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WCLinolVir

(951 posts)
8. I used to think of my garden as a hobby, now it's a vital necessity.
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 08:14 AM
Aug 2013

As prices go up and up. This year I bought a canner and have been devoting resources to that for the winter. I am amazed at what planning can add to our resources. This year I am doing a winter garden with hoops. The learning curve was not cheap! Even when buying stuff at half off and used equipment.

Stop telling the truth! Safetykitten Aug 2013 #1
Workers Of America Are Getting Screwed xchrom Aug 2013 #2
It seems capitalism is real good at creating real crappy jobs. fasttense Aug 2013 #3
Oh, but jobs are being created! chervilant Aug 2013 #4
If you don't have a solid full-time job and you can only afford necessities, LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #5
and those of us with solid full time jobs (or any job) Skittles Aug 2013 #39
They are not talking about us, when claiming recession is over. As during the * regime, they are Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #6
And now the Lying Liars are doing exactly as the Lying Liars before them did - truedelphi Aug 2013 #49
"Feels like" hell! It still IS a recession to most people hobbit709 Aug 2013 #7
I used to think of my garden as a hobby, now it's a vital necessity. WCLinolVir Aug 2013 #8
We have built make-shift cold frames from someone's cast off storm windows. AllyCat Aug 2013 #24
Same here. Do you live in Virginia? WCLinolVir Aug 2013 #33
Ha ha! AllyCat Aug 2013 #38
I wondered if it was truly a small world as my neighbor is also building a greenhouse. WCLinolVir Aug 2013 #53
I usually plant the cloves in September, but due to house project, was late AllyCat Aug 2013 #56
Great. I will definitely do some garlic. WCLinolVir Aug 2013 #58
Garlic is particularly resistant to pests and protects many of your other plants. AllyCat Aug 2013 #59
Thank you. WCLinolVir Sep 2013 #60
Question from an economics-challenged DUer nxylas Aug 2013 #9
Nominal is actual (dollar in this case) growth. Real is adjusted for inflation. Lucky Luciano Aug 2013 #23
nominal looks at a number hfojvt Aug 2013 #35
Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Aug 2013 #10
It IS a recession, still SmittynMo Aug 2013 #11
republicans have no interest in bolstering an economy with a democratic President at the helm spanone Aug 2013 #12
You're so wrong about that. R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2013 #26
I think they are interested , but they don't know how to Johonny Aug 2013 #32
That is how they keep propping up a bogeyman. WCLinolVir Aug 2013 #34
K&R. The truth is important. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #13
K and R (nt) bigwillq Aug 2013 #14
... xchrom Aug 2013 #15
.... bigwillq Aug 2013 #27
k/r marmar Aug 2013 #16
k&r Puzzledtraveller Aug 2013 #17
Growth is the WRONG measure,. when you have enough you don't need more. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #18
Resources are a function of technology. TampaAnimusVortex Aug 2013 #28
Plants grow right out of the ground, converting molecules into whatever we need using solar now! Civilization2 Aug 2013 #29
Because that techno fix does a lot more... TampaAnimusVortex Aug 2013 #37
Ah yes, the soon to come,. It is like the bar sign "FREE BEER!", with the small print "tomorrow",. . Civilization2 Aug 2013 #43
Are you serious? TampaAnimusVortex Aug 2013 #54
Are you dreaming? Little plastic parts are not going to rebuild the collapsing biosphere. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #55
No - everything we need isnt here yet... TampaAnimusVortex Aug 2013 #57
This is reality PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #41
I agree... we cannot summer-hazz Aug 2013 #47
Because 95% of Americans bluedeathray Aug 2013 #19
Because 95 % of Americans are irrelevant Snake Plissken Aug 2013 #20
K+R KG Aug 2013 #21
We need a New New Deal. That is, a new economic structure that works for working people. reformist2 Aug 2013 #22
I once heard dotymed Aug 2013 #25
In the long run there is no other way whoiswithme Aug 2013 #30
What did we expect? dickthegrouch Aug 2013 #31
I hear you dickthegrouch Skittles Aug 2013 #40
DURec leftstreet Aug 2013 #36
But, but, but....how can this be? progressoid Aug 2013 #42
K&R As always. Keep getting it out there, all we have on our side is the truth. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #44
And yet JNelson6563 Aug 2013 #45
In my state hotrod0808 Aug 2013 #46
kick Liberal_in_LA Aug 2013 #48
It's the Fukushima of economic recoveries. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2013 #50
During the Cold War the Soviets used to talk about "capitalist exploitation of the workers"... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #51
You know what they call the 99% In DC? blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #52
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