Background colour for the game... and a whole lot of potatoes
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:48 am
I watched the following video based on a recommendation from a Twilight: 2000 thread and actually enjoyed it as much as I found it informative and useful for games like Twilight: 2000.
I quickly began to have thoughts about the particular growing method used and it seemed like a really useful way for the Proles (and even those Mikes who might be struggling) in DC to supplement what food they could get.
The couple in the video use the Ruth Stout gardening method. It requires very little hard work, not a lot of water and nothing much more than your seed crop and old hay/grass.
Basically, you sow your seed crop on top of the soil in your garden area, place a small layer of soil over the seed crop (and it seems that for some crops even this stage is not necessary), then cover the lot with a thick layer of mulch (such as old hay, grass etc. etc.). After that you wait for them to grow and then harvest at the appropriate time. It's not perfect, the mulch typically does not have enough nitrogen for good plant growth but as long as you're aware of that and use a good supplement, that's about as much extra work as you need.
I can imagine this being a good method for those citizens who do not want to rely on the megacorps for their food and for those who simply cannot afford to buy as much food as they actually require.
Back To Reality channel - 337lbs of potatoes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlratwBT5OI
Ruth Stout gardening method: http://www.bigblogofgardening.com/growi ... ut-method/
I quickly began to have thoughts about the particular growing method used and it seemed like a really useful way for the Proles (and even those Mikes who might be struggling) in DC to supplement what food they could get.
The couple in the video use the Ruth Stout gardening method. It requires very little hard work, not a lot of water and nothing much more than your seed crop and old hay/grass.
Basically, you sow your seed crop on top of the soil in your garden area, place a small layer of soil over the seed crop (and it seems that for some crops even this stage is not necessary), then cover the lot with a thick layer of mulch (such as old hay, grass etc. etc.). After that you wait for them to grow and then harvest at the appropriate time. It's not perfect, the mulch typically does not have enough nitrogen for good plant growth but as long as you're aware of that and use a good supplement, that's about as much extra work as you need.
I can imagine this being a good method for those citizens who do not want to rely on the megacorps for their food and for those who simply cannot afford to buy as much food as they actually require.
Back To Reality channel - 337lbs of potatoes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlratwBT5OI
Ruth Stout gardening method: http://www.bigblogofgardening.com/growi ... ut-method/