Leave Room For Nature

I was told in dreamtime this morning that "The cleansing has begun," and I was then shown violent storms, wars, toxic spills and dumping, earthquakes, flooding, fires. Although I have certainly dreamed this before and have shared these dreams before, I felt a sense of urgency this morning, kind of like one last warning, perhaps. And while this may have seemed hopeless and gloomy and dire to anyone else, to me it felt refreshing and necessary because:

We're overpopulated on Mother Earth, and we have used and abused just about all of Her natural resources. We've accelerated climate change, we've dumped tons of poisons/chemicals into river and stream beds and the oceans and even into the earth itself with fracking. We've seen species' extinctions during our lifetime, and we've seen endless war with others and fighting among ourselves.

We in the United States are so divided that it seems impossible to overcome our differences, but overcome them we must. Everyone on Earth will be affected in the coming years - every one. The only way to truly survive and thrive will be if we come together as a community. Don't like gays? Well, when that tornado hits, a gay person may be the one digging you out. Don't like blacks/hispanics/asians/Middle Easterners/whites? When your home is flooded, it may be a recent immigrant who is manning the boat, picking you up from your roof. Put aside your prejudices and embrace the difference in your fellow man/woman. Stop thinking of another human being as someone to be afraid of or to loathe and instead think of your fellow man as a brother or sister, part of your human family. Personalities differ, looks differ, levels of intelligence differ, but we are all one in the human family - stop the fear, the loathing, the madness! You won't have time for thinking along those lines in any event after a tragedy, so you might as well stop thinking that way now.

Prejudice, inequality, class division, nothing matters after a tragedy except coming together as a community to bury the dead, rebuild for the present and think forward to a new future. A new future together as a whole. Money has very little value when everyone is hurting; the value lies in salvaging materials that are immediately available, knowing where a food and water source are available, having shelter, being with your family/friends/neighbors/community members.

As we set up our communities in the future, I definitely hope that we pay heed to the Georgia Guidestones and follow the advice:

"LET THESE BE GUIDESTONES TO AN AGE OF REASON"

the message of the Georgia Guidestones

1. MAINTAIN HUMANITY UNDER 500,000,000 IN PERPETUAL BALANCE WITH NATURE

2. GUIDE REPRODUCTION WISELY - IMPROVING FITNESS AND DIVERSITY 

3. UNITE HUMANITY WITH A LIVING NEW LANGUAGE 

4. RULE PASSION - FAITH - TRADITION - AND ALL THINGS WITH TEMPERED REASON 

5. PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS 

6. LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES IN A WORLD COURT

7. AVOID PETTY LAWS AND USELESS OFFICIALS

8. BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES

9. PRIZE TRUTH - BEAUTY - LOVE- SEEKING HARMONY WITH THE INFINITE 

10. BE NOT A CANCER ON THE EARTH - LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE - LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE

  

Gardening In A New Way

On 2/22/14 I wrote, "Store extra seed, start growing vertical gardens indoors, invent new ways to grow herbs, veggies and fruits...." Well, you know how it goes: ask, and the Universe will find a way to deliver! I've seen two new choices to traditional veggie/herb gardening, and I'm sharing them here.

The first is a vertical wall with veggies and herbs planted within. Here's the picture: 

The second choice is to plant your seeds in the potting mix bags, which are placed on a stand (how-to is explained below). What I especially love about this idea is that they can be moved under shelter or indoors if inclement weather comes your way, and if it's just too damn hot where the sun is broiling those plants, move to a partial shady area. Just remember to buy organic potting mix, y'all!

Here's the second method:

This worked well for me for many years - it's a simple, weed-free way to grow lettuce, spinach and even radishes. Take a 2 cubic feet bag of potting soil (I used Miracle Grow), rumple it around quite a bit to loose the soil, poke quite a few holes in the back side for drainage, then lay the bag on a smooth surface that will allow drainage and not get too hot, and cut out the top, leaving about a 4 or 5 inch border all around. Lightly rake through the soil to even it out and loosen it even more, then carefully, and evenly sprinkle the seeds around. I put my salad green seeds in an old spice bottle with large shaker holes, added some cornmeal, shook it all up to mix well and sprinkled them out of it. I put the cornmeal in there to allow me to see that I had covered the soil evenly. If doing radish seeds or spinach, just make lines the depth mentioned on the seed pack, plant the seeds and cover appropriately. For salad greens I sprinkled a lite covering of soil over the cornmeal and seeds and then spray-misted to water them in. I put my bags on metal sawhorses and grates to make them waist level. This kept the bags off the hot concrete and I didn't have to bend over when cutting my salad. When harvesting, just use a pair of scissors and cut what you need - don't pull the plants out. Same goes for spinach - they will grow back almost magically overnight, and you can't tell where you cut. Spray mist the seeds and plantlings at first when watering, until they are established, then you can water more vigorously as the plants mature. You will probably need to water more often, since the depth of the bags are not as deep as a regular in-ground garden. I just kept mine moist, but not sopping wet.