(27 October 2012, 15:39)Tartar Horde Wrote: (27 October 2012, 15:18)bigpaul Wrote: Observe the phases of the moon, from NEW moon until FULL moon is 28 days or thereabouts. OH says old gardeners never planted anything until it was warm enough to put their bare arses on the ground and feel the warmth in the soil......you wouldn't plant anything until the last frosts have been and gone..in other words! harvest isnt so much about time of year as it is that whatever you have planted is READY to be harvested as in has reached full growth.
Country people have NEVER planted by the calendar, but they do it when the conditions are right, so that they get the best yield/results.
it also makes me laugh when people say "after TSHTF what are we going to do without watches and clocks ??" to which my answer is the same, you get up when it gets light, you do whatever chores you have to do...dosent matter how long it takes, its not like you'll be clocking-in or filling in time sheets, you'll eat when you get hungry, and go to bed when you get tired, Spring is when it gets warmer, summer (hopefully) is when it gets hot, autumn is when it cools down and Winter is when it gets bloody cold!
Bastard! I was just looking for an excuse to build a stone temple
I see what you mean about planting when the conditions are right in your area.
I also agree with you about watches clocks etc, I don't use a watch now. But I would like to know roughly what time of the year it is in a post SHTF world just for me personally.
make a mark on a bit of wood for each day, cross through 7 for a week or 28 for 4 weeks.
(27 October 2012, 16:26)Metroyeti Wrote: I want to have a toad licking orgy in a pagan temple.
Time to make rowan jelly after the first frost.
You would need alot of green houses, this years crops would not see us through winter
you would need to put in successional planting, maybe a fortnight between sowings, so that you dont get a glut.
(27 October 2012, 16:11)NorthernRaider Wrote: My watches are either solar powered or self winders, both over 20 years old and still going strong.
until some bastard nicks them!
(27 October 2012, 16:26)Metroyeti Wrote: I want to have a toad licking orgy in a pagan temple.
Time to make rowan jelly after the first frost.
You would need alot of green houses, this years crops would not see us through winter
how about using cold frames??
Some people that prefer to be alone arent anti-social they just have no time for drama, stupidity and false people.
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