26 Sep Wed 2018
Combating Cancer with Food grown at your backyard..What are the alternatives ,on the GROUND , to Chemo and Other Conventional Therapies?
Here in the US people who are diagnosed with cancer have alternatives to Medications.They visit Mexican Clinics south of the US borders , like Baja Clinics, that offer treatments THE NATURAL WAY..Part of which is offering GARDENING and FOOD FOR MEDICINE , to keep cancer and the doctor " AWAY!!!?
How about Foods like BROCCLI and family..How about Moringa ..The Miracle TREE that grows abundantly in SOUTH FLORIDA...There are plenty of food sources to combat cancer , at the INTERNET ..simply google Food for treatment of cancer..period!!! This article is meant for information only..not offering any medical advise.You should consult your Doctor for any treatment or diagnosis of any disease.Period!!..We are the Farmers not the Pharmacy ..offcourse!
Even if we have so much in common like the sounds of FARM or PHARM!!!!
Farmers and gardeners will be called the Medicine MEN of the Future , just like Hippocretes The Greek was called the ancient "Father of Medicine"! Introducing Medical Marijuana Farmers < for example??/Just kidding!! Or may be NOT..This generation is OPEN to anything Medical..and Legal like Marijuana that is farmed and gardened previously as illegal and now by a miracle it is LEGAL...YEEEE HAAA!!
This reminds me of an interview that I gave back in 2008 to one of leading South Florida Newspaper :The Sun sentinel and was placed on their Front Local Pages .It was titled:"Therapy Grows in a Garden...The link is referenced at the bottom of this article.
• Using non-toxic therapies;
• Optimizing the immune system;
• Emphasizing key nutrients;
• Detoxifying and oxygenating the body;
• Eliminating microbes; and
• Addressing spiritual and emotional health.
Many forms of non-toxic therapy, depending on the condition or the clinic, are offered, which include:
• Nutritional and antioxidant therapies;
• Detoxification such as coffee enemas;
• Laetrile injections;
• Injectable mistletoe (Helixor);
• Hyperbaric oxygen;
• IV vitamin C with vitamin K;
• Ozone therapy;
• EDTA chelation;
• Ultraviolet blood irradiation;
• Whole body hyperthermia;
• Vaccines, individual stem cell therapy, dendritic cells;
• Immune therapies; and
• Stem cell therapy.
A few clinics use conventional low-dose chemotherapy and radiation, but one clinic, Hope 4 Cancer, headed by the dynamic Dr. Antonio Jimenez, uses no toxic therapies. Instead the clinic uses cutting-edge treatments such as Rigvir virotherapy, sono-photo therapy, ATP-I therapy, Aarsota immunotherapy and others.
Dr. Jimenez emphasizes treating the whole person. His treatment includes a focus on dental health. Dr. Jimenez explained the connection between dental conditions such as root canals and cancer development. All of his patients are examined by a biological dentist as part of the treatment program. Those requiring extensive dental treatment may find it at a much lower price in Mexico than in the U.S.
At the Hoxey clinic in Tijuana, Harry Hoxey’s remedies, such as cancema, are still in use. Hoxey was a coal miner who learned about cancer treatments from his father, who was a veterinarian. Bloodroot, iodine, zinc and other herbs were ingredients in the black salve he used to treat skin cancer. A version of this remedy is also used internally. He opened clinics all over the U.S., even in my little town in Pennsylvania, until the American Medical Association finally shut him down. At that time he moved to Mexico. Hoxey is long gone but his clinic continues to treat patients. You can learn more about Harry Hoxey’s journey from the free online video, “When Healing Becomes a Crime.”
The Mexican clinics were bright, with open, spacious areas; they had gardens, fountains, swimming pools and access to fresh air that didn’t smell of alcohol and antiseptic. We could have been in a small villa or charming hotel, but surely not a hospital. Patients were smiling and friendly and did not look haggard, drawn and miserable.
On the down side, none of the diets we looked at conforms to new research findings on longer-term optimal nutrition for the cancer patient, such as ketogenic-low glycemic choices and/or intermittent fasting regimens. In part they are doing all the right things: no sugar, no harmful oils, no additives of any kind, no alcohol, caffeine or nicotine and an emphasis on home-made and organic, GMO-free foods. However, the ketogenic diet and the new research on saturated fat have not yet come to the Mexican clinics.
The treatment for a twenty-one-day cleansing, detoxing diet includes lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh juices and lighter meals. Oasis of Hope states outright that their diet is vegan, citing the China Study—woefully underinformed and outdated. Stella Maris recommends lowfat and soy; fortunately, they are an outpatient clinic and only supply one meal so the patient leaves and can eat what they want. The meals at Hope 4 Cancer are better. Jimenez is a CNC nutritionist, and they served salmon, and use eggs and coconut oil.
Most clinics had detailed websites that explain treatments, procedures, payments and all that patients and families need to make that journey to Tijuana. They gladly welcome visitors, phone calls and questions.
Lists of all cancer clinics in Tijuana, patients treated with non-toxic therapies and contact information, alternative medicine doctors referral group, and nutrition-minded doctors in Southern California are available at cancercontrolsociety.com/directory.html or by contacting Frank Cousineau at (323) 663-7801.
If you would rather travel north, the Lemmo clinic in Ontario, Canada offers many of the same therapies. They are using the chemo sensitivity test, which shows the susceptibility of the cancer cells to the treatment. Their website is lemmo.com/cancer-care/.
Other helpful websites about cancer and finding integrative care are CancerTutor.com; chrisbeatcancer.com; thetruthaboutcancer.net (Ty Bollinger) and many others.
SIDEBARS
THE COST OF CANCER
The cost of alternative treatment at the Mexican clinics ranges between three thousand and ten thousand dollars
per week—with typical treatment lasting three weeks:
Dr. Antonio Jiminez, medical director of Hope 4 Cancer, discussing cancer therapies treatments offered at his clinic in Tijuana, Mexico.
International BioCare $3000 per week
Rubio Cinic $7000 per week
Stella Maris $4500 per week, outpatient only
Hope 4 Cancer $10,000 per week
These fees usually cover all costs, including inpatient meals and lodging. Health insurance does not cover the cost of holistic treatments. Individuals should contact their insurer for further information. To find out more about any payment options and other details, please visit the clinic website.
Thirty thousand dollars for a three-week cancer treatment at Hope 4 Cancer in Tijuana is indeed a lot of money. However by contrast conventional treatment typically costs five hundred thousand dollars—along with all the side effects. Of course, insurance may cover some or even all of these costs. Eighty percent of costs are covered by Medicare—unless the patient has additional insurance, he may be liable for 20 percent of the costs. That’s one hundred thousand dollars for the typical patient.
