Busy time... and insects armageddon.

A few day of silence from my side. Days full of work. First days spent on the fresh air. With accompaniment of smoke from burned leaves. I had to burn them (especially from Aesculus hippocastanum) quick due to the fact they contain a lot of larva of Cameraria ohridella.

This is quite new pest in Poland killing horse chestnuts. It came from south and found our trees and weather very attractive. There are a few ways to protect form it. First - you drill the stem and fill it with a toxin. Invasive method which when done wrong can do more harm than benefit. You can always take professionals but of course it means money spent. Another method is to put an adhesive tape to which the insects will stick. I tried another one with very good results. Each year I have a plenty of pretty chestnuts so I think it works well.

First thing is to burn leaves where the larva spend the winter. Second is to hoover adult insects after hatch. They are swarming on the lower part of the stem on the shadow side where I hoover them with hoover dedicated for leaves. One thing is to burn the leaves quicker than the larva will go out of them. This year it suddenly became quite hot so I have to hurry. 

I've planted another sweet cherry tree. One of mine withered. I suppose it was stroke by the lightning. Everything in the garden changes day by day. More sun. More birds. Once again world became green...

Global warming vs. bees dying.

Global warming. Does anyone know someone who do not know what it is ? What is said is responsible for ? What are the efforts ? Billion of dollars is used to stop this virtual threat which if caused by sun is unstoppable and uncontrollable and took place many times in the world history. But I am not here to discuss this stupidity and all the efforts that are undertaken. I am just concerned that I do not hear anything about the thing that can stop our world and eliminate much more lives than junk of global warming. I talk about mass bees dying.

Observed for last several years mysterious dying of the whole hives, this year, as you can read, is getting stronger. Last article I found is here . It is worldwide, with unknown origins and can accelerate without warning. No one knows if it is possible that the next year all the bees can be dead. But if that happen it will ruin the economy, stop the civilization and for sure - it will be responsible for hunger and death of many people. And it will happen suddenly, without recognized reason, maybe last for several years or decades what means permanently in the meaning of generation. Can you imagine the disorder caused by such accident ? Can you imagine that the world without bees ? Without all the efforts of their work including fruits and honey ? And now... have you heard about mass of dollars spending on finding quick solution of that problem ? Have you heard about prof. X. Ygrekovsky from Somewheronian State University which gained the Nobel Prize for efforts in finding a solution of "bee problem"? Did your congressman say a single word about it ?

And now tell me - isn't it the world is upside down ?

p.s. Practical question - do you know any ideas how to preserve honey bee for long term storage ? Is doing nothing just keeping in dark and cool place enough to keep it in a good condition ? I tried to do this with natural honey and it worked OK but I am wondering if these commercially available products called "honey bee" will also manage or some additives can react making differences in taste or smell.

Much ado about nothing... Have some fun about it all.

I am reading about the anger. Voices about revolution, secession, fall of America's ideals. I see people in Washington from all over the country protesting. And President saying leftist things using words restricted for conservatism. Finished with these words that really sounds beautifully for us - Europeans : "God bless the United States of America". Wow. Really nice. I wonder how sincere it is. Does he believe in these words or is just a perfect actor ? In the end it does not matter. The one that will pay for that game is not him. It is YOU. 

Why they seem deaf on your cry ? We know it well. We - I mean Europeans. The whole mess will stop within weeks. People will go home, forums will go quiet, another Super Bowl will be played, another article about bad Mel Gibson will gather all the discussions. After three years when you will have to pay for it all no one will remember that it was caused by that Bill or other.  It will be just hard time which should unite the whole US and no blame pointed. So remember that day. Remember today to know where from comes your tomorrow. They will do everything for you to forget.

What is funny I read that your President Obama starts speaking like our leaders in the times of planned economy. "Within five years we will increase the export by 50%". I know the only one way to do this knowing what is going on. In term of value expressed in USD it means that they are planning to depreciate USD at least by 50%. It is not a joke - that is the only way. :) 

From that point of view I know also how the Lisbon Strategy of EU was supposed to work. You know, in 2000 it was written that EU would do everything to be as good as US in 2010. Of course the reality didn't like to read the paper and nothing has changed. But now I know what they were planning ! It was not about to increase EU - it was about decrease of US ! Can you imagine that G.W.Bush failed to be reelected and "Obama-like" democrat won instead of him. Can you imagine that the act we are discussing today was brought to life several years ago ? Today your economy would be ruined as much as needed to ... fulfill the Lisbon Strategy ! :) On that basis I would say that MI6 works better than CIA cause finally they made it - they will change you from inside !

Here we say : The last switch off the light. :)

Spring. Whoa !

I started to rip bushes and trees that surrounds my little house. Great to feel that warmth. Yeah I know - within two months I will only look how to avoid sun and extreme hot but now it makes all the difference. Trees has awaken. They are preparing to explode with blossom. 

I am going to extend my vegetable garden so I need to buy new net to protect it from rabbits and homeless dogs. From the windows I am going to change I will make some hotbeds for faster growth or warmth-liking plants. Plenty of work but when you see the effects and changes you made it is great to have a possibility to work on it. 

