The Little Tiny Homestead

29/05/2023

Ouch. So True.

29/05/2023

Fascinating

29/05/2023

I got these Jerusalem Artichokes for $1.00 a bag on clearance at Sprouts (a bag of roots) ... so look at them now. My backyard is a jungle. I hardly have time for it anymore. ::;Shrugs::: What can you do?

25/05/2023

I got this new cactus for my succulent garden (it was sold as a succulent?) for $5.00 at H-E-B.

11/05/2023

I am so blessed that my Tower Garden is completely self-sustaining and I can utterly neglect it and it still does just fine and I go out and find all these babies.

This HUGE tomato plant is actually COMPLETELY LOADED with these huge tomatos. I think they are German tomatos- a baby plant that I bought at Lowes. LOL. The peppers I grew from seed from ORGANIC GREEN PEPPERS from H-E-B. I feel so cool! 😎

I am not eating tomatoes right now because while they are excellent for preventing cancer, one of the best things, they are not really good for stopping the growth of cancer once you have it. So, yes I am constantly begging Anna to make salsa and use up my tomatoes. PLEASE!! Peppers are awesome, though, for stopping the growth of cancer so I am eating a lot of peppers now. They have a high anti-angiogenesis effect, especially Cayenne pepper and their seeds.

I am feeling pretty good today. BH. I hope this means that the cancer cells are being beaten back, but I just have no way of knowing for sure. I can only gauge things by how my cervix feels and hope it is a good sign. Either way, I am super grateful when I am not in agony and torment. I will take it!

Anyways, wish I could do more with my Tower Gardening but I can't right now, so at least its self-sustaining.

04/05/2023

Another beautiful day in my front yard.

02/05/2023

Good Morning Lizard. I love building habitats for all these wonderful creatures.

28/04/2023

I planted my purple cactus, next to my other cactus which has now put forth 3 soon-to-be blooms! I love my purple cactus! I really want to build a cactus garden but so out of space.

28/04/2023

My purple cactus came in the mail. My heart filled up with happiness and excitement. It is way bigger and better than I expected (most people send you small stuff and it is really quite large). It is nice to be pleasantly surprised.

27/04/2023

My school stuff has gone to hell... even though I only had two classes left and was about to graduate......... so I guess... more time for gardening.

20/04/2023

It is tomato season. I am headed off to physical therapy. Tomorrow I find out if I have cancer. The more I research the symptoms, the more I think I must. Especially the pain that is in my pelvis and runs up my back and down my legs. All the strange metallic tastes in my mouth and the slight nausea. Sometimes I imagine that my whole body must be full of cancer, but maybe it is all in my head. Waiting a month to find out has really been torture. Of I have been in the ER many times and they have searched for cancer and always say that they see nothing. Anyhoo. I guess I will find out tomorrow, hopefully, but of course, with my luck they will tell me the results are inconclusive and I need more test and I will be strung along longer. TILL THEN FOLKS....... Tomatoes have wonderful anti-cancer properties and eating tomatoes regularly cuts your risk of cancer significantly, like 45 percent for prostate cancer.

18/04/2023

16/04/2023

Look at this beauty that was in my pond. I don't know what kind they are but they can swim under the water.

16/04/2023

I stopped at Lowe's and bought a cactus. I mean it is about to flower so who can resist? I want to work in my yard so bad but I have to do school work. SO UNFAIR! UNFAIR! UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Digital Forensic project first draft is due. I haven't even started on it. I used my grandparents old computers for my project... and found out my grammie and grampie were saints who just played solitaire. This makes it hard to write a criminal report obviously.

10/04/2023

Finally getting some red in my towers. I havent been outside in days because its been raining.

27/03/2023

Luckily the last two days have been very nice and ideal weather... after being super hot and 87 degrees! I have been enjoying the grey, sun-blocked, skies. There are so many stressful things in life but tower gardening is not one of them. When I feel super stressed out I like to just disappear into gardening for a while.

26/03/2023

Bringing Mr. Pepper out to the Tower Garden.

26/03/2023

I am up writing papers which is so painful. I wish I was just spending time with my plants instead. Look at all these dragon fruit babies. Also, my next batch of tomatoes which are all Purple Crush Tomatoes and Giant Cherry on the Vine. I don't know if I should plant them in my Tower Garden or the Ground. Currently my Tower Garden has a lot of Purple Broccoli but it was already 87 degrees today so I feel like I should move it all to the shade. Maybe I should fill my Tower Garden with Tomatoes and Peppers. I am depressed that it is already this hot in Spring.

24/03/2023

Took some plants and seeds with me to the park today. I am like Johnny Appleseed.

24/03/2023

PINK CELERY.... going to seed.

23/03/2023

WALKING my dogs before I get back on the hamster wheel. Today is my last day to get orders out .. then I dont ship on fri, sat, sun. Bringing this piece of grape vine home-- put a little root stimulator on it-- and put it in the ground. I already have a bunch of grape vines but always appreciate new varieties. Sometimes I root them in my tower but I am putting this one directly into the ground while the weather is nice.

23/03/2023

I have to find a place for this Jalepeno Tree. Its way too big for this pot. My daughter has started naming the Jalepenos, "Pablo Jalepeno," etc.

