stopfossilfuels.bsky.social
A Licenciate in Economics,trained gardener and professional chef.
Own an 10 acre permaculture farm.
This is my notebook - what I find interesting. Do join me ❤️
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Yes. And "refusing vaccines" - why would anyone do that???
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I wrote it together without a space as there are no spaces in usernames
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I found it without problem
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@feargalsharkey.bsky.social
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Done 🙂
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Here is a fascinating book about it. It has been translated to countless languages.
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After I learned about this, life has never been the same. Walking among trees now feels like a journey to a fairytale enchanted forest.
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Mother trees are the oldest and largest trees in the forest and support younger, more shaded trees and sick trees until they manage on their own. They send defence signals to younger trees about diseases or insects. Mother trees are also able to distinguish their own offspring.
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Trees release pheromones when insects attack. Nearby trees notice the pheromones and release their own pheromones that repel insects. Or trees produce tannins to make their leaves bitter to eat. Other trees sense that and start also producing them to save their foliage!
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Some young trees growing in dark parts of a forest are too small to compete with taller trees for sunlight. The older trees give them sugars through the mycorrhizal network, until they grow taller and are able to perform photosynthesis themselves.
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Underground, fungi grow around their roots. The fungi give water and nutrients to the trees and get sugars in return. The fungi wrap themselves around the tree roots and function as a messanger network between trees.
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Thanks Casey, I will ❤️
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But best of all: enjoy the unbelievable beauty of a true winter day! Get out of the house and potter around - you'll warm up quickly.
Now I am going to the henhouse to feed them. Have a wonderful day ❤️
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Provided you house has a gravel base around it, you can pile a thick skirt of snow around the house. Snow is a superb insulator: remember igloos!
When spring comes, the snow just melts away.
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As floors are the coldest part of the house I never walk without my trusty woollen slippers.
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If the house is chilly, never sit on cold chairs. Lambswool easily wins over a padded cushion. Natural fibers are great.
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Woollen longjohns and shirt, thick woollen sweaters and down pants are heavenly. Thick woollen socks over thinner ones. Agreed, I have no business in the most elegantly dressed woman -contest, but I feel great. Actually, as soon as I do something I have to take some clothes off.
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The bed is probably the most expensive item I have inbthe house. Thick woollen mattress and two fluffy down blankets. When I dive in with my hot water bottles, the house can freeze for all I care.
You actually sleep best when the body is warm but the air cold.
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Then there is the good old trusty hot water bottle! Why heat the house, if you can heat yourself! When I sit down to read, I'll have one in my lap and another under my feet. I go to bed with them. As they have a wool jacket, they stay warm till the next morning.
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Rugs are a godsend, as the floor is always the coldest part of the house. In summer, I enjoy my wooden floors. But as winter comes, I pile carpets and rugs on top of another. The top carpet is light, so I can just roll it up and shake it clean outside. Or wash it in the snow.
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Curtains are not just an item for interior design. Thick curtains insulate. Even better is to have a frame with padded cloth. You snap it into the winfow in the evening, and lift it off in the morning. Makes a big difference!
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Won't harm you, since anything you preserve yourself is going to be a lot less laden with chemicals 😆
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I am not preaching and I dont expect everybody to ditch their job for the countryside. But I want to show, that it is perfectly possible to live a very simple life without compromising any comforts!
Living on less does not mean moving back to caves ❤️
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The closest town is 6 km [4 miles] by bike. I ride my bike in summer and winter. For winters, I have spiky wheels that grip even on an icy road. It is surprising how much you can carry with a bike!
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My farm has a river with lots of fish. I am not very good at fishing yet, but me and chickens get fish every once in a while. I eat the tastiest ones, and they devour the rest 😄
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This is on the Arctic circle and a real winter wonderland. A small house is quick to heat. I use hot water bottles and woollies. Wrap myself in blankets next to the fire. Pottering outside can make you sweat even when it's really cold!
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I have big vegetable gardens, but it is surprisingly easy to manage. The planting and harvesting are more work, but often I potter in the garden no more than half an hour per day!
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I do a lot of fermenting, pickling and drying. I make sauces and jams. There are countless ways to store food without chemicals or refridgerators!
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The sauna is great not just for bathing, but doing laundry and drying it it the heat of the sauna. I also dry vegetables and mushrooms in the heat after bathing. The boiler is insulated, so I have lots of hot watrr at all times.
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I carry my water from a well. I don't use very much, so it's no trouble. I bathe and wash laundry in the sauna. It has a 90 liter [22gal] water boiler, a stove and my manual washing machine.
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Every once in a while a tree falls or gets damaged and needs felling. So I get lots of firewood automatically. I also collect fallen twigs. They are perfect for starting a fire. Firewood is kept in an airy shed. At the moment I have enough wood for 3-4 years.
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As I have no electricity, my food is stored in an underground root cellar. It stays cool around the year and stores loads of food!
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The house eated with a woodstove that gives a beautiful light in the evening, heats water, has an oven and cooking stove. I get the firewood from my own forest, which grows much faster than I use it.
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My house is small, but really cosy. I have a nice bedroom and a living room. Splendid views. And it can be thoroughly cleaned in 15 minutes 👍🏻.
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You can store things in baskets made of rattan, metal, wood or textiles. There are wooden or enamel boxes. In my home country we have beautiful birch bark baskets. There are endless alternatives to that dull ugly plastic basket.
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Going shopping? Almost everything can be carried in a reusable bag. Apart from aquarium fish. They really need that plastic bag for the trip home.
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A lot of our scribbling will not require saving for the future generations. So ditch the plastic ballpoint and use this old classic.
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Wooden cutting boards save your knives and are naturally antimicrobial (trees naturally protect themselves from microbes). As are all wooden spatulas and spoons. Why on earth would you want a chemical-leaching petroleum product that takes hundreds of years to break down ??
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Plastic cooking utensils? Think again. At a certain temperature, plastic compounds break apart into simpler molecules - some of which are toxic and harmful to our health.
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Giving your children plastic toys can be harmful in a hundred ways. A happy childhood can involve getting muddy and wet, exploring.
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Everybody knows we should eat freshly prepared food, not ultra-processed junk full of artificial chemicals. But it is not just getting fat, undernourished and sick: junk food comes wrapped in harmful plastic.
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Nobody in their right mind uses pesticides at home. (Farmers shouldn't either,but that is another discussion).
We need an ecosystem. We need little critters. Use a mouse trap if you need, or a fly swat. But no poisons.
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You do not need dozens of clothes. So the ones you buy, can be made with natural fibres. Wool reprls water. So does the classic oiled jacket. Rubber boots. Or oiled leather. Felt hats.
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No sense eating teflon, if you can use what professional chefs adore: cast iron. Lasts for centuries,get better with age, is great for cooking and even gives you a little bit of iron supplement 🙂
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Soap does not need to be in a plastic bottle. Buy soap bars, shampoo bars, conditiones bars, laundry soap, soap flakes, cleaning soap bars.