Action4Canada - Garden Prepping, Spring 2024 with Prepper Dan Vachon

00:00:00.000 So because there are so many variables, and because some of you live out west, some of you are in the east, and some of you live in different places, this is just a gardening 101, okay, very basic.

00:00:10.340 Your options depend on how much space you do have.

00:00:13.420 Realizing some of you may live in a high-rise apartment, some of you may live on some acreage.

00:00:19.400 This also depends on how many people are we talking about.

00:00:21.860 Do you live by yourself?

00:00:23.200 Do you have a large family?

00:00:25.120 What type of land do you have?

00:00:27.400 You can till a patch of soil.

00:00:28.900 You can grow a lasagna garden.

00:00:32.120 Wouldn't it be nice to grow nice Italian lasagnas?

00:00:35.520 That's not what that means, but there's a method of growing, and I'll show you some photos of that in just a little bit.

00:00:42.480 But because I live in a gravel pit, basically, I have to grow everything in raised beds.

00:00:47.840 So that may be an option for you if you have a lot of clay soil.

00:00:51.240 Some of you, because of your constrainment where you live, you may have to grow everything in containers.

00:00:56.240 If you are in a very cold climate, you may have to have a little greenhouse because it gets cold early in the fall, and it stays cold late in the spring.

00:01:07.400 Now, I happen to be in Zone 6B.

00:01:10.540 The, you know, out west in Vancouver, you're like in Zone 9.

00:01:14.780 Lower Mainland, you're in Zone 8 and Zone 9.

00:01:17.800 The rest of the country, I'm sorry, but you're in Zone 4, Zone 5.

00:01:21.200 And a few of you down in the Niagara region, you're around Zone 6.

00:01:28.320 We're so pleased that Dan Vachon, our pastor lead and the provincial chapter leader for the Maritimes, is joining us with his Gardening 101 presentation.

00:01:39.280 Dan has many years' experience in gardening, animal husbandry, and farming, and he loves to share his wealth of knowledge with others.

00:01:46.500 Tonight, he'll not only provide us with details in how to get started in our gardening journey, but he'll also talk about building close communities, transforming our land into something productive, and developing a cost-effective lifestyle that will save us money and trips to the grocery store.

00:02:04.040 It's always so much fun having Dan share with us, and as we head into another gorgeous spring season, I'm so pleased to welcome him to the Empower Hour.

00:02:13.800 Dan, welcome.

00:02:14.880 We're looking forward to hearing your presentation.

00:02:18.660 Well, thank you so much, Heather.

00:02:20.220 It's so good to be back on the show and to be doing this presentation.

00:02:23.940 And I got to tell you, I was out in my greenhouse today.

00:02:26.600 It felt like minus 2 outside here, but it was almost 29 degrees in the greenhouse, an unheated greenhouse.

00:02:32.620 And to me, it's just a place to be at this time of year.

00:02:36.720 As some of you would know, here in Nova Scotia, well, Cape Breton, where I live, about a month ago, we got five and a half feet of snow in one weekend.

00:02:45.180 We got all of winter dumped on us in one weekend.

00:02:47.960 And that's all the snow we needed.

00:02:50.120 And thank the Lord, it's almost all gone now.

00:02:52.740 I was out today and cleaned up some of my raised beds, and the rhubarb is all poking out of the ground, so it's time to get this going.

00:03:00.040 As you know, we've had some pretty intense power hours in the last number of weeks.

00:03:04.860 We've had some really heavy topics that are timely that we needed to really address.

00:03:09.400 We've had some great speakers.

00:03:11.220 But tonight, you know, we're doing things a little bit laid back.

00:03:13.680 The boss is not here, you know, so we thought we'd take it easy a little bit.

00:03:17.960 And it's funny, she's actually on the plane right now, and I think she hit a spot where there was cell service.

00:03:23.300 She just texted the group here and says, I think I'm over Alberta, and she was all excited earlier because she found a few dollars on the plane, too.

00:03:31.860 So it really made her flight home worth it and that.

00:03:35.300 But I got to tell you, you know, so tonight it's going to be a bit of a dirty topic if you know what I'm talking about, right?

00:03:41.500 So some of you know what I mean about getting your hands in the dirt, and you're just so anxious to do that.

00:03:46.720 So some of you know my story a little bit, but for those of you that don't, you know, I do wear quite a few hats here with Action for Canada.

00:03:55.400 One of them, you know, the pastoral ministry.

00:03:57.400 I did spend 20 years in ministry as a pastor, and some of my most memorable years was when I did missions work in the jungles, in the Amazon jungles of Brazil.

00:04:06.220 And if the economy hadn't fallen apart and other things didn't happen in the world, I probably would still be there.

00:04:12.540 I absolutely love the bugs and the, you know, the snakes and the all the creepy crawlies in the jungles of Brazil and the people particularly. 1.00

00:04:21.880 But I learned so much about that kind of a lifestyle.

00:04:26.020 And in my personal life, in my years, I've owned three farms.

00:04:29.660 I had a 36-acre farm, a 54-acre farm, and a 200-acre farm.

00:04:34.920 I raised a large family.

00:04:36.540 We had nine children.

00:04:37.580 And so, you know, growing up, I was like, you know, you kids, you want to eat, you love to eat, you got to grow some food.

00:04:44.260 And one time, we had 450 animals on the farm.

00:04:47.180 So a lot of these things I had to learn on my own because my dad died.

00:04:51.280 I was 19 months old.

00:04:52.300 I never had a dad to teach me these things.

00:04:54.380 I grew up in the city of Montreal.

00:04:56.560 And so if any of you are on the show tonight and you're a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, I'm so sorry for you.

00:05:02.360 But I like to kid with people, you know.

00:05:04.300 But anyhow, so I had to learn a lot of these things.

00:05:07.960 And so it was, you know, a hit and miss kind of thing.

00:05:11.260 But I had a few mentors in my life.

00:05:13.180 But one of the things that I do with Action for Canada on our food preparation page is I've been putting together some Prepper Den videos.

00:05:21.900 Now, I realize there's a lot of resources on the Internet, on YouTube.

00:05:25.660 And the other day, I went on YouTube to see all of my subscriptions.

00:05:29.080 And I had to clean it up because I follow like 196 channels.

00:05:33.200 And a lot of them are like gardening tutorials, that kind of stuff.

00:05:36.280 OK, so but what we try to do here with Action for Canada is build communities within communities.

00:05:41.280 And some of our chapters have people in them that that's what they like to do is to garden.

00:05:47.160 And so to give you one more piece of personal information before I get in our presentation tonight is besides spending 20 years of my life in ministry,

00:05:55.100 I also spent just shy of 30 years as a paramedic.

00:05:59.120 And 21 of those years, my beat was the Trans-Canada Highway.

00:06:03.360 So you can kind of imagine some of the things that I saw over those years.

00:06:06.880 And when I realized when I finally retired, I spent quite a bit of time with a retired police officer from the Toronto Police Department doing some therapy with him.

00:06:18.040 And some of that therapy involved gardening.

00:06:20.840 We built a greenhouse together.

00:06:22.860 He and I both own a portable sawmill.

00:06:25.840 And so, you know, I would make man glitter, as I like to call it, as my wife likes to call it.

00:06:30.500 And but we would garden together.

00:06:31.760 So getting our hands into the dirt, into the soil is very good therapy.

00:06:36.880 So if nothing else, tonight, if you need some therapy, it's better than medication.

00:06:41.320 It's dirt.

00:06:42.280 It's dirt under your fingernails.

00:06:44.060 And some of you know exactly what I'm talking about.

00:06:46.100 OK, so I've got a presentation that's about 30, 35 minutes.

00:06:49.960 It's you're not going to learn anything earth shattering or brand new, but it's the basics.

00:06:54.500 And if you've never gardened before, I want to try to answer some of those questions for you.

00:06:58.600 OK, so I'm just going to go ahead and start this presentation here and share my screen.

00:07:04.160 And we're going to go right from the beginning here.

00:07:09.660 And go full screen here, just like that.

00:07:13.160 OK, I think we're good, Terenzio.

00:07:15.600 We are good, Dan.

00:07:17.200 Awesome.

00:07:17.800 OK.

00:07:18.860 All right.

00:07:19.360 So this is me here in my yard.

00:07:21.100 We live on a river.

00:07:22.100 We're very blessed to do so.

00:07:23.580 And I've got a nice prayer bench down there that I can just go and clear my head.

00:07:27.000 It's a little hard to do when you have five and a half feet of snow.

00:07:29.680 But it's it's you know, we have, as a matter of fact, just before the show came on, we've

00:07:35.020 got the eagles flying by and on the river.

00:07:37.040 We've got ducks and geese and we've got some blue herons.

00:07:40.860 We've got all kinds of wildlife.

00:07:42.320 And so we are so blessed to live in God's country.

00:07:45.100 Let me just say this in starting.

00:07:47.060 The world is literally falling apart right now.

00:07:49.280 It's a mess.

00:07:50.400 The cost of everything is going up.

00:07:52.120 But try to find something in nature and God's given nature that you can be thankful and

00:07:57.980 blessed for because the birds still chirp and you can still look up at the sky at night

00:08:03.320 and see some wonderful stars and you can find something in nature to be thankful for.

00:08:08.620 OK, so is there a coming crisis?

00:08:11.400 Well, I'd like to offer you this, that we are in a crisis and we've been in a crisis for

00:08:16.620 a long time.

00:08:17.380 Now, the Bible tells us in Proverbs 6, and why do I talk about the Bible a lot?

00:08:22.480 It's the foundation of my life.

00:08:24.620 OK, the Bible tells us in Proverbs 6, go to the ant, you slugger, consider its ways and

00:08:31.440 be wise.

00:08:32.720 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers

00:08:39.580 its food at harvest.

00:08:41.560 How long will you lie there, you slugger?

00:08:44.240 When will you get up from your sleep?

00:08:45.920 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty

00:08:51.100 will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

00:08:56.620 There's nothing like a five and a half foot snowstorm to empty up the shelves at the grocery

00:09:01.640 store.

00:09:02.460 We have a good friend of ours that called us on day four and she was panicking because

00:09:07.620 she was running out of food in four days.

00:09:10.600 Let me tell you, I have a couple of empower hours that I've done in the past that I've

00:09:17.880 talked about the importance of being prepared.

00:09:21.520 And prepared, I don't mean for five days or a month.

00:09:25.060 I mean like six months to a year because when it hits the fan, it can hit the fan.

