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    Growing Food at Home
    Growing Food at Home
    Growing Food at Home
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    Growing Food at Home

    By Dennis DeLaurier

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    INTRODUCTION

    Why I wrote this book. I have been growing my food for many years. As I write this book it is March  11, 2024. As I grow and purchase food for my family, I can see a food shortage in the U.S. in the coming years of 2024 / 2025. So this book is about food security and for those who never grew any of their food.

    No matter where you live, you can grow your food. If prices keep getting inflated to the point that you can no longer afford it, it won't matter if it is piled high. There are real food supply problems facing the global population. If you don't believe any of this, then ask yourself why have food prices risen so fast lately.

    One thing is certain, the US is much better off than the rest of the global community as North America grows much of its food. And yes, the US is part of North America. Where the real problems lie is in the rest of the world where there are real climate-induced shortages. The climate has NOTHING to do with CO2.  2024 / 2025 may see real starvation in some locations as globally there will not be enough food to go around.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDennis DeLaurier
    Release dateMar 11, 2024
    ISBN9798224235865
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      Growing Food at Home - Dennis DeLaurier

      Legal Notes

      Copyright © 2024 by Dennis DeLaurier / Crescent Hill Farm.

      All rights reserved worldwide. No part of this publication may be replicated, redistributed, or given away in any form without the prior written consent of the author/publisher or the terms relayed to you herein.

      Dennis DeLaurier, Crescent Multimedia, Manor, Texas, 78653, USA

      Disclaimer:

      The information in this book is data researched and opinions made by the Author. This book is not professional counsel and should not be viewed or taken as such. The Author and Crescent Hill Farm specifically disclaim all responsibility for any liability, loss, or risk personal or otherwise that is incurred as a consequence directly or indirectly from the use or application of any content or recommendations in this book.

      While recommendations may be made in this book, they are only that and the reader is responsible for any interpretation or use of any of the recommendations. The Reader must also realize that any recommendations may be wrong or not fit the reader's environment or actual circumstances. All of this is the responsibility of the reader alone.

      Copyrights

      Many of the graphics in this book are copyrighted and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 International License. Other graphics are public domain and NASA. Some graphics have been purchased or created by the author. Other copyrights are listed on the graphics or part of the text describing the graphic.

      Table of Contents

      Legal Notes

      INTRODUCTION

      Your Food Future

      The Face of World 2.0

      Growing food at Home

      The End Game

      The Big Solution

      How to Start

      I Am Not A Farmer

      Become a Home Cropper

      Why Sprouts?

      Vitamins That You Eat

      More on microgreens soon.

      Sprouting Equipment

      Adding Seeds

      Spraying Your Seeds

      Sprouts Under Lights

      Harvesting

      Tray Options

      More Info

      Sprouting Alternates

      Sprouting Safety

      Microgreens

      Seed Mats

      Light Blocking

      Germination

      Roots

      Harvest Ready

      Tray Options

      Media

      Tray Prep

      Seed and Media Watering

      OK you are ready now

      Growing inside using solar

      Welcome to the garden

      Thoughts of why a garden is a necessity

      What kind of garden is a necessity?

      Trees and Berries

      Soil

      More on Soil

      You must add Compost

      Mix up your Compost

      My Compost

      Examples

      Compost Bins

      Ideas

      Three-chambered composting bin

      Other ideas on fertilizer

      More ideas on fertilizer

      Got Chickens and Eggs?

      Recipe for Simple Tea Fertilizer

      The raised garden

      How to make them

      David The Good’s website

      Become a Home Cropper

      Getting ahead with starts

      Purchase your seeds from a trusted source

      Seed Starting Soil

      Seed Starting Containers

      Plant seeds at the proper depth

      Seed staring environment

      Outside Watering

      Drip Watering

      Easy Hydroponic Growing

      Growing greens and vegetables at home- No Power

      Hydroponics

      Powered with fish tank bubblers

      Aeration (Bubbler) System

      Bubbler Tops

      Aeration Advantages & Disadvantages

      Bubble Machine

      The Parts

      1 Gallon Bubbler – Herb Machine

      1 Gallon Bubbler Results

      No Energy Hydroponics - Kratky Hydroponic Method

      The Process

      How it works

      Characteristics of a Non-circulating Hydroponics system

      What can you grow?