23/03/2023

Today is my first day drinking Mushroom Coffee, inspired by Tania Sofia Bernoff Pomfrett. It is good tasting stuff and I hope it helps with my health issues.

I have come a long way, from being in extreme pain, to being in more minor levels of pain-- but I guess it always feels like, "it's there in the background ... waiting to come back" .. so it is a job to keep it at bay.

I know it is all very weird and I don't even know what to think about all the strange pain I ended up with in my life but in Yoga my teacher said that pain first whispers and then it gets louder and louder, so I hope it is just G-d's way of using bumper guards like bowling... to get us to move the ball along--- I.E. Move our body back into the condition it is suppose to be--- homeostasis.

22/03/2023

I added a Grapefruit today because they have a lot of health benefits. So Carrot, Orange, Grapefruit, Ginger, Turmeric.

Since I have been doing Juice + it opened my mind to the reality of REAL FOOD vs chemically manufactured lab vitamins. And you know vitamins are expensive-- a few monthly supplements IS AN EXPENSE-- like another electric bill.

I am definitely AIMED AT GETTING MY NUTRITION FROM FOOD. Not that I am against vitamin supplements but If you can get these things from food I think its so much less questionable-- as in questioning whether its even viable or is your body even absorbing it etc.

21/03/2023

While at the Feed Store... I felt this irresistible desire to purchase this cat statue. Definitely one of the motivating factors in buying it was to get the best of Anna but I put it out in my yard and it has already gotten the best of me!

20/03/2023

Yes you can grow anywhere! Yes you can become self-sustaining and not dependent upon unstable markets!

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20/03/2023

Good Morning.. Time to Shine!!!

20/03/2023

Lovely

19/03/2023

If any friends are interesting in joining a Zoom to learn about Aeroponic growing.............. my beloved Health Mentor is the Middle Picture................ DENISE GEESE .... (the most awesome rhyming name) and she has helped me so much in getting my health back on track. We met through a mutual friend Daphna Bias, my brother Ari's wife, in MaryLand...... which is New England in my eyes. I mean from a Texas standpoint .... the 13 original colonies are New England.

19/03/2023

I have now gotten a letter from the IRS (yesterday) telling me they are holding my funds until they can verify my income and such. They are totally screwing up my business-investment plans. I mean I obviously, desperately need a tomato cage for my tower and a whole Family Tower Set.

I did do a sloppy job on my taxes but 1) most of my income comes from Ebay/Etsy and they were suppose to issue the 1099 for income over $400 and then they changed it and said they are only going to start that NEXT YEAR... so I just calculated up what I made and listed it without a 1099. Then 2) my daughter made 8,000 at McDonalds and TurboTax gave me no where to list dependent child income so I just listed it as my income. Their solution was, "you don't even have to claim dependent child income" but my daughter wanted her $400 back. :::Shrugs::: Other than that, I didn't include one of my schools but I didn't want to wait for them to send me the paper.

I will try to call the IRS Monday but I don't think you can get through.

Anyways, I hate that there are so many set-backs in life. I want to build my businesses and make investments.... and, of course, grow a lot of tomatoes during tomato season? yanno? Food has gotten expensive and I would love to can tomatoes for the rest of the year.

19/03/2023

Investing in feeding your family! ... a way better investment than an iPhone.................... and no green thumb required!

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17/03/2023

Credits: Mary Elizabeth -- fellow Rad Rebel Gardner!

Babies! I love them and they really make my day and my world.

17/03/2023

Time for green juice to take away the burning. I felt the burning creeping back up yesterday but today it is gone. Posting pictures helps me to be accountable so thanks for putting up with my mug.

16/03/2023

Hello friends. Anyone interested in joining our Rebel Gardening group? It is about nontraditional gardening methods that don't require a green thumb.

16/03/2023

I made Organic Jack Fruit Chili tonight. It was delicious beyond words. Remember being Plant-based doesn't mean you have to be vegan. It just means you are eating the correct proportion of plants to meat. In the American diet people eat a very high portion of animal products and a very low portion of plants. Plant-Based reverse those portions around so the base of your diet is plants and animal products are in the minority proportion. The moral of the story is, don't be afraid to enjoy a delicious vegan mean even if you are not a vegan. The more plants you have in your life, the more healthy you will be.

15/03/2023

Weight loss is just a side effect. Getting rid of disease is just a side effect. The goal is to deliver health and nutrition to your cells every day.

Hunger always wins and so the goal is NOT to torment yourself with attempted starvation and deprivation, but rather asking the question, "why am I SO HUNGRY?" and, "Is it natural to be starving all the time?" Then you start to make changes that result in you not being hungry! They design most foods in America in a lab and they are designed to keep you always hungry!!!

Ultimately the goal is to move away from the trap of being starving + guilty + ashamed and, instead, FEELING GOOD, SATISFACTORY, ACCOMPLISHED, IN CONTROL, AND LIKE YOU'RE DOING WHAT IS NATURAL-- WHAT YOU WERE DESIGNED TO DO-- WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING.

15/03/2023

The majority of "foods" that American's are eating are manufactured or ultra-manufactured "foods," and you have to bring that number down.

If you read the label and don't even know what the ingredients are... throw it away. It doesn't belong in the body.