00:09:30.860 We have been in a crisis for a long time and it's going to get worse.

00:09:35.080 So, some of the gardening challenges that I hear from people sometimes when we talk about

00:09:40.240 this, well, you've never done it before.

00:09:44.100 You know, the death of any civilization is when they say, we've never done it that way

00:09:48.820 before.

00:09:50.020 Some people will say, well, I don't know what to do.

00:09:53.760 I've just mentioned that I follow about 192, 196 YouTube channels.

00:09:59.980 You know, if you don't know what to do in this day and age, well, there's a lot of resources

00:10:05.400 out there.

00:10:06.440 And thank you for being on this Empower Hour because this is what we want to do.

00:10:10.040 We want to empower you to learn what to do.

00:10:13.480 Some of you will say, I don't have the time.

00:10:16.600 Others will say, I really can't afford it.

00:10:18.980 And some will say, well, I don't have space.

00:10:21.300 Well, let's tackle some of these issues and let's give you some options and some answers.

00:10:27.120 I've never done it before.

00:10:28.420 Well, you know, when you were born, you've never learned how to eat before.

00:10:33.340 You'd never learned how to walk before.

00:10:35.720 You never learned how to talk before.

00:10:38.040 And these are all life skills that you had to do and you're doing them today.

00:10:44.600 Many of you that drive maybe, you know, were so anxious to learn to drive one day and

00:10:49.380 you did it.

00:10:50.340 You adapted to change.

00:10:52.940 And so never done it before is never an excuse in this day and age.

00:10:57.940 Learn to adapt to changing times.

00:11:00.800 And many have been saying we need to adapt to a pre-depression day era because the time

00:11:06.540 is coming, I believe, very, very soon where our loony and our toony and our $5 bills may

00:11:14.460 not be worth anything anymore if the economy crashes.

00:11:19.360 Some will say, I don't know what to do.

00:11:22.620 I believe everybody on this call and everybody that will be watching this video is pretty

00:11:27.620 smart if you're watching these videos.

00:11:29.860 So I believe you can learn new skills.

00:11:33.160 You know, I remember when that magazine used to come out every month, the National Geographic

00:11:41.320 Reader's Digest.

00:11:43.320 There was a section in there that had new words.

00:11:46.100 And I always used to go to that first to learn a new word.

00:11:50.460 And I would use that word like, you know, that next week or so to really impress people.

00:11:56.220 We can always learn new skills.

00:11:59.300 Because you're smart, you can do that.

00:12:01.540 Some of you will say, I don't have the time.

00:12:03.560 And you never will.

00:12:04.900 But if you realize it's important, you will make the time.

00:12:10.200 Some of you will say, I can't afford it.

00:12:12.400 Well, I'm going to share with you how really inexpensive it may be for you to really grow

00:12:18.620 a few crops.

00:12:19.820 So you really can't afford not to.

00:12:22.580 There was an elderly gentleman at the checkout line at the grocery store the other day that

00:12:26.580 was telling the young lady checking him out, not checking him out, checking him out, but

00:12:31.440 you know, checking him out, as in checking out his groceries, you know.

00:12:35.340 And he said to her, I thought I'd be getting weaker as I got older, but I'm actually getting

00:12:41.420 stronger.

00:12:42.040 And she's like, oh, how so?

00:12:43.360 And he says, I've never been able to carry $100 worth of groceries in one arm.

00:12:49.640 You know, the cost of groceries is growing through the roof.

00:12:52.400 So maybe you can afford to grow a few products.

00:12:57.540 Some of you would say, I don't have the space.

00:12:59.320 Well, we're going to talk about that, too, because there are options.

00:13:03.040 And by the way, let me just suggest to you, as some of you are joining a little late, if

00:13:07.400 you have any questions down below there, if you're on Zoom, there is a Q&A section.

00:13:13.200 So if we have time, we'll entertain a few questions that way.

00:13:16.700 OK, man has three basic needs, food, water and shelter and protection.

00:13:22.800 So for the sake of time, we are going to address mostly food tonight, but I'm going to talk

00:13:29.000 briefly about water as well.

00:13:30.560 And maybe some other time we'll talk about water a little more.

00:13:33.720 But I do plan on doing one of my Prepper Dan videos on water and how to, you know, collect

00:13:39.140 water and store it safely.

00:13:40.780 And then maybe some other time I'll do one on the basic shelter and protection.

00:13:44.940 And we'll go from there.

00:13:48.100 So because there are so many variables and because some of you live out west, some of

00:13:52.820 you are in the east and some of you live in different places.

00:13:55.880 Let's this is just a gardening 101.

00:13:58.060 OK, very basic.

00:13:59.480 So the first thing I've got this broken down, I think, in five or maybe six sections.

00:14:04.060 So section one will be prepare your garden space.

00:14:06.920 And by that, I mean, well, let's just get into it.

00:14:10.880 So your options depend on how much space you do have.

00:14:14.200 Realizing some of you may live in a high rise apartment.

00:14:17.060 Some of you may live on some acreage.

00:14:20.260 This also depends on how many people are we talking about.

00:14:22.660 Do you live by yourself?

00:14:23.980 Do you have a large family?

00:14:25.920 What type of land do you have?

00:14:28.900 Some of your options that you may be available is are you a homeowner?

00:14:32.940 Do you have a large yard?

00:14:35.020 You know, do you have acreage?

00:14:36.880 Now, gardening has changed a lot over the years.

00:14:41.320 Realize that when God first put man on earth, he put man in a garden, right?

00:14:48.060 Adam and Eve, he put them in a garden.

00:14:50.140 Gardening practices have changed a lot, especially since Adam and Eve, because, well, honestly,

00:14:55.820 he put Adam and Eve in the garden and they were naked when they garden.

00:14:58.280 Now, we'd be frowned upon if we did it that way today.

00:15:01.480 But gardening practices have changed a lot.

00:15:04.420 You may hear about GMO, right?

00:15:06.720 Genetically modified things today.

00:15:09.620 And, I mean, Monsanto has really messed with the soil that we have and the land.

00:15:15.200 And so some of this may be so overwhelming for you.

00:15:17.620 And you may think, I don't really know that I can do this, right?

00:15:21.900 So some very basic things.

00:15:23.940 What about the soil pH?

00:15:25.540 Some of you would have heard about that.

00:15:27.180 And that may be very harrowing for you.

00:15:28.880 It, you know, may be a little bit scary.

00:15:31.420 Basically, you want to have soil pH of 6.5 unless you're growing blueberries.

00:15:35.520 But soil pH of 6.5.

00:15:38.780 Now, I use, I'll show you afterwards when I'm done this presentation, but a very simple rapid

00:15:45.620 test soil test kit that you get from Amazon.

00:15:48.440 And by the way, this PowerPoint presentation will be available on the website.

00:15:53.600 Once I'm done, you'll be able to download it and refer to it.

00:15:57.560 And a lot of the links that I'm going to be talking about will also be available as a

00:16:02.140 reference, okay?

00:16:02.920 So you'll be able to order some of these things yourself off of Amazon.

00:16:07.400 So this soil sample kit that I'm talking about will be available there where you can very

00:16:12.900 easily test your nitrogen, your phosphorus, and your potash in whatever, whether you're

00:16:17.560 growing in a bucket, in large gardens, or small gardens.

00:16:21.680 Some of your options, if you've got a large piece of land, you can till a patch of soil.

00:16:26.120 You can grow a lasagna garden.

00:16:29.340 Wouldn't it be nice to grow nice Italian lasagnas?

00:16:32.760 That's not what that means.

00:16:34.080 But there's a method of growing, and I'll show you some photos of that in just a little

00:16:39.000 bit.

00:16:40.280 Now, I happen to live in God's country.

00:16:43.040 I often told people when I die, I want to go to Cape Breton Island.

00:16:47.200 It's one of the top 10 places in the world to visit.

00:16:50.240 Really, it is.

00:16:51.640 I'm not dead yet, but here I am.

00:16:53.760 So blessed to be living here.

00:16:55.080 But because I live in a gravel pit, basically, I have to grow everything in raised beds.

00:17:00.980 So that may be an option for you if you have a lot of clay soil.

00:17:04.160 Some of you, because of your constrainment where you live, you may have to grow everything

00:17:08.600 in containers.

00:17:10.460 If you are in a very cold climate, you may have to have a little greenhouse because it

00:17:15.800 gets cold early in the fall and it stays cold late in the spring.

00:17:19.860 Now, I happen to be in Zone 6B.

00:17:23.540 The, you know, out west in Vancouver, you're like in Zone 9, Lower Mainland.

00:17:28.660 You're in Zone 8 and Zone 9.

00:17:30.700 The rest of the country, I'm sorry, but you're in Zone 4, Zone 5.

00:17:34.620 And a few of you down in Niagara region, you're around Zone 6.

00:17:38.220 I have a link to a website you can go to, type in your postal code, and it will tell you what

00:17:44.640 zone you're in.

00:17:45.820 So a greenhouse will extend your growing season.

00:17:49.440 And, you know, row tunnels or polytunnels will also help you extend your growing season.

00:17:55.080 Now, you can grow community-type gardens.

00:17:58.820 And here's a fun fact for you.

00:18:01.160 In the United States every year, Americans spend $30 billion, that's billion with a B,

00:18:06.880 in lawn care maintenance to maintain their 40 million acres of lawn.

00:18:13.320 Yeah, you heard that right.

00:18:14.500 That's a pile of money, isn't it?

00:18:16.820 Now, for a number of years, I owned and operated my own lawn landscaping business.

00:18:23.320 And I got to tell you, honestly, for every contract that I took, I probably turned down 10 or 12.

00:18:28.240 Now, I had bigger equipment.

00:18:30.180 You know, I had a dump truck and some bigger equipment.

00:18:33.480 And we got into, like, moving stone and that kind of thing.

00:18:36.320 But let me tell you, some contracts that I didn't want, I quoted four times what it, really,

00:18:42.100 what I wanted, and people still hired me.

00:18:44.800 People go crazy about looking after their lawns.

00:18:48.020 Really, there's a lot of money.

00:18:50.000 But this research that I did said that if a third of these lawns were converted into food-producing

00:18:57.260 gardens, that a third of the hunger, that, sorry, that hunger could be completely eliminated

00:19:03.320 in the United States.

00:19:04.880 Isn't that crazy?

00:19:06.240 And there is a huge movement in the States called Grow Food, Not Lawns.

