Say, if you’re not a subscriber to Peoplenomics.com you really are missing some halfway decent content. Oh, sure, the free side stuff is pretty good, but it’s kinda like getting the hamburger without the shake and fries, if that makes sense this early in the workweek.
So…since our rainfall here in the high meat output area of the country is running about 30% behind last year (so we’ll keep an eye on the national drought monitor this year) and since there is plenty of time to do something about what seems to be ahead, here is a portion of this week’s Peoplenomics report (“Eating in the Post-Prosperity World”). It’s a kind of soup-to-nuts on all kinds of food thinking, but remember the one-pot recipes people sent in last week? Well, there are 30-odd recipes included in the one-pot discussion.
Here’s the thing: In the PDF version, the links don’t work, so you’ll have to do some scrolling and some copying of search terms to find some of the resources cited, but they are there for your follow-up.
Enjoy – think of it as an early Beltane gift to your family from the kind folks who subscribe to Peoplenomics and thus keep the servers and lights on around here.
One other thing to remember – and I neglected to put this into the recipes and thoughts on food this weekend is an old Asian saying: Food cooked with an angry hand is poisonous. There’s a reason cultures bless their food before eating; Universe is full of subtle energies that become apparent to awake humans.
Oh, and unless you have a lawn with 18-holes in it, I’m wondering if it’s justifiable when that same patch of ground could be providing food. Just something to think about as you spread thin layers of money around the house this year and get nothing but short grass instead of tall corn and fresh veggies. But, to each their own…
A reader note on topic:
“George, you’re always reminding me of things that I currently do and have tried in the past.
Gardening should be divided, I feel, between perhaps two or more plots that provide you with the mainstays during the growing seasons. One should be in a sunny location (and sheltered) so that it will get the warmth early in the year. This is a great spot for early spring vegetables, including onions, shallots, garlic and other items that can survive a little cold weather. The ‘other’ plot can be for the warmer weather veggies like tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, etc.
If you can, start your seeds indoors. My dad always like the idea of a ‘solarium’ as an add-on to the house where he could do some simple sprouting and greenhouse work (like getting plants growing using lots of sun) plus you have the benefit of having an area that the sun heats up that can also be used to heat the house in the winter.
A third garden consists of your ‘herbs’ like parsely, oregano, sage, basil, and anything else (maybe even special herbs if Tx gets around to legalizing all herbs, ha ha). I have lived by this for years and during the various growing seasons we have very few additional veggies to buy.
Additionally I have mentioned rabbits before, especially in a suburban setting (if the various associations will allow it — hey, they’re ‘pets’, right?) Rabbits are quiet and usually don’t make too much noise unless they feel they are being attacked or on their way to the freezer. I’ve learned one of the main benefits of rabbits is that they are easy to reproduce, quiet, and trust me, you will have no need of fertilizer once they get going. We started with one, bought two more bunnies (this is what I needed to statistically assure myself that with the sex of rabbits so difficult to determine, I needed 3 rabbits (at a 50/50 chance of male/female, that’s an high odds that there will be at least one male or female). They can be fed hay generally, sometimes even grass clippings, but will also munch down your veggie trimmings, lettuce cores, beet tops, etc. I found the Florida variety very popular in my area, and the grow big. They are meat rabbits and if you haven’t the heart to send them to the freezer you can usually find someone around you to trade with (i use a .22 with the gallery-type rimfire ammo, quiet colibri I think it is, which does the job and doesn’t alert the neighbors).
Good luck with your gardening this year. Clif’s work has suggested that there will be three periods of flooding — and I figure there have been two already and I am awaiting the third either late this month or next, before I go all in on the gardening outside.
That super quiet .22 round sounds a lot like CB caps from when I was a kid (which was only a couple of weeks back, near as anyone’ll say.
ID Leaks
My friends over Maxa Research have released an updated Privacy Test which will show you how much of your ‘soft underbelly in computing’ is exposed to the world. Click here to run it...
Ah, to be back in the old days of computing: Dial up and no worries. Nowadays I run a firewall, antivirus, Maxa Cookie Manager and Malwarebytes…I suppose it’s no wonder computer hard drives have had to grow in capacity.
Bye-Bye Mini Fluorescent Lights?
Looks like a new breed of plug&play replacement LED’s may be in the market about the time those recently installed mini fluorescent lights give out in five years. Of course, we’ve already had some failures are one year in. some money-savers, huh?
Meantime, still happy with my 48-LED desk lamp off eBay for under $50. Hasn’t helped my typing, but cheap is good.