One WAPF member recently visited the brand new cancer center at the Cleveland Clinic after her husband was diagnosed with rectal cancer. The costs included five weeks pre-surgical radiation for $200,000, and chemotherapy for $35,000; surgery was an undisclosed figure (but was actually performed at a cost of $120,000 in Ohio); five weeks post-surgery chemotherapy (cost not disclosed); consultation with the surgeon, five minutes for $800; and consultation with radiation and radiation specialists, between $500 and $800. The member’s husband only opted for the surgery.
She indicated at the outset to the medical people that they did not want chemotherapy and radiation, but they were still billed for the consultations. Regarding the chemo, the doctor said it would help 2-6 percent! Post surgery her husband received jello with red dye, pudding with carageenan and broth containing three forms of sugar. For those who opt for surgery, she recomends bringing a cooler with your own liquid foods.
Insurance will pay half a million dollars per cancer patient. The patient will continue to incur costs; ninety-eight
out of one hundred die within five years. The insurance companies will even pay gas mileage for going to conventional treatments but rarely will an insurance company pay for holistic therapies.
One dirty little secret about chemotherapy: whereas for most drugs the doctor just writes a prescription and the
patient purchases the drug from a pharmacy, for chemotherapy the doctor purchases the drugs and then resells them at great markup to the patient. By some estimates, cancer doctors make twenty-five hundred dollars per month for every patient they have on chemotherapy. This gives these specialists a great incentive to be very persuasive about this treatment. If you wish to discontinue chemotherapy after you have started, be prepared for strong pushback—your doctor has purchased the drugs at a very high price and if you do not continue with your treatment, he may be left with the cost of the unused drugs.
I have a personal example of obscene markup for cancer drugs. My husband Joe was treated in 1992 for cancer
at two primary sites, rectal and colon. With his chemo 4-FU (a fluoride derivative) the oncologist prescribed
levamisole (ergamisole). This drug cost hundreds of dollars for a treatment. I found it at a veterinarian’s office at that
time for about twelve dollars. Since 2000, the drug has been removed from the American market—it caused horrific
side effects. Now it is only available for deworming dogs. But drug dealers figured out a way to deal with all that
levamisole by using it to cut cocaine and other drugs—this combo is now being called “a public health challenge.”
There was an attempt to repackage levamisole as an antidepressant, but this version has thankfully not made it onto
the market—at least not yet.1
REFERENCE
1. https://prescriptiondrugs.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=005528; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498128
OZONE THERAPY FOR CANCER
Ozone, or O3, is a well-respected therapy in many parts of the world, for cancer as well as for many other diseases.
Unstable O3 readily gives up one oxygen molecule, which helps correct the anaerobic environment of the tumor. According to Nobel Prize recipient Otto Warburg, when the body’s cells are deprived of 40 percent of their normal supply of oxygen, pathogenic changes occur, often leading to cancer. Ozone helps reverse the fundamental cause of cancer, which is oxygen depletion leading to the fermentation of glucose inside the cell. In Warburg’s own words: “Cancer has only one prime cause. The prime cause of cancer is the replacement of normal oxygen respiration of body cells by an anaerobic (oxygen-less) cell respiration.”
In Germany, ozone therapy is the standard of care and is used by 70-80 percent of practicing physicians. In fact,
there are over three thousand references in the German medical literature referring to the use of medical ozone therapy, and it is considered medical malpractice not to use ozone pre- and post-surgery instead of antibiotics!
Cuba and India have whole facilities devoted to ozone treatment and research. Russia, too, is a fan of ozone. Altogether, there is no therapy studied as much as ozone worldwide. While not generally available in the U.S., several of the Mexican clinics offer ozone therapy.This article appeared in Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts, the quarterly magazine of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Fall 2017."Unquote ..
Back to the Organic Urban Garden ..Food could be your cheapest source to combat cancer.Start small growing your own food not lawn at your back yard..Take a class ..take a chance to think outside the PILL BOX..Now we are living in the INFORMATION INTERNET AGE..Google and SEARCH..May be there is HOPE ,so close buried at your backyard?? Who knows??/
Knowledge is power..Know before you grow..Check out my gardening classes at the EVENT page of LOCALHARVEST.ORG
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2008-04-10/news/0804100053_1_community-gardens-soup-kitchen-two-plots
19 Sep Wed 2018
Choosing between Popular Versus Tropical Herbs and Veggies.Which one is Best PICK to GROW the EASIEST way?
Here is South Florida..The Hurricane season is still on as well as the GROWING season is getting ready to start.
Making plans which is the BEST and EASIEST top grow among veggies and herbs in the TROPICS is a challenge for the new comers but is it for the TROPICAL PROFESSIONAL URBAN FARMER?
Growing in containwers is the best bet to set up a garden in S.Florida given all the benefits I have basically talked about in my previous blog.
Comes to choosing among the varietis to grow best in CONTAINERS , we need EXPERT advice..A picture or a video speaks better than tons of words ,as they say!
For a starter:
Check out the popular web for growing FOOD in Containers in the TROPICS:
www.tropical-urban-farmer.com..
Take a look at certain TROPICAL varieties like a veggie called CA La Loo ( similar to Spinash) , or Cuban Oregano and Neem herbs , all are https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tropical+veggies+and+herbs+popular+growing+in+containers&qpvt=tropical+veggies+and+herbs+popular+growing+in+containers&view=detail&mid=93CBD68829D3B9C9AF9B93CBD68829D3B9C9AF9B&&FORM=VRDGAR displayed at the web pages of the Gallery and you tube videos then compare with a general VISUAL of a second opinion garden specialist ,https:
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I personally grow Ca la loo in containers and they go tall as I am past 6 feet..I start them from seeds in smaller container then transplant them into bigger containers feeding the SOIL rather the plant with my own COMPOST! I have pictures coming up soon to share with you..I had Daniel , a church friend, take cell phone pictures from my little back yard garden of the Amaranth Family Cal La loo plant as I was getting ready to move away into another place..A souvenir photo of my favorite TROPICAL veggie plant!