00:19:11.120 Now, mind you, in the U.S. States, that's more feasible to do than, obviously, some parts

00:19:15.920 of Canada here.

00:19:17.460 So, Action for Canada, you know, we have communities within communities.

00:19:21.100 In some of our Action for Canada chapters, we have 15-minute city groups.

00:19:26.220 We have parent groups.

00:19:27.060 We have homeschool groups.

00:19:28.220 But we also have some people that like to garden.

00:19:31.080 It's their thing.

00:19:32.680 Now, my one grandmother lived until she was 94 years old.

00:19:36.680 She lived in assisted housing for seniors.

00:19:39.860 And she actually gardened until she was 94 years old.

00:19:44.780 She would go every day.

00:19:46.440 She lived just outside of Montreal.

00:19:47.580 And she would garden within her community.

00:19:50.560 And when I would go to visit her, she would say, Dan, Daniel, one of the few people that

00:19:55.500 actually still called me Daniel.

00:19:56.880 And she said, this is my life saving.

00:19:59.000 This is why I'm still living at this age, right?

00:20:02.140 And so, here we have an example of how the elderly help teach the younger generation on

00:20:11.120 the importance of farming and how they can do it.

00:20:13.560 Now, I've got a story to share with you.

00:20:15.300 You'll notice the gentleman here on the right showing a little boy how to put together a

00:20:22.000 raised bed.

00:20:23.280 Now, I want to just ask you a question here.

00:20:26.860 Those of you that drive back and forth to and from in the towns and the cities, do you

00:20:32.020 ever notice people that jog or that run?

00:20:36.100 Do you ever see them smile?

00:20:38.960 Probably not, right?

00:20:40.280 Look at this lady in the middle. 1.00

00:20:41.700 No, she's got to be what in her 60s, late 60s, maybe look at the beaming smile on her 1.00

00:20:47.320 face.

00:20:47.860 Look at the gentleman in the top left and he's playing in the dirt.

00:20:51.920 If you want to put a smile on your face, get dirty, play in the dirt.

00:20:56.720 These people are learning a skill.

00:20:58.640 They're doing something productive and they're building a community.

00:21:02.480 All right.

00:21:03.080 Now, there's a huge movement in the United States and you'll see some of the children

00:21:07.640 there on the right.

00:21:08.420 And they're part of building a lasagna garden.

00:21:10.800 But I'll get into that just a little bit.

00:21:12.700 There is a community in the states that I looked at and I tried to find them, but I couldn't

00:21:16.980 for this presentation.

00:21:18.140 But there's an entire streets.

00:21:19.700 They decided to change, turn their front lawns into vegetable gardens.

00:21:24.420 A few of them into flower gardens.

00:21:26.240 And all they did for the year was they exchanged fruits and vegetables.

00:21:31.380 And that's what this whole city street did.

00:21:34.740 And they made the news and it was absolutely wonderful.

00:21:38.120 Now, on the left here, and I've got a link to this in the description as well.

00:21:41.900 This is the City of Los Angeles Community Garden Council.

00:21:46.200 And I don't know if you can see my mouse move over here, but there's little green circles

00:21:52.420 on here.

00:21:52.920 You can find this map in the description and you can click on those green circles.

00:22:00.300 And when you click on those green circles, it'll take you to the websites of those community

00:22:04.180 gardens and you can see the photos and you can find it exactly how each one of those communities

00:22:09.980 grows their community gardens.

00:22:12.380 Now, the interesting thing is there's one of them.

00:22:14.760 That community garden is 11 city blocks long.

00:22:17.980 Now, it's underneath the power line.

00:22:20.500 And some of you would say, oh, I wouldn't want to do that under a power line.

00:22:22.900 But here's the thing.

00:22:24.120 The city would spend millions of dollars every year cleaning up the power line every

00:22:27.960 year because garbage would accumulate there.

00:22:30.200 So some of the residents saw it as an opportunity.

00:22:32.680 And they asked the city, could we have that land and could we grow gardens?

00:22:36.920 And the city said, if you'll maintain it, absolutely.

00:22:39.620 So the city had been demolishing some old factories and buildings and that.

00:22:43.180 And they said, we will donate cinder blocks to you or whatever good building materials you

00:22:49.260 may want, build raised beds.

00:22:50.820 And the community said, yes.

00:22:53.360 And so the first Saturday that they got together, 220 people showed up and they built these community

00:22:59.340 gardens.

00:22:59.760 So for some of you that say, I don't know how, I don't have the time, I don't know where

00:23:04.860 to do it.

00:23:06.100 It just takes the initiative of somebody to say, let's do something.

00:23:10.900 Right.

00:23:11.020 And the children would come, the children would learn.

00:23:14.420 And it's just something that it just takes somebody to take the initiative and go ahead

00:23:19.340 and do it.

00:23:20.240 Now, with regards to this grow food and not lawn movement in the United States, that's

00:23:25.480 something that you can spark yourself.

00:23:27.420 That's something that our Action for Canada chapters can take on as a project.

00:23:32.440 You can call it whatever you want.

00:23:33.720 But here's an example of this lady in the little square down below there. 1.00

00:23:40.560 This is actually her house.

00:23:42.780 She bought this little bungalow.

00:23:44.600 And this was her lawn after her trying and trying and trying to grow grass.

00:23:49.240 And so she decided, she got a hold of this concept.

00:23:52.240 And so she decided to turn her yard into a food plot. 0.99

00:23:56.960 And I'm going to show you other photos of what she has done.

00:23:59.920 But some ideas about converting your yard to a food plot would be to put in a kitchen

00:24:06.040 garden.

00:24:06.920 Now, what's a kitchen garden? 0.86

00:24:08.260 A kitchen garden is just something that, you know, you would grow food in there that you

00:24:13.920 would just, instead of running to the grocery store to, you know, it's similar to what I've

00:24:18.980 got down here, a salad garden.

00:24:20.540 You grow some tomatoes, you grow some lettuce, you grow some cucumbers, and basically things

00:24:25.560 that you would use in your kitchen on a regular basis.

00:24:27.900 Other people would just want an edible flower garden. 0.98

00:24:31.900 You say, are there that many edible flowers?

00:24:34.860 You would be shocked how many edible flowers there really are.

00:24:39.020 Maybe you have young children at home and you say, children, why don't you put in a garden

00:24:44.360 and let them have that as a project?

00:24:46.900 Get them away from the Xbox, you know, or from the Nintendo or whatever it is that kids play

00:24:52.140 with these days, right?

00:24:53.580 So here's an example.

00:24:54.880 The picture on the left is that lady's house, actually.

00:24:58.200 This is what her yard looked like.

00:24:59.680 They cut down that tree.

00:25:01.200 And then what they did is they turned their yard into a huge lasagna garden.

00:25:06.480 And basically, in a nutshell, a lasagna garden is when you take, you layer some organic material.

00:25:14.160 So you start, let's say, with thick cardboard or thick newspaper.

00:25:17.940 Then you put a layer of manure down, then grass clippings, and then some brown matter.

00:25:23.440 And then you would put some leaves and then some straw, some more manure.

00:25:28.060 And then you just keep layering it like that until it's, you know, it's about 12 to 14 inches deep.

00:25:33.120 And then you're ready to actually just put your seed in the ground.

00:25:37.500 And voila, you've got yourself a garden.

00:25:40.920 Take it one step further.

00:25:42.520 And this is what this lady's yard looked like just a few months later. 0.97

00:25:45.760 You can go to a tree service in town, and you can ask them for a truckload of tree chips, wood chips.

00:25:53.880 And many of them would gladly just give them to you.

00:25:56.640 And you can put them in between your plants.

00:25:58.820 It'll keep your watering down.

00:26:00.580 It'll keep the weeds down.

00:26:02.720 And it'll beautify your yard.

00:26:04.560 Imagine not having to go to the grocery store as much, especially with the carbon tax going up another, what, something percent here on April 1st.

00:26:13.240 So, grow food and not lawns.

00:26:18.040 Starting your seedlings.

00:26:19.500 Well, again, there's a link to this website here in the description.

00:26:24.840 So, I chose my postal code here for this.

00:26:30.260 You can see here, if you can read that, on the very top, my last spring frost occurs around the 27th of May here.

00:26:36.980 I'm in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

00:26:38.280 Well, outside of Sydney, Nova Scotia.

00:26:40.240 My elevation is around 200 feet, okay?

00:26:43.520 So, for example, what would I plant on here?

00:26:46.640 I would take, for example, bell peppers, all right?

00:26:49.280 So, I start my seedlings indoors.

00:26:51.320 So, this coming week, I'm starting my pepper seeds and my tomato seeds, all right?

00:26:56.580 So, around the 18th of March.

00:26:58.440 And I plant some of those in my greenhouse.

00:27:03.180 But the date to put those outside would be around the 10th to the 17th of June.

00:27:09.440 I don't go so much on my frost dates.

00:27:12.560 You'll see there a little snowflake on frost dates.

00:27:15.460 I base mine most on moon dates.

00:27:17.800 Frost dates can vary.

00:27:18.960 The moon dates are kind of set in stone.

00:27:21.540 You can tell when it's going to be, like, the last moon or the first moon in that.

00:27:26.180 And then on the last row, it tells you the last date to plant outdoors where it takes into consideration the amount of time that it takes for the peppers to actually germinate and then to grow.

00:27:37.780 Okay?

00:27:37.980 So, that's just one of the examples.

00:27:39.860 Here's another one of the same lists.

00:27:42.320 I've got, I printed this one because you see the tomatoes on there.

00:27:45.940 So, the tomatoes don't need quite as long.

00:27:48.180 So, around the week of April the 8th, I'm going to be putting my tomato seedlings to seed.

00:27:55.340 I actually plant some of those a little earlier in the greenhouse because I grow some of those in the greenhouse, okay?

00:28:01.140 Now, what about the fall?

00:28:02.280 Well, I plant stuff out in the fall as well for fall harvest.

00:28:06.060 So, for example, some of those here, you know, you'll see Brussels sprouts.

00:28:10.600 I do not plant Brussels sprouts.

00:28:13.240 Some of you may love them.

00:28:15.180 Brussels sprouts do not agree with me.

00:28:18.080 They're like little fart bombs.

00:28:19.980 So, but maybe cabbage, maybe carrots, maybe cauliflower, okay?

00:28:24.060 So, those are all things that I can plant as late as July the 25th to August the 1st because they are frost tolerant and I can harvest those even when the frost comes out.

00:28:34.580 It actually sweetens the carrots, okay?

