Grow Your Own Food Focus Group

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Comment by Aly on May 14, 2012 at 10:05pm

Some folks grow a garden in pots if they don't have enough room or the proper tools to work with.  Pick out some plants that will work for your climate to start and what you like... Somethings I tried to grow didn't work so well last year.  But I had alot that did very well and this year, everything is doing good. I will post some pics soon.

Comment by Aly on February 11, 2012 at 2:02am

I was just thinking today that I would start planning out my little herb & veggie garden.  Last year was my first. I very much enjoyed it.  I had Okra, Roma tomatoes, Cherry tomatoes, Jalapeno's, Banana peppers, Sweet Basil, Radishes, Oregano and Dill that survived the strange weather conditions.  Hmm  a friend suggested getting some fertilizer and lime for the soil first... so I will check that out.

Comment by tentinyturtles on February 6, 2012 at 9:04pm

I want to grow my own food this season. How should I begin? I live in Portland, Oregon and I want to grow my own food this year. Any suggestions as well for me too.

Comment by Aly on January 4, 2012 at 5:23pm

Great picture Guarka.

Comment by Aly on November 16, 2011 at 10:29pm

This was recently sent to me from a friend....it looks pretty good...Healthy wise.

Dietary Guidelines for Nourishing Your Energy Centers 10/30/2011

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When you think about your chakra system you probably aren't considering the types of foods that you consume. Because our chakras are energy vortexes and invisible to most of us one might well imagine that chakras would thrive on energy, prayer, or other such spiritual stuff... you know, those things that we can't see with the human eye.

However, the chakras cannot sustain our human body without our help. It is important to feed and nourish the flesh in order to help support and fuel our chakras.

Whenever one or more of your chakras is misaligned you might do well to look and see if you are not eating or possibly overeating the foods that fuel that particular chakra.

 

Chakra Foods
Check out the foods under each of the seven primary chakras below to help you determine how your current diet might be deficient or over-indulgent. We can do our part in helping bring balance to our chakras by eating a balanced diet.

 

Feeding Your Root Chakra
Grounding
•Root vegetables: carrots, potatoes, parsnips, radishes, beets, onions, garlic, etc.
•Protein-rich foods: eggs, meats, beans, tofu, soy products, peanut butter
•Spices: horseradish, hot paprika, chives, cayenne, pepper

Feeding Your Sacral Center
Nourishing the Sexual/Creativity Center
•Sweet fruits: melons, mangos, strawberries, passion fruit, oranges, coconut, etc.
•Honey
•Nuts: almonds, walnuts, etc.
•Spices: cinnamon, vanilla, carob, sweet paprika, sesame seeds, caraway seeds

Feeding Your Solar Plexus Chakra
Boosting Self-Esteem and Encouraging Self-Love
•Granola and Grains: pastas, breads, cereal, rices, flax seed, sunflower seeds, etc.
•Dairy: milk, cheeses, yogurt
•Spices: ginger, mints (peppermint, spearmint, etc.), melissa, chamomile, turmeric, cumin, fennel

Feeding Your Heart Chakra
Healing Emotional Hurts
•Leafy vegetables: spinach, kale, dandelion greens, etc.
•Air vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, squash, etc.
•Liquids: green teas
•Spices: basil, sage, thyme, cilantro, parsley

Feeding Your Throat Chakra
Speaking One's Truth
•Liquids in general: water, fruit juices, herbal teas
•Tart or tangy fruits: lemons, limes, grapefruit, kiwi
•Other tree growing fruits: apples, pears, plums, peaches, apricots, etc.
•Spices: salt, lemon grass

Feeding Your Brow Chakra

Awakening Third Eye Senses
•Dark bluish colored fruits: blueberries, red grapes, black berries, raspberries, etc.
•Liquids: red wines and grape juice
•Spices: lavender, poppy seed, mugwort

Feeding Your Crown Chakra
Opening and Clearing the Spiritual Communication Center
•Air: fasting / detoxing
•Incense and Smudging Herbs: sage, copal, myrrh, frankincense, and juniper Incense and smudging herbs are not to be eaten but are ritually inhaled through the nostrils or can be smoked through a ceremony pipe for purification purposes.

