Serious question

[malaise]

Have you had any discussions with family and friends about the possibility of WW3 and the implications for all of us?

Have you given any thought to planting vegetables in pots and making your own compost heap for fertilizer?

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Yes to both

but the WW3 question is not mentioned often or in depth. I think the implications are too terrifying, unpredictable, and beyond our control. I do think it a topic in local government.

Veggies in pots? Old plastic paint cans (which are not recyclable AFAIK) are great for beans, tomatoes, peppers. I drill 3 or 4 1/2" holes in the bottom for drainage. Also happened to drop some seeds in the lawn last year. I got a small pumpkin. Didn't cultivate it, didn't plan it, but will be dropping more squash, pumpkin, zuke seeds on the edges of the lawn this year.

Some say compost heap should be integrated into the planting soil itself. Quick nutrients and long term improvement as well as water conservation.

[malaise]

3. Great ideas

I have quite a few veggies.
Compost heaps are difficult for folks without yard space. I blend fruit and potato/ green banana, plantain and potato and onion/garlic peal, bag and freeze. I mix it with blended fish heads, scales, shrimp peal, chicken skin and grounded coffee remains (which I also freeze) and soil a few days before transplanting seedlings.

[2naSalit]

2. Some of my friends...

Yeah. My family, some are too freaked out and don't want to talk about it.

It's weird.

Most are paying attention.

[Goonch]

4. ;-{)......What....

[malaise]

6. OK AN😀

[Mossfern]

5. Yes

But we use "these times" instead of WWIII because, well, we don't want to say IT.
We've contemplated planting, but the wildlife around here decimate gardens within days. - that's why I gave up on mine more than 10 years ago.

We have more than an acre, so I guess we could go against town code and put up deer fencing and other protections.

[malaise]

9. Didn't think about the wild life side of this

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Damn

[Mossfern]

13. It can be done

if you have the resources and person power to dig trenches and erect fences. We have a community garden in our town that is pretty much wildlife proof, but one still needs to be vigilant. Some critters can get through anything. My next door neighbor (RIP Elmer!) had an organic garden that provided food for him (he?)and his wife for the entire year. They preserved veggies and fruit by canning, freezing and dehydrating. It can be done. And if it's a time of crisis, one needs to guard against those pesky two legged varmints who will gladly avail themselves of the fruits of your labor .... you know.....MAGA.

[malaise]

14. Yep many will try to reap

what others sow

[Ferrets are Cool]

17. Yes, while I love them, I have to constantly battle with raccoons to keep our veggies from getting eaten.

I am currently in the process of picking out an electric fence charger to go around the property. It's honestly, a last ditch effort.

[gab13by13]

7. Thought about it last night in a different sense;

If Krasnov puts boots on the ground and it doesn't go well, would he nuke Iran? During his first term he made the comment, why have nuclear weapons if we don't use them.

Whiskey Pete would be for it even when he's sober, Lyndsey Graham would ride the nuclear bomb to its destination yelling Yee Haw.

[malaise]

8. I will never forget that comment

and since this vile megalomaniac believes life begins and ends with him, you can’t rule that out.

All this talk about living until 200 suggests that he knows the end is near.

[EverHopeful]

10. When I was a kid

The crowd of cousins ate our watermelon out on the picnic table and we ended up with a mysterious watermelon patch that sprang up out of nowhere

[malaise]

12. Love it

My beloved dearly departed mother lived in Europe and England during WWII - she never forgot that. We always had fruit trees and veggies from her garden. And yes watermelon and pumpkin patches too.
She was clearly a thinker because the laundry room water made it to the fruit trees area.

[MiHale]

11. For the first question...the Serenity prayer works...

For the second…been doing it all my life. Also grow pot in pots.

[mopinko]

15. no, but i've been ignoring some pain in my arm/shoulder

and thinking i shd hit the bone doc so i can get an mri b4 it’s too late.

[malaise]

16. Yep

The effects of the current war will soon hit all of us

[lark]

18. We plant veggies every year, they're so much healtier and taste better too - plus no bad stuff addedl

Already have 7 kinds of tomatos and 4 kinds of peppers and carrotts. Thinking of adding some beans to the group. We start them out in pots then transfer them to the soil when they're sturdy enough.

[malaise]

19. Sounds good