00:28:37.380 So, this is all good information to know.

00:28:39.440 So, again, you can find the link to this in the description when this video comes out.

00:28:45.560 And so, download this and that's good information for you to have.

00:28:49.300 So, what kind of seedlings do you start between February and May?

00:28:53.320 There will be another link to this guide in the description you can easily print out.

00:29:00.440 So, for example, in this, you know, I, for myself, I would plant, let me see, peppers and tomatoes, onions, I buy the sets, lettuce, we have a tower garden that I'm going to talk about here in a little bit, and leeks.

00:29:16.180 I love, love, love, love, love, love leeks.

00:29:18.660 As a matter of fact, I love leeks so much, we grow leeks, we buy leeks, and then we dehydrate leeks.

00:29:25.480 I absolutely love leeks.

00:29:27.500 And then, you know, other things like a cucumber, we grow them right from seeds in the ground.

00:29:32.440 Celery, for the amount of celery that we use, you know, celery, as far as I'm concerned, is from the plywood family.

00:29:38.960 But, you know, sometimes we put it in a soup or something, or, you know, we, my wife makes it disappear in a blender for stuff, you know, and she'll say, oh, there's celery, celery in that.

00:29:48.140 And I'll be like, oh, really, I can't see it, or whatever.

00:29:50.520 But, you know, for the amount that we use, sometimes we'll just buy one, and, you know, it'll kind of, sometimes it's in the fridge so long it grows hair, you know, but whatever.

00:29:58.200 But some of these things that start seedlings that you would start between February and May.

00:30:02.400 What about things that you direct sow between May and September?

00:30:06.120 Well, there's a list right there.

00:30:07.320 So, for this year, like our bush and pole beans that goes right in the ground, we're doing corn this year, making extra space to grow some corn.

00:30:15.280 So, we're going to have sweet corn, and then we're going to grow some lake corn that we can dry on the cob, and just to have our own corn meal, because we have a grinder, we'll grind up the corn.

00:30:26.000 All right?

00:30:26.480 So, parsnips and squash.

00:30:29.780 We love winter squash and summer squash.

00:30:32.580 Swiss chard, we grow that in a tower guard.

00:30:34.440 But, again, carrots and cucumber, and then onion sets, and then peas as well.

00:30:39.780 And then, you know, pumpkins, we may grow a few, because we have chickens, too.

00:30:43.780 So, whatever we don't eat, you know, the chickens will have that.

00:30:47.540 And then spinach, we grow some outdoors, and then some in our tower garden as well.

00:30:50.900 Okay, I want to park on this page here a little bit, because this year we have partnered with Rainbow Seeds out of Sussex, New Brunswick.

00:31:01.060 And a couple things I want to say here.

00:31:03.320 This is an incredible company.

00:31:04.940 They are a Christian family, and we are so pleased to be partnered with them.

00:31:09.940 And I'm going to show you another couple pages here in just a moment.

00:31:14.120 But everyone has people that are difficult to buy for either at Christmastime or for birthdays or anniversaries.

00:31:25.260 If you look at their photo here, just below their free shipping, it says,

00:31:29.540 today, orders over $25, and that's a deal that they have going on.

00:31:33.220 So, any order over $25, you get free shipping.

00:31:36.120 And I placed an order with them there just not too long ago.

00:31:39.080 Their shipping was super fast, by the way, and large packages.

00:31:42.660 You get a lot of seed for your money.

00:31:44.680 But if you look down at their first set of pictures there, herb variety seed packs, Canadian climates, $10 savings, $20.

00:31:52.520 I ordered that package.

00:31:53.900 You get 10 packages of seeds with that deal.

00:31:58.260 Okay, so that's $20 for 10 packages of seeds.

00:32:03.860 That's $2 a package.

00:32:06.300 Now, I was on another website looking at seeds.

00:32:09.460 Their packages are $4.95, and you get free shipping for orders of $200.

00:32:15.320 I was at our local co-op store and Walmart the other day.

00:32:18.860 Their packages of seeds are also between $4 and $5 a package.

00:32:23.420 So, you get a deal.

00:32:25.140 Their tomato seed package, right next to this one here, again, top 10 sellers, plus what they don't say on there.

00:32:32.780 But you find out when you click on it.

00:32:34.620 You get a bonus package.

00:32:36.220 So, you get 11 packages of tomato seeds for $20.

00:32:40.940 That's less than $2 a package.

00:32:43.120 Folks, you are getting a deal.

00:32:44.600 And on top of that, Rainbow Seeds has partnered with us, and so they give us a gift back with every order that they receive.

00:32:52.400 In the coupon box, when you go to your checkout, it says, do you have a coupon?

00:32:58.900 And you type in Action for Canada.

00:33:01.420 And that's also in the description of this video.

00:33:03.800 And you'll get 10% off your order on top of these deals, okay?

00:33:09.660 So, that is a very sweet deal.

00:33:11.620 So, I highly encourage you to check out Rainbow Seeds.

00:33:14.760 Their seeds are heirloom seeds, and they are also non-genetically modified.

00:33:20.800 Very important.

00:33:21.640 Also, they have a tab that says more.

00:33:26.160 And when you get more, you'll see that they have, on the left here, they have a growing chart for every single one of the seeds that they sell.

00:33:38.200 For example, whole beans.

00:33:40.320 They tell you how to plant them, where to plant them, what kind of sun they need, how long it'll take them to grow, how tall they'll grow, how many days to harvest,

00:33:49.560 how difficult it is to grow, and on and on and on.

00:33:52.980 And then it goes on and on and on for every one of those seeds.

00:33:55.700 So, very informational part of their website.

00:33:59.540 And so, I highly, highly, highly recommend Rainbow Seeds.

00:34:02.680 So, if you go to their tomato page, they have 39 varieties of tomatoes.

00:34:08.860 For all of you tomato lovers, tomato, tomato, tomato, tomato, tomato, tomato, okay?

00:34:14.600 So, I order different tomatoes, tomatoes.

00:34:17.080 I love a good tomato bacon sandwich.

00:34:21.720 And so, there's lots and lots of variety, okay?

00:34:25.260 Good paste tomatoes, too, because we make our own pasta sauce.

00:34:29.140 And so, there you go.

00:34:30.100 So, I highly recommend to check out Rainbow Seeds.

00:34:32.600 And again, you know, if you have anniversaries coming up, Christmas, birthdays, you know, invest $20.

00:34:38.640 And here's what I like to say.

00:34:39.720 You may be giving somebody 10 packages of seed or 11 for $20.

00:34:45.140 But really, what you're doing, mix and match the packages, you're, in essence, giving somebody, like, 100 pounds of food or more, depending on what you buy them.

00:34:55.840 Think of it that way.

00:34:56.900 All right?

00:34:57.480 Good investment.

00:34:58.160 All right.

00:34:59.000 Section 3, transplants, direct seed and buying plants.

00:35:02.700 So, if you plant your seedlings, one of the things you'll need to do is to harden off your seeds.

00:35:08.940 So, what does that mean?

00:35:10.220 You take your seedlings, before you plant them right directly into the ground, and you take your seedlings and you take them outside for about two to four hours per day.

00:35:22.460 You don't put them in direct sunlight, and you don't take them out on the windiest days, or you will lose them.

00:35:28.700 Okay?

00:35:29.400 While you are doing that, you lay out your garden area.

00:35:32.840 What that involves, also, is consider companion planting.

00:35:36.880 There will be a link to a companion planting guide.

00:35:41.240 And that's very important, because what you want to do is put as many plants together as you can.

00:35:47.640 You know, you don't have to plant like they show you, like in the garden.

00:35:51.200 You know, you have, you'll probably drive by some farms, and they've got like, you know, 100 acres of corn, row by row by row.

00:35:58.180 You don't have to plant your garden like that if you're just planting a garden for yourself.

00:36:02.220 You want to maximize your space, and you want to grow up as much as possible.

00:36:07.480 All right?

00:36:07.940 So, your garden design should include companion planting, and it should be fun.

00:36:13.920 Okay?

00:36:14.540 So, here are some examples.

00:36:16.200 Here's a couple down below that have raised bed gardens.

00:36:19.200 You'll notice the beautiful wood chips to help keep the moisture in the ground, help keep the weeds down.

00:36:26.660 At the far back end of the garden, you'll notice there are some nicely made trellises for like full beans.

00:36:33.220 You can grow cucumbers that way.

00:36:35.740 You can grow some squashes that way.

00:36:37.580 And it'll maximize your space as well.

00:36:41.320 You can use some twigs, as you see on the bottom left there, for climbing things.

00:36:47.200 Some people, what they'll do is they'll plant corn, and then they'll plant some squash seeds in between there as well. 0.74

00:36:52.820 And the corn stalks will act as stalks, as poles for the climbing beans as well.

00:36:58.500 Okay, so that's just some ideas.

00:37:01.860 So, be creative with your space as well.

00:37:04.300 The photo on the left is, remember those old shoe racks that you used to get to hang behind your doors?

00:37:12.120 You know, and they last you a few years, and then you kind of get tired of them?

00:37:14.960 Well, here's one that has got all kinds of herbs planted in it.

00:37:19.780 Right?

00:37:20.020 I mean, you put it up behind a fence that gets some sun that nobody ever sees, and voila, there's your herb garden.

00:37:26.480 And on the right, here's some water bottles that, you know, before you throw them in the compost, cut out a hole, poke some holes in the bottle from drainage, put a little bit of dirt.

00:37:35.360 And here's your salad garden, right?

00:37:38.200 If you're really, really tight for space, make use of some space, okay?

00:37:42.480 Let me talk to you a little bit about water.

00:37:44.620 And this is one that I'll touch on briefly, but I really wrestled with this a little bit the last couple of years.

00:37:53.160 The bottom left photo is what we call an IBC tote.

00:37:56.660 Okay, now I've got a couple of those that I bought.

00:37:59.660 And the reason why I struggle with this is because, and I'm not going to get too deep into it,

00:38:03.640 but you and I are smart enough to know that we have enough airplanes that fly by each and every day.

00:38:09.400 And there's spring stuff, and before you know it, a clear, beautiful sky, and next thing you know,

00:38:16.320 the skies are cloudy for the next couple of days, and we have nothing but rain.

00:38:20.200 And people will debate, oh, that's chemtrails, that's contrails, and it's true, it's not true, it's real, it's not real.

00:38:26.560 But we know that it's just not normal.

