Sunday, July 22, 2012

Bats and other natural predators in the Pacific Northwest

‎"Bats are the primary predator of agricultural pests—one bat eats 2,000 to 6,000 insects each night. Plant afternoon-blooming or night-scented flowers to attract moths, and the voracious bats that follow will help control your local mosquito population. Evening primrose, phlox, night-flowering catchfly, fleabane, goldenrod, four o’clock, salvia, nicotiana, and moonflower are all good choices." http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/making-it-home/how-to-save-backyard-bats?utm_source=wkly20120720&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=titleBruce
How to Save Bats in Your Own Backyard
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Bats are mammals, shy creatures of the night, and fascinating to watch. They’re also endangered by loss of habitat, disease, and pesticide poisoning. You can help by providing protection.
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Friday, July 20, 2012

Pets or Food?


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Indeed, heartless towards our prisoners! We foolishly love them more than humans! We decide what they will eat, where they will go, if and when they procreate, and we take food out of the mouths of the starving millions of humans not so fortunate as us(?) Third world blood supports our "lifestyle"! The young lady living in her mother's mobile across from mine, has supposedly 10 adult cats of which three have just had litters. (they are unneutered or spayed) She feeds them and her 1 dog, on Purina dry food (instead of carnivore food: meat) and when they are let out, they come over to my freshly dug and planted garden and do their extremely smelly, offensive, sticky bombs they hide just under the surface! I am sickened by the smells of them marking "their" territory by spraying. Worse is their fighting and yowling when they are mating! They do this with impunity; park management says they can do nothing, neighbours have phoned the SPCA who can likewise do nothing. I'm not sure if the Nanaimo animal control officer has been called or not. As for me I am in the process of erecting netting on the perimeter of my garden and will cover the garden enclosure a with 1. pre-existing trailing blackberries, I'm training 2. use an existing Hawthorn tree 3. scarlet runner beans 4. climbing nasturtiums 5. Take a page from the young lady across from me: let the Himalayan Blackberries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_armeniacus take over and out! Or how about Kudzu in Canada!? I well remember Kudzu and it's thickening role instead of things like cornstarch to thicken my stirfries during my macrobiotic studies... Empower Yourself...FOOD AS MEDICINE Heal Yourself With Natural Foods by Gabriele Kushi


So I hope to keep the cats out and shade the tin box I now live in...Another neighbour had accused me of flinging cat poo at his RV and when I denied it, he called me a toilet mouth profanity...wanted a fist fight with me to prove his point!...his girlfriend won't speak to me because I ordered them off my mobile pad, when he threatened to return and "get me", I phoned the RCMP!  They could do nothing! Mr. Toilet Mouth neighbour "probably meant "he would get me .... a PIZZA!! Another neighbour (also a food gardener) has even gone so far as to suggest winterizing them! (the cats, although maybe it should be the pet "lovers". A most gruesome way to die...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol_poisoning Any other ideas people? After the poo flinging accusations the young lady told me to fling it at her mother's place. (I again denied it although I have a suspicion who flung poo...). Instead I have twice bagged it up and delivered it to her porch...she said if it was anyone but me (the old man) she would throw it to my face! sigh...

This was due to the following public exchange on Facebook:
irk Becker shared Rustic Hound's photo.
Wednesday
More excess.
There are more dogs than people in the US.
We are seem happy to feed dogs on cruising on yachts while we have malnourished children living in poverty in Canada/US and millions starve around
the world.
I want to be friends with these crazy people....I'm not kidding!

Photo: I want to be friends with these crazy people....I'm not kidding!
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Free Eats!

The W in GROWN FOODS is for Wild or Wet.

My wanderings and gleanings of the past two weeks gave me:

(Do you recognize them BEFORE I label them?)






Outside Annamie's apartment in Nanaimo are some Ornamental Black Cherry Trees that had incredible showy double blooms this spring, but when I tried to eat some of the fruits two weeks ago, they were all stone, small and very bitter. But with the recent rains, they have filled out and now have some pulp on them. When I arrived home last night I was trying them, they are delicious! (and free!) so I'm picking some more today... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom
























Just outside the trailer park I now live at in South Nanaimo: Southgate Mobile Home Park
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Southgate+Mobile+Home+Park%2C+Nanaimo&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a  are some of the best Saskatoon Berries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelanchier_alnifolia I have ever seen or tasted anywhere! Plump and juicy, thanks to the rains again!


















