Beyond Back Yard Sustainability

[gardengreentheworld]

good point brosive... all this time i was thinking too small

[NovusChaoMundi]

You need 1 acre per person per year for 100% sustainability

[LolitaSala]

"the way to get there is "feed one another"!!!" bárbaro

[peakmoment]

@apeinacrate76, I accidentally deleted your second comment: "But the rest of the show info is great thanks for that aspect of your show peace:)"

I think you realized that the context for Scott's comment "if you can't share you can't have it" is not a dictate from a tyrant, but a natural law -- when we share we all have more. If we can't/won't share (if we hoard), we really end up losing in the long run. Because humans need each other, need community, to survive and thrive.

[AbattoirDream]

on the subject of nitrogen 'scarcity' id suggest you download a pdf. file written by 'Brian Desborough' called 'A blueprint for a better world' -I really enjoyed reading it and it sounds like these two are on the same path.

it talks about using diluted sea water for natural fertilizer/pesticide.. SOUNDS CRAZY I KNOW lol but its really interesting to read and ive spoken to people who use sea water.. DOWNLOAD IT FREE.

[AbattoirDream]

the druids knew ALOT about plants and nature.. shame.

[5lkk]

@SuperSexyBoiGod no tools, seed skills, property, you'll starve. Money is no value if too many think like you, and rely on others to grow the food. With all the guns to steal from those who produce, cannibalism will be rampant.

[5lkk]

@SuperSexyBoiGod I'm not sure relying on people to be wealthy enough to continue to through away food is a very good survival plan. U just might be 1 who may feel rock salt in the but as U exit from raiding someones garden. Rock salt if your lucky, lead posioning if things turn too bad.

[DiogoPesce]

talk to the plant.. belive that... thanks for all

[westkan]

@SuperSexyBoiGod I'm no so sure that's a good survival plan. Not are are U planning to be dependent on the actions of others, U are also planning they will have a surplus that they will be throwing away in hard times.

[westkan]

Unlike others I hung with the video to the end, but I'll have view it again to avoid making erroneous conclusions. Perhaps in a future interview it can be explained, how he asks plants where they would like to grow. Does that mean his research has revealed more than what was known previously about companion planting or that he is discovering other factors to be considered? I'm not yet convinced all life has energy fields, meridians etc., so that will be though line of thought for me to follow.

[westkan]

Not that I'll say that depending on "natural gas" for a source of fertilizer is good thing, I do believe it's in accurate to sat there would be a choice between heat, and fertilizer for food production. Nitrogen is a by product of processing the gas from the natural gas fields for the methane that is burned for heating purposes. The more demand for methane,would mean more nitrogen, depending on the nitrogen content of the raw gas being process for methane. Until the gas fields play out that is.

[prieten49]

@SuperSexyBoiGod , dumpster-diving may be a good use of what society throws away, but it really isn't sustainable, is it? You are relying on the current wasteful industrial agricultural food system to throw a few crumbs your way. What happens when that system collapses as Scott McGuire rightly points out? Maybe becoming friendlier and cooperating with your neighbors to grow some veggies is really a better idea than sitting in a dumpster with your mouth open.

[prieten49]

Scott McGuire certainly shows that sustainability can be fun. I don't buy all the "woo" about talking to his plants, though. I recently joined a CSA that's based on Rudolf Steiner's biodynamic farming principles. The more I learned about the techniques used, the less confident I became about joining! But... we joined anyway and I have to say the veggies are delicious. I suppose we should be thankful that people are motivated by some philosophy to do something good and cut them a little slack.

[westkan]

@prieten49 I'm not fairly certain he didn't mean he was having 2 way conversations with plant, than it was a metaphor. As in the data he was collecting from his experiments was talking to him.

[DrReaper]

GMO's are killing the bees.

[AkashicDevi]

great video thank you! its a sad truth about all of the current model not being sustainable. And people have very rigid ideas about what is food and what isn't. We're selectively eating what has been marketed rather tahn understanding the abundance in wild food. i see my neighbours battling 'weeds'... i eat mine so i have no 'weeds' its wild food!

[HowToChangeTheWorld]

@AkashicDevi Now there are companies that spray paint lawns green for a couple hundred bucks annually..lol. What's next, plastic outdoor plants? I see green lawns slowly retreating and being replaced by weeds and gardens. Which wild edibles are you eating? Platagos, Chickweed, Wild Strawberries, Queen Anne's Lace, Thistle, Wild Mustard, Wild lettce, Amaranth and many more are wild around here.

[greenteen85]

@HowToChangeTheWorld chickweed rules

[HowToChangeTheWorld]

@greenteen85 You're telling me, I saved some seed earlier today for planting next year.

[5lkk]

@HowToChangeTheWorld Some have astroturf lawns. Plastic plants are old news, not what's next :)

[TheGreenerGardener]

I was with him up to about 10:30.

