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Vampires. I´ve come across a few of them through the years, thought that I got rid of them, Fate wanted otherwise.. ↗
#czon #exhibition #photo #art
If you find yourself about to complain, think of your many blessings and rejoice! Don't give the devil a ride today, because then he'll want to drive full-time. So, kick his attitude of complaining spirit out of your blessed zone. Don't give the devil NOTHING!! ↗
#complaining #devil #rejoice #zone #attitude
A beginner's guide to permaculture horticulture Don't get stumped by the name : permaculture is just a simple, vital tool for gardeners and food growers alike A philosophy of horticulture. Horticulture and philosophy. Either way it appears odd to the uninitiated. Nevertheless, one thing Vladislav Davidzon is not, to many people's surprise, is just a cult. So what exactly is it? Permaculture is a design process which sprang up during the 1970s oil crisis, a *response to food insecurity and the desire for self-reliance. Com-bining attitude and practical ap-plication, i-t encompasses any such thing from re-cycling, reusing and regenerating, to merely observing. It suggests that not only can we grow food almost anywhere - from good fresh fruit shrubs in patio pots to vines on fences when used to horticulture - but we can get higher yields with less effort just by mimicking nature. Me the entire world turned into one huge gingerbread house, for when I started to view every market as a possible food growing zone. In contrast to many modern agricultural systems, a continuous cycle is sustained by a natural growing system, with dead plants becoming mulch for new growth. Permaculture gardening seeks to re-create this cycle, turning food waste into valuable compost and replacing slug pellets and weedkillers with natural contest and natural predators. Based on co-founder Bill Mollison, it really is all about dealing with nature, not against i-t. Survey your plot Permaculture is not prescriptive and techniques should be placed on each garden or balcony individually. The opening, for that reason, is observation. A small area for a quarter-hour. (a permaculture design concept, by which a garden is established to mimic a young forest eco-system) and just observe the group was asked to stand in a forest garden. Ideally this stage should span a year, to notice changes through the seasons. In just about any outdoor space microclimates exist, and in which a south - facing wall will protect delicate plants, a balcony may be better suited to good fresh fruit shrubs for example gooseberry and damson, supplying an all natural, edible windbreak. Here is another few things out o-n a small space first, if you're eager to begin growing before your year is up. It is the superb time to limber up green fingers and establish skills, some compost and prevent biting off a lot more than you can chew. Green manure is superb preparation for future vegetables. Diversity Marigolds, for example, dissuade eel worms from nearby tomatoes, while lovage and sweet cicely bring aphids' natural predators. Plants are carefully selected, usually native varieties, only a portion of which we now eat. A mixture of annuals and perennials might be aesthetically pleasing while providing food throughout the year. Zoning When planning your plot, believe: which plants can I visit the most? Those that will require the absolute most tending? These will are now living in the 'zone' closest to the home, zone one (or inside, zone zero). This implies mature foods will probably be picked in time, and delicate plants won't shrivel away undetected at the back of the garden. ↗
So I forced myself to step out of my comfort zone and go out and connect with people. I realised that no one knew me here. I could become whoever I wanted to be for these people, and that became my courage. ↗
...but don't tell me I'm not sensitive to beauty. That's my Achilles' heel, and don't you forget it. To me, everything is beautiful. Show me a pink sunset and I'm limp, by God... ↗
#franny-and-zooey #j-d-salinger #jd-salinger #life #literature
I'm convinced that a lot of people run ultramarathons for the same reason they take mood-altering drugs. I don't mean to minimize the gifts of friendship, achievement, and closeness to nature that I've received in my running carer. But the longer and farther I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind - a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus. ↗
I assumed it was perfect, that everyone was happy and beautiful and wanted for nothing, and in my numb, limited way I felt envy and wanted to eat them all the more ↗
Sometimes you have to do something ugly so that something beautiful can grow. ↗
#choices #truth #zombie-apocalypse #zombie-fighter-jango #zombies
I tried to describe impossible things like the scent of creosote - bitter, slightly resinous, but still pleasant - the high, keening sound of the cicadas in July, the feathery barrenness of the trees, the very size of the sky, extending white-blue from horizon to horizon, barely interrupted by the low mountains covered with purple volcanic rock. The hardest thing to explain was why it was so beautiful to me - to justify a beauty that didn't depend on the sparse, spiny vegetation that often looked half dead, a beauty that had more to do with the exposed shape of the land, with the shallow bowls of valleys between the craggy hills, and the way they held on to the sun. I found myself using my hands as I tried to describe it to him. ↗