I've been eating my Orange Day Lilies before they bloom, but with all the work at my trailer-home, I let one get away and yesterday morning it was in full bloom. I've never tried them raw, used to just fry the bloom pods, but now, curious and knowing them to be safe, I nibbled the bloom. Delicious! Gobbled it all up! Feeling fine as I write this today! Lol  I'm expecting a feast today as three pods should be blooming...But before you eat... Always research what you're doing! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylily

I've been at this for 35 years, since I moved to Victoria from Edmonton in 1977 and have a wealth of resources that I use. Any questions on gleaning, herbs or wild foods and locations in and around Nanaimo, let's talk? Anyway, off to work (and my a/c) ?



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Dust Bowl, 2012 - ??

Climate change is contributing to a massive drought in the midwest of the United States.

This is the result. Click LIKE if you agree that this isn't any kind of world to leave for our children.
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    • Susan Anne Carter Oh dear...what have we done.
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    • Doug Janzen And Republicans still say there is no proof that man is causing the warming. Fools, mean and ignorant fools.
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    • Carol Spencer add Herr Harper in there as well..but is anyone stopping the rampant consumption of cheap goods from hugely polluting countries? is North AMerica the worst polluters?..and this has been affecting places closer to the equator for decades..now it is coming home to roost
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    • Doug Janzen I always want to simplify my life, less consumerism. Does Harper also say "no such thing" when it comes to climate change/global warming?
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    • Carol Spencer yes he did, but has backpedalled...decide for yourself..you might be amused.. http://www.harperindex.ca/ShowCategory.cfm?Show=Cat4

      The Harper Index - Positions and quotes
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      The Harper Index: Analyzing persuasion techniques of Canada's Conservatives - The Promises - The Record - The Responses

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    • Doug Janzen
      Confusing. I'd like to see Canada adopt the Kyoto guidelines. And make it a national priority to make an electric vehicle for commuting and hauling goods. We are a big country, a cold country, so we need a "made in Canada" solution for this. I want to be the world leader in this so we'd cut greenhouse gasses. Then make the oil sands as damn clean as possible. I know we need oil but REALLY make it as clean as getting the stuff out of the ground can be. I was a roughneck for a couple of years, I know the oil 'bidness' is messy but seriously just do it!

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    • Chris J. Slater Back to the past to see what lies in our future UNLESS we begin to take RESPONSIBILITY now (I'm thinking it's probably too late already! The canary in the coal mine died - killed by Corporations like Monsanto's monoculture Round-Up (TM ) Ready GMO's!) The Dirty Thirties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl Only FOOLS think they can continue to take from the good earth without putting anything back! Rip out what God decided was best for the climate and microclimates and use CHEMICALS (herbicides, pesticides, insecticides, fertilizers, etc. to live better today!! It's foolish people, regardless of their politics, that do this to us! Dead, dry soil has no life to impart to our food. And if our food isn't dead enough already, we can always make sure its D - E - A- D by cooking the life from it! GROWNFOODS - Green, Raw, Organic, Wet (or Wild) and most important, Natural FOOD.

      Dust Bowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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      The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms causing...See more

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Friday, July 13, 2012

A Tribute to Dr. Ann by Victoria Boutenko


I truly admire Dr. Ann Wigmore. Whenever I order a shot of wheatgrass, I feel like I personally know Dr. Ann. Wheatgrass juice makes me healthier. I owe the opportunity of drinking it at my local co-op to Dr. Ann. Thanks to her, people in the whole world can drink wheatgrass juice and enjoy its countless healing benefits. I find it amazing how Ann Wigmore is continuing to touch our lives decades after she has passed away, even though many of us have never met her, or even heard her name.
Dr Ann in her garden Not only did Dr. Ann discover and thoroughly research the great healing properties of wheatgrass, but she also developed and thoroughly described the process of growing wheatgrass in trays at home or any location. She came up with an inexpensive wheatgrass juicer to make this elixir of life available to everyone. I appreciate many of Dr. Ann's inventions, which we all conveniently utilize in our everyday lives while thinking that they have existed forever. Who remembers today that raw gourmet food began with Dr. Ann's "seed cheese" and "raw soup" recipes. She invented for us "nut milks" and dehydrated crackers, "almond loaf" and "live" candy.

Dr. Ann introduced a variety of sprouts into our lives. She also came up with a sprouting bag. Whenever my family travels, we always pack sprouting seeds to guarantee a fresh supply of greens. Dr. Ann called sprouts Living Foods. It is hard to imagine that these words didn't exist some time ago.

Dr. Ann discovered the many healing benefits of blending foods, especially greens. Dr Ann Wigmore lived the last several years of her life almost completely on blended foods, a large part of which consisted of greens. She noticed that blended foods were assimilated more easily. For instance, she would say about fruit, "If I have an apple, I will blend it instead of munch it, because I don't want to waste its energy or mine." She observed that eating blended food gave her superior health and cut her hours of sleep down to two hours per night.