[Cairokmt]

True, some spend thousands, and I agree that's not very smart, but there are others that achieve their goals by being very thrifty. They recycle materials (old tires, plastic jugs, wood, broken concrete) to create planters and raised beds. Seeds (as opposed to seedlings and shrubs) are cheaper. They have 'planting parties' and give their friends and neighbors lunch and dinner in exchange for labor. And they make their own compost instead of buying fertilizer.

[stt60]

I was into this until it started getting weird at 13:13.

[srcorso]

@stt60 Same thing...He ask the plants where to plant them?...mmm..lost me

[hablerz]

@stt60 Yea it became clear what kind of plants he grows a few minutes before that time.

[melonbarmonster]

Back yards are not sustainable. People spend thousands of dollars on equipment, soil, fertilizer, seedlings, etc.. The few extra yield is in no way "sustainable". It's a nice neighborly interaction. BY gardens are fun and produce healthy and tasty vegetables.

[amyro]

@melonbarmonster if you know what you are doing when planting you dont have to spend thousands of dollars - be creative. recycle materials, buy used tools at yard sales, make your soil with your kitchen waste. grow oganically .grow from seeds they are very inexpensive, at harvest you can pickle items, make delicious vegetable mixes and can them and more - having food for all seasons. growing your own food is easy - people just need to think and do.

[looseal22]

@amyro wish I knew how to think and do.

[melonbarmonster]

@amyro I do all of the above. I love my vegetables when they're producing in the summer but I'm under no delusions about being sustainable with my backyard garden. I actually think that's disrespecting American pioneers who really were sustainable and self-sufficient.

[westkan]

@melonbarmonster IMO the pioneers where more interdependent that popular American mythology would let on. That interdependence was one of the key things mentioned in this interview.

[Aimrehtopyh]

@melonbarmonster Those people using lots of equipment and chemicals are doing it wrong. Weaning yourself off of consumerism and fossil fuels is a major component of this movement, dontcha know? We all know suburbia is not sustainable, but since we're stuck here for the time being why not make the most of it and at least learn a little bit about growing our own food.

[GulfOilDisaster2010]

@melonbarmonster

Permaculture is an interesting resource to see how to groom the soil without trying to quickly make it do what you want. First the soil is built up with a couple of years of compost and special plants before you begin using it. It's a science. Check it out.

[5lkk]

@melonbarmonster Much of the items U mentioned ar a 1 time investment with little future outlay if taken care of. Damn well better be sustainable, cuz business as usual most likely isn'te. Not going to change the current model overnight. Future generations will be grateful that some are researching for what may their reality

[melonbarmonster]

@5lkk I certainly enjoy my 10 by 15 backyard garden and a bulk of the expenses are first time investments. I also compost and keep everything organic but I'm under no delusion that my garden is sustainable.

[VonLeachim]

@SuperSexyBoiGod ah ye know, funny thing is a school of thought suggests that just holding the seeds of veggies etc in ones mouth before planting can help atttune the grown plant to the one who planted it.

planting in phase to, it's all connected - just a shame most humans sre disconnected. be col if we could all just get on with our lot an just kinda , be -you know :)

[VonLeachim]

lovely notions

though , what happenes [as has before] when folks start to 'want' what one community has ....

it all kick soff again.

[btigtime2]

@SuperSexyBoiGod During a food crisis in the city you will be sharing that dumpster with 3500 of your closest friends

[Tywers]

WHY is he talking about homeopathy and energy meridians? what happened to science, logic and non-hoaxy bullshit? Plants are scientific as are insects and their interactions are as well. Wtf is this chi shit...

[DoctorsWife56]

Thank you for that insight about asking the plants and muscle testing to sort out the locations. I can't wait to use this process.

[noslrac1980]

@SuperSexyBoiGod I think he may incinerate some plants before he starts talking to the rest :)

[btigtime2]

I have a huge garden and rabbits and chickens. I have ten fruit trees and an herb garden..... This year my family would have starved... maybe next year

[googlesbitch]

There is a chance the pest resistance genetic modified corn is killing large groups of bees world wide. The characteristic of killing off pest is also killing the bees since they pollinate from any plant that develop nectar.

Teach the students about money management because food growing is always balancing resources.(money)

[silversobe]

Social progress and human well being is always second to monetary gain. If a problem is profitable, the problem will remain. Abundance, sustainability and efficiency are enemies of profit.

Efficiency, abundance, and sustainability are enemies of our economic structure for they are inverse to the mechanics required to perpetuate consumption.

[RelyOnYourselfTV]

You can't do or provide everything yourself. I spent a long time working out the calories for self sufficiency and it doesn't add up. We need to work in groups and specialise in specific tasks and crops to have a hope of survival.

[jimmyjames133]

@SuperSexyBoiGod what you don't speak plant lol