Here are more from a google source FYI:
Callaloo
Callaloo is a popular Caribbean dish originating in West Africa served in different variants across the Caribbean. The main ingredient is a leaf vegetable, traditionally either amaranth, taro or xanthosoma. Both are known by many names, including callaloo, coco, tannia, bhaaji, or dasheen bush. Because the leaf vegetable used in some regions may be locally called "callaloo" or "callaloo bush", some confusion can arise among the vegetables and with the dish itself. In Haiti, for example, the creole word "kalalou" refers to okra, and not to a leafy green. Outside of the Caribbean, water spinach is occasionally used. Trinidadians, Grenadians and Dominicans primarily use taro/dasheen bush for callaloo, although Dominicans also use water spinach. Jamaicans, Belizeans and Guyanese on the other hand use the name callaloo to refer to amaranth, and use it in a plethora of dishes and also a drink. The 'callaloo' made in Jamaica is different from the 'callaloo' made in Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada in terms of main ingredient and other ingredients included.
Go grow food in containers and go TROPICAL..Bon appetite
Farmer Tone
Take a pick and make your own decision..???Remember it is not what you like to grow but rather what olants LIKE to grow in thew TROPICS?
What is Ca la loo Spinach??
17 Sep Mon 2018
Benefits of starting a FALL Tropical Organic Container Garden in South Florida!
Why most new comers to South Florida succumb to fail growing their own organic food at their home backyards?
Before you GROW your own , remember to LEARN and KNOW the ways of Urban Tropical Farming that are different from the UP NORTH ways of Urban Farming.Here are few suggestions to make your gardening adventure a SAFE and Flourishing experience :
South Florida falls into the USDA Zones of 10-11..The climate is HOT Sub Tropical with temperature average as high as 100 Fahrenheit during the summer and 75 during the Fall..A warm temperature is the best friend for growing Tropical Fruits and Veggies like Florida Spinach ( Kalaloo,Southern Veggies like Collard Greens , fruits like Papaya and herbs like Cuban Oregano.Sounds like you are learning a new language?Take some classes to get acquainted with the best veggies ,herbs and fruit plants..Learn and Know Before you Grow!
2- The soil in Eastern Florida is SANDY ..Nematodes are rampant and other challenges like weeds and pests make it even more challenging to grow direct into the Sandy Soil..The Alternative is :Container Gardening.
3-Before you start growing in VOC and other "chemically saturated " containers '(such as arsenic,DDT and God knows what toxins ), my suggestion is start simple and small and SAFE why choosing FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS...I personally recycle food grade containers and avoid the NURSERY kind of VOCcontainers that are dominant at the Garden Centers..Remember that commercial growers and nurseries use N-P-K 20-20-20 fertilizers to boost growth of plants and sometimes they also spray them with toxic Pesticides ..If you are chemicals allergic , then beware and try to grow your own from organic seeds .Google "Round Up and chemical toxins from Farm to Table" to learn more!
3-South Florida Growing Season follows the Hurricane Season which ends in November and starts in June..To avoid losing your backyard Food Garden to TROPICAL etc..storms and flooding , opt to grow instead in Containers.It is SAFE and practical..You may save them from Hurricanes by moving them into INDOOR safety , when a severe Tropical storm approaches!
4-Visit your LOCAL HARVEST event calendar to learn more on local classes offered at the Tropical Florida USDA Zone..As they say here in the Tropics:"One Ounce of Knowledge and Prevention is better than Tons of Medicine."In other words Be Prepared and KNOW Before You Grow ..alone..Consult with Farmer Tone...
12 Sep Wed 2018
The state of the FARM.Agricultural Revenues Vs Cultural Values-Part I "Farm Bill 2018 and the Dilema of Reducing Poverty versud Increasing Profitability"
Farming in the 21st Century America is taking a Dirt road ride with all kinds of humps, bumps ,ditches and other you name it "umps" ..or not at all? Who knows?
To find what is going on the farm ground, I visited a New Born(xyz) Farm North of Palm Beach County! .
The wealthy investors recently landed in Florida from UP NORTH .They purchased less than 100 acres of land and started 9 months ago planting tropical trees , like Lechee /papaya and Citrus etc ..The land was already populated with some citrus fields..But the most part lays barren and not bearing any fruits other than that !
There are a few standing tunnels recently built , but still waiting for irrigation system to be installed..There are around 2 acres growing Chinese and south asian vegertables like gourds/malabar,chinese okra etc , in the open sandy fields ,using plastic trenches..
The lonely machine that lays the trenches is idle with grass growing around it.The workers who tend the farm are ONLY three!
Fifteen workers were layed off lately and deported to their native country of origin.Bags of growing mix lay scattered haphazardly in the open air , some damaged by rain and some by flooding .
I was expecting a nursery house around, but instead the seeding trays were laying on the flooded grounds filled with the growing mix of peat moss and coarse perlite . I spotted no sprouting seeds in the trays .No wonder as seeds need to be grown in a nursery setting not just exposed to the blazing sun and harsh elents of Tropical Storms and what have you! .
The good news :Papaya baby plants were growing in one gallon pots filled with the growing mix and doing well .Other tropical plants, that have been planted with growing medium MIXED with the local sandy soil ( nematode infested and weed seeds enriched!) , are choking to death!
The owners are Up North .They invested in buying the land to farm food for profit , but unfortunately they did not invest in getting some education on TROPICAL FARMING IN FLORIDA, to make the investment profitable is the least to say..Know before you grow.Get education on the way of the TROPICS..On the local markets..Hire local workers..
"They are making money else where , their friend told me ,this is an experimental farm!They can take losses.No profits is no problem as they learn but do not earn profits is ok??/"
What about moral and cultural values??The case of those workers terminated and deported and now the farm is put on hold !Being FOR profit and with only values like growing GREENS for GREEN BUCKS sake ..no matter what it takes of losses ??
Most farms lose money upon starting the business in general..but later on the pick up .The secret is to start small and go from there if one does not have Tropical farming experience..It takes time to learn and time to earn..It also takes skilled and educated and experienced crew..It takes integrity and being present !
He told me it is an organic farm , but while I was walking around , I was shocked to see the insecticide gallons and chemical fertilizer bags crowding the path ways of the make shift structure ,that also housed the dining and sleeping rooms nearby!
I saw Farm land every where but no farmers to do the work..This brings in the local farmers for hire..where are they?This brings in the LOCAL tropical Farming Education..Where are the programs to educate the able bodied ?This bring in the Able bodied on SNAP who can work and grow food.Where are they?This brings in ACCESS to Farm land for the general public to grow VICTORY GARDENS like before..Where are the accessible lands??/You can ot afford anymore to buy land in Florida for farming if you are a working class fellow..Developers and Investors have access..
Yes for work requirements ..No for FREE FOOD STAMPS for people who are able to work..Let us learn how to EARN ..Let us learn how to grow our own food again
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,30 Aug Thu 2018
Happy Labor Day..Now let us start learning HOW to grow our own FOOD NOT Lawn to Fight Hunger :One backyard garden at a time!