00:38:29.240 And so I've got my IBC totes, I have not used them, but I've decided this year I am going to use them

00:38:35.340 because they're talking about creating water shortages.

00:38:39.260 When I'm seeing stuff that's going on, like Texas right now, they're dealing with the border issue,

00:38:45.060 and now all of a sudden, Texas is on fire.

00:38:48.700 Apparently, Chile has just had a similar fire that has happened in Hawaii, but nobody's talking about it.

00:38:55.800 Right?

00:38:56.300 And so I have decided that I am going to gather water this year, and I'll tell you why in a minute, in the next slide.

00:39:03.520 Okay?

00:39:05.120 So keep that in the back of your mind.

00:39:07.920 I also want to talk to you about manure tea because, you know, you can use commercial fertilizers,

00:39:13.520 but there is a better way to do your own fertilizer.

00:39:16.720 If you have a catchment area or catchment container that you can catch water,

00:39:22.880 what you can do is, you know, go to the store and buy yourself a bag of cow manure or sheep manure.

00:39:28.780 Okay, just a regular, like, 10-pound, 15-pound bag.

00:39:33.360 Get yourself a five-gallon bucket of water and put about a quarter of the bottom of the bucket of a five-gallon bucket with manure.

00:39:43.240 Fill it with water.

00:39:44.500 Put the lid on it.

00:39:45.780 Not so tight, but let it sit for a couple of days.

00:39:48.660 And then you see the watering cans at the bottom right hand there?

00:39:53.320 Put about one part of your manure tea and then 10 parts of water,

00:39:57.340 and once a week, water your garden or your buckets or your plants.

00:40:02.240 Don't put it right on the leaves.

00:40:03.980 Put it at the bottom of the plants.

00:40:06.180 Okay?

00:40:06.700 And that'll be the best type of fertilizer that you can have for your garden.

00:40:11.240 Okay?

00:40:12.200 And I do this regularly.

00:40:14.240 We raise rabbits as well.

00:40:15.980 So the rabbit manure tea, you know, well, rabbit poop, you can put right in your garden right away.

00:40:21.740 We also have chickens, but, you know, that's really, really high in nitrogen.

00:40:24.680 So we have to let that age for quite a while.

00:40:27.920 But, you know, these bags of cow or sheep manure, they work really, really well.

00:40:35.320 Here's why I'm going to go ahead and use the water.

00:40:38.520 Okay?

00:40:38.860 Scripture tells me in Psalm 72, 16, it's a promise.

00:40:44.240 It's a prayer and a promise.

00:40:46.860 May grain abound throughout the land.

00:40:49.060 On the tops of the hills, may it sway.

00:40:51.980 May the crops flourish like Lebanon and thrive like the grass of the field. 0.54

00:40:57.000 It's a prayer.

00:40:58.460 And I have to believe that if I put grain in the ground and I pray over it, that God will bless it.

00:41:04.320 I have to believe it.

00:41:05.360 And then in Acts chapter 14, verse 17, it says,

00:41:09.200 Yet he has not left himself without testimony.

00:41:12.680 He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons.

00:41:18.020 He provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.

00:41:23.540 So it's a promise and a prayer that I choose to believe.

00:41:26.480 And many of you that are part of our prayer teams will have heard the testimony.

00:41:30.940 When we had a Hurricane Fiona here last year, I prayed Psalm 91 over our property.

00:41:36.240 We had massive destruction here in Sydney where I live.

00:41:39.280 Our streets were blocked for weeks with big trees that had fallen down.

00:41:43.380 My neighbors, I mean, indestructible.

00:41:47.200 I mean, complete destruction of some of their properties.

00:41:50.140 Yet I had one little tree that fell on my prayer bench in the shape of a cross.

00:41:53.840 And that was it.

00:41:55.040 I firmly believe that God protects our property.

00:41:57.820 So I'm banking on these promises of the Lord.

00:42:01.540 OK, number five, we're getting along here.

00:42:04.700 Mulch is very important.

00:42:06.000 I have strongly and firmly believe in mulching.

00:42:09.920 Compost, wood chips, cardboard, shredded paper, dry grass clippings are my preferred ones.

00:42:17.220 The ones that I don't recommend as much, but you may.

00:42:22.620 Black plastic is especially popular for strawberries.

00:42:26.260 OK, landscape fabric and then shredded leaves.

00:42:29.780 You've got to be careful with shredded leaves because there are some that you should not use.

00:42:34.300 Walnut, especially.

00:42:35.580 And then oak ones.

00:42:37.100 They contain toxins.

00:42:38.720 So you should stay away from those shredded leaves.

00:42:41.000 If they are fresh shredded leaves, you should compost those for a little while or let them dry really, really well.

00:42:45.680 OK, but compost, you should a word of caution.

00:42:49.580 Many landfill sites or dumps will offer compost, especially at this time of year.

00:42:55.060 Well, not this time of year, but later on in the spring.

00:42:57.680 Please don't use those in your vegetable gardens.

00:43:00.880 OK, you'll find all kinds of plastic in there and bones and all kinds of other stuff.

00:43:05.700 It's fine to use those in flower beds, but I would stay away from those for your vegetable gardens.

00:43:12.940 And even people around here, when they get a load from the dump, they always compost it in their yards for at least another year.

00:43:20.080 But preferably straw is my go to.

00:43:23.560 If you can get a good load of straw, go for that.

00:43:27.220 Some people use hay.

00:43:28.420 If you use well rotted hay, you shouldn't have hay come up.

00:43:32.460 But if you use fresh hay, you're going to have a hay field in your vegetable garden, just so you know.

00:43:38.700 But mulching helps keeps the weeds down.

00:43:41.340 It keeps you from having to water too much and too often.

00:43:45.660 OK, so maximize your space.

00:43:47.960 Section number six, grow some climbing plants if you don't have a whole lot of space.

00:43:53.400 And, you know, make it nice and tidy, but make it sturdy.

00:43:56.840 I had a really nice sturdy pea fence for a couple of years.

00:44:01.020 And then we got the tail end of a hurricane last year.

00:44:04.060 But what it was anchored to was actually starting to rot.

00:44:06.880 And so now I got to fix it this year, but that's OK.

00:44:09.340 So cucumbers, you know, especially in little pickling cucumbers, English cucumbers, they love to climb.

00:44:14.700 Pole beans.

00:44:15.700 Some of the pole beans that I grew the last year that I had my climbing plants,

00:44:21.780 my pole fence was, I think, eight or nine feet tall.

00:44:25.460 And they actually grew to about 13 feet tall.

00:44:28.780 So I had to, you know, come up with something in a hurry.

00:44:31.860 But peas and summer squash too, the little zucchinis, you know, that if you don't let them grow to like, you know, five pounds each,

00:44:38.880 they'll do very well on a climbing type fence.

00:44:43.520 Maximizing your space also includes companion planting.

00:44:47.180 Again, there will be a link to the companion planting guide in the description of this.

00:44:51.620 And here's why it's important.

00:44:53.040 So, for example, if you plant tomatoes with asparagus, basil, or let's say dill, garlic, nasturtium, flowers, onions, parsley, and thyme,

00:45:01.880 it's beneficial because, for example, the asparagus will repel nematodes.

00:45:07.620 Bad bugs for your garden.

00:45:09.300 Basil will repel the white flies and mosquitoes, the spider mites and aphids.

00:45:13.640 Borage repels the hornworms.

00:45:15.500 Thyme reduces egg-laying armyworm.

00:45:18.160 Dill makes it difficult for the cutworms to lay their eggs.

00:45:20.820 And so I've got all kinds of tidbits in that for a lot of these more common vegetables.

00:45:28.520 So the cucumbers, for example, you know, plant those next to your lettuce, radish, sunflowers.

00:45:33.580 And again, it tells you why it's important to plant some of those.

00:45:37.200 So make the most of your space in your garden by doing companion planting.

00:45:41.360 It'll maximize your space.

00:45:42.960 And your garden won't look like it's such a commercial-looking thing.

00:45:46.580 It'll be beautiful.

00:45:48.160 So the last thing I'm not going to spend a lot of time on, I have a number of videos.

00:45:53.880 I think I'm up to 10 videos now on the Prepper Dan site with Action for Canada.

00:45:59.060 We've got a food security tab on our homepage at the very bottom.

00:46:04.540 But I've got some on dehydrating, on pressure canning, as well as a few others.

00:46:11.220 But the one thing you want to do is after you've grown all of this wonderful food is you want to be able to enjoy it and preserve it for as long as you can.

00:46:20.200 And I've got two Empower hours that I've done in the past as well.

00:46:23.900 And we've discussed, you know, cold cellars, building a cold cellar in your house.

00:46:27.900 Even if you don't have a dirt floor, if you have a finished home, you can still build a cold cellar room.

00:46:32.520 And there's my wife there with me in the center photo.

00:46:36.140 And I think that's maybe even my shirt she's wearing.

00:46:38.460 I've got to talk to her about that.

00:46:40.020 But she does come up and help me in the garden.

00:46:42.360 And she does a lot of the canning that we do, you know, and the bottling and the preserving.

00:46:48.180 And we are prepared.

00:46:50.320 You know, maybe I shouldn't be saying that too much.

00:46:52.680 But, you know, if it all hits the fan, we're good.

00:46:55.760 You know, we don't need to go to the store.

00:46:57.440 We are prepared.

00:46:59.340 And I really encourage you, if you've not done gardening before, this is the time you really need to consider doing it.

00:47:07.400 Have no excuse.

00:47:08.640 Find somebody that will do it with you.

00:47:11.000 Do it with a friend, a companion, somebody with an Action for Canada chapter.

00:47:17.480 But it's time to do it.

00:47:19.360 All right.

00:47:19.740 So there's the website down there.

00:47:21.680 The link, actionforcanada.com slash food dash security.

00:47:25.340 And we'll be glad to work with you.

00:47:27.440 OK, so learn from the valiant woman in Proverbs 31.

00:47:32.380 Verse 31, 13 says she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. 0.99

00:47:37.440 So she has household goals. 1.00

00:47:39.200 Make some goals for the summer.

00:47:41.440 In verse 15 of the same chapter, she gets up while it is still night.

00:47:45.780 She provides food with her family.

00:47:47.740 She's an early riser. 0.96

00:47:49.380 So like we read earlier, the other Proverbs, you know, about the ant, you know, don't be a slugger.

00:47:56.840 Determine you've got to do something.

00:47:58.780 In Proverbs 31, 24, she makes linen garments and sells them and supplies the merchants with sashes. 1.00

00:48:05.040 We have to be entrepreneurs.

