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I feel discouraged today.  I'm sure it will pass.

Today the idea I could teach myself guitar seems unachievable.  

Between dyslexia and trouble counting, I'm stuck in the noad book about exercise 50.  Some days, I cannot even play that, and go back a few chapters to what my brain and fingers are willing to attempt.  Heaven forbid i bring out the metronome. Suddenly, it's triggering more mistakes instead of making the exercise sound kinder.

It's been 3 weeks stuck here.  I wonder what I can do to shake off this stagnation and get improving again.

The Resilient Garden: We pretty much can't grow corn where we are at. If we move nearby, we might be able to, but I'm not quite sure. I think on our very best summer, corn might be possible but it'd be a big gamble. I'll look for that book though, thank you!

The specific crops are more examples for the broader, and more important, idea of how to garden now for successful harvest when life/weather/whatever sucks.

I also don't grow corn, but find the book invaluable.

Source: Chelsea Green Publishing
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co

Summary

CREATIVE, PRODUCTIVE GARDENING FOR GOOD TIMES AND BAD.

In an age of erratic weather and instability, people's interest in growing their own food is skyrocketing. The Resilient Gardener presents gardening techniques that stand up to challenges ranging from health problems, financial problems, and special dietary needs to serious disasters and climate change.

Scientist and expert gardener Carol Deppe draws from emerging science in many fields to develop the general principles of gardening for resilience. Gardeners will learn through Deppe's detailed instructions on growing, storing, and using the five crops central to self-reliance: potatoes, corn, beans, squash, and eggs.

Learn how to:

Grow food in an era of wild weather and climate change
Garden with little to no irrigation or "store-bought" inputs
Garden efficiently and comfortably (even with a bad back)
Customize your garden to deal with special dietary needs or a need for weight control
Make breads and cakes from home-grown corn using original gluten-free recipes (with no other grains, artificial binders, or dairy products)
Keep a laying flock of ducks or chickens, integrate them with your gardening, and grow most of their feed

And more . . .

The Resilient Gardener is both a conceptual and a hands-on gardening book for all levels of experience. Optimistic as well as realistic, Deppe offers invaluable advice for gardeners (and their communities) to flourish.

Where to get it?

Amazon US
Amazon UK
Amazon CA
Amazon.au
The publisher, Chelsea Green

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Book Review

See if your library has this.  I found it extremely helpful.

https://permies.com/wiki/46891/Resilient-Gardener-Carol-Deppe

Sheila Ferguson wrote:The pattern I got was 57 pages. I looked into getting it printed. It was $4.20 per page.  How do you afford that?  I think it is ridiculous

It sounds like it's a large format.

Most pdf come so you print them on a4 or letter paper.  One of those would be 9 or 12 normal paper (when I did the math, turned out to be the same price as getting the full sheet printed, plus tape and cutting and time)

If I do it again, I would love to go the big paper path.

https://permies.com/name.jsp

Names are grey when the person didn't follow the name policy.

I find the publishing date is helpful when sorting through amazon.  Anything published before 2022 usually has human authorship.

The library is also a good way to check books are good before buying.

I suspect I'm getting close to seeking out lessons.  I'm struggling with counting.   This one-and two-and thing, or apple cake... these aren't getting into my brain well.

Finding a teacher who can work with the materials I'm already using would be lovely.  And finding one that can focus on the specific struggle instead of having to spend most of the lesson explaining my body sucks that's why my posture sucks... it makes me fill with anxiety just thinking about it.


But first, guitar shopping.  There is a romance to fixing a broken one found for a bargain.  But would it hold me back from learning?   Maybe new or good condition used would be the simple path and learn lutherie later.