41,200,000 Americans are Food Insecure.Meaning they dont know when or how they will get their next meal.
13 Million American Children Face Hunger that is 1 in 6 kids
1.5 Million Veterans receive Food Stamps
5.4 Million Senior Citizens currently face food insecurity " Unquote
Locally speaking , HUNGER numbers are not better off at Palm Beach County "Known as The #1 Agricultural County' in Florida , as well as home to the most affluent and the most poor . .
Palm Beach County
According to "Feeding Florida ":13.6% percent of the Palm Beach County Population is food insecure, with 189,940 people not knowing from where they will get their next meal. The food budget shortfall in Palm Beach County per person, per week is $19.79, with a total shortfall of $114,009,000."
By the way ,did you know that State of Florida Legislature has approved payment of $30 Million as reimbursement to PBC home owners for cutting down their Citrus Trees? May be you are one of them??
Palm Beach County homeowners to get $30 million for citrus ...
According to Palm Beach Post": Gov. Rick Scott signed the state’s $88.7 billion spending plan that includes $30 million to reimburse Palm Beach County residents and $22 million to pay Broward County residents for citrus trees that fell victim to the state’s misguided approach to the fruit-blemishing disease" Unquote.As a result Less fruit trees were left .Try to buy a small citrus tree now and find for yourself how expensive they are? Forget about citrus and try to buy a mature Tomato palnt and discover how expensive they are??
More food got lost to POLITICS or BUSINESS as Usual! No one who made the wrong decisions to cut HEALTHY citrus trees was held accountable .The public forgets !
Now the public has approved and voted on Medical Marijuana .It is BIG BUSINESS!! But : Is Marijuana a BIG NUTRITIOUS FOOD Supplement , or it is just an Alternative to replace the Tobacco industry that is now a losing business, thanks to more public awareness on the Health Hazards of smoking!
The Public is kept in the dark on the Health Hazards of Marijuana .Shall we wait another 100 years to find out if it is another misguided decision or vote? Why certain cities like Boca Raton have placed a MORITORIUM on Marijuana?
For a second opinion .Here are the findings of National Institute on Health.
Knowledge is Power.Food security in next Super Power.Know before you Grow.Be your own judge and grow or consume WHATEVER you like , based on FACTS..not Fiction:https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana
I am reaching out to the community by teaching workshops and classes on growing Food Not Lawn, to fight Hunger , one Community and Backyard food garden at a time.Summer is the best time to learn,compost and set up a Food Garden.I can help , you can DO IT:Grow your own Food Not Lawn.Consult with...
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24 Nov Mon 2014
Wishing You ALL:Happy THANKSGIVING! HAPPY HARVEST!
Next follows: CHRISTMASS or HANUKAH or DIWALI or.. you name it Holliday you celebrate (All having common celebration of THE the LIGHTS).. ,together we celebrate the SPIRITUAL BIRTH/ ENLIGHTENMENT /AWAKENING ! I look at the Hollidays as opportunities to COME TOGETHER as one HUMAN Family and REACH for EACH others >Mostly to those who out for those who have struggle or suffer both physically or Spiritually and say or do something GOOD to LIFT THEM UP .Those who have less or don't have or who lost what they had , like the homeless.jobless,sick, elders,veterans,abused,hungry..and who you name ?
I tried to remember the challenges back in 2009 the first time I blogged , and compare with today,s upgraded challenges. I fell upon this blog:
"A WISH LIST to SANTA":
http://www.localharvest.org/blog/roller-ui/authoring/entryEdit.rol?weblog=20618&bean.id=6a5f88f2-b152-42cf-aff0-40e853d35c1a
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/two-of-palm-beach-countys-oldest-churches-to-celeb/njBxx/
I fell upon another GIVING DEED which inspired me as well to share with you, please check it out :
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/11/23/gift-giving-church-members-each-get-500-to-do-good-around-world-or-close-to/
HAPPY HARVEST!
10 Nov Mon 2014
The Future of FOOD and INTERSTELLER MOVIE..A FARMER point of VIEW!
My " Predictive thoughts on food shortages ", could be traced back to the 1980's.
I took pro-action , I encouraged one of my younger brothers to consider AGRICULTURE as a profession .BHe did so following my advice and graduated as Agriculture -Engineer with a a PHD in Food Technology Nutrition.
Back then: I sensed that there will be some kind of climate change that might cause a catastrophic impact on food production. I just sensed it .How weird it is unfolding!Are you still procrastinting to take one of my gardening classes that teach you how to," grow food not lawns"??
Back to our present:It was never late for me to go back to school even at an older age to graduate as a Certified Master Gardener , even after having my BA degree in Arts and Science . Deep inside me there was an INNER voice calling and urging me to work the land for a living and teach the living how to grow their own food.
It wasn't until yesterday after watching a movie"INTERSTELLAR" , that I got some kind of OUTside confirmation , that we are heading towards a future serious challenge growing our own food ..Enter: Intersteller Movie!!!
"Intersteller movie" is a must see for farmers , leaders or even ordinary lay men /women who are considering farming as a career..
How could it be that:Farming for Food on Earth will be a challenge for the future generations?? Watch this before you answer:
https://www.google.com/search?q=intersteller+movie+trailer&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb
Thanks to the INFORMATION age of GADGETS like computers and smart phones IT ,our hands and fingers t6hat were dialing are now busy texting and working the keyboards rather than the fields of tomatoes or what have you of crops!
That kind of manual or menial job, working the fields and DIRT, we have passed on "migrant farmers".Those workers make us remember the Chinese rail road workers who were shipped from China back in late 18th and early 19 century to build the rail roads but were not accepted into society and housed in camps rather than our towns..just the way we uprooted the Native Americans and confined them into RESERVATIONS when they refused to be our farmer slaves..Then we imported the slaves from Africa and you know the rest of the story..Now what???..
The story is same but some different finishes..we got paid slavery or illegal migrant farmers growing our food!
but with different subtitles language , that we dont even want them to be part of our society hence the "IMMIGRATION STANDOFF" that want them out after We have lost the touch with Mother Earth and therefore lost the food chain LINK that kept us a HUMAN SPECIES together .We are now trained , specialized as INDIVIDUALS and living our separate independent INDIVIDUAL lives in contrast to living together as one HUMAN FAMILY or one community or one HUMAN SPECIES !
Agriculture was the first job man/woman has performed on EARTH .
