From a 70% collapse in honeybee colonies, to 22% of North American pollinators facing an elevated risk of extinction, it's safe to say, we have a very serious problem on our hands.
As a retired Cotton farmer, I Appreciate your concern about Glyphosate. I tried my best to Not use Glyphosate and other chemicals. However, it was becoming almost impossible to achieve that because few varieties of Conventional cotton seed were available, and those that were available simply did have the yield potential. Quite a few farmers grew Roundup Ready varieties for self protection. I know you have only a small plot of land, but it is Impressive what you are Achieving with it. Good luck to you, and may God bless your Ideas and your Labor.
I’ve had a relative that works at the local utility company tell me about chemtrails and when gardening try to use a small greenhouse. I used to wonder why so many of my neighbors on our Neighborhood chat would complain about their shrubbery and trees dying and getting infected. Was this a normal occurrence that using social media brought to our attention or was this a sign of something more sinister at work? Regardless ALL of the chemicals our country is exposing us to is not sustainable for us or our environment and I appreciate anyone trying to educate and help prevent the eradication of our plant and animal species. I will pass the knowledge on and I appreciate your work.
The problem we are incurring is coming from a wave of unresolved psycho-spiritual energy that's been sweeping through the planet for the last few decades, getting worse all the time, as it is cleansed from the global psyche of humanity. We who are aware of the sickness have to stay the course until we are through it.
The tendency for so many people to act against what is good for them is occurring everywhere. It is as if human beings have lost their minds and can't keep focused on what is good and truly important. How is it that there are so many people who are willing to work for a government that would poison everyone and everything?! Those people are weak-minded and frightened and just want their paychecks. They have no integrity - and it's been happening everywhere. Only a small proportion of us are strong enough to stay conscious and hold our course for alignment with Nature and Spirit. But that will be enough.
As I write this, I am sitting in the local library. It used to be a place of quiet study, where no one spoke above a whisper. But in the last two years it has been turned into a community entertainment center where everyone is allowed and even encouraged to talk out loud and do what ever they want. There are persons making out loud Zoom calls and bringing in their dogs. The librarians get angry with you if you complain that you want it quiet. This is an example of the global illness going through humanity now. And we have to stay very focused on what's good and healthy and "hold the fort" doing the best we can until it plays itself out. Eventually, things will turn around, and this in large measure depends on the spiritual energy coming into the planet now.
External actions will help only a little right now, so don't be dismayed. Just stay with it.
Excellent article. Let's not forget the nightshift-bats! I put - up 6 bat-houses around my property and a few more, out in the swamp, at my North Florida property. Though they do eat a ton of mosquitos and moths that pollinate at night, they do pollinate quite a few plants at night, themselves, and get the air circulating pollen to free-fall, and get the dayshift going as well. Less mosquitos but absolutely no chemicals used.
Chemtrails are real. The answer lies is stopping global warming, which is also real. Plant native trees and plants-barren ground equals warming. The Chinese are reclaiming millions of acres of desert and creating lush corridors of agriculture and restoration. We can do it, too, through permaculture practices, snails, and outright staging of mixed plant species ei first the grasses, then the shrubs, and then the trees...and guess what? The wildlife, including the pollinators return, the earth cools, and the atmospheric, flying polluted can fly off into the sunset, never to return.
Thanks for your commitment to the land and pollinators… I plant only natives (including milkweed) and no chemicals in my yard… appreciate your newsletter
My daughter-in-law is a biology prof at Penn State and every year she has
As her Senior class (don’t know the correct terms 🤦🏻♀️) do a project that benefits the State College area, planting different gardens to serve different nature groups and purposes. This year it’s a Scapes garden. I’ll ask about pollinators
Florida is a disaster I also can't bear to look a the bulldozing of so much beautiful habitat. We're living in a post WWII experiment. Can we have millions of people completely disconnected from nature where everything is imported for their survival-food, water, electricity, endless stuff....we still have the illusion of abundance when going to the supermarket, online shopping. Until this system breaks (our health already is broken) we'll drive species to exirpation, then extinction. But I'm hopeful...but we'll need a collective shift in the imagination. Thank for your amazing hard work!
Thank you for your efforts! I am almost 70 & remember seeing soooo many Monarchs at the edge of my grade school playground. Teachers cautioned us to only bring ONE chrysalis inside in a fruit jar to watch it change colors & become a butterfly 🥰 I also remember how many bugs would hit the car windshield back then, had to clean almost daily in the summer in order to see! That NEVER happens anymore, anywhere I drive & I’ve made 6 cross country trips through almost every state in the county… makes me incredibly sad 😢
Glyphosate. Similar to millions of American men poisoned by vaccines end up with prostate cancer decades later because their testosterone levels are ruined.
