A Year Without Summer

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Ganado, Aug 29, 2016.


  1. Ganado

    Ganado Monkey+++

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    ive been playing with this idea, Low energy but high output plants
    Quads arent all filled in but its a start
     
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  2. oil pan 4

    oil pan 4 Monkey+++

    Have you been watching ice age farmer?
     
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  3. Ganado

    Ganado Monkey+++

    no .... is that a movie or a show?

    do you have a link?
     
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  4. oil pan 4

    oil pan 4 Monkey+++

    It's a guys you tube channel.
    He believes modern agriculture as we know it is going to fail to provide the food we are all used to.
    That major changes need to be made.
    Encourages everyone to grow some of their own food.
    High lights crop losses, connects food price increases to crop insurance company reports. All public information.
     
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  5. Ganado

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  6. oil pan 4

    oil pan 4 Monkey+++

    The last iceage farmer YouTube vid I saw the guy Christian was talking about all the freeze damage to crops in Oklahoma after last weeks wintery weather froze a bunch of peaches and grapes.

    Here in new Mexico I'm waiting yet another week to plant my trees because this coming Friday, 4/20 they are calling for more freezing temperatures and possible wintery weather this time.

    On another note the global warming true believers won't stop talking about how hot its been. As if wishing makes it true.
     
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  7. Zimmy

    Zimmy Wait, I'm not ready!

    I could make it a year without summer, but only by relying heavily on my preps.

    I suppose you could probably grow cabbage, kale, and other winter-garden crops here in zone 8. I'm curious about winter wheat.
     
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  8. oil pan 4

    oil pan 4 Monkey+++

    Winter wheat is doing alright here.
     
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  9. Zimmy

    Zimmy Wait, I'm not ready!

    I figured it would. Sunflowers might also make a good crop as they mature before summer
     
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  10. oil pan 4

    oil pan 4 Monkey+++

    The problem right now is it should be spring/summer in the southern half of the country but the frost keeps coming back.
    Don' know what is going to happen this fall, if we get a fall.
     
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  11. Zimmy

    Zimmy Wait, I'm not ready!

    In the hypothetical situation this is probably somewhat accurate. The biggest challenge isn’t that summer highs don’t occur. The biggest challenge is that fall might smear into winter in September and transition to spring very late. Possibly as late as August.

    The longer growing seasons down here might fail with traditional crops. However, at moderate I expect upstate NY style crop cycles to predominate. They make tons of produce. We may have to eat pumpkins, but so be it.

    At worst we will have Alaskan and Canadian growing seasons. If that happens be prepared for everyone between here and the North Pole to arrive hungry in the middle of Winter II.
     
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  12. oil pan 4

    oil pan 4 Monkey+++

    I could see that.
     
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  13. DKR

    DKR Raconteur of the first stripe

    Looks like pit greenhouses will be making a comeback.
     
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  14. Ganado

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  15. oil pan 4

    oil pan 4 Monkey+++

    The ice age farmer youtube subscribers has doubled since I started watching.
    Me thinks people are catching on.
     
  16. oil pan 4

    oil pan 4 Monkey+++



    New ice age farmer video up loaded an hour ago.
    Check out the snow pack depth mid April this year versus last year.
    Oh and his videos are being reported as "inappropriate content" when he rags on man made global warming.
    And he is talking about earth sheltered green houses.
     
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  17. oil pan 4

    oil pan 4 Monkey+++

    Despite youtubes censorship the ice age farmer is getting good hundreds of more subscribers per week.
    When I first saw his channel he had a few hundred subscribers I though he was some crazy guy taking crazyness. Didn't pay any more attention for a long while.
     
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  18. DKR

    DKR Raconteur of the first stripe

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    Matthew 24:36
     
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  19. DKR

    DKR Raconteur of the first stripe

    High yield cold wx plants
    • Spinach. This plant's leaves may die during the winter, but the plant, itself, can survive and grow new leaves in spring. ...
    • Leeks. ...
    • Kale and collards. ...
    • Parsnips. ...
    • Lettuce. ...
    • Cabbage. ...
    • Turnips. ...
    • Chard.
    *****
    What Are the 10 Best Plants to Grow in a Small Vegetable Garden?

    Which Vegetables Are Most Efficient? - Bonnie Plants
    Most 'efficient' vegis. yield/sq ft
    ***
    From Jan 1, 1970! Seems not much has changed in the last 48 years.... (This is the time-frame when MEN got their start)
    5 Hardy, High-Yield Vegetables You’ll Need When Disaster Strikes | Off The Grid News
    Corn, sweet, field and pop
    beans, black, red, green and pole
    squash, so many and so many good picks... banana ?
    potatoes Russet or Alaska Gold
    cabbage. same as squash - almost too many to choose from....
     
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  20. oil pan 4

    oil pan 4 Monkey+++

    The ice age farmer subscribers has now surpassed 12 thousand.
    I think people are starting to catch on.
     
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