Before Dr. Ann, people utilized blenders for "insignificant" purposes like whipping eggs and making cocktails. Today, we cannot imagine a raw food kitchen without a powerful blender. Dr. Ann Wigmore clearly saw the tight connection between organic soil and human health, and she began promoting organic gardening and composting in the sixties when most people were just beginning to embrace chemical fertilizers as the future of agriculture.

I see Ann Wigmore's uniqueness in her ability to pay attention to a wide spectrum of events, to explore living on this planet as one whole process, and to apply her expertise to many different aspects of life. She didn't choose to be a specialist in just one narrow field as many others have done. She dared to form her personal opinion about everything she encountered, be it blood analysis, colonic irrigations, fasting, food composition, bacteria, gardening, or drinking water. Due to her all-inclusive vision, she was able to create a healing system that has helped thousands of people.

Dr. Ann was known to work vigorously and productively. She invented new ideas daily. She kept herself in notably excellent shape, always running, never walking, sustaining herself on just two hours of sleep per day. At the ripe age of 82, Dr. Ann didn't have a single gray hair. This fact was so unbelievable that her students asked her permission to study her hair in a lab to see if it was dyed. The test proved that it was her natural color.

In addition to her profound research in the field of human health, Dr. Ann was an animal rights activist, she fought against the fluoridation and chlorination of drinking water, against chemical pollution, and many other things.

The latest discoveries in science prove Dr. Ann was right in the majority of her predictions and recommendations. I believe the day will come when medical students will study Ann Wigmore's books as they study Hippocrates today.

Dr. Ann is well recognized all around the world. In my travels I continue to encounter people who ask me if I have heard of Dr. Ann Wigmore. This inquiry is usually followed by an exciting story about another human life saved by Dr. Ann's teachings. I doubt it is possible to calculate just how many lives this brilliant woman has saved. She herself was one of the healthiest people on the planet in the 20th century. Dr. Ann was living her talk and practicing in her own life everything that she was teaching. Most of all, however, people who met her in person remember her for her benevolent loving spirit.


Historic Ann Wigmore Memorial Conference

 Vilnius Congress Concert Hall, 19th-20th September, 2012
Conference: "Living Foods and it's effect on Degenerative Disease"
Klaipeda University 21st September, 2012
Ann Wigmore Festival of Life and Commemoration
Sept. 22, 2012 Kruopiai, 22nd September, 2012

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Dying Bride's Health Worsens

Hello. I just read the newspaper story, "Dying bride's health worsens after 'overwhelming' wedding." YOUNG COURTENAY COUPLE Shawn and Emily Wood made their commitment to each other official last week. Emily, 24, has only three to 12 months left to live.

You have many blessings as well as serious life challenges. First the bad news. We are all dying - sooner or late! The good news? There are ways to escape dying too soon or eternally.

One of those blessings I would like to introduce you to right at home there in Courtenay, BC is "Raw Rose" http://www.rawrose.com/

Rose Vasile lives in Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada where she has been teaching her popular “Uncooking” classes for several years. In her classes, retreats, demos at health food stores and her Canadian Bestseller, Uncooking With RawRose – Your Guide to Raw Foods, Rose shares her enthusiasm and knowledge of preparing and eating raw foods. Eating mainly raw foods has resulted in numerous benefits.

In 2002 Rose was trained as a Raw Living Foods Chef by Victoria Boutenko.
http://www.rawfamily.com/ (I first met Valya and Sergei Boutenko at RawQuest 2008 in Courtenay at Zen Zero | Vegan Eatery and Smoothie Bar http://zenzero.ca/) You are truly blessed with people right at home there in Courtenay!)

Rose left her 31 year career as a group insurance underwriter to help others heal with raw foods. Rose was the Director and an instructor at Creative Health Institute (CHI), in Michigan, USA.  http://creativehealthinstitute.com/ CHI runs two week cleansing programs based on Dr. Ann Wigmore’s teachings, which emphasizes raw foods and wheatgrass juice. Rose is a 2009 graduate of Living Light Culinary Arts Institute, where she received certification as a Raw Culinary Arts Chef & Instructor.

In 2011 Rose returned to Living Light to become a Certified Raw Food Nutrition Educator.
Rose’s greatest desire is to let the world know about the benefits of raw foods!

