As my regular followers know the Hummm file never knows what the universe will throw our way, this month was full of such surprises.
Let’s start with this…
We then had our own farming moments of the summer as we finally were called and offered a garden plot close where we live. Late in the summer to start a garden but we got to work and within a week we have cleaned out the weeds, hauled in 26 bales of straw, built a processing table, and started amending the nearly dead soil.
That has gotten some raised eyes from neighboring plots but hopefully by next Spring we will have things going towards raising all our own veggies. Since I don’t like to weed and have a bad back the straw bale garden method should be a win/win for adding nutrients to the very poor soil and not having to bend or be on my knees pulling weeds.
Hummm… if you are wondering what this entire straw bale thing is… it comes from my home state of Minnesota. You can listen to a podcast all about it here …
148-Gardening in Straw Bales: An Easy & Inexpensive Solution to Make Growing Food More Accessible for All
Then it was hot! So hot here we broke records.
The truth is out there and people should not get on the conspiracy bandwagon without all the right information!!! The environmental laws were placed into law here in The Netherlands years ago to help control the CO2 emissions.
Some of the smaller farmers who didn’t and still don’t have the capital to make the upgrades could be forced out of business.
That sucks if you are a farmer or a consumer of farm products (like that is anyone who likes to eat!).
The fact is the climate is changing, and all people on this planet have to make changes to help everyone, not just one nation or one culture or be fearful of what others have or don’t have!
I do feel that the farming community here in The Netherlands was unfairly targeted when the laws were made. There are many large corporations and businesses that place toxic chemicals into the air here and around the world each and everyday and are not held to the same standards. I do not think the way of protest should ever be the destruction of property (that goes for anyone! Even the farmers). Peaceful protests with constructive helpful diplomacy will make for a better future.
Hummm… what is the
way forward?
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Well done. That toilet paper makes quite a statement.
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Sure does! If it doesn’t the name just makes me smile.
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Love the toilet paper. Was shocked when I Googled the conversion of your temperature to Fahrenheit! Yes, we do indeed all have to do our part for tending to the climate/earth.
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Yeah…shocking for sure as it never should get that hot here! Luckily it was only for one day but it as been the warmest driest summer in the years I have lived here. That is scary. Finding a new balance in gardening has been a bit of a challenge.
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I laughed out loud at the toilet paper! I’m imagining those bears from the Cottonelle commercials. Would they be scandalized? Maybe not? Maybe they want to jump ship and become the mascots for the brand you found 🙂
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Funny, I had (since I haven’t been to the states much in the last few years) the Cottonelle bears. You could be on to something… I am sure I was looked at strangely when I laughed out loud in the toilet paper section and was taking pictures of this too shelved item. Thanks for dropping by and adding your insight.
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That toilet paper ad is funny, and rather descriptive!
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That is the blunt Dutch marketing and it must be popular as I went by the same store just this weekend and I got the last package!
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Hmmm, quite perplexing, don’t know what the Dutch are doing over there, but unless you are supposed to “plug” the hole with that product I think there will be the same amount of shittiness assuming consumption isn’t altered – Thanks for the laugh.
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Funny!
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