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Cold Truffles, Trial Crops

2018-03-03

Found another small Black Truffle on top of the duff just before we got some snow. There are still new holes showing up and still no dog to see if there are more than just a few truffles each year.

Covered the tea plants in the orchard with buckets for a couple nights when we expected snow. Although the forecast didn't show any extremely low temps, we thought it best to take precautions. It was likely unnecessary.
We decided to trial a few crops that supposedly do well in the Pacific Northwest but are not common or mainstream crops. Our interest started with Andean tubers after reading a bit about them from some articles on sorrel. Sorrel is native to our forests (some variety native almost everywhere!) and we always have an interest in native plants. It turns out one variety is well known for its tubers and is a staple in parts of the Andes and known as Oca. We found a grower in Washington and purchased a few to try out along with three other somewhat unusual tubers (bottom center four bags in the picture) that included Mashua, Ulluco and Yacon.
The Yacon flavor description was particularly interesting: like a cross between an apple or pear and watermelon, with maybe a hint of celery.
We also started some Agretti, an Italian grass-like succulent sometimes used to make sauces used with fish and Scorzonera which is a tuber that has been described as tasting a bit like oysters!

In addition, we bought a few wasabi plants from a local Oregon producer (top left of pic above). They arrive as bare-root plants in a chilled container. We planted them in small (smaller than suggested) pots before seeing if we could keep them alive, and deciding where to make their permanent home. They like a lot of water and we have a year-round creek so we are hoping we can find an area to place them where they will be protected from too cold winters ... sensing a theme?

Cold Truffles, Trial Crops

2018-03-03

Found another small Black Truffle on top of the duff just before we got some snow. There are still new holes showing up and still no dog to see if there are more than just a few truffles each year.




Covered the tea plants in the orchard with buckets for a couple nights when we expected snow. Although the forecast didn't show any extremely low temps, we thought it best to take precautions. It was likely unnecessary.
We decided to trial a few crops that supposedly do well in the Pacific Northwest but are not common or mainstream crops. Our interest started with Andean tubers after reading a bit about them from some articles on sorrel. Sorrel is native to our forests (some variety native almost everywhere!) and we always have an interest in native plants. It turns out one variety is well known for its tubers and is a staple in parts of the Andes and known as Oca. We found a grower in Washington and purchased a few to try out along with three other somewhat unusual tubers (bottom center four bags in the picture) that included Mashua, Ulluco and Yacon.

The Yacon flavor description was particularly interesting: like a cross between an apple or pear and watermelon, with maybe a hint of celery.
We also started some Agretti, an Italian grass-like succulent sometimes used to make sauces used with fish and Scorzonera which is a tuber that has been described as tasting a bit like oysters!





In addition, we bought a few wasabi plants from a local Oregon producer (top left of pic above). They arrive as bare-root plants in a chilled container. We planted them in small (smaller than suggested) pots before seeing if we could keep them alive, and deciding where to make their permanent home. They like a lot of water and we have a year-round creek so we are hoping we can find an area to place them where they will be protected from too cold winters ... sensing a theme?

















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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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