WE lived off the land and founded farms that grew communities of farmers who then founded towns and cities, states and then COUNTRIES!!!.
Our founding fathers like Jefferson and Washington were farmers.
Our earlier FIRST legal ( but illegal? according to Native Ammericans narrative ) immigrants were from Europe .They populated and worked the land for a living .They were the first pilgrimages/ farmers..
"Intersteller movie" , portrays this FARMING dilemma as an ESSENTIAL FUTURE CAREER far MORE wantedthan ENGINEERING...It casts LIGHT into our darkness and even magnifies this through a camera lens .A Movie / of future food shortage or human species survival challenges through a sci-fi prediction PROJECTED at silver screen >It is an EYE opener !
Love is the mystery that connects the dimensions and us to the future .Most FAMILY farmers like the COOPERS at the Movie , are an entity of LOVE enterwoven together ..up from the grand father down to the grand daughter ..all connected and interconnected in an INTERSTELLER mesh, of LIFE ,Daeth and LOVE as a carrier key to the MYSTERIES just like gravity is between time and other dimensions ,that penetrates into the fifth dimensions taking us across the galaxies beyond our own solar system where we encounter other forms of life planted on planets by us or by them..THEY are the ones who built the dimensions so that we can connect ONE DAY ..and get together? date unkown or known??tHE mOVIE ..ends with lives SCATTERED LOST AND FOUND beyond AND WITHIN the limits of garvity and time OR OTHER DIMENSIONS..It is all about love if you could comprehend the depth of the story!lOVE IS IN THE AIR SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND GO GROW YOUR OWN FOOD MY FRIEND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE mYSTERIES OF love!
Man has manipulated and adulterated Mother Earth and the dirt will come back with a revengful storm abolishing all manipulated/engineered crops the last of which a corn crop at the movie! the food and family farmers were replaced with GMO MONOPOLY BIG AGRI - business of mono crops replacing the small FAMILY FARMING of CROP DIVERSITY !
Here is the movie trailer to watch and a reminder about my class schedule:Mark your calender!
Organic Container Gardening 101
Nov 9, 2014 - Nov 12, 2014
Nov 13, 2014 - Nov 15, 2014
Thrift Organic Container Gardening for Beginners and lazy gardeners!
Nov 16, 2014 - Nov 19, 2014
As a Thanksgiving GIVE BACK Holliday Gift to you , You are Cordially invited to a FREE Container Gardening class on November 29 at 1:30...Ask me where and directions ??Bring/rtell a friend.
21 Oct Tue 2014
South Florida new comer gardeners:Its the start of the Fall growing season.Its time to LEARN how to AVOID the most common commited garden mistakes"-Part II
It’s difficult to resist those tempting photos and web sites of self proclaimed "farmers" who preach such jargon of being TRAINED under such and such farmer "celebrities/gurus" swearing by PERMACULTURE and what have you to trap your wallet! Local farmers should present local certifications of Horticultural education for example: Certified Florida Master Gardeners are graduates from University of Florida Horticultural Extension Programs .They are a good source to consult LOCALLY!
A better gardening strategy is to start small in the first year and plant only a few of your favorite veggies( I suggest you plant S.Florida natives and draught tolerant like everglades tomato, Florida Calalo Spinach ,papaya, collards ,Cuban oregano etc...). This will allow you more gardening success , less maintenance,and a greater feeling of accomplishment. In succeeding years, as practice builds your gardening skills, you can increase the size of your garden each planting season. Don,t forget to keep adding organic matter and garden amendments as you go like composted manures,blood meal etc..)
Gardening Mistake No. 3: Gardening in the SANDY and acidic , nematode infested ,depleted soil of your property!Without good soil, no vegetable garden can thrive. Any preparation that the soil needs must be done before planting. Once those seeds begin to establish a root system, the soil cannot be disturbed without endangering the tender, young plants. The soil is best when prepared from COMPOSTED organic matter, composted permitted manure,mineral and nutritive rich organic ammendments like bone/bloodmeal etc..
Prepare the soil as early in SUMMER for the Fall growing season,using compost and organic matter plus necessary amendments as needed.. Let the soil rest for a little while then plant NITRIFICATION ground cover to boost the soil with nutrients such as Nitrogen. An example of nitrification plants: Sweat potatoes and beans!. Then you can plant your vegetable garden and watch it spring to life in the fall growing season starting October .
Gardening Mistake No. 5: Xeriscaping and irrigation!
Plants need water to metabolize nutrients and grow, but different types of vegetable plants need different amounts of water. Too little water will cause plants to dry up and wilt. Once seriously wilted, most plants will not recover, even if watered, so do your best to keep your vegetable plants from wilting. Too much water can rot the root system, and only healthy roots can absorb nutrients from the soil and hold the plant upright. Once rot afflicts the root system, the plant is done for.
Most vegetable plants prefer a good, deep watering one to three times each week. If you water too shallowly, the roots will grow near the surface instead of downward to seek water.
Gardening Mistake No. 6:Correct planting techniques-know how .Its not a rocket scientist high tech procedure to know how to launch a plant/seed/seedling into the soil.But use your common sense to avoid common mistakes of shallow or wrongful planting.KNow before you grow.In Florida the safest planting oerocedure of planting seeds is not direct into the soil but rather into a small container first .Most new comers from UP NORTH fall into the trap of planting directly into soil as if there is REALLY a GOOD SOIL (remember sandy and nematodes infesrted soil is the name of of the game !!).Still if you insist on planting direct into soil, then I suggest you follow the below suggestion:
In general, the larger the seed, the deeper it prefers to be planted. Seed packets offer information on the back about how deeply to plant the seeds. Pay attention to this information, because planting too deeply will cause seeds to fail to sprout or tire out the young seed sprout before it’s able to reach the surface and receive needed sunlight.
On the other hand, planting seeds at a too-shallow depth can cause the seed to dry out quickly and fail to sprout—or cause the young plant to dry out or fall over because of poor root growth. Some vegetable seeds, such as lettuce, actually need to be close enough to the soil surface that sunlight can touch them and trigger sprouting.
Gardening Mistake No 7: Planting Too Closely—and Not Thinning
If you plant your seeds or transplants too closely, you’ll create too much competition for the nutrients in sunlight, soil and water. Seed packet instructions include advice on plant spacing, but it’s tempting to ignore it because seeds seem so tiny when you’re planting a patch of bare soil. It’s difficult to imagine how much space the plants that sprout from those seeds will need once they start to grow.
