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timdog44

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10. My wife and I
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 11:00 AM
Jun 2013

are selling our 2 acre garden of eden. We have changed all lawn to at least 60% native plants, native tall prairie grasses, huge garden, and native perennials all over the place. No pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, no -cides at all. We always counted our success by the number of butterflies and bees of all kinds we had. We are fortunate to have been here for over 25 years. Time and my back have taken the toll and we have to leave. We cry, but we have to move on. Hopefully we can find a place with a small yard that we can do something with.

We live in the middle of Illinois farm land. GMO all over the place and Roundup in the farmers coffee. Weeds growing in their sterile fields becasue the Roundup no longer works. No bugs, bees, or birds. It is criminal how agriculture has evolved in America. The mantra of the farmer "we feed the world" is susch bullshit. We import almost as much as we export. All these massive farms have taken away from America a great and prideful way of life. And these guys like to call themselves farmers. Corn and bean manufacturing plants. And the people who own the farms don't know the difference between a kernel of corn and a shoat. Real farmers have their own animals out eating hay and grass in their fields, have their own gardens, chicken running around eating garden pests, and growing unperverted grains.

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Good visual. secondvariety Jun 2013 #1
We have a billion insects per square mile of earth in temperate zones .... Botany Jun 2013 #7
Bats eat gnats? secondvariety Jun 2013 #14
Guinea hens eat fleas and ticks, ducks eat ticks Champion Jack Jun 2013 #22
Guinea hens secondvariety Jun 2013 #24
Cool birds. We had them here in Minnesota NickB79 Jun 2013 #25
what about cockroaches? can you recommend some predators i can get for them? n/t lordsummerisle Jun 2013 #15
Nothing you would want to cuddle in your bed at night. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #19
Can O Beer Roach Trap thelordofhell Jun 2013 #28
I am sure Monsanto will make up for it. Problem is it will all taste the same. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #2
And it will all taste like chicken. nt oldhippie Jun 2013 #3
Eventually we will have a chip implanted that we can dial in what ever taste we want. I cant wait.nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #5
LOL wtmusic Jun 2013 #8
How does Monsanto figure into this? Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #26
They bought the leading research firm doing bee studies thelordofhell Jun 2013 #29
Why do you suppose that research group sold to Monsanto? Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #30
$$$$$$$$$$$$$ thelordofhell Jun 2013 #31
Not exactly in it for intellectual pursuits or the greater good. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #32
Let's put it this way sarge43 Jun 2013 #4
aquaponic gardening grow your own! Heather MC Jun 2013 #20
You still need pollinators Champion Jack Jun 2013 #23
Aquaponics is very energy-intensive NickB79 Jun 2013 #34
better to have some foods you grow yourself than none at all Heather MC Jun 2013 #35
What you can do about this problem Botany Jun 2013 #6
A friend had something on her FB page about mason bee houses the other day MNBrewer Jun 2013 #9
We have mason bees here. Marvelous creatures. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #11
My wife and I timdog44 Jun 2013 #10
I am SO sorry you have to move. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #12
Thank you for that. timdog44 Jun 2013 #13
you have the understanding and knowledge that will make wherever you land good ... Botany Jun 2013 #16
I have seen the book and browsed it in the stores. timdog44 Jun 2013 #21
Hand Pollinating in China dem in texas Jun 2013 #17
Not quite true, you would still have native and bumble bees to do the work. happyslug Jun 2013 #18
I've read native bees are in decline as well though NickB79 Jun 2013 #27
For the same reason, monoculture happyslug Jun 2013 #33
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