The GoodEarth VI

[Simpateeko]

Congratulations on your first catch!

If you soak the squirrel in brine(salt water) for a day it will help remove the gamey taste. Should not matter much though in a survival situation if your hungry enough.

I'm glad it was your wife and not your neighbor that got upset first. Your choice of ammo makes a big difference when it comes to noise. If your not too discouraged try 22 shorts instead of 22 long rifle. You will probably have to place them in the chamber, then close the bolt on them.

[TheDudeJeffCanuckski]

A .177 Air Rifle works fine on small game without any noise. Mine has a scope and the deadly accurate to 75 feet. Youtube it. There's reviews on here.

[justmy10cents]

good job on the catch dave enjoy him :)

[imperialcrypt]

Are you growing heirlooms or those GM seeds from walmart? I'm growing some heirloom seeds I bought on the internet. Black prince tomato, Ground cherry, White Carrots, red peppers, all the good stuff. I would stay away from those seeds at walmart or dept stores there probably been screwed with by Monsanto. >:|

[dashxdr]

>Are you growing heirlooms or those GM seeds from walmart?

I consider the heirloom seeds to be precious, and the wallmart / home depot seeds to be throwaways. So I want to get some experience growing with the crappy seeds first before I risk the heirloom ones.

Interesting story, 280 of 1000 farmers in Africa growing Monsanto corn had crop failures -- the corn was just cobs, no seeds. Monsanto -- they're evil, I tell ya! Evil!

[imperialcrypt]

yeah I know what you mean, The heirloom seeds are not cheap. I think I payed over $50 Us dollars for mine, I could of got some questionable seeds at walmart for alot less. Most of it was just shipping and fees.. But the seeds after the 1st crop you can save them so you dont have to buy it again.

I'm not a fan of Monsanto either, I dont like the idea of eating stuff that been fucked with by some genetic scientists. they remind me of that evil company Umbrella corp in resident evil.

[Bacchusism]

Where did you get your seeds from?

[imperialcrypt]

Try victoryseeds {.} com or if you want some exotic plants try seedrack{.}.com

[Bacchusism]

Thanks for that!

[imperialcrypt]

yeah no problem. I ordered from Seedrack, the germination rate is nothing to brag about. But I got some sprouts going.

You can also can get a Dig on what others saying about a particular seed seller by looking them on davesgarden{.}com/products/gwd­/

[dontblamethemessenge]

made of gold, not mad of gold.

[dontblamethemessenge]

so the gold-fish well get more expensive.

Because mad of gold.

[dontblamethemessenge]

That is because a small amount of water every day will get lost by evaporation.

[dontblamethemessenge]

also grass fields people only give water at the end of a sunny day, otherwise they burn away. It is because the sunlight is focused in the water drops. If you would give water during the day, you must keep on giving water until the sun fades. And if it is really hot a long time, it is better to give very much water at one time, instead of small amounts of water many times. So maybe once a week a lot of water (at the end of the day) in stead of small amounts every day.

[dontblamethemessenge]

that is special soil with a course structure that contains humus with special bacteria. The structure is not compact but more open. The roots need that because it gives growing space.

[dontblamethemessenge]

when you plant you must have some very vertile soil where you put the roots in, otherwise the plants do not grow. The roots must develop first and they do not do they if you have poor earth. Maybe you can buy special vertile soil and put the roots of the plant in that.

give the plants only water in the evening, not in the sunlight!

[dontblamethemessenge]

i heard goldfish might get much more expensive in the future.

[dashxdr]

>i heard goldfish might get much more expensive in the future.

I wonder why?

BTW Thanks for the tip about watering at night. I'd been watering in the mornings.

The seedlings have top quality soil mixture, supposedly ideal for sprouting seeds. I think they didn't get started right -- first too little sunlight, second too much water.

[dontblamethemessenge]

because of the "gold" in it. A reference to the metal, that will get more expensive.

I think that if you give water with a sprayer on the plants, when there is sun, the plants might develop burns (brown spots and such).

You can water at the end of the day, when there is liitle or no sun.

[machinenation]

youtube is a bit clunky aright - flaky. That's the case with some software- organic and in development- work in progress.

What's nice about the water is if you've seen Dan Polonicoff's video on him testing the snow, the rainwater is better for your plants anyway - indoors and out. Best avoid tap water altogether. Polonicoff doesn't like his videos being posted on a forum - can i use yours? I think your video on buying / selling your house is great - it reflects very well what happened.

[dashxdr]

>Polonicoff doesn't like his videos being posted on a forum - can i use yours?

As far as I'm concerned once digital media has gotten into your hands, your fair use includes any and every possible thing you care to do with it. I'm against copyrights and patents.

So have at it.

[NOweWONT]

I'd drive some metal stakes into the ground, around the sandbags, to hold them in place.

[StevenM818]

That sounds like it might work. I was thinking maybe shrinkwrap the whole thing to add some support, but since it's oval, I dunno. Couldn't hurt to try I guess. Places like home depot have rolls of that stuff to wrap up pallets of building materials when loading their trucks. I bet if you threw one of their drivers or loaders a few bucks they'd probably let you have a partially used roll.

By the way, Dave, I love reading DeCarbonnel's website. One of my faves.

[imitator777]

you should work for youtube!

[camathes]

lol you are upside down!

[dashxdr]

>lol you are upside down!

It doesn't do it on mine. I think it's a YouTube April Fool's joke...

[TheCassandraReview]

Because of the heat in south florida, I water my yard every other day. If it's cooler in your area or rains more then you can space it more. Gardening is a trail and error and more learning then anything else. squirel meat ..let us know when you finally eat it how it taste.