Not every seed planted will germinate and not every sprout will survive, so it’s OK to plant seeds closer than the spacing needed by mature vegetable plants. It’s important to thin the patch or row when plants are a few inches tall, removing enough of the seedlings to make room for the remaining plants to grow. Many vegetable plant thinnings are edible — young carrots and greens are tender and delicious—so enjoy your thinnings in an early-spring salad. Vegetable plant thinnings also can be left on the soil around remaining plants to serve as light mulch.
Gardening Mistake No. 8: Letting Weeds Grow Unchecked.
The best time to pull a weeds is when they are tiny and the root system is small. Pulling weeds at that stage of growth won’t disrupt the roots of your vegetable plants.Another smart way to avoid weeds altogether is MULCH.
The longer you let a weed grow, the stronger a root system it will develop and the more nutrients it will steal from your vegetable plants. Keep weed growth to a minimum by mulching soil around your vegetable plants or disturbing the surface of the soil by regularly hoeing between your plants.
Gardening Mistake No. 9: Over mulching or is it Under mulching!!???
Mulch is a good thing, but too much of a good thing usually isn’t good.Sounds like a puzzle of the chicken and egg which one came first?? Using MULCH with organic matter—like straw, dry leaves or grass clippings—helps keep weeds from sprouting, retains moisture in the soil, keeps the root zone cool and provides nutrients for the plants as the mulch decays. One counter indication for over mulching is that both plants and mulch will be competing for NITROGEN. So learn how to mulch with BALANCE adding more organic nitrogen rich matter the more you add mulch..
A light mulch is fine after planting, but don’t mulch too deeply or seed sprouts might not be able to push through into the sunlight. To retain soil moisture and discourage weeds, gently add more mulch as the plants grow. After mulching, draw the mulch back 1 inch or so from the stems of the young plants so it doesn’t create too much heat as it decomposes or trap dampness against the stem and cause rot.
Take special care when using green mulches like fresh grass clippings, as these materials produce heat while decomposing, which can harm the plant and even kill it. Green mulches are very rich in nitrogen, which they release as they decompose. This nitrogen boost will fuel top growth in vegetable plants, which you might not desire.
02 Sep Tue 2014
Urban Farming Challenges and Solutions in South Florda-Part II
Unfortunately :More fertile agriculture farm land is being considered for/transformed into DEVELOPMENTS .Visit to learn more:
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-03-30/news/fl-development-surge-palm-20140330_1_agricultural-reserve-minto-west-college-campus
http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/news/massive-sugar-hill-development-proposed-across-pal/nhB4D/
As more DEVELOPERS build transforming fertile soil into concrete blocks of "Malls, Gated "communities and what have you.Imposing own rules to RESTRICT and curtail Productive Urban Farming .Where will the future farms come from?
Russia has invaded Ukraine and the secret why is The FERTILE BLACK SOIL of EUROPE BREAD BASKET COUNTRY , in addition to the huge natural gas reserves of the Crimean Peninsula sea !Whereas the baffling reality here is we in USA at the same time here are replacing fertile soil and farm lands with developments at a fast pace rate ,without even giving a chance for regulators to preserve the Historic Farm land for future generations to gro own food...
Now we are stuck with the dilemma of growing food on demolished structures , given the example of few community gardens created or earmarked to be created on a mixture of soil . concrete debris,and God knows what of hazardous chemicals in between????
The Plight and Fight.Who cares ? Going it alone?
Reading the daily news about Urban Growers attempting to grow sometimes is discouraging.Too many challenges and too little support.Take the example of a story I read in the local news yesterday ,still fresh:
http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/photo/news/local/west-palm-beach-asked-to-pay-for-water-hookup-for-/pCN3m9/
You may sprinkle some heavy metals like lithium,mercury,rocket fuel,pharmaceutical and manufacturing hazardous chemicals.Some of much more were/ are being detected on many soil grounds not to mention the water pollution .We stand still in shock .Are we alone fighting for survival of the fittest farmer /or fattest pocket??
Why no one cares about local fertile soil,urban growers,farms and farmland any more???Let us ask ourselves what have we done to ensure that we invest in
urban farmers,community gardens.backyard farming and such in S.Florida .What we witness quite the opposite in some cities that have either demolished existing community gardens, or try to discourage urban growers by withholding support or by excessive
regulations to CONTROL and CURTAIL growth of Urban Farming projects preferring good looking manucured landscape of expensive water wasting inefficient grass over edible plants that produce food !
Big Agri-business controls agriculture in S. Florida, supported by mainstream media and special interest lobby centers.So , what to do in the absence of support and fertile land? Where and how to grow our own food?The answe lies in our BACKYARDS!
10-Take my ONGOING gardening classes .I am a certified Florida Horticulturist with more than 15 years of Hands On experience ..as well Heads on education..Or pick up offered by local Urban Farmers who have extensive education and LOCAL EXPERIENCE. Beware the fake fraudulent farmers.Ask for certifications,experience and current projects,web sites, reviews etc..10-
30 Jul Wed 2014
Are you a new comer to the S.Florida farmland??Then study the State of our S.Florida urban farms/productive gardens-II "How to LEARN Urban Gardening" ?In other words: Know before you grow !!
07 Jul Mon 2014
Farming and gardening as an act of CREATING BALANCE and HOMEOSTASIS within and without!!!
Drink a lot of water and hydrate.Learn how to keep the inner balance of HOMEOSTASIS!!!!
Check them out at:
Natural Awakening PBC-Magz "Mark Your Calender or visit:
www.localharvest.org/farms/M20618
Why stop to smell the roses ,and take a gardening class, at my garden?
When you are immersing your hands in the garden soil , you are creating balance with Mother Earth relation.You are getting connected to the source of our food.When you take off your shoes and walk bare foot at your backyard garden you are creating balance doing nothing other than smelling an herb or a flower nad observing nature .Concentration and balance is ruled by our nervous system.Look how many of us are out of balance reaching out forn opiate drugs,alcohol,smoke..you name it addictions trying to relax and have peace within borrowing from without things !
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2008-04-10/news/0804100053_1_community-gardens-soup-kitchen-two-plots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6rX1AEi57c
Prof. Manfred Max Neef "everything is just one whole in which we are inseparable part." Like the insects in our environment play their own role in keeping our planet alive. Therefore, if we were to destroy them all we do not know what might have happened to us. Well, as you pay attention to this video, please take notice what happen to the balance when Miyoko Shida removed the feather. The world is assembled the same way, we do not know for sure what is holding us together therefore we cannot eliminate that which we know nothing about. "
02 Jul Wed 2014
Grow/Buy Locally Grown!4th of July FOOD INDEPENDENCE DAY (Imported food from : China and Mexico)
As a producer.Imagine your produce is : Locally Grown and Harvested.. /Synthetic fertilizer/Pesticide/DDT/ARSENIC/You name it toxins FREE! Now try to find out :Where to sell it? Farmers markets in the summer , most are gone for summer break and closed down in S.Florida .. If found , they are missing REAL local farmers .If not, they are required to pay high fees ,to sell their local produce..(In general Farmers markets/green markets are overloaded with imported fruits and veggies from either south or north of our borders, mainly Canada, Mexico and China).
