts tomato sauce</td>
<td headers="world">50 lbs walnuts (bought/shelled on farm)</td>
<td headers="pct">-</td>
<td headers="emissions">4 qts lemon verbena</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">8 ristras (50-100 peppers)</td>
<td headers="us">14 qts salsa</td>
<td headers="world">-</td>
<td headers="pct">-</td>
<td headers="emissions">3 qts pineapple sage</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">-</td>
<td headers="us">16 qts pickles</td>
<td headers="world">-</td>
<td headers="pct">-</td>
<td headers="emissions">4 qts basil</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">-</td>
<td headers="us">58 qts green beans</td>
<td headers="world">-</td>
<td headers="pct">-</td>
<td headers="emissions">1 qt clarey</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">-</td>
<td headers="us">-</td>
<td headers="world">-</td>
<td headers="pct">-</td>
<td headers="emissions">1 qt rosemary</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">-</td>
<td headers="us">-</td>
<td headers="world">-</td>
<td headers="pct">-</td>
<td headers="emissions">3 qts calendula flowers</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">-</td>
<td headers="us">-</td>
<td headers="world">-</td>
<td headers="pct">-</td>
<td headers="emissions">2 qts skullcap</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">-</td>
<td headers="us">-</td>
<td headers="world">-</td>
<td headers="pct">-</td>
<td headers="emissions">1 pt dill seed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td headers="year">-</td>
<td headers="us">-</td>
<td headers="world">-</td>
<td headers="pct">-</td>
<td headers="emissions">1 pt lemongrass</td><td headers="emissions"></td><td headers="emissions"></td><td headers="emissions"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
STILL IN THE GARDEN: (1) 4 foot by 20 foot bed of turnips and
rutabagas, (2) 4 foot by 26 foot beds of brassicas, (1) 4 foot by 18
foot bed of mixed lettuce, spinach, cilantro, and green onions, (1) 4
foot by 18 foot bed of Swiss Chard and Kale.<br />
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Maybe we're not farmers because we eat most of what we grow instead it's all about the process. We're up before dawn and during the summer months we're usually busy until 4pm. <br />
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We're enjoying the area we grew up in, not in the literal age sense but in the development of sensing what it is we need and want. Room to roam, land to explore, nature to observe, space to grow and green pastures for our Gotlands to enjoy.<br />
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