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Tea, Hops and Hillsides

2018-04-30

The latest tea seeds we purchased from Camellia Forest on the East Coast do not seem nearly as viable as prior seeds sourced from them, even though the prior seeds were older. The most viable are the Camellia sinensis "China" seeds.

2017 "China" seeds : 73 out of 100 ... 73% germination
2017 "Lipton" seeds : 46 out of 100 ... 46% germination
2017 "Small Leaf" seeds : 32 out of 100 ... 32% germination
2017 "Large Leaf" seeds : 2 out of 100 ... 2% germination

Out of 400 seeds purchased for $266.00 we have had about 38% germinate (at about $1.73 per seed) since the 18th of May, or over about 54 days. Little hope that more than one or two more will germinate.

We attended Earth Day at Thyme Gardens near Alsea, Oregon.

While there we purchased four, one-gallon pots of hops that are two years old. They only had five available. We bought two Chinook, one Centennial, and one Liberty.

They didn't have rhizomes available except online, so once home we ordered two Zeus and two Magnum rhizomes from Thyme Gardens. We also ordered two Nugget, two Cascade and another Centennial rhizome from Freshops in Kings Valley.


We tilled up a grass strip just south of the Aqua house, then worked it over with a broadfork, and finally tilled it a second time to chop most of the grass. We planted all of the hops along that row spacing them about three feet apart with a spadeful of composted soil in each hole. Once they mature we hope they will add some shade to the Aqua house during mid to late summer.


We have continued installing electrical/ethernet posts and water hydrants in the truffle trees and out in the fields.

We are also still attempting to get an interactive contour map so we can start planning the layout of the hillside above the house where we will put out tea trees, provided there are flat enough areas to make use of that contour map.

Tea, Hops and Hillsides

2018-04-30

The latest tea seeds we purchased from Camellia Forest on the East Coast do not seem nearly as viable as prior seeds sourced from them, even though the prior seeds were older. The most viable are the Camellia sinensis "China" seeds.

2017 "China" seeds : 73 out of 100 ... 73% germination
2017 "Lipton" seeds : 46 out of 100 ... 46% germination
2017 "Small Leaf" seeds : 32 out of 100 ... 32% germination
2017 "Large Leaf" seeds : 2 out of 100 ... 2% germination

Out of 400 seeds purchased for $266.00 we have had about 38% germinate (at about $1.73 per seed) since the 18th of May, or over about 54 days. Little hope that more than one or two more will germinate.


We attended Earth Day at Thyme Gardens near Alsea, Oregon.

While there we purchased four, one-gallon pots of hops that are two years old. They only had five available. We bought two Chinook, one Centennial, and one Liberty.

They didn't have rhizomes available except online, so once home we ordered two Zeus and two Magnum rhizomes from Thyme Gardens. We also ordered two Nugget, two Cascade and another Centennial rhizome from Freshops in Kings Valley.











We tilled up a grass strip just south of the Aqua house, then worked it over with a broadfork, and finally tilled it a second time to chop most of the grass. We planted all of the hops along that row spacing them about three feet apart with a spadeful of composted soil in each hole. Once they mature we hope they will add some shade to the Aqua house during mid to late summer.




We have continued installing electrical/ethernet posts and water hydrants in the truffle trees and out in the fields.

We are also still attempting to get an interactive contour map so we can start planning the layout of the hillside above the house where we will put out tea trees, provided there are flat enough areas to make use of that contour map.




















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Merchants of Poison Report final 12/05/2022

(with 579 cited references)


Find out about: America's (now the World's) Favorite Poison By Far!


“In order to save glyphosate, the Monsanto corporation has undertaken an effort to destroy the United Nations’ cancer agency by any means possible.”[10]

... " just four companies — Bayer, Corteva (formerly DowDuPont), BASF and Syngenta/ChemChina — controlled 75 percent of plant breeding research, 60 percent of the commercial seed market, and 76 percent of global agrichemical sales in 2019."[78]



Just gotta' LOVE glyphosate, right?????

Yes, the second link is old news, but not forgotten and more importantly, as the first link shows, not remedied:

Monsanto / Bayer's Roundup Triggers Over 40 Plant Diseases and Endangers Human and Animal Health. Protect yourself and those you care about!

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/argentinasRoundupHumanTragedy.php    

http://www.NaturalNews.com/031138_Monsanto_Roundup.html

[10] Foucart, S. & Horel, S. (2019, April 7). Monsanto Papers. European Press Prize. https://www.europeanpressprize.com/article/monsanto-papers/

[78] ETC Group. (2019, April 06). New report: Putting the cartel before the horse…and farm, seeds, soil, peasants. https://www.etcgroup.org/content/new-report-putting-cartel-horse%E2%80%A6and-farm-seeds-soil-peasants

Just Say No To GMO by Michael Adams - Video
https://www.naturalnews.com/NoGMO.html

Just Say No To GMO by Michael Adams - Music
https://oregonTruffleTryst.com/_MEDIA/JustSayNoToGMO-192.mp3 Song Lyrics

Song by Mike Adams, with spoken lines from Jeffrey Smith

I’m lookin at the food that’s in the grocery store
They say it’s safe, everybody eat more.
On second thought, I don’t really know if it’s made with those GMOs

So I’m lookin for the non-GMO label ‘fore I bring it home and put it on my table
I wanna know it’s verified so I don’t
Harm myself with genetically modified

Uh-Oh
They don’t want you to know
All the poison they grow
The corporate profits they show from those GMO OH

Those Frankenseeds that they sow
They’re gonna hurt us we know
It’s time we told ‘em to go, say GMO NO!

I don’t want eat poison, I don’t want gene mutations at my dinner reservations
it’s a food abomination what they doin’ to this fast food nation
They take artificial gene combinations
inject them in seed variations
so they can grow their Frankenfood imitations
while the side effects cause medical patients

Keep their profits alive while they
spraying all the food with name brand herbicides
and all the while they’re spreadin’ their lies
Monsanto (Bayer now!) destroyin’ farmers lives
and the FDA keeps it all going
saying it’s safe even though they all know it’s just
poison stealing away your life, and that’s what you eat with genetically modified.

GMO safety huh that’s a corporate myth
if you don’t believe me listen to Jeffery Smith
He’s the man with plan gonna do what he can
To help us all get those GMOs banned
But we need you to lend a hand
take a stand against this food scam
It’s a mission for the health condition worldwide
We don’t wanna live genetically modified

Don’t eat food unless you know what’s in it
Don’t believe the propaganda cuz the press will spin it
Affects everybody, we all up in it
Stand up to Monsanto (Bayer now!), tell ‘em oh no you didn’t

Reject Frankenfoods in the store
demand honest labels so we can be informed
We have a natural right to know
What we buyin’ Just say no to GMO

Before our farms start dyin’
Just say no to GMO

Those corporate crooks are lyin’
Just say no to GMO

This time we’re not complyin’
Just say no to GMO

We’re just not buyin’ it
Just say no to GMO

Song and Lyrics © 2010 by Michael Adams, All Rights Reserved

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