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Quercus wrote:

They're not quite there yet, but a "dawning of reality" is taking place. For example, seed stockists, in the UK at least, have reported record sales and they are having trouble keeping up with orders. Gardens are being dug over and I wouldn't be at all surprised if there wasn't a bit of hoarding going on.

Ah, yes...nothing like a pack of seeds and a garden growing in your backyard to know that you can feed yourself in these hard times...gives you peace of mind...oh, and don't forget to grow fruit trees, too!...definitely need that delicious fruit to go along with all those yummy organic veggies...perhaps instead of saying 'popcorn anyone?' I should start saying 'salad anyone?'......for fruits and veggies are the staff of life and Mother Nature's gift to mankind...

Love,
MamaBear

Last edited by organic (2009-03-10 15:54:51)

The feelings, the anticipation is so strong, it's as if one could start a count-down from 10 and by the time 1 is reached, the new shall come into being and the whole of humanity will be FREE to evolve to many great and wondrous heights hitherto unseen or wholly imagined.

I'd love to try a salad made with edible flowers, for such is a thing that I'm yet to experience... which is to say, there is much in life that I'd like to explore/experience... for instance, underground housing where large glass domes breach the ground to illuminate the living space below and which will leave the ground around them available to garden to ones delight.

Yeah, kind of like the Hobbits but instead of mounds, the only thing above ground is the glass dome... well, and of course the entrance.... which can be low profile and made of glass as well.

It seems that a lot of energy goes in to heating and cooling the living space of above-ground housing and with below-ground housing, the temperature remains relatively constant, regardless of whatever the weather may be like outside.

Plus, just think of the indoor 'hanging gardens' that one could create around the underside of the glass dome... it could be a wonderful center piece for each room as each room would have its own dome. I'm thinking herbs and ferns...

Last edited by Christo Alado (2009-03-10 20:22:57)

Pretty crap view of the surrounding countryside though. I quite like my panoramic vista out over the Hampshire/Wiltshire borders from my upstairs windows; rolling chalk downlands, woods and fields. Certainly a circular patch of sky would be no substitute for that!
Personally, I favour a hobbit houses built into a south facing hillside so I still get the view out front with the temperature regulating qualities of being tucked under ground and the added advantage of being able to dig myself an extra room or two whenever I feel so inclined. "I'm just popping out the back to carve out a new bedroom, dear. Won't be long." Well, it's something to do in the long winter evenings, don't you know.... If one was really industrious - not me, I'm afraid - you could end up with a whole network of rooms to spread yourself out in, take in paying guests and may be offer storage facilities. Ummm, I've had a bit of an idea......... I can just see the local planning authority letting me get away with that.... narrow minded gits that they are!
Still, not long now and we may not have "planning authorities" any more...... That's food for thought, isn't it?

Last edited by Quercus (2009-03-12 23:46:47)