I, Chris J. Slater of Nanaimo, BC, have been told by doctors beginning in 1977 that unless I follow their "orders" my prognosis for survival is "uncertain". Beginning in 2008 until now I'm using these new friends and their teachings to get a longer life and better health.

What caught my eye was your wedding photo and reading further I read, "Emily, 24, was diagnosed with Stage 4 aggressive large-cell lymphoma in January and underwent various chemotherapy treatments since then. A couple of weeks ago doctors gave her just three to 12 months left to live."

And further on, "Emily's gotten quite weak now, and she's not sleeping very well, and in a bit of pain, and a lot of swelling happening, so we're just letting her rest and take it easy," he said, adding she's having some issues with her vision as well. "It's time for her to kind of think about her, and we're looking at, now, alternative treatments." (GREAT!)

Emily and Shawn have repeated(ly) said she will not give up her fight against cancer even though she decided to stop chemotherapy treatments and focus on her quality of life. (CONGRATULATIONS!)

She's trying an alkaline diet right now, and considering other therapies like Reiki, which is a spiritual stress relieving and healing practice. (EXCELLENT! WINNERS NEVER QUIT!)

I have studied many things to resolve my life challenges and pray I have many more yet. But in the end analysis I'm awestruck to think,
CAN THE ANSWERS TO OUR LIFE CHALLENGES REALLY BE THAT SIMPLE? TRUST AND BELIEVE in an Intelligent Designer who by His Grace forgives us our sins. (disobedience to Him and His Commandments) and gives us Hope?

FUEL THESE BODIES THE WAY HE DESIGNED THEM TO WORK! Foods that are green, raw, organic, wet (or wild) and natural! We can only get life from live foods!

I pray what I shared here helps. Our Creator doesn't make mistakes. He sometimes uses people and things to work His miracles.. He used people to write a love letter to all who will read it, the Bible.

Blessings to you and Shawn, may you live long and prosper!

Love, Chris J. Slater
http://www.facebook.com/cjslater07
http://www.facebook.com/pages/GrownFoods/124848524235347


Source: Dying bride's health worsens after 'overwhelming' wedding - http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/161963415.html By Renee Andor - Comox Valley Record  Published: July 10, 2012 12:00 PM

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  • Karen Ferguson
    i seen what you wrote..so nicely written ..a friend of mine Arnie was diagnosed with lung cancer and did the hospital treatments..was so he couldnt breath..decieded to try one more thing before giving in ..went to the natives..they told him to take...."flora" flora essense... and he is now up and walking again and if you can believe it..back at working..hard work too...mining...just wish x Gordon could have got his hands on some of this..he may have been here still for his family..
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  • Chris J. Slater
    Amen, Karen, Thanks for the comment. How sad - so many come to God as the only hope and answer when all else fails and so miss out on a lifetime of His blessings. We need to put our trust in Him and His ways first, last and always. WAGDS. We're All Going To Die Someday (the end of this mortal flesh life) but for those who believe in Him, His Son and Holy Spirit they have eternal soul life. And to those who ask for His wisdom and blessings, all will be revealed and received in His good time, including their healing if that is His will. Sometimes He says "Not now, my child." But the main thing is to be a seeker. I will continue to pray Emily and her new husband as well as all those who are being used to bless her now... and for Gordon and the others we witness to, who knows that with their dying breath they didn't finally accept our witness and silently cry out to Him? Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. To those whom much has been given, much will be expected to share...
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  • Chris J. Slater
    As to the native beliefs, wisdom is freely given to all who will ask in our Creator's name. I heard of a similar healing up Vancouver Island using a retreat, sweat lodge and a diet exclusively of sea urchins. And I've just been reading about Dr. Carolyn Dean, MD, ND and her book "Death by Modern Medicine". http://www.deathbymodernmedicine.com/ we need to be open to hearing new things, because God can use anyone, anything to bless us!
    Death by Modern Medicine a book written by Dr. Carolyn Dean MD ND with Trueman Tuck,
    www.deathbymodernmedicine.com
    Death by Modern Medicine a book written by Dr. Carolyn Dean MD ND with Trueman Tuck
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Sunday, July 8, 2012

DRIVEN to SUICIDE by MONSANTO!

NO to GMO! Man as Creator? With a PATENT on that patched together Frankenlife? God help us! Be sure to only buy and use GROWNFOODS http://www.facebook.com/pages/GrownFoods/124848524235347 (Green, Organic, Wet [or Wild] and Natural) real, LIVE, raw foods, not cooked dead! These criminals, with no moral conscience will stop at nothing to get our money, lands and drive us to suicide! http://naturalsociety.com/monsantos-gmo-seeds-farmer-suicides-every-30-minutes/
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