This. I've gardened for decades, and the knowledge you gain only helps with growing weed. And to add to what GrowerGoneWild says, I agree, people should learn how to grow their own food - AND preserve it. It's one of the most revolutionary things you can accomplish, weaning yourself off agribusiness, even a little bit.
Not to mention the fruit trees. I wonder how the old pomegranate tree is doing... I am going to hit it with some "Recharge" when I get there, its your typical molasses, microbe mix. Hopefully the ants havent tore it up too badly.... sorry rambling.. 
Just canned an entire flat of pints of New Mexico Hot Dog Relish.Homegrown cukes and jalapenos with store bought serranos and habaneros. 1 qt cukes to 2 qts chiles. I'm a crusty single old man. I believe all should be able to grow their own food as well as kill and butcher at least one animal if you are a meat eater. If you can't bring yourself to do it then maybe you don't deserve to let others take their spirits.
Awesome. My haul for the season is 32 quarts of grape juice, 17 quarts paste tomatoes (Heinz) and 11 quarts peaches (Veteran). Also steamed some blackberry juice that we gleaned for free, but that's already all gone. I also dried a ton (well, close to 200 pounds) of Oregon berries - strawberries (Shuksan type is soooooo good), raspberries and blueberries. Did not get around to making pickles this year, but that's okay, still have a lot from last year. Next up is apple cider season!
This is exactly how I feel everytime I enter the community garden & this is my first summer ever gardening.. I wish I had done this at a much younger age! It's like therapy.. & pretty sad that soon enough I won't be able to garden until the snow melts
One nice thing about winter is getting all the seed catalogs and looking them over for what new things you may want to try. Also, not sure where you live, but you can garden into the winter in some areas. You can plant a fall garden in July/August and include cabbage and kale, not only is it very cold hardy, freezes actually increase the sugars and make them tastier. Cloches and cold frames can also help extend your garden season for a bit longer too.This is exactly how I feel everytime I enter the community garden & this is my first summer ever gardening.. I wish I had done this at a much younger age! It's like therapy.. & pretty sad that soon enough I won't be able to garden until the snow melts
i live in quebec canada where winters are completely fuckin ridiculous.. in one night my garden will be submerged by minimum 2 feet of snow lol :\ .. i should try looking into the seed catalogs.. where can i find such? & also maybe look into indoor gardening!
I get them sent to me, because we've ordered from them in the past. You can go to the web sites for various companies and request a catalog usually, once you do that, you'll probably get them sent in subsequent years, you'll be on the list.
god damn dude thanks a bunch !!!
amen
Don't forget Baker Creek!
Hey, thanks, didn't even know about them! Ordering catalog right now.
When I was kid in the 70's everyone had a big garden, now they've got everyone trained to buy everything at the garbage food store for sky high prices. These days even in the little rural farming towns around where I grew up gardens are rare. A few people still do it but not a lot! I'm not so sure a lot of the farmers around there even know that much about growing plants, they just do what Monsanto tells them to, most of them seem to be industrial farming robots.^^^ Agreed, I had a veggie garden in the backyard when growing up. I knew about composting basics, hot fertilizers..
Growing food is a necessary life skill, everybody should learn how to garden. I honestly believe it should be a required skill.. Plants are a beautiful thing.