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What kind of plants do you cultivate?
sorry Mr Giorgy, my alert not working?....edible: coconuts/main crop, melon, apple banana, chaya/tree spinach, soursop/graviola, moringa, knip, monkey cap...ornamental: royal palm, bouganvillea, hibiscus, oleander, jasmin, gardenia, wild rose, bamboo, croton, flamboyan, etc etc.....some edible are known cancer preventive...the garden is colorful and smells good and is home to a beautiful iguana family...the coconuts keep me and others supplied w sweet coconut water...growing this on small lot across from the sea...a real challenge to grow stuff on this savannah, but the kind I thrive on.What kind of plants do you cultivate?
so coolHello fellow Planters,
Yet another absolutely delightful thread about plants, thank you.
We are currently in a not unusual, but increasingly severe drought here and have been wondering why we are seeing Apple gums (Angophera sp.) flowering so abundantly. We also keep bees, or should I say, provide homes and water and flowers, as they are free to come and go as they please, all 500,000 of them. So is this floral tree flourishing because so little is flowering and Nature put them there for such times, or did the bees ask for something to eat and the trees that could, made it happen?
Good to be reminded that we really know so very little and that we are part of creation, not the end point.
Best to you all,
Sheila.
Wow amazing.sorry Mr Giorgy, my alert not working?....edible: coconuts/main crop, melon, apple banana, chaya/tree spinach, soursop/graviola, moringa, knip, monkey cap...ornamental: royal palm, bouganvillea, hibiscus, oleander, jasmin, gardenia, wild rose, bamboo, croton, flamboyan, etc etc.....some edible are known cancer preventive...the garden is colorful and smells good and is home to a beautiful iguana family...the coconuts keep me and others supplied w sweet coconut water...growing this on small lot across from the sea...a real challenge to grow stuff on this savannah, but the kind I thrive on.
tbh I always felt this was somewhat obvious, they are vertebrates after all. Some people draw a weird line between fish and land animals, which resembles the arbitrary line between fruits and "vegetables" (squash, tomato, cucumber, etc)There's also this book: What a Fish Knows ebook by Jonathan Balcombe - Rakuten Kobo
Fish aren't any dumber than mammals. We just don't feel so bad about killing them because they don't make facial expressions.
It actually makes perfect sense still, because animals eat even more plants. One cube of soy protein = the suffering of a soybean plant. One cube of pig protein = the suffering of the pig + the suffering of the millions of soybean plants that pig ate.if plants suffer when you kill and eat them, then it doesn't make sense to be vegan.
Hum... Didn't think about that. So maybe eating animals that eat other animals is fine? Since we are preventing more suffering by making one criature suffer. Well, some living creature will have to suffer for us to be able to eat. Unless we just eat minerals, vitamins, sugars and aminoacids all made in labs.tbh I always felt this was somewhat obvious, they are vertebrates after all. Some people draw a weird line between fish and land animals, which resembles the arbitrary line between fruits and "vegetables" (squash, tomato, cucumber, etc)
It actually makes perfect sense still, because animals eat even more plants. One cube of soy protein = the suffering of a soybean plant. One cube of pig protein = the suffering of the pig + the suffering of the millions of soybean plants that pig ate.
Of course, I'm just saying that from an ethical/moral standpoint, this makes no difference. Not advocating veganism.Unless we just eat minerals, vitamins, sugars and aminoacids all made in labs.
This is a false line of thinking. Adapting to a tough environment doesn't make the species better. For instance, cows are adapted to the toughest cheapest diets in existence, of fibrous grass, and have evolved under the constant threat of predators--and I don't think you want to be a cow.we would accept the challenge and eat PUFAs, and those with genetics unfit to procreate under this new circumstance would be removed from the gene pool.
I see.Of course, I'm just saying that from an ethical/moral standpoint, this makes no difference. Not advocating veganism.
For instance, cows are adapted to the toughest cheapest diets in existence, of fibrous grass, and have evolved under the constant threat of predators--and I don't think you want to be a cow.
Sorry Regina, no way to take pics plus not sure how to post. Good luck with your garden...plants seem "social"...they thrive on company and seem to improve/protect the environment for each other...wonderful stuff, gardening!Wow amazing.
I'm trying to create a bamboo paradise at present. Next phase will be getting some more cool plants/fruits.
But maybe post a few snaps of your garden for us!
sorry Mr Giorgy, my alert not working?....edible: coconuts/main crop, melon, apple banana, chaya/tree spinach, soursop/graviola, moringa, knip, monkey cap...ornamental: royal palm, bouganvillea, hibiscus, oleander, jasmin, gardenia, wild rose, bamboo, croton, flamboyan, etc etc.....some edible are known cancer preventive...the garden is colorful and smells good and is home to a beautiful iguana family...the coconuts keep me and others supplied w sweet coconut water...growing this on small lot across from the sea...a real challenge to grow stuff on this savannah, but the kind I thrive on.
Me too, let us know when you’re having a forum gathering in your garden @bzmazu. :)Man, I wanna be in your garden instead of stuck in snowy DC
I’ll proofread it before publication at no charge. Winning for free....Don't get me started. I have long thought of writing a guide on retiring to Belize...I'm afraid it might be too successful.....
The real meYou're a winner Blossom...I still see that Viking girl avatar when I see your name.
To @bzmazuThe real me