You have your dander up again and this is fantastic. I hope folks are supporting you and sharing your messages far and wide!
Where I live in Nevada County, CA. there is a man who is trying to get many to grow various milkweed varieties by giving away the seed and showing how to propagate it.
I have 4 different ones that have germinated (tuberosa, speciosa, cordifolia and one other that I am not remembering, the narrow leaf has not come up). Can’t wait for them to get
I have had luck sowing fresh showy MW in the spring without winter’s stratification . About 1/4” deep in deep pots or tree tubes. Their roots get long really quickly.
Don’t know about sowing directly in the ground.
The 5 varieties I sowed went into trays with 50’cells, covered with a permeable row cover type cloth and left outside all winter. Pretty sure they were sown in November and germination started about 3 weeks ago.
Here in North Dakota and Montana there's many semi loads of bee boxes set all over. One doesn't have to drive very far to find a Colony. Almost all are located in areas that are no longer farmed or about a mile away and I know the rarely sprayed fields spray mist drifts so maybe that's not so bad. But there are those people that complain about splattering bees on the windshield. Some say to move the to the otherside of the road. Ha Can't help controlling the high winds out here. Just as ridiculous as saying to move the deer crossing sign to a less busy portion of the highway. 😄
As a retired Cotton farmer, I Appreciate your concern about Glyphosate. I tried my best to Not use Glyphosate and other chemicals. However, it was becoming almost impossible to achieve that because few varieties of Conventional cotton seed were available, and those that were available simply did have the yield potential. Quite a few farmers grew Roundup Ready varieties for self protection. I know you have only a small plot of land, but it is Impressive what you are Achieving with it. Good luck to you, and may God bless your Ideas and your Labor.
Thank you so much
I’ve had a relative that works at the local utility company tell me about chemtrails and when gardening try to use a small greenhouse. I used to wonder why so many of my neighbors on our Neighborhood chat would complain about their shrubbery and trees dying and getting infected. Was this a normal occurrence that using social media brought to our attention or was this a sign of something more sinister at work? Regardless ALL of the chemicals our country is exposing us to is not sustainable for us or our environment and I appreciate anyone trying to educate and help prevent the eradication of our plant and animal species. I will pass the knowledge on and I appreciate your work.
Thank you 🙏 the best thing we can all do is pass this info along
It’s chemtrails. And it’s intentional.
And we wonder why cancer is thru the roof.
When people buy milkweed they need to know the source and ask if pesticides were used on it. If so don’t buy it.
Turn the outside lights off. I didn’t put out solar lights last summer and we had an amazing amount of fireflies!
Yes this!
Hello Alexandra,
The problem we are incurring is coming from a wave of unresolved psycho-spiritual energy that's been sweeping through the planet for the last few decades, getting worse all the time, as it is cleansed from the global psyche of humanity. We who are aware of the sickness have to stay the course until we are through it.
The tendency for so many people to act against what is good for them is occurring everywhere. It is as if human beings have lost their minds and can't keep focused on what is good and truly important. How is it that there are so many people who are willing to work for a government that would poison everyone and everything?! Those people are weak-minded and frightened and just want their paychecks. They have no integrity - and it's been happening everywhere. Only a small proportion of us are strong enough to stay conscious and hold our course for alignment with Nature and Spirit. But that will be enough.
As I write this, I am sitting in the local library. It used to be a place of quiet study, where no one spoke above a whisper. But in the last two years it has been turned into a community entertainment center where everyone is allowed and even encouraged to talk out loud and do what ever they want. There are persons making out loud Zoom calls and bringing in their dogs. The librarians get angry with you if you complain that you want it quiet. This is an example of the global illness going through humanity now. And we have to stay very focused on what's good and healthy and "hold the fort" doing the best we can until it plays itself out. Eventually, things will turn around, and this in large measure depends on the spiritual energy coming into the planet now.
External actions will help only a little right now, so don't be dismayed. Just stay with it.
Peace and blessings, Parisse
Blessings, Parisse
Excellent article. Let's not forget the nightshift-bats! I put - up 6 bat-houses around my property and a few more, out in the swamp, at my North Florida property. Though they do eat a ton of mosquitos and moths that pollinate at night, they do pollinate quite a few plants at night, themselves, and get the air circulating pollen to free-fall, and get the dayshift going as well. Less mosquitos but absolutely no chemicals used.