Inquiring Minds Department
Readers wanna know…
Hello. Do yourself, the world, and me a favor and stop apologizing for puns. In a world that seems to be falling apart, humor [and presumably sex], is the last to vestige of what is easily available, highly uplifting, delightful, funny etc. etc. etc. I personally delight in puns, and I hear sex is really good too, and strongly feel that you should give yourself an attaboy every time you express one. [pun, that is].
Tried that, but like everything else I tackle, I over-achieve. Had my arm in a sling for a week for all the patting of my own back….
So now the question. Do you feel confident that you will be around on this Internet thing in eight months, prompting me to renew for another year now at today’s prices which obviously won’t last. How is that for new thinking?
No plans to raise subscription prices and yes I expect to be here…since the linguistics often paint the most dire side of things (not that they are wrong, just the good stuff doesn’t make headlines). So I just keep planning for the worst and hoping for the best. So if I buy more solar panels, that’s a good thing either way the outcome goes. Elaine and I are still talking about an ‘escape pod’ boat.
I’m also planning ahead as to when to stop renewing insurance policies, etc. etc. And while I have your attention, would you care to comment on any research results you have as to where to locate a small farm?
I keep paying taxes (government is a protection racket) so best to play along and try to live undisturbed life. Where to locate a small farm? www.unitedcountry.com is a great spot as is craigslist.
How far from the city? How much land? How many machine guns? Pillboxes too? I consider myself lucky to be a senior citizen so that leaving the planet is not all that bad an alternative. not pessimistic, just realistic.
See our Independence Journal entry here: http://independencejournal.com/exurban/buyfarm.htm
No machine guns, at least 1-acre per person, a well, etc.
About the only pillboxes around here have vitamins in them.
Did you come across any feelings on the timing of the IRS disappearing, since I have some IRA funds to convert.
bad news: If IRS disappears, your IRA funds will be worth about dust would be my guess. Ever see a vulture fly off with dinner still ont he ground?.
Good luck to you and thanks for your letters.
Thanks for being what a comedian might call a good straight man. Although not much humor in any of this…being as it’s Monday and all.
I will tell you to lose that “senior citizen” mindset. You keep thinking like a junior citizen and that’ll keep you young. As above, so below, know what I’m sayin?
Send your comments to george@ure.net
Shop Till You Drop Department:
Peoplenomics This Week
Eating in the Post-Prosperity World
This week’s report is a triple serving of food. We’ll consider start by exploring how BLS covers up food price increases you might be seeing and government somehow doesn’t, how to start seriously rethinking what you eat at what price points (including what should be a fine discussion of what I call dim array (food), a systemic way of considering food’s different values and then we’ll get into ways to actually beat high food prices with a load of reader-supplied one pot recipes along with a couple of my own.
More For Subscribers To Subscribe, CLICK HERE
Need Logon Assistance? Click here.
Cookie Video
The folks at Maxa Research have put together a short video (sound track by guess who?) that shows the Maxa Cookie Manager. You can see it here.
I don’t usually get all whipped up about software, but this is one of those dandy tools that just simply works great. First thing I put on my new computer when I got it was Avira Anti-virus and Maxa Cookie Manager (MCM). Either follow the on-screen download instructions of simply click:
http://www.urbansurvival.com/setupMCMstdGU.exe
Once you try it out, to upgrade to the fully functioning version, just click the upgrade button (!) on the upper right hand side for the $35 unlock to get it to remove even those nasty and highly intrusive ‘non-browser specific’ cookies. Bonus: You computer may run faster.
“Live on $10,000″ A Year
Having a hard time making ends meet? (Like who isn’t, right?) A good starting point to better match up income with outgo is our $10 e-book “How to Live on #10,000 a Year…or less!”
It’s an automatic download. It’s written in an information dense style: The whole thing runs about 65 pages, but it gives you a vision of how to not only live on the cheap, but also how to migrate up the economic foodchain if you have a little hustle left. A bonus section called “How to Build Anything” should instill confidence if you’ve never taken on a home improvement/home creation project before, too….. Click here for the index and details.
MyGroPonics
My commodity broker JB Slear and I have written a simple book to get you started on high density hydroponics. It’s an example of how someone with a little creativity, access to a few ‘dollar stores’ and willing to try out some new farming techniques can grow an amazing amount of produce sin a very small space – like even an apartment balcony (if it gets some sunlight). Sound interesting? It’s just $10 bucks here…
Pass It On
A different take on things – that’s what you’ll find here most mornings. If you know of anyone who might also like our content, simply click here and send a link to them. Or, if you hated what you read, send the link to all your ‘worst enemies’. Like they say in Burbank, “Ain’t no such thing as bad press…”
—-
Last week’s report is here. For back issues of this site, click here.