00:48:07.280 And in verse 16, she considers a field and buys it out of her earnings.

00:48:11.880 She plants a vineyard.

00:48:13.120 So we need to have long term goals.

00:48:15.320 OK, all right.

00:48:16.980 So we're getting close to the end here.

00:48:19.080 Now, I did a Prepper Den video on the Tower Garden by Juice Plus.

00:48:23.540 Here's an important thing you may want to consider.

00:48:25.860 My wife and I have had our Tower Garden for about two years.

00:48:29.260 We absolutely love it.

00:48:30.980 We have literally grown hundreds of pounds of food from our Tower Garden.

00:48:36.060 So 365 days, the lights come on at six o'clock in the morning.

00:48:40.800 They go off at 11 o'clock at night.

00:48:42.880 It waters itself.

00:48:44.400 Now, you have to put water in it every once in a while.

00:48:46.480 We put the nutrients in.

00:48:48.280 Now, this particular Tower Garden belongs to Jenny.

00:48:51.460 Jenny also wears a lot of hats with Action for Canada. 0.71

00:48:54.860 Jenny is one of our distributors.

00:48:56.560 And so there is a link in the description to Jenny's site that will take you right to Juice Plus.

00:49:03.040 You can order this wonderful implement to go in your house.

00:49:07.520 Now, Jenny has some Swiss chard on the right.

00:49:09.660 She's got some chives. 0.97

00:49:11.620 She's got some, let's see, she's got some herbs there in the top right. 1.00

00:49:16.840 She's got different types of lettuces. 1.00

00:49:19.120 And she's got some, it looks like broccoli on the bottom left photo there.

00:49:23.700 And here are some other photos of her garden tower.

00:49:27.080 I mean, they look absolutely wonderful.

00:49:29.200 I have had mine so full, you couldn't even see the garden tower.

00:49:33.120 It completely disappeared.

00:49:35.000 Now, let me tell you something.

00:49:37.740 This is an investment that you will make once.

00:49:40.660 If you go out to a restaurant and order a salad, you'll easily pay $6.

00:49:46.120 If you have a salad every day, six days a week, you'll have this paid off in about, I'm going to say, 10 months.

00:49:56.180 That's if you only have a salad once a day, six days a week.

00:50:01.660 Okay?

00:50:02.160 You can grow so much in this.

00:50:04.500 I have one of my plants in here is a rainbow Swiss chard.

00:50:09.760 And we've had the same plant in there for eight months.

00:50:12.760 One plant.

00:50:13.640 We keep harvesting off it.

00:50:14.800 It is huge.

00:50:16.400 It is full.

00:50:18.060 So it is a great investment for you to consider.

00:50:20.720 Okay?

00:50:21.060 You can be growing your own lettuces in here year round.

00:50:24.940 I mean, I had five and a half feet of snow outside.

00:50:27.420 We couldn't get out of the driveway.

00:50:29.040 And we were enjoying nice, crunchy lettuce.

00:50:31.740 Okay?

00:50:32.340 So consider getting yourself a garden tower.

00:50:35.020 It'll be a great investment, a gift for yourself.

00:50:38.660 Okay.

00:50:39.140 So in closing, again, if you have any questions, just put them down in the Q&A down below.

00:50:43.880 And we'll be happy to entertain that if there's any questions.

00:50:48.720 Ecclesiastes 11.6.

00:50:50.560 Here's a great verse of scripture.

00:50:52.660 Sow your seed in the morning.

00:50:54.660 And at evening, let your hands not be idle.

00:50:57.800 For you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.

00:51:03.740 So I hope this was a good introduction to, I'm just going to stop sharing my screen here.

00:51:09.900 I hope this was a good introduction to gardening.

00:51:13.360 For those of you that, some of you, I mean, could teach this and better than I can.

00:51:17.380 But it's just a simple introduction.

00:51:19.620 And as I said earlier, if you're a little late joining, this is my therapy.

00:51:23.900 This is what I enjoy doing.

00:51:25.560 And I am so busy doing so many things, but I love getting my hands dirty.

00:51:30.560 And I love the therapy with it.

00:51:33.480 And I just love being able to put something in the ground to smell the fresh earth.

00:51:39.080 And the first time they start sprouting through the ground, it's just so encouraging that something

00:51:43.920 would die and then come to life.

00:51:46.200 And then a few weeks later, a couple of months later, it's on the table.

00:51:50.640 It's fresh.

00:51:51.520 It tastes so good.

00:51:52.760 And it's just a miracle.

00:51:54.760 All right.

00:51:55.420 So thank you so much for joining with us on this.

00:51:59.820 And Heather, I'm going to bring you back on tonight.

00:52:02.920 And let's just see if we have any comments or any questions maybe that we can kind of,

00:52:10.220 I know that there's, I've been seeing the chat kind of explode.

00:52:13.420 I haven't really been paying attention to it.

00:52:15.200 So we do have a couple of questions.

00:52:17.660 There's a question from Sue.

00:52:19.180 She says that she has a large flat lawn and she wants to know when to start creating the

00:52:23.740 garden so it's ready to plant.

00:52:25.580 And she's wondering if it's too late for this season.

00:52:28.880 Oh, absolutely not.

00:52:30.160 I wish I knew where Sue lived, but no, absolutely not.

00:52:34.120 And you know what?

00:52:35.440 People can spend a lot of time with a rototiller and tilling the soil.

00:52:39.120 And that's a lot of work.

00:52:39.880 I've done that before too, you know, and it's a lot of work.

00:52:42.380 So Sue is in Rhode Island and you might say, okay, so I know right where you are, Sue.

00:52:48.020 I used to live just north of Buffalo.

00:52:50.480 I've also lived in Florida, North Carolina.

00:52:53.000 But anyhow, so, but the thing is, I would recommend if you just have a lawn, I would do

00:52:58.440 the lasagna gardening method and I would actually get yourself a book called lasagna gardening.

00:53:06.280 I'm trying to remember the author off the top of my head right now.

00:53:08.920 I've got two copies downstairs, but I do have a Prepper Dan video, by the way, on just getting

00:53:14.720 paper resources because a lot of the resources that are available online, you don't have to

00:53:19.060 been talking about the internet may go out because there may be a solar flare or whatever.

00:53:24.320 But while you can, just go on YouTube and just look up lasagna gardening and there's

00:53:30.980 lots of great ideas.

00:53:31.900 So I would do lasagna gardening and it's certainly not too late to do so.

00:53:35.500 And you'll have a wonderful garden.

00:53:36.780 It literally takes six weeks to start your lasagna garden and then to go ahead and plant

00:53:42.480 it.

00:53:42.620 Look at this.

00:53:42.960 My wonderful wife just went, thank you, sweetheart.

00:53:46.760 So lasagna garden by Patricia Lanza is the book you want to get.

00:53:50.460 It's kind of like the Bible of lasagna garden.

00:53:53.440 Okay.

00:53:54.140 And it's still available.

00:53:55.360 I got this for $2 at our library.

00:53:57.360 There's a, there's a section where they, they get rid of old books, but thriftbooks.com

00:54:02.520 is another place that I get used books in the States for fairly cheap.

00:54:05.980 So that's the book you want to get right there.

00:54:09.660 Dan, there was another question here.

00:54:11.300 It just might be a little bit, a bigger topic for you.

00:54:15.980 Do you have recommendations for preparing home food supplies for three months or six

00:54:20.040 months?

00:54:20.500 What types of foods, what quantities per person in a household?

00:54:24.300 We must think beyond beans and rice, water, and salt.

00:54:28.560 Yeah.

00:54:29.100 The beans is always the go-to one, right?

00:54:31.120 And that's, that's always a little difficult.

00:54:32.940 My wife can't eat beans. 1.00

00:54:34.060 Yeah.

00:54:34.200 So we've had to think outside that box.

00:54:36.260 So obviously rice is, is a big one because rice is a good keeper.

00:54:40.000 Uh, before I get into that, let me just say, uh, have a good storage place for that.

00:54:45.420 So cool and dark and dry is very important.

00:54:48.540 Okay.

00:54:48.860 So a lot of things that we have gotten, we have invested in some really good sturdy containers

00:54:53.820 to put all of our stuff in.

00:54:55.600 We've invested some good heavy duty shelving.

00:54:58.160 And by that, I mean, not just the chintzy stuff, the really good heavy duty shelving.

00:55:02.300 So what we've invested in, uh, primarily, you know, uh, we've gotten some soups in that,

00:55:08.060 but what I really recommend to people is, um, do some of your own canning and preserves.

00:55:14.420 Okay.

00:55:15.440 So, um, so pasta is always a cheap go-to because pasta is still fairly cheap right now.

00:55:21.700 Uh, so we do a lot of our own pasta sauces in that.

00:55:25.540 So, uh, you know, you can still maybe from some farmers or whatever, get like caseloads

00:55:30.880 of tomatoes and make your own pasta sauce, can them in, in the Mason jars.

00:55:35.640 Uh, meat is something too, that, uh, sometimes you get a really good deal on from a farmer.

00:55:40.860 Uh, you know, so we'll buy like a quarter of a cow or, or, uh, my daughter raises pigs 1.00

00:55:47.240 or, you know, we raise chickens.

00:55:49.160 Uh, we raise, uh, rabbits as well.

00:55:51.560 So, uh, if you can, you can can and bottle meat and we actually have one of our videos

00:55:56.060 on, uh, on doing some of that as well.

00:55:58.420 So the more you can put away like that and it will literally last you for years.

00:56:03.620 Okay.

00:56:04.040 So think protein, everything high protein is very important.

00:56:08.100 One of the things I would recommend too is as you empty your jars, clean them out really

00:56:12.300 well, you can refill them with clean water.

00:56:16.140 I would recommend if you live in the city, don't put city water in them because

00:56:19.140 it'll have fluoride and, and all kinds of other junk in there, but good water, uh, a

00:56:24.780 spring, spring water.

00:56:25.980 Or if you have a friend that lives out in the country, good, good well water, refill

00:56:29.760 those empty canning jars with water, seal them tight and put them away.

00:56:34.300 I mean, you just put an empty jars away anyhow, but you'll increase your water supply as well.

00:56:39.820 So I hope that's a little bit helpful.

00:56:41.340 Dan, do you have a video in your Pepperdance series on underground storage cellars, how

00:56:48.280 to build them, maintain them?

00:56:51.600 I don't, I may do one someday, but there are some good ones out there.

