I've done some research trying to find an answer (or different answers) to my question about how seedless fruit are grown when the purpose of fruit is to reproduce. In fact, several sources defined fruit as a botanical ovary. What is an ovary but a container that holds eggs or in the case of botany seeds?
On one hand I read that fruit can grow seedless if it hasn't been pollinated and on the other hand, I read that seedless fruit has been "developed" by scientists. The former suggests a mutation which I would actually still eat, the latter suggests bio-tampered food and this I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole!
I'm still searching for an answer. If anyone has a suggestion, hypothesis or solid information, I'm open to hear it all.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Health Basics - Are seedless fruits dangerous to your health?
Over the last few years I've had questions about seedless fruit. A (fruit bearing) tree bears fruit so that it can spread seed and reproduce. What kind of seed can a tree spread with seedless fruit? It simply does not make sense. I have therefore stayed away from seedless fruit for years even when they are organic.
The article below doesn't really answer my question. There are many watermelons and grapes that are both seedless and certified organic. Forgive me, but I find that to be disturbing..
Health Basics - Are seedless fruits dangerous to your health?
The article below doesn't really answer my question. There are many watermelons and grapes that are both seedless and certified organic. Forgive me, but I find that to be disturbing..
Health Basics - Are seedless fruits dangerous to your health?
How to Put a Fish Pond in Your Backyard • Ron Hazelton Online
I've been dreaming of a fish pond for a while now. I'm trying to gather as much information about it as I can. This is where your comments and futhermores would be most valuable because this is a topic that I know so little about. I'm learning everyday, but I still have a way to go before I actually build one.
The pond that was built in the video (click on link below) was not for fishing, but for containing pet fish. It still gave me some information on building the pond itself; I therefore found it useful nonetheless. Enjoy!
How to Put a Fish Pond in Your Backyard • Ron Hazelton Online
The pond that was built in the video (click on link below) was not for fishing, but for containing pet fish. It still gave me some information on building the pond itself; I therefore found it useful nonetheless. Enjoy!
How to Put a Fish Pond in Your Backyard • Ron Hazelton Online
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Why I Would Like To Raise Chickens
Some "free range" chickens live in a semi-confined environment where there is a passageway in and out of the chicken confinement house, but it's soooo small that the chickens often don't see the outdoors. How the heck those chickens are "free range" I'll never understand.
This is part of the reason why it has been on my heart to raise chickens myself. I had a chicken in my backyard for a few weeks. She sort of wondered into my yard one day and stuck around. I believe my neighbor's dogs probably killed her like they have killed several feral cats in the neighborhood. While she hung around, however, I learned that most of what a chicken eats already lives in the ground. The lentils and millet that I gave her, she would have as a treat. Keep in mind, this happened at a time when I thought that the best thing to feed chickens is grain.
Someone posted a picture of two eggs on facebook. One egg was from a confined grain fed chicken and the other was from a free range chicken who ate what lived in the ground. The egg yolks appeared so different in color. The sickly egg was a soft yellow color while the well nourished egg was a bold deep orange color. I've been so aware of what the eggs that I buy look like since then. I would look to see if the yolks were yellow or deep orange. Many of them were somewhere in between which I still find disturbing.
If I raise my own, at least I KNOW they will be nutritious eggs. I don't have to rely on another and wonder if the chickens have ever been confined, fed GMOs or worse.
This is part of the reason why it has been on my heart to raise chickens myself. I had a chicken in my backyard for a few weeks. She sort of wondered into my yard one day and stuck around. I believe my neighbor's dogs probably killed her like they have killed several feral cats in the neighborhood. While she hung around, however, I learned that most of what a chicken eats already lives in the ground. The lentils and millet that I gave her, she would have as a treat. Keep in mind, this happened at a time when I thought that the best thing to feed chickens is grain.
Someone posted a picture of two eggs on facebook. One egg was from a confined grain fed chicken and the other was from a free range chicken who ate what lived in the ground. The egg yolks appeared so different in color. The sickly egg was a soft yellow color while the well nourished egg was a bold deep orange color. I've been so aware of what the eggs that I buy look like since then. I would look to see if the yolks were yellow or deep orange. Many of them were somewhere in between which I still find disturbing.
If I raise my own, at least I KNOW they will be nutritious eggs. I don't have to rely on another and wonder if the chickens have ever been confined, fed GMOs or worse.
Building a Chicken Coop
Here is some more information about raising food for yourself. This video gives step by step instruction on a DIY project; building a chicken coop. I used to be against coops because I've always felt that a free range chicken should be truly "free range" without the restraints of a coop. After speaking with farmers, I realized that preditors will not only steal eggs but entire chickens as well if you don't have a way of keeping them out. The coop isn't to trap the chicken as much as it is to protect them.
Personally, I could raise chickens for eggs, but I would never be able to slaughter them for food. I eat chicken, but I didn't give the chickens that I eat names and I've never watched them grow from babies to adults. I get attached to animals VERY easily and I could never be a vegan, so I'll just have to continue buying chicken from someone else.
For whatever reason, if you would like to raise chickens here is a video on how to build a coop.
Personally, I could raise chickens for eggs, but I would never be able to slaughter them for food. I eat chicken, but I didn't give the chickens that I eat names and I've never watched them grow from babies to adults. I get attached to animals VERY easily and I could never be a vegan, so I'll just have to continue buying chicken from someone else.
For whatever reason, if you would like to raise chickens here is a video on how to build a coop.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Building a Backyard Fishing Pond
I'm so glad to get back to the subject of homesteading. Talk of the fight for health freedom may be necessary, but it can also be frustrating and therefore tiresome. Amen to the battles that we have won so far and thanks to all who continue to work through their frustrations to see our rights restored.
This is a video that offers advice about building fish farms. I wouldn't want a fish farm, although I do think of raising a small fishing pond just to feed my family. This video gave some details that I haven't thought about or even read about. If like me, you're thinking of raising fish for food, this is a good video to watch.
I hope find this video to be as educational as I did.
This is a video that offers advice about building fish farms. I wouldn't want a fish farm, although I do think of raising a small fishing pond just to feed my family. This video gave some details that I haven't thought about or even read about. If like me, you're thinking of raising fish for food, this is a good video to watch.
I hope find this video to be as educational as I did.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Ban The Frankenfish
I feel that the frankenfish is a huge threat. Once frankenfish is released into the environment, salmon becomes property of Monsanto.
Everything else that they have done doesn't even compare to this because what this would mean is that there a particular form of life on earth that is owned by a corporation. Do you comprehend that? Salmon, ALL salmon will be owned by Monsanto. I truly hope that I'm not the only one who sees how incredibly sick this is. I used to like salmon, although I avoided it because of mercury that doesn't mean that I wanted to see their extinction. I still had some hope that water could get cleaner one day and fish would be a healthy food again as a result. Once frankenfish is kicked into play, that spells out extinction for salmon because they want to mix their frankenfish with the normal salmon and they will breed monster fish until there isn't any salmon left.
Please, please, please click *here* and let your voice be heard. If salmon must be extinct, then so be it. But IF we must give these jokers our food, they better know they aren't getting it without a fight at the very least.
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