      Low - No Cost Systems

      Growing Mediums

      Sand Culture

      Gravel (Aggregate) Culture

      Rockwool Culture

      Perlite Culture

      L.E.C.A. Culture

      Coconut Fiber Culture

      Crescent Hill Farm Coconut Fiber Operation

      Hydroponic Nutrients

      Hydroponic Nutrients and pH

      pH Up and pH Down

      Working with nutrients

      EC - TDS – PPM Great – Now I am confused.

      Nutrients and PPM and EC reference table

      Nutrients – What to use?

      Reasons to Grow Herbs

      Basil

      Chamomile

      Chives

      Cilantro

      Dill

      Echinacea

      Fennel

      Lavender

      Mint

      Oregano

      Parsley

      Rosemary

      Sage

      Stevia

      Thyme

      Fun Growing

      Comments

      Grow Bags

      Grow Bag Types

      Grow Bags in a Greenhouse

      The Grow Circle

      Grow Bag Stair Steps

      Why grow in a grow bag?

      Equipment

      Fertilizer Injection

      Growing Medium

      Examples

      Locations

      The Greenhouse

      Commercial economy Greenhouses

      Build Your Own Greenhouse

      Build Your Own

      The Ruth Stout garden

      Food Security in a Changing World

      So what is on my mind?

      No Rocket Science

      Putting it all together:

      Growing potatoes

      Stealth Potatoes

      Things to talk about.

      Sweet Potatoes

      Horse Manure

      To repeat a warning.

      Seeds – Wonderful Seeds

      Things to think about

      Seed Suggestions

      Storage Vegetable List

      Winter squash

      Other fantastic storage Vegetable info

      Saving Seeds

      Thoughts and comments on seeds wonderful seeds

      A Radish of an Idea

      A Tomato of an Idea

      Food security in a changing challenging world

      Mylar Bags

      Oxygen Absorbers

      Storage Items

      Sealing Mylar Bags

      Sealing Tip

      Checking the seal

      Storing Mylar Bags

      Grinder Mills

      Dutch Oven Tip

      Check your Food

      Dry Food Storage

      Items you can Dry Can

      Learn How to Dry Can

      How to do it – So let’s get started

      Vacuum Packing and Sealing

      Vacuum Packing and Sealing

      Suggestions

      Dehydrating food

      Author's dehydrator

      Solar (convection) Dehydration

      Freeze-dried food

      Canned Food

      Canned Food

      Spam - Spam

      Home Canning in jars.

      Canning Equipment

      Meals Ready to Eat - MRE

      Will keep you alive!

      Bonus

      Getting Ahead in a changing challenging world

      Quotes to believe in

      Is This You?

      The business of the family

      To continue

      As I have a business. The advantages of that are:

      Final Thoughts

      Thank You

      About the Author

      Contact The Author

      INTRODUCTION

      Why I wrote this book . I have been growing my food for many years. As I write this book it is March  11, 2024. As I grow and purchase food for my family, I can see a food shortage in the U.S. in the coming years of 2024 / 2025. So this book is about food security and for those who never grew any of their food.

      No matter where you live, you can grow your food. If prices keep getting inflated to the point that you can no longer afford it, it won’t matter if it is piled high. There are real food supply problems facing the global population. If you don’t believe any of this, then ask yourself why have food prices risen so fast lately.