I hope that this year the economy will be good enough to finish all the projects I plan to do. But you never know. Having this uncertainty in mind you stay cool whatever happens. 

So many plans, so little time - lets get to work !

You got it ! For good and bad. :)

I've just read about the new regulations in health securities that Obama will sign within several days. We were always discussing that your system, your freedom in choosing to be or not insured is good. We have never seen people dying in the streets or civil disorders caused by uninsured people. Propaganda in the communism time surely would had shown us such scenes. And now when our system is inadequate, in fact its broken but no one will say it loud, now when we need a change you stab us in the back. We can not say any more : Look there is a not third-world country where it is your choice what to do with your money. 

But its not a single act. What you are observing is a neverending story of society transformation. People, as I mentioned some posts ago, do not want to think. They want to focus on the next part of soap opera or who was the real girl of T.Woods. They do not want to decide because they do not want to make a mistake and be blamed. That is why they put so much power in the hands of government - they want to have their guy to be kick if its worse. And that is why the difference between republicans and democrats are getting smaller and smaller. People are not interested in the real but in promises. The one who promise more wins. Although keeping the promise can bring them, their country to ruin it does not matter. Then they will vote for "the other one". What is important is that it is not their fault. That is a fault of politicians who did something wrong. They are not voting for democrats or republicans any more - they just vote for "the other guys". And most of the time "guys" are thinking how to calm down the society. No matter of cost in term of money or human beings. They want a bread -  give them bread. They want games - we will give them games. What it will be later ? Does not matter - "guys" are safe and secure. What about us ? 

Sometime ago I thought that the revolution is the only way to change things as they are. But I do not think so any more. Why is that you would ask. It is because that revolution it our world does not make sense. In the end you will lead the heard of sheep and nothing would change. People do not want "to know", do not want to decide, do not want to think, they prefer to be a part of the machine , the part of the heard. So in the end everything would be as it was before revolution. 

People do not want to be taught, so even giving them facts as I wrote about 9/11 does not change their world, their attitude and as soon as possible they will forget about the truth cause it is inconvenient. I stopped learning them about the facts, I do not want to change their minds any more cause it is Sisyphus work. But I do not want to be the part of the heard so I am trying to do something with my knowledge. That had brought me to the point where I found that I can call myself prepper.

When I read about revolutions in your posts - it is great idea. Even greater when done with politicians chosen by us without single drop of blood fallen. But it is utopia. We can discuss it, find the good sides and the bad ones, think about what need to be changed. But it will never happen. There are too little people who would like to be responsible for such actions, for what it will be "the day after". So I think that writing about positive revolution today is just a science fiction - nice but impossible. Of course negative revolution as a civil disorder can happen. But it will have no aim, no sense - it will just show the fury of people, their attitude to what they authorities represent. It can end up with civil war but I do not think so - some leaders would go to jail, some concentration camp will be filled up with "extremists" and it will be as it is now. Just some supermarkets robbed, shop windows broken, cars burned.

So you got your health insured now - for good and bad. It will ruin your budget and  raise your taxes. Think now what to do being sure that it will happened. Be just wiser of the people who do not think about it or think that it will be all right - because it won't be. Within several years your deficit will be relatively doubled - where you personally will be then with your finance, savings, insurances and so on ? Think about it.

My new plant. Ideal for preppers purposes.

I've just ordered a plant which is ideal for preppers purposes. It's Topinambur (Jerusalem artichoke, Helianthus tuberosus).

It can be applied in many ways.  The main two are :

1. You can dry its green top, mix and make briquettes or pellets.

2. You can eat or sell the bottom part.

More : It is very useful when dealing with bees. It is rich source of inulin which is healthy when eaten and pharmaceutical industry is interested in. It can be eaten by diabetics due to lack of starch.

Here you can find some recipes.

Here some about the plant.

Here some info about inulin.

I plan to plant them in the area of 100 sq. m. in the first year to see how it really works and... tastes :)

Where are the real fundamentalists ?

One of the last posts on APN was about threat of nuclear attack on the USA. It is sometimes called another 9/11. When I had been looking for any materials about possibility of such attack I was immediately reminded with all the info about 9/11. And we had another discussion here. It was about who is really fundamentalist, who is really blind to the facts in the world. We found that we are not so far from you - Americans, though we know that 9/11 was inside job of US, we do nothing with this knowledge. The truth is too painful to be considered as truth. We want to forget about it cause it would make our lives to change completely. So we deny.

We look at the proofs and evidences and we assent. But a minute after we close it we deny. We reject it cause otherwise it had to change our lifestyle, our attitude, everything... 

The same is with the faith. Even if seen the miracle would be rejected as the life of Jesus was. Because it would had changed too much. In lives of these people, in the world, in the attitude to life, to wealth, governments, freedom... 

So we believe, only believe in the kindness and uprightness of our governments. And nothing more cause all the evidences are against them. We look but we do not see. We know but we do nothing with this knowledge. And who is the real fundamentalist in this world ? Iranian ? Are you kidding ??? Look in the mirror.