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Hi Gavin! I'm finally getting around to reading this. Lol, you apologize and then share this lengthy meaty post, all while working 7 days a week. I can't even seem to find time to sit down and write and I just have my little Mystery Garden to tend to! I did make a wonderful oil and a tincture from the beautiful White Pine that came down here. :) Also, I'm busy picking off ticks because they're monstrous this year. Oh, wait! Aren't they coming out with a Lyme Disease jab?? My mind just can't help going there. Or, maybe it's nothing more than our environment is so out of balance. IDK.

Thx for all of the wonderful book recommendations! And the memes, of course, are right on target. I'll never forget in 2020 when two friends attacked me for posting/comparing what was happening to Nazi Germany. They were livid. What can I say? It all seemed so clear then and even more so now.

Take care and thanks for the meaty article! 💚

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Lots of good stuff Gavin as always! Thank you.

Knowledge, skills and experience related to food cultivation, foraging and preservation cannot be stolen from you however, and thus it has intrinsic value as it is applicable and accessible in any and all situations.

Boom! Yeah

Agree about the cryptocurrencies.

Community community community!

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May 7, 2023Liked by Gavin Mounsey

Many thanks for the review!

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I am deeply honored to be included in this magnificent roundup. Thank you for your moving words, Gavin, as well as your own valiant defense of freedom, truth, and humanity 🙌

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Thanks!! ^_^

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May 6, 2023Liked by Gavin Mounsey

Knowledge, skills and experience related to food cultivation, foraging and preservation cannot be stolen from you however, and thus it has intrinsic value as it is applicable and accessible in any and all situations. - Article in a nutshell.

Earth Care-People Care-Future Care. First time I've read the third ethic expressed in this manner. My teacher used return of the surplus as in back to the growing system. The manual has something quite different, which is why most everyone uses something else. I've had a lot of thought about it.

There was a faction of peasantry that didn't heed the prince, they not only took care of themselves much like the results of permaculture design, but they provided for those in the hierarchy that took as they pleased. But the princes killed off a large amount of the peasants and the rest fled to other countries as modern technology took their place.

Now the prince in an actor's voice is saying, I'm back!

With as much understanding as you have exhibited in this article your garden must be at least an acre and have planted thousands of trees!

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May 6, 2023Liked by Gavin Mounsey

Permaculture - this is the way!

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May 6, 2023Liked by Gavin Mounsey

Excellent collection.

I ascribe to localism being the most effective and tangible way to flourish outside the coming system.

Get local, learn who is in your community (really get to know them, know their names, faces, wave!), what skills you/they have and what infrastructure there is locally.

Ensure the local food chain supply is protected (That there is enough food in the ground), the hospital, power etc.

Connect with and create a community.

Share skills, share food, and you have a source of wealth/wellth that is untouchable and tangible.🤗

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Birds of a feather flock together... Thank you for an absolutely excellent reading list... and the music was well appreciated as well.

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