00:56:56.180 Um, I, you know what, I should maybe do a video on just some resources about that.

00:57:00.300 Um, Root Cellaring by, uh, uh, Nancy Bubel is, uh, is a really good book that I have as

00:57:07.860 well.

00:57:08.440 And it's, it is a must and I have it, the video that I talk about, uh, uh, good paper

00:57:14.640 resources.

00:57:15.180 I talk about my 10 favorite books and Root Cellaring is definitely one of them that you'd

00:57:19.720 want to get.

00:57:20.160 There are some questions in the Q and A chat.

00:57:24.300 Did you just want to look through those and see if there's any that, uh, sure.

00:57:27.860 Uh, so what is the best preparation for garden soil and is it different for flower beds and

00:57:33.080 vegetables?

00:57:33.540 Uh, so you want a really nice loamy soil or for both, uh, vegetable soils, uh, for both

00:57:41.120 vegetables and, uh, and, uh, and flowers.

00:57:44.580 Um, so basically the most important thing is, would be your, your pH and your drainage.

00:57:49.320 And you want some good organic matter there as well.

00:57:52.860 Uh, let me tell you a funny story.

00:57:54.340 When we first moved here, I got a dump truck load of topsoil because I was building raised

00:58:00.120 beds.

00:58:00.480 So I thought I need some good soil, right?

00:58:02.560 Uh, got the topsoil filled all my raised beds.

00:58:04.920 I had half dump truck load of soil left over.

00:58:07.320 Those raised beds grew absolutely nothing that year.

00:58:10.760 Zero.

00:58:11.780 That half load of dump truck soil grew nothing, not even a weed.

00:58:16.260 I couldn't even grow a weed.

00:58:17.440 So that's soil soil was sterile.

00:58:20.520 So the next year we did a mixture of, uh, and I've got a video by the way, and how to

00:58:24.800 build your own soil and biochar.

00:58:27.740 So what we did is we built our own soil out of that useless soil and we mixed a biochar

00:58:33.540 in there.

00:58:33.920 And I've got a video on how to do that too.

00:58:35.560 And we shredded a bunch of leaves that fall and we mixed it with rotting, uh, like, uh,

00:58:42.040 logs and a lot of organic matter.

00:58:44.820 And the next year we had an incredible garden.

00:58:47.560 And so you really want to have good organic matter in your soil and, uh, you want to have

00:58:52.840 some worms in there too.

00:58:53.960 You know, just turn your soil over.

00:58:55.820 You want it loose.

00:58:56.740 When you crumple it like in your hand, you don't want it to stay formed like a, like a

00:59:00.700 snowball.

00:59:01.320 You want it to kind of fall apart.

00:59:03.200 You don't want it to just retain moisture, but, uh, you want some worms in there too.

00:59:07.600 You know, I, we collect our coffee grounds in a bucket and, uh, that gets spread over

00:59:12.140 and that feeds the worms as well.

00:59:14.320 So by the way, I mentioned the soil test kit before, and I was in the presentation.

00:59:18.320 I couldn't show you, but this is what the soil test kit looks like.

00:59:21.280 It's around $35 on Amazon.

00:59:24.200 Now, uh, Halifax, uh, seed had this, which is, um, probably my closest biggest store for

00:59:30.640 me, but it's five hours away.

00:59:31.960 They were going to charge me $37 to ship it to me, but $35 on Amazon with free shipping

00:59:37.380 or $36.

00:59:38.540 So test your soil and then you can amend your soil and there's recommendations on how to

00:59:43.560 do that as well.

00:59:46.280 Okay.

00:59:46.800 Um, there's another one here regarding the garden pucks.

00:59:51.140 I've heard that you should put hot water on them to kill bacteria.

00:59:55.540 Would you recommend that too?

00:59:57.920 I'm not sure what a garden puck is for Liz.

01:00:03.260 So I'm, I'm, I'm not sure what that is.

01:00:06.980 Um, as for indoor garden towers for Paulo, what's good to prevent attraction to bugs?

01:00:15.280 We don't have any bugs at all really in ours.

01:00:18.500 Uh, we've never had that problem.

01:00:20.740 So we're kind of, uh, lucky with this one.

01:00:23.960 A question from Sherry.

01:00:25.480 I have a condo deck garden.

01:00:27.040 My plants struggle.

01:00:28.060 So I'm unsure what to do to help my container containers be more fertile.

01:00:32.160 Many veggies do not grow in my containers.

01:00:34.340 However, manure or some plant foods attract flies like mad.

01:00:38.100 What can I do that do not, that is not fly bait?

01:00:42.120 Okay.

01:00:42.460 So first of all, if your plants struggle, that could be a number of things.

01:00:46.120 Uh, your drainage may be an issue.

01:00:48.460 Uh, so make sure you have holes in the bottom of your containers so that you, so you don't

01:00:52.220 overwater for one.

01:00:53.980 If things are stagnant, it will attract bugs for sure.

01:00:57.240 Uh, second, you want adequate, uh, ventilation as well as sunshine.

01:01:02.020 Okay.

01:01:02.680 I realized some apartment buildings are maybe North facing.

01:01:06.480 So you really don't get a lot of light.

01:01:08.040 What I recommend for that is, uh, grow shade tolerant vegetables.

01:01:12.660 Okay.

01:01:13.120 And then make a good friend of a neighbor on the South side and maybe swap.

01:01:19.180 Okay.

01:01:19.740 So they'll grow the sunny type vegetables and you grow the shady ones.

01:01:22.840 Okay.

01:01:23.700 And as for, uh, fertilizer, then you may have to use a commercial fertilizer, the granular

01:01:29.580 kind that does no smell and, uh, is maybe a little less, uh, attractive to the bugs.

01:01:36.900 Okay.

01:01:38.780 All right.

01:01:39.680 So, um, uh, last year, the birds ate my pea seeds three times.

01:01:46.500 What can I do to save my pea plants?

01:01:49.760 So I would recommend there is a white fabric that you put.

01:01:53.720 It's very, very thin.

01:01:55.560 Um, I forget what it's called now, but it's actually to prevent the moths.

01:01:59.000 And those types of bugs to actually get your, your, um, your, you know, your vegetables and

01:02:05.940 your, uh, your berries when they come to fruition.

01:02:08.840 It's a very thin fabric that you can get at, uh, like any kind of co-op store or farm supply

01:02:15.380 store.

01:02:16.400 It's very thin and it's very inexpensive.

01:02:18.820 The only thing is because it's so thin, you may have to just weigh it down a little bit,

01:02:22.500 but that will save your bugs. 0.67

01:02:23.940 Okay.

01:02:24.360 Or not your bugs.

01:02:25.460 You want to get rid of it'll save your plants.

01:02:27.600 All right.

01:02:29.160 Uh, people should be aware of the powers or control in the food supply trying to produce

01:02:33.240 mRNA to start with lettuce.

01:02:35.040 Absolutely.

01:02:35.740 Tomatoes and spinach.

01:02:37.280 Uh, okay.

01:02:38.540 So that's why we recommend going with a reputable seed supply store.

01:02:43.040 So I recommend rainbow seed.

01:02:44.900 They're guaranteed, uh, heirloom and GMO free seeds.

01:02:50.000 All right.

01:02:51.560 So, all right.

01:02:53.680 Can you expand on the water shortage?

01:02:55.560 It's just what we have been hearing, uh, in the chatter that they are planning on, on

01:03:01.440 water shortages, which is kind of crazy because there is so much spring going on.

01:03:07.800 Now, here's the thing, uh, in certain areas, there's so much spring and it rains and rains

01:03:12.600 and rains and rains.

01:03:13.280 And here in Nova Scotia, where I am, we had too much rain last year.

01:03:17.160 I mean, our plants were just being soaked.

01:03:19.980 Meanwhile, out West, it was bone dry.

01:03:23.240 Right.

01:03:23.640 And the other day I went on the BC, uh, fire map and you already had 92 active fires that

01:03:29.020 they may be just small little fires, but it's all part of, uh, climate change, climate control.

01:03:37.740 We like to call it.

01:03:38.940 Right.

01:03:39.280 So there is weather manipulation and, um, you know, if it doesn't rain, then the little

01:03:45.280 brooks and the little rivers, they kind of dry up.

01:03:47.960 And so, uh, but you know, if you can collect rainwater and salvage it, one thing I need

01:03:53.620 to say about those IBC totes, the ones that I have there, they're kind of like a, a little

01:03:58.000 bit of an opaque white color.

01:03:59.640 If you don't put something dark around them before you know it, they'll be full of algae.

01:04:04.460 So you want to color them or, uh, you know, the one that I showed you in the presentation,

01:04:09.000 they had kind of like a blue, bluish cover over it.

01:04:12.480 You can throw a colored tarp around it.

01:04:14.560 You can get a blue tarp, a Canadian tire.

01:04:17.060 And so keep it covered, uh, so that you don't get a buildup of algae.

01:04:21.420 Okay.

01:04:22.080 And then there's a question about, uh, build a wall, Pini or underground greenhouse.

01:04:27.000 I don't have information for you.

01:04:29.320 You're in zone four.

01:04:30.460 So yeah, I could see why you'd want to do that.

01:04:32.500 Um, my wife actually just sent me a photo on Pinterest about one of these underground,

01:04:37.420 uh, houses, uh, greenhouses.

01:04:40.540 They look so interesting.

01:04:41.840 You know what?

01:04:42.400 Let me tell you something.

01:04:43.320 We have so much, we have so much land unused in Canada.

01:04:49.520 There's no reasons why as Canadians, we cannot grow enough food to supply all of Canadians year

01:04:55.760 round.

01:04:56.540 And you can so easily heat a greenhouse.

01:04:59.180 My greenhouse is unheated.

01:05:00.700 And last year I grew stuff in it year round.

01:05:04.140 Now I was so excited because my, my carrot tops were literally two feet tall in the spring.

01:05:10.660 I mean, I would check on it through the winter.

01:05:12.140 I put double plastic in it.

01:05:13.840 But what happened was, um, my greenhouse was too nitrogen rich in the fall.

01:05:19.280 So everything grew on top and I had nothing on the bottom.

01:05:22.440 So, but that's okay.

01:05:23.520 Cause the rabbits enjoyed it and the chickens enjoyed it.

01:05:25.780 Same with the bees. 1.00

01:05:26.440 I had lots of beet greens, but no bees, but still I'm, I'm learning still.

01:05:30.540 With this particular greenhouse, right?