Here is my case : I have mango trees , I tried to sell mangos locally but found no available help to local farmers marketing their produce at local government or health food stores level. .I called and talked to managers of local stores and they either turned me away or wanted to buy real cheap.
What to do ?Where to market locally grown produce by small farmers in the absence of local markets in S.Florida without going through middle man or similar third party like co-ops etc????
"They" say we will help local farmers sell produce ,but in fact it is impossible to make it happen , especially for small local farmers..
Now as a consumer.
Imagine that you are not dependent on Imported Foreign Food any more?
Where to get your "REALLY " locally grown and harvested Organic produce/food? Green market or farmers Market? If you know of a REAL one please let me know.
I haven't met a real local farmer , nor a real Farmers Market around here so far..Plenty of Merchants selling imported fruits and veggies from out of state or from overseas..
The local Main Stream media covers, Big Agri - Business and publish articles and interviews , as pay offs for Ads. It is not a surprise that most of the organic food is out of state or country like the produce or products :Made in China,Mexico etc...Take Garlic for example..It is imported all the way from China..and guess what it is treated with?/God knows what..like most of the herbs and other packaged food from China treated with chemical preservatives to survive the 2000 miles long distance travel..
In reality , imported food is ripe with unchecked GMO/Pesticides and is chemically treated by GOD knows what ?(Consider this for Example :Long time ago US - FDA banned DDT /Arsenic/Asbestos/lead..etc.. from being sprayed or used on our food -paint-gasoline etc.. only when produced /made in in USA.. standards and regulations exist! .. Is it Likely or Unlikely when produce or food is food imported ???Imported food is it according to our own regulations and American standards ????.
We feel safe consuming locally grown produce and food , because we have our own regulating system. Imported food is only regulated according to foreign countries of origin own regulation standards ,that do not necessarily copy American regulatory standards.They are saturated with unkown/unreported chemical Pesticides/fertilizers !!!
Take this Natural News and FDA studies and press releases and learn more about what is is in our imported food for example , and make your own judgements.Knowledge is power.
Learn more at:
http://www.naturalnews.com/040266_food_fraud_China_heavy_metals_contamination.html#
http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm271595.htm
09 Jun Mon 2014
Happy Fathers Day..Now start teaching your family how to grow your own food.This is why?/ Keep on reading...
His answer was: " P" Supermarket!!! He did not say the farm or garden ,because he grew up in a city.He never before saw a tomato growing on a vine at a farm or garden!!
Back to the NOW:There are rumors news circulating by the main stream media about this subject ." Publix trying to buy Whole Foods"..
Is it for real..I do not know??? But is it worth checking from a farmers point of view? Yes!.
First read the first hand news as per the WPB POST regarding the alleged Publix acquisition :
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/business/report-publix-may-be-trying-to-buy-whole-foods/ngGHR/
Enter the end of small and family businesses /diversity , and the beginning age of HEALTH FOOD /VITAMINS monopoly in the Organic food industry !
To back up my statement about the disappearing MOM and POP Health Food Stores, I will mention one that used to exist in Delray Beach for 38 years.Nutrition Cottage is the one I am talking about.The owners are Mark and Karen a Pop and Mom..They had to close down the store as they could not afford the increase of rent .How many cared or noticed? I did .Mark was a big supporter of LOCAL Organic Farmers.He even invited me several times to give Organic Gardening Seminars at his Health Food Store.Not only did I lose a supporter to local farmers but we all lost the only Health Food Store in Delray Beach..and on top 15 jobs were lost.
Talk about a growing job market and economy, just add more misinformation baloney by the main stream media.By the way, Mark told me that he called all local main stream media to do a coverage , none showed up!!!
http://www.localharvest.org/newsletter/20140529/
I noticed that more AGRARIAN land is being \transformed into by developments here in south Florida and beyond ,please refer to my previous article onEarth Day/ Everglades Ag. Reserve :
http://www.localharvest.org/blog/20618/entry/celebrating_the_coming_earth_day
19 May Mon 2014
A Course of "Miracle" Organic Productive Container Gardening Class as
Life is a MIRACLE.Nourishing and nurturing human life with food grown at home with love , makes it bountiful,healthful, and more meaningful.Enter the Organic Productive Container Garden of "Eating" Healthy and Locally!!!
What would it be like to attend one of my "Theory and Hands On" Productive Organic Gardening classes ?
I quote an excerpt from her article published at her website :
I Quote an excerpt Michele's article :
"Changing your Brown Thumb to a Green Thumb.I needed to learn how to garden!! The Brooklyn in me kills almost everything I try to grow! I didn’t know where to start and did not know how to go about it. Yes — there are a ton of Youtube videos, but I wanted a hands-on experience. Enter You tube: Tony Dagher – Urban gardener!
I subscribe to a website called Local Harvest.org/farms/M20618.
For about a year now, I’ve been getting weekly emails from then announcing the local gardening classes in my area. I noticed Tony’s classes back then, but have not had the opportunity to sign up until now. I made it a family effort and brought both my daughters and one friend. We spent the day outdoors, in the sun . . . one with nature!!! Here’s a quick synopsis of our day with Tony! Tony’s also listed in Natural Awakenings. Unquote.
Read more about what Michelle observed through the eye of her lens camera impressions,and the invisible INTUITIVE third eye expressions .Simply , simply click on the below web link to read and see more:Read more reviews as posted by students who attend my gardening classes ,at my web:localharvest.org/farms/M20618.
Listening to what my students have to say is an integral part is part of my teachings..I learn as well as I teach...Communication is a two way path.
The most valuable things in LIFE are FREE: Spring Water,Home grown food,Backyard fresh AIR,and Natural Awakening Words of Wisdom published and Available for FREE !
where The Garden poses as :The ESSENCE.THE TEACHER! While we all are the students !
At the garden :We all learn from each others as we connect and awaken our intuitive innate faculties,to be partners with the living soil and plants, working together to produce our food.In the beginning The Garden was the place we called home and learned how to grow our own food.