Comment by Seb on November 16, 2011 at 9:54pm

Hey Stargemz

This is Seb. I haven't been on the site for a long time, but I wanted to say that I'm a good friend of Marty's who started this group. We talked on the phone every day for about 6 years. He lived about an hour's drive from me. He actually died on May 24th this year whilst in a coma. He had some heart problems but they weren't too serious. Unfortunately he fell out of bed in the hospital 3 times and the 3rd time put him in the coma as he suffered a stroke. I still miss him greatly. I know he's be so happy that people still visit this group as trees and healthy eating/organic foods were passions of his.

 

Blessings to you and bon apatite!!

 

S

Comment by stargemz on November 16, 2011 at 9:31pm

We never heard about what happened to Marty-who started this Group. Blessings to him-whatever level he is on now!  and his family ..........

I have put my raised beds to sleep for the season Except for the leeks,carrots,kale,beets and a few others that will last all winter covered up and will be great joy to me pulled at need.

My third year growing vegies and we didn't have to buy ONE vegetable for 5 months! It's been SO rewarding! To Anita-It just gets better with every thing you learn!!!

 Yes I have failures but I plant several possibilities for each each category to keep food coming. Like I plant for greens-lettuce,kale,chard and spinach. If one has problems I can eat the others. I plant beets,carrots,potatoes and rutabags so if a root species fails I still have some other alternative. This year my melons all failed but I had plenty of berries. My chard got some fungal disease but the kale and celery grew next to it with no problems! The whole 'grow food' thing is a great and fun experiment for me but it is leading to true self-suffiency IF an emergy happens I won't be in fear of starving. When a crop rots from too wet, I add perlite to aerate the soil for the next year.....if a crop dries up in summer I add compost and straw mulch to hold water in the soil....etc etc. Every year the weather is different and moreso with climate change and so we must diversify! I'm just thrilled to learn over a few years what varieties always 'make it' for me and my property and where I need to seek new varieties of seed.

Great blessings to you all! Chemical free food is a great vibration for our bodies!

Namaste.

Comment by Aly on August 25, 2011 at 1:33am

This is my first year to plant a vegetable garden for my family... I do not have a lot of room in my back yard so I made a small area in the corner..  I planted tomatoes, okra, peppers, zucchini, honey dew, eggplant and cucumbers.  My radishes didn't make it and the eggplant is slow.   I also planted some herbs from seed the only ones that came up was dill, sweet basil and oregano.   Any advice is welcome. 

Comment by Seb on May 22, 2011 at 7:34pm

Hey everyone. I thought you'd All want to know that Martin (Marty) is in hospital in a coma after heart problems and a stroke yesterday and isn't likely to pull thru. I have spoken to his sons today. I'm totally gutted and so very sad. He isn't expected to make it thru the night. I shall keep you All informed.

Please light a candle for him and keep him in your thoughts.

One Love.

Seb.

Comment by stargemz on May 17, 2011 at 4:11am

Hello Everyone! (and greetings to annaja again!)

This is year 2 for me learning all about growing food. Lots of my crops are first trys but not too many fail since I did great soil mixes in raised beds.I did a year of reading before I started! I don't grow enough to be sustainable but I'm learning all I can ASAP so I'll be ready if a food shortage ever happens around here. 

This year some of my raspberries got a fungus. It's a wet climate and I'd never had a sick raspberry before! It turned out to be a root rot that only got into the middle of the bed.I guess drainage was better all around the outside.OR one of my three kinds of plants just was not suited to this area. SO MUCH TO LEARN-always-I'm having fun though.

Eating a salad most days now unless it's cold outside and it's more a soup day! Our grown food has so much exotic flavor and energies!  We have plenty of lettuce spinach, kale, chard, pak choi,radish,pea tendrals that taste almost as nice as the future peas will be(first flower yesterday!)!!!  I discovered edible flowers this year; marvelling at how good English-Daisies are!-DoNot try "regular" daisies tho-.yucky...English daisies are more tiny petals and puffy looking flowers---very nice tasting! Chive flower buds are real nice too.

My garden has become a magical place this year and seems full of nature spirits.Twice a face of light has come out of a plant as if greeting me.One a simple dandylion and one a lupine.Reminded me of the Findhorn Garden book!

LOL Annaja,No I do not have alpacas but get manure from a nearby farm! Lots of people nearby are striving for sustainability. But others are the weavers and livestock folks,not me. We just have cats,dogs and 3 chickens! 

 My work is adding more raised beds as often as I can! I take a lot of pictures too. Today I put up tripods for pole beans. It's not "work" for me because I love all of this so much. I love the cooking too. Lots of quiche these days with our chickens so "happy over the warm weather! hahah  :))))) 

Namaste

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