01:05:32.760 And so, uh, but still unheated greenhouse and it grew like crazy.

01:05:36.820 I mean, you could hardly tell that there was dirt in it.

01:05:39.460 It grew.

01:05:40.380 So there's no reason why we can't really grow food.

01:05:43.380 Even in our, in our climate.

01:05:45.580 Okay.

01:05:46.620 Uh, what kind of soil is better for potted flowers? 0.78

01:05:49.600 Uh, I'm not an expert on potted flowers.

01:05:52.400 However, there is a potted flower mix that you can purchase.

01:05:55.540 And, uh, I use the, um, miracle grow soil starter because, um, it's fairly inert and it's done

01:06:04.820 well for me.

01:06:05.840 Now, if you go, uh, beware, if you go to Canadian tire garden centers, a superstore and that,

01:06:12.280 there will be really cheap dirt.

01:06:13.560 And some of it will just say earth. 0.99

01:06:15.500 It's garbage. 1.00

01:06:16.840 Don't spend a buck on it. 1.00

01:06:18.440 It really is.

01:06:19.320 Okay.

01:06:19.640 Uh, I go for the more expensive stuff, the miracle grow stuff, and it does me well every

01:06:24.780 time.

01:06:25.580 A little tidbit for free tonight.

01:06:28.120 Okay.

01:06:28.760 In the late season, when the garden centers are closing, they'll mark down their, their

01:06:33.300 bags of good soil.

01:06:34.820 I always pick up four or five or six at a reduced price for the springtime, because when I go

01:06:40.300 to start my seedlings, the garden centers aren't open yet.

01:06:43.380 So I've got an extra shed.

01:06:45.080 I keep that in.

01:06:45.760 So late this summer, like in August, when the garden centers start to close, uh, pick

01:06:51.420 up your, your supply for next spring.

01:06:54.100 Okay.

01:06:54.640 And how can we use tap?

01:06:56.220 How can we use tap water for drinking rather than bottled water?

01:07:01.540 Uh, what has been recommended?

01:07:04.440 Uh, there is a formula and I don't want to mislead you, but there is a formula that you

01:07:08.740 can add.

01:07:09.240 I think, uh, like for a liter of water is maybe one or two drops of bleach in your city

01:07:15.360 water that will neutralize or a chlorine.

01:07:18.760 Um, there's little tablets that you can buy to mix and that kind of neutralizes, uh, any

01:07:24.240 kind of stuff in your water.

01:07:25.700 I will be doing a Pepperden video, uh, on water, uh, because we have a Berkey water filtration

01:07:31.700 system.

01:07:32.300 Now mind you, we're on a well, we have good water, but there's a bit of sediment in it.

01:07:36.020 And then we also have another Berkey water filtration system that I built myself that

01:07:41.160 we have in the garage because I'm working outside a lot.

01:07:43.880 And, uh, so they're simple to build.

01:07:46.260 Mind you, the filters are crazy expensive, but the water is something that you need quite

01:07:52.420 a bit of.

01:07:53.120 If you know, the grid goes down, if your power goes down and you're in the country, you need

01:07:58.020 to run your well, or if you're in the city, the big tanks supplying the city are not going

01:08:03.380 to last forever if they don't replenish them.

01:08:05.360 So having water is very important.

01:08:07.960 Okay.

01:08:08.660 So the name of the garden tower suggested, this one is, is called, uh, the tower garden

01:08:13.840 by juice.

01:08:14.500 Plus there are a few others out there.

01:08:16.960 The tower garden by juice plus is the one I had.

01:08:19.660 I've had for two years and, uh, no problems or issues with it.

01:08:23.920 I highly recommend it.

01:08:25.000 And we have literally grown hundreds of pounds of food from it.

01:08:28.900 Okay.

01:08:32.500 I think, uh, and there's the link for it in the, uh, in the, in the chat.

01:08:37.780 All right.

01:08:38.400 Well, that was great.

01:08:40.260 There is one more question that just popped up, Dan, if you wanted to take a look.

01:08:44.940 Okay.

01:08:45.120 I just closed it there.

01:08:46.260 Okay.

01:08:46.400 I can, I can read it.

01:08:47.400 Do you use emulsion to feed house plants and outdoor flowers and veggies?

01:08:52.180 Uh, I don't, but you certainly can.

01:08:58.520 Okay.

01:08:59.360 Yeah.

01:08:59.700 Oh, if that's everything, thank you so much, Dan, for your presentation and answering all

01:09:03.540 those questions.

01:09:04.100 That's been amazing.

01:09:05.360 Now, my kids always tease me about my knack, uh, for killing plants, but your presentation

01:09:10.980 has been so inspiring and I'm going to go out and get my hands dirty as soon as the ground

01:09:17.040 thaws.

01:09:17.760 So, thank you so much, Dan, for helping us out with gardening tips tonight.

01:09:23.840 And do you have a few words of encouragement, Dan, to, and also to pray for, um, pray for

01:09:29.600 us tonight?

01:09:31.680 Absolutely.

01:09:32.520 And you know what?

01:09:33.280 Gardening is, could be daunting for some people, but it is such a blessing.

01:09:36.940 As I said earlier, when God put Adam and Eve on the earth, he put them not in a city,

01:09:42.600 he put them in a garden because, uh, a garden is so relaxing and it's so,

01:09:47.760 productive and it's where we can meet with the Lord every day.

01:09:51.160 So, Heavenly Father, for everyone that may be feeling anxious about the state of the world

01:09:56.040 right now, for everyone that just may be, uh, concerned about the state of the future,

01:10:02.140 we know that our country is kind of in a mess right now.

01:10:06.100 And, uh, some people may still, uh, be without work for whatever reason.

01:10:11.240 We think of, uh, all of the, the doctors and the nurses, um, still unemployed in BC and go

01:10:17.840 through their situation.

01:10:19.840 We think of everyone that has been harmed by the effects of, uh, these mandates and, uh,

01:10:26.400 perhaps even, uh, physically harmed by, uh, the COVID jab.

01:10:31.000 We think of people, Lord, that are so financially stressed right now with the rising cost of

01:10:37.360 living, uh, people that may be stressed because they can't make their mortgage payment or their

01:10:42.960 vehicle payment in this crazy world and broken relationships.

01:10:48.720 Lord, we realize that, uh, there's still beauty to behold around us.

01:10:52.960 And you tell us in Romans chapter one, Lord, that you have revealed yourself through your creation.

01:10:59.140 So may we take some time, it's dark here right now where I am, but may we take some time in

01:11:04.040 the daylight to just look around and find something of your creation to be thankful for.

01:11:09.960 And, uh, even if our listeners, Lord, decide to buy one little pot of dirt and grow one thing

01:11:16.200 in it this summer, be it, uh, some cherry tomatoes or, uh, one pepper plant or something, and just

01:11:22.260 be thankful for your goodness and for the miracle that, uh, a seed would die and come

01:11:28.860 back to life.

01:11:29.580 And we thank you, Lord, for the miracle of life that you've given to us.

01:11:33.260 The fact that our heart can beat 90 times a minute without us even thinking about it.

01:11:37.540 The fact that we can take 10 or 12 breaths a minute without even us having to worry about it.

01:11:43.640 These are all miracles and gifts of life that you give us.

01:11:46.540 And so we have so much to be thankful for.

01:11:48.000 So thank you, Lord, for, um, uh, this night, for everyone that has joined us, everyone that

01:11:53.420 will watch this video down the road may be encouraging to us as we look to the future and

01:12:00.260 may you bless each and everyone's gardens as we grow this summer and as we grow food.

01:12:06.060 And we thank you for the ability to do so.

01:12:08.780 And, uh, so we ask all of these things in Jesus precious name.

01:12:12.380 Amen.

01:12:13.560 Amen.

01:12:14.380 And thank you so much, Dan.

01:12:16.500 So for next week's empower our guests, we have David Cook joining us.

01:12:20.920 So you be sure to come in and join us as well for that.

01:12:23.940 And the first Bible verse that Dan shared with us is from Psalm 72 verse 16.

01:12:30.960 May grain abound throughout the land on the tops of the hills.

01:12:34.940 May it sway.

01:12:35.820 May the crops flourish like Lebanon and thrive like the grass of the field. 0.54

01:12:40.960 And the second Bible verse that he shared, um, is he has from Acts 14, 17, he has shown

01:12:48.440 kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons.

01:12:52.420 He provides you with plenty of food and fills your heart with joy.

01:12:57.080 And now on behalf of Tanya Gaw and everyone here at Action for Canada, I wish you happy gardening.

01:13:03.700 God bless you and God bless Canada.

01:13:05.860 Managed

01:13:10.480 God.

01:13:14.140 That's what I've got to see.

01:13:16.000 Look at this crowd.

01:13:20.620 I'm going to thank God and God alone for the ground that I'm standing on.

01:13:27.660 I'm going to thank our founding fathers for giving their lives and sacrificing so much

01:13:39.080 for our freedom.

01:13:43.020 And I'm calling on you today.

01:13:46.380 Don't put them to shame.

01:13:48.480 Don't waste what they did.

01:13:50.460 We have guaranteed rights in this country.

01:13:57.660 We are putting chapters across the nation.

01:14:04.820 We are going to be in every town and every city.

01:14:08.560 And we are going to build communities within these communities of life-minded people who

01:14:13.640 are actually going to care for one another again and love on each other and give each

01:14:18.060 other the help when they're down.

01:14:19.380 We are going to use the teams and the people that build within chapters to support our businesses.

01:14:27.660 The government's actions are completely, 100% unlawful.

01:14:34.340 Judgment will again be found on justice and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.

01:14:41.860 You have a virtuous heart if you are here today pursuing freedom and righteousness.

01:14:50.140 And then verse 23 comes along with a promise.

01:14:54.980 God says he will turn the sins of evil people back on them.

01:15:00.580 He will destroy them for their sins.

01:15:04.500 I take great comfort in that because I serve a mighty living God who has allowed us to go

01:15:15.360 through this season of discomfort because we as a nation have turned our backs on him and

01:15:22.220 we need to get right.

01:15:23.760 So I am just going to thank you so much.

01:15:28.380 I'm going to say God bless you and God bless Canada.

01:15:32.160 God bless you.

01:15:48.920 God bless you.

01:15:54.780 Thank you.

01:16:24.780 Thank you.

01:16:54.780 Thank you.

Action4Canada - March 14, 2024

Garden Prepping, Spring 2024 with Prepper Dan Vachon

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