Container gardening could be traced back to the ancient Agri-Cultures of the Ancient Egyptians, the Ancient Somerians of Mesopotemia and the Ancient Incas and Aztecs of North ,South and Centro America...
12 May Mon 2014
Garden Ergonomics,Anatomy and physiology for farmers and gardeners !
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Anatomy and physiology of TROPICAL S. Florofa Organic Garden -By Tony Dagher BA, CFMG, CFMT
Previously I wrote on Soil as an essential part of GARDEN STRUCTURE.(1)
Did you ask yourself how to use your body in a SAFE WAY , while working the garden without ending up for example,hurting your back or visiting a doctor or hospital?
Today I will touch on a different GARDEN AWARENESS :The basics of HUMAN FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT ESSENTIALS .How to garden SAFELY without self inflicting injuries on your body . I-BODY MUSCLES to garden.Gardening and farming was the oldest career man and woman had before hitting the age of Information Technology, or working simply by pushing a button !We learned how to flex a muscle and then do a yoga to stretch it.Now part of the equation is missing:We are doing yoga and simply pushing a button...not FLEXING a muscle!
This will remind me of a garden student who owned a Yoga Studio and wanted to build a garden.After performing the -KENISIOLGY -Muscle test :She was not qualified..Her muscles were so stretched and non-existing.But,despite my objections, she insisted to go ahead with gardening, she ended up seeing a doctor for a hand injury!
II-S.Florida Tropical Gardening Awareness:The Body-Garden-Mind connection!KNOW before you GROW!!BE MINDFUL before you getting your HAND FULL!
GETTING the RIGHT AWARENESS of being PREPARED and TRAINED in Body and Mind ,is half way done !! Before you start digging the garden up , learn THE KNOW HOW about S.Florida Tropical gardening from a S.Florida educated and experienced Horticulturist/Gardener .Do you want to learn what grows in the summer ,works and what does notto fight garden Pests .?Are you ABLE to work out doors in the sun,among the ants spiders?Are you prepared and ready to sweat and be smelly?
One time an enthusiast gardener came to my class.She had all the money to buy a garden ,but could not immerse her clean hands in the garden DIRT and her skin could not survive the outdoor sun to say the least !Learn about your body first before you learn about the garden.Taking Garden classes helps a lot but you need to do the work.More details on gardening classes (2) III-HOW TO USE THE HUMAN BODY AS A GARDEN TOOL : Understanding Anatomy and Physiology for gardeners
What are the body parts that are usually used while gardening/farming?To start with let us be simple and talk BASICS!Let us say for example:
The main "Gardening work affects"Upper Shoulder Muscles of Posterior Torso that may include the following ;
1-TRAPEZIUS MUSCLES or upper back lower neck muscles that are responsible for contracting upon doing WEIGHT LIFTING ,PULLING,Carrying etc...
Your trapezius muscles are the ones that surround the spinal vertebrae starting at T1 right below the cervical vertebrae C7..
2-Rhomboid Major and R minor
3-Latisimus Dorsi...etc..
B-Middle and lower Posterior Abdominal Torso , arms and hands:
1-Longisimus thoracis
2-Illiocostalis lamborium
3-Serratus anterior- -posterior inferior
4-Extrimities:Hands and arms:Extensors and reflexers muscles..etc..
C-Muscles of the lower back below Coccyx vertebrae and legs :
1-Erector spinae
2-Thorasculumbar muscle etc..
3-Legs muscles and feet...etc..
May be you will have hard time spelling the above words as they are named in Latin and Greek .Instead pay attention to those muscles and spinal vertebrae if you want to avoid injuries.Yes, we need to learn more, as gardeners and farmers,about how our body works safely at the garden . . Sometimes,I ask myself:How many people do I know who garden with a bad back ,stiff or whip lashed neck,carpal tunnel wrist,tennis elbow...injured knee or pelvic or leg or feet..or you name it???SO... many..that I lost counting!!
IV-HOW TO PRACTICE ERGONOMICS ,BODY AND TOOLS, AT THE GARDEN:
I would recommend before you hit the garden grounds , that you check out the garden tools ,which ones are safe to use?
They must be chosen taking into consideration the garden ERGONOMICS standards. What is garden ERGONOMICS?/.(3) You will not encounter this kind of garden JARGON from the commercial self acclaimed garden experts or authors...NO ONE WILL TELL YOU UNTIL YOU HIT THE HOSPITAL BED OR END UP AT DOCTORS OFFICE.PREVENTION IS KEY TO INJURIES.PAY ATTENTION TO PREVENTION BY LEARNING GARDEN ERGONOMICS AND PRACTICING IT!
THERE ARE SO MANY EXPERTS OUT THERE WHO ARE simply good book sellers who like to harvest the GREEN BUCKS from your wallet and pocket.So , it all depends where you look for help!! REAL GARDEN HELP IS AT THE GARDEN.USUALLY IT IS NOT WRITTEN IN A BOOK.
V-GET A GARDENING CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION .Be safe.Put on garden gear!
Personally , I went to school and learned the PLANTS BOTANY and HUMAN BODY ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY BASICS.I got certified .I did not simply read a book or apprentice with a FAMOUS farmer.I went to school and studied!There are emerging theories about climate change that are not yet available in books but already available by practicing gardeners and farners who have tested the waters and spent decades farming and learning how to communicate with mother earth and learn by observation!This summer ..it is going to be simmering out there in the garden.Put on garden gear:Wear a hat,hydrate,wear sun glasses ,put on garden boots rather than flip flops..beware of spiders and snakes..Be alert!(4)
Gardening is a process.It takes years to learn and apply.It takes time, in other words it is not something that you want and can have RIGHT NOW!!!!!
I have learned my lessons ..NOW IT IS YOUR TIME TO LEARN YOURS.ALLOCATE SOME TIME TO LEARN AND APPLY!
A PRE-REQUISITE is needed:Take a course in being : PATIENT, before you commit to gardening. Otherwise-you will end up with a garden syndrome called BPBSM or :Bi-Polar Botanical Schizophranic Maniac !!!
BE HAPPY BE SAFE GARDENING!!
If you need help at your garden or want to learn more about S.Florida Tropical Organic Productive Gardening ,or have a garden question simply visit our web site for more information at:www.localharvest.org/farms/M20618
Sources:
(1)https://mail.google.com/mail/#search/anatomy+and+physiology+of+south+Florida+Organic+Garden/1456c9126f4d3cb1
(2) gARDENING CLASSES: www.localharvest.org/farms/M20618
(3)The Ergonomics of Gardening:http://www.working-well.org/articles/pdf/Gardening.pdf |
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