Ordered "naked seed" pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds today

[katchmoleen]

My hope is to reduce the need to buy questionably raw nuts and also to be more of a locavore (Tsurugi Ongi where are you?). I am excited to try this! I won't be growing enough to meet all my needs this year but it will be an experiment in how they grow in the wild climes of central Montana (can you say WIND?). I am also going to try my hand at Indian Corn for my own tortillas. No more GMO for me.

I found two varieties of naked seed pumpkins: Snack Jack and Lady Godiva (). The Snack Jack looks more attractive because the flesh is more edible than Lady Godiva. We shall see how they do. We have a fairly short growing season here so pumpkins don't always do well.

[kaybee]

you would have to research this more as i dont know the details, but ive heard (here) of people planting pumpkins on piles of manure/rotting compost so that there is more heat coming up from the ground and they grow better.

[katchmoleen]

Oooooo good idea! I have access to tons of horse manure...literally. My daughter works in a barn.

[season]

Be sure to find out what those ponies are eating. Most stabled horses in our area are wormed 3x every summer with pretty nasty chemicals. Umm my horse is mostly organic if you want to bring a shovel !! Seriously though, lots of great vegis come from well composted poo piles.

[Rawcstacy]

Oooooo good idea! I have access to tons of horse manure...literally. My daughter works in a barn.

Well, that does sound like a lot of horse s**t to me!!!

Couldn't resist.

[kaybee]

yeah, its true about the manure. a shame, but true....but in the scheme of things, even using manure from treated horses (its standard to deworm them) to grow stuff may be far better/less toxic residue than you get in non organic stuff from the store. you could seek out cow manure but i think even cows and sheep etc are regularly "dosed" for worms... i wonder if organic farms are required to use only organic manures, and if so, i wonder how those animals are dewormed... or if organic farms just use regular manure...?

[T-Bird]

hey folks -

Since we're raw vegan, anyone think of using their own manure? What's a horse got on us?

I am going to in the future, but still think I'm getting rid of mercury so maybe not quite yet.....

[streetsurfer]

There is a natural deworming of horses and other livestock/pets using diatomaceous earth. Maybe you could find someone who uses that method. A site that discussed it is how I came across it for personal use.

Naked seed? Do you mean there are pumpkins whose seeds don't have the tough outer shell?

[snoops]

(at T-bird)

Sorry, couldn't resist!! Makes sense once you can wrap your head around it...

[DebB]

hey folks -

Since we're raw vegan, anyone think of using their own manure? What's a horse got on us?

I am going to in the future, but still think I'm getting rid of mercury so maybe not quite yet.....

Paul Nison has a couple videos on this on YouTube. He says we can use our own waste for compost - but not on food crops.

He uses a composting toilet that he built himself (it's on the videos) and he said in a couple years time it will have composted down enough to use it on his flowers. *Ü*

[katchmoleen]

Yes, naked seed pumpkin seeds are the kind you buy in the store for trail mix etc. Pepitas. they do not have to be hulled to be eaten.

[Rawcstacy]

hey folks -
Since we're raw vegan, anyone think of using their own manure? What's a horse got on us?

Nothing, see below.

Paul Nison has a couple videos on this on YouTube. He says we can use our own waste for compost - but not on food crops.

Wrong, try this:

The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure

I have the book, I may let it go to the first one who emails me.;)

[kaybee]

im pretty sure you can access the whole book online. sorry, dont have time tofindthelink right now but im pretty certain the whole thing is posted online