Chemtrails are real. The answer lies is stopping global warming, which is also real. Plant native trees and plants-barren ground equals warming. The Chinese are reclaiming millions of acres of desert and creating lush corridors of agriculture and restoration. We can do it, too, through permaculture practices, snails, and outright staging of mixed plant species ei first the grasses, then the shrubs, and then the trees...and guess what? The wildlife, including the pollinators return, the earth cools, and the atmospheric, flying polluted can fly off into the sunset, never to return.
Yes!!! I was just going to comment about the bats and adding some bat boxes to her property! 🦇
Thanks for your commitment to the land and pollinators… I plant only natives (including milkweed) and no chemicals in my yard… appreciate your newsletter
You are amazing for doing that!
My daughter-in-law is a biology prof at Penn State and every year she has
As her Senior class (don’t know the correct terms 🤦🏻♀️) do a project that benefits the State College area, planting different gardens to serve different nature groups and purposes. This year it’s a Scapes garden. I’ll ask about pollinators
Thank you for all you do for our natural world!
Aw it's my pleasure!
Florida is a disaster I also can't bear to look a the bulldozing of so much beautiful habitat. We're living in a post WWII experiment. Can we have millions of people completely disconnected from nature where everything is imported for their survival-food, water, electricity, endless stuff....we still have the illusion of abundance when going to the supermarket, online shopping. Until this system breaks (our health already is broken) we'll drive species to exirpation, then extinction. But I'm hopeful...but we'll need a collective shift in the imagination. Thank for your amazing hard work!
Thank you for your efforts! I am almost 70 & remember seeing soooo many Monarchs at the edge of my grade school playground. Teachers cautioned us to only bring ONE chrysalis inside in a fruit jar to watch it change colors & become a butterfly 🥰 I also remember how many bugs would hit the car windshield back then, had to clean almost daily in the summer in order to see! That NEVER happens anymore, anywhere I drive & I’ve made 6 cross country trips through almost every state in the county… makes me incredibly sad 😢
It's so sad and I don't believe people understand how much this is making us collectively depressed!
Great bit of writing. It’s alarming at best what we as a population do to our eco systems. I see all my neighbors spraying any and every thing.
Ugh. Why do people love to spray stuff!
Its ecosystem murder.
It's also willful ignorance.
chin up and do the best you can managing your property . it takes hard work,commitment and long hrs .less social media time imho
Glyphosate. Similar to millions of American men poisoned by vaccines end up with prostate cancer decades later because their testosterone levels are ruined.
You have your dander up again and this is fantastic. I hope folks are supporting you and sharing your messages far and wide!
Where I live in Nevada County, CA. there is a man who is trying to get many to grow various milkweed varieties by giving away the seed and showing how to propagate it.
I have 4 different ones that have germinated (tuberosa, speciosa, cordifolia and one other that I am not remembering, the narrow leaf has not come up). Can’t wait for them to get
Big enough to pot up and give away.
Keep up the exceptional spirit and work🥰
Love that!!!
I’m in the Bay Area and have some Showy milkweed seeds that I forgot to plant. Too late? And what is the best way to propagate milkweed seeds?
It’s not too late - but do make sure to cold stratify the milkweed before planting!
I have had luck sowing fresh showy MW in the spring without winter’s stratification . About 1/4” deep in deep pots or tree tubes. Their roots get long really quickly.
Don’t know about sowing directly in the ground.
The 5 varieties I sowed went into trays with 50’cells, covered with a permeable row cover type cloth and left outside all winter. Pretty sure they were sown in November and germination started about 3 weeks ago.
Thank you that is very helpful!
I love milkweed 🥰
Here in North Dakota and Montana there's many semi loads of bee boxes set all over. One doesn't have to drive very far to find a Colony. Almost all are located in areas that are no longer farmed or about a mile away and I know the rarely sprayed fields spray mist drifts so maybe that's not so bad. But there are those people that complain about splattering bees on the windshield. Some say to move the to the otherside of the road. Ha Can't help controlling the high winds out here. Just as ridiculous as saying to move the deer crossing sign to a less busy portion of the highway. 😄
Good luck my young friend. I wish there were millions more like you. From a butterfly rancher in Florida. The land of the monarch for 12 months.
Awww thanks Cheryl - I am on a mission to inspire others to want to do something similar for sure!