howard boldt

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Hi Samantha and others. I'm a homesteader/prepper of sorts near Saskatoon, but know I will have to relocate, probably to points north or west or northwest. Until such time, I'm on a family farm, but have no idea if these others (non-prepper/homesteaders) will relocate with me. I expect a lot of collapses soon, so maybe that will convince many of the need to gear towards hard times. Anyway, I seek to connect with others of similar mind. I have no like-minded community here to speak of, but have built up a Facebook group of 350 friends who are at least interested in these topics. I'll add a link to that. feel free to join. https://www.facebook.com/groups/394343721340520

De Young wrote:Hi, very curious about what you posted. Not really sure how things like this go and it certainly sounds as tbough e.c. is motivated and very eager... Still, I wonder about the Eastern spirituality emphasis... would love to know more about it if you have the time... thanks

"eastern spirituality" basically means I believe in inner development through meditation, right living, etc.    there is of course much more which could be said about it all.    my favourite book is Autobiography Of A Yogi, which would give anyone an idea of the sort of things I believe in

Well, just throwing it out there, like the rest of you, LOL. I live in the province of Saskatchewan and don't think I want to move, though won't rule it out. I currently live on a family farm, but might buy my own place. Chickens, garden, goats, honeybees, building stuff, etc, etc. My main focus is preparing for hard times, which I feel are imminent. It's safe to say I embrace eastern type philosophies. I think of myself as spiritual, but not religious. My favourite book is Autobiography Of A Yogi, by Yogananda. Outwardly, I'm very practical. Love music and nature.

Women Who Farm. A Facebook page. Inspiring people and posts. Check it out.

I built one top bar hive, but it wasn't good enough for wintering the bees, so I transferred them back to the regular hive. I wintered two colonies and plan to build top bar homes for them this year. As well, for more colonies I'll probably purchase. My bees are active at this time, but no blossoms yet in this region. I am feeding them sugar water, as is commonly done here in spring and fall. Rudolph Steiner strongly recommends mixing the sugar with camomile tea, so this is what I'm doing.

Nathan King wrote:You know, back in my days, they used willow tree bark capsules for contraception. The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn't that costly. yuk yuk yuk... Oh gee golly, me my me! ...what a chuckle!

100% effective until 1964, when someone invented "alternative positioning"...

So, maybe we're actually looking for a time machine

Thanks to all for further ideas, links and leads !

Various approaches could be explored/taken, but the main thing, IMO, would be to make more land (lots and acreages) more easily available to lower income people, because right now it is too difficult for many. Yes, in an organized way and with good steward, etc, built into contracts, etc. Globally, we see the need even greater than here. It isn't right or good to keep poor people down too much. They need reasonable leg-ups, as well as incentive. If not my land ideas, then others can be developed, but there is room for much improvement, IMO. I'm running out of time I can devote to this thread, so I may just leave it at that. Thanks for the discussion.