A Seed Saver's Garden

[heirloomgal]

I've been watching a really fascinating documentary this week, 'Ancient Apocalypse' by Graham Hancock. There are many clues across the globe to indicate a prehistory we don't understand, Stonehenge being one, but there are many as the show goes over. Archaeological sites all around the world with the same symbols, and foundational 'myths' that overlap - despite being on different continents. Perhaps even a global language. Often what's left behind describes serpent/s and a great cataclysm of some sort, often a flood or a great winter. Turkey has an 8 story tunnel system/city built underground, Derinkuyu, that can hold 20,000 people. Part of why I find this interesting is, being a bean grower, that I feel this is the case with common belief in the origin of Phaseolus vulgaris. The story that it was introduced to Europe from the New World just doesn't make any sense given the ancient story of Jack and the Beanstalk, thousands of years ago. It's one of the oldest written stories in history. Clearly Europe was in possession of very tall plants that grew beans, so how did the story get so convoluted? This documentary explains how these things go wrong with traditional archaeological narrow thinking.

One of the points of this archaeological documentary is that finding something somewhere doesn't mean it comes from there, or that it was built by the people present at discovery. Many of these ancient structures (etc.) that we attribute to this group or that, like say 'Aztec' sites & artifacts, these were actually inherited by these groups, not created by them. And this is all over the world, clues showing we don't actually understand the prehistory that lies buried in time. So, I feel even more convinced now after watching this that the origins of P. vulgaris are not as they seem.

Great docu-series, highly recommend!

Ancient Apocalypse

What if everything we know about prehistoric humans is wrong? Journalist Graham Hancock visits archaeological sites around the world to uncover whether a civilization far more advanced than we ever believed possible existed thousands of years ago.

ihavenotv.com

 

[heirloomgal]

I wonder what effect a cold winter has on a garden as opposed to a less severe one? I may get that question answered in 2025. This year is shaping up to be a real doozy. It's been a snowpocalypse all around us this week; thank goodness my town seems to be in a protected bubble, but places all around us in all directions got nearly 5 feet of snow. Crazy. One of the towns just completely shut down. A number of places around the world have actually already gotten their average yearly snowfall - and it's only the 1st week of December. Seoul Korea broke snow records too in the last 2 days. ERCOT apparently warned of a potentially frigid winter there.

Given that we had record historical lows in Canada this Jan, -41 both C and F and daytime temps below -30 C/-22F for 5 days in a row I wonder what is ahead Some places went as low as -45 C/-53 F. 37 records were shattered for coldest temperatures in history this year. It's actually a bit worrying. A prepper friend just found out her area is predicted to got to -50C this January, BC looks like it might be hit hard with historical lows. Of course, time will tell. I hope none of this is right, I'd prefer above average temps. If we do shatter historical records again this winter though it's going to solidify that the Grand Solar Minimum is in effect and terrestrial cooling is indeed upon us. NASA confirmed this is the case, but how much cooler is the question and for how long? We do know for sure sunspot activity is decreasing. Scary!

 

[Alasgun]

Sorry you live in such a hostile environment!