Thanks KiwiMum, I guess I should have introduced myself a bit but I have actually been a member for a couple of years and didn’t think to do so. I haven’t posted before because, well, honestly, it didn’t seem like a friendly place where discussion was encouraged and I didn’t want the drama. I read people attacking you for questions that I think many people had, including myself. I did get the Pfizer jab and after the first one was rushed via ambulance exactly 2 weeks later with very high blood pressure which I have never had. I was out on medication and am still on it. I waited 4 months per the doctor to get jab #2 and didn’t have a reaction to that one. When telling the pharmacist who was giving me jab #2 what had happened, he immediately put the information in the vaers system and said that I was not the only person that he personally had jabbed that had the same reaction. I did not get a booster per my doctor’s recommendation and instead they did blood work each month to track my antibodies. At this point I feel it is kinda pointless to get a booster as the variants are so far from the original. We live in the US in Southern New Jersey in what I guess would be called the suburbs. Although we do have neighbors all around us, it is very laid back and chill and you can have tons of privacy and people leave you alone or you can be really involved in the many things each small town offers. Our town has under 10k people so it is considered small. I have heard of the water in the freezer idea and think it is great and would enjoy eating the ice cream (I believe it should be considered a food group, lol) but our stand up freezer is usually full. My grandmother lived through the depression and taught me how to shop by sales only and to buy in bulk if the price was right. Also, if you are making breads or anything dinner wise that froze well to cook for two or three as many as you needed and divided the extra and freeze it. When the kids were younger and all living at home it was a great time saver as I could pull out a full homemade dinner and just add a fresh salad on busy days. As for the water, we do have a creek close to us but it is a little brackish so it can be used with special filters I though of getting those big white square water holders that have a wire mesh surround for support and then a filter called a Berkey to clean the water if we used rain water or water that was sitting for awhile As for the Mittleider system, it was designed to be able to crow crops anywhere, especially third world countries as it uses much less water due to the way you plant. You can even grow a crop in sawdust. Most people do not follow the system to a T. They adapt to what they have available to them. The most important component in our opinion is the packet of minerals that is sold on the website and many other websites as it becomes more popular. I think the packets were $15 each and one packet lasted us the whole season as you really don’t use much. Your compost and cow manure would definitely cover the fertilizer part and many people who want to go completely organic use that instead of the bagged fertilizer. We are still able to buy the 10-10-10 bags at the local home store and we picked up a few bags last month. One bag will also last us a while growing season. The system is all encompassing one. An example would be for tomatoes, you grown them up a rope and pinch off many of the leaves that will not lead to the flowers. This way the plant is sending most of its energy to making the fruits and not wasting energy on leaves that don’t serve much purpose. At first I thought it sounded crazy and the plants seemed almost naked with so little greenery, but we tripled (at least) our yield and they were larger and more flavorful. If you wanted to try the mineral packet and they don’t deliver your way, I could purchase them for you and mail it to you. Each packet is about the size of a small snack size bag of chips or cookies.
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