      One thing is certain, the US is much better off than the rest of the global community as North America grows much of its food. And yes, the US is part of North America. Where the real problems lie is in the rest of the world where there are real climate-induced shortages. The climate has NOTHING to do with CO2.  2024 / 2025 may see real starvation in some locations as globally there will not be enough food to go around.

      We are now starting to see the same climate problems devastating the UK and EU here in the US. Most western parts of the US are seeing drought and it seems to be moving east. This drought has caused the Mississippi River to dry up and completely stop barge traffic and commodity deliveries. The author of this book lives in Central Texas, and it was very hot and dry from the start of spring and has not let up much in late October. Almost all the cotton south of here failed for lack of rain. If I had to survive on the food I produced this year it would have been difficult. What the heat and the drought didn’t get the bugs (especially grasshoppers) did.

      So what is it all about in this book GROWING FOOD AT HOME? Over and over I will say It’s time to grow your own food or Start a garden. The answer is, probably 99% or more of people alive in the US have never missed a meal. For almost the last 90 years, the US has enjoyed just about anything it ever needed or wanted. So the feeling is that it’s just the way things are, and they will never change.

      THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE

      Your Food Future

      Some Thoughts

      Why Grow food in your home?

      I can imagine what you are thinking about food after going through the Corona Virus and feeding your family. That is exactly what is going through my mind and is why I am writing this course.

      We live in a JIT (Just in Time) world when it comes to food. Your local food store has at best 3 days of food on the shelf. It has a few hours of food if everyone who shops there for some reason like an ice or snow storm, hurricane, or perhaps some dangerous social problem decides to stock up. The shelves would become empty in just a few hours.

      The JIT truck has just loaded up its haul to the store, The grocery store is low on some items, and that is where the trucks come in. If for some reason the trucks can’t get to the grocery store, the products that had a low inventory will soon be out and will not be replenished. Too bad – no food. Hard to realize but the difference between having food and not having any is a truck and a warehouse that runs the trucks.

      What has been written above has always been that way, especially as people went from growing their food (perhaps like your grandparents) to depending on purchasing food from the local grocery store.

      I would agree that it has been nice to get food from all over the US and food from many different countries. I bet you have enjoyed doing that as well. This will soon end as the JIT world is ending and world 2.0 is starting. What it all comes down to is three things:

      Growing Food and processing it

      Warehousing the food

      Distributing the food (JIT Truck)

      If any one of these three things fails, there will be little food to purchase, that is unless you grow your food which this little book is about.

      All the above is what I call World 1.0. Much of world 1.0 came crumbling down at the end of 2019 into 2020 and the virus thing which I do not need to talk about.

      Many people yearn for how things were like in 2019 at Christmas time, but that will never be normal again. 2019 was World 1, and we are headlong into World 2.0. World 2 will be very different as you well know as you are living it at present. From 2019 on, things started to rapidly change. Things like food and food availability became more obvious to the general public. Things like online ordering and delivery became more popular. Or order it and then have it placed in your car as you wait at the grocery store.

      The Face of World 2.0

      So what is World 2 .0 starting to look like? Below are some bullet points that describe how World 2.0 will and is looking . It’s not fully over yet, but it is on the way. If you have noticed during the virus outbreak, over 40 million people became unemployed. From the end of 2019 to the present (November 2022) some food prices have risen as much as 35%. It is becoming harder to get meat, and in some locations the amount you can purchase is limited. But that is just the start as the end of 2022 and into 2023 are looking bleak.

      Food availability problems

      Food price increases

      Job losses

      Social unrest

      Financial problems in the US and Globally

      Global crop failures

      Then there are:

      Fertilizer Shortages

      Expensive fuel

      The war in Ukraine

      The wr I the idle East

      Rail Strikes

      Global part shortages

      Grain Shortages

      Reduced food output

      On and on!

      So as we head into 2024 / 2025, there is an increasing collection of reasons to grow our food and become our grocery store.

      If you could take all the above bullet points and sum them up into two words, Food Insecurity would be those two words

      So

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