popular edible flowers: anise hyssop, basil, bee balm, borage, cilantro, chamomile, dill, impatiens, lavender, lemon verbena, marigold, marjoram, mint, nasturtium, oregano, pansy, primrose, sage, salad burnet, thyme.
for powdery mildew, 1 tablespoon of baking soda in 4 cups water w/a few drops liquid soap. can sub pure neem oil for soap
Gravenstein apples -- survive zones 6 and warmer but not where winter minimums fall below 0 degrees. they are triploids--requiring 2 other apple varieties to pollinate
for blueberries in clay or alkaline soil--grow in large containers or raised beds w/planting mix for acid loving plants. good fertilizer = Holly-tone. 2 or 3 varieties within 100 ft. zones 3-7 = 800-1000 chilling hours
new variety called brazel berries see brazelberries.com. super hardy
Paul Wellstone, senator from minnesota ---I don't think politics has anything to do w/left, right, or center. It has to do w/trying to do right by people.
If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.
The american polity is infected w/ a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.
the future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better.
what makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.
The Creation by harlem renaissance poet james weldon johnson
(sept-oct sojourners 2012)
from womansday 9-12 --
couponnetwork.com
iheartthemart.com (walmart)
totallytarget.com (target)
camelcamelcamel.com (tracking prices for amazon)
http://www.crcmich.org/PUBLICAT/2010s/2012/rpt380.pdf--about education in michigan, report
Michigan Farm News:
cropland cash rent = 108$ per acre in 2012. in the lake states region = 135$. WI = 115 OH=122
IN = 175
p2 "i think there's also divisions on the repub side regarding the commodity title and crop insurance. you have people on the rep side that have problems w/that. and they're some of the same folks that opposed up in 08 jeff flake r-AZ, and ron kind d-WI, and paul ryan r-WI was one of the ones that opposed us. and so i would say that....having him elevated to the repub pres ticket probably does not help the situation, because he is not a fan of these farm bills." collin peterson ranking member of the house ag committee
p23 "Livestock antibiotic proposals have no scientific basis: AFBF
citing a lack of data to support limiting antibiotic use in livestock the am farm bureau has told the food and drug admin that it is concerned w/proposals that would restrict antibiotic use based on unproven theory. . . afbf agrees that human antibiotic resistance is a serious and growing healthcare problem. developing strategies for reducing antimicrobial resistance is critically important for protecting both public and animal health said afbf pres bob stallman however we are extremely concerned w/fda actions, which seem to indicate the agency is basing complex animal health policies on theory, rather than sound scientific studies. ....the limitation or elimination of animal antibiotic use in the livestock industry will have negative economic and animal health consequences..."
