GAPS Interview

This is perhaps the most important health information I have ever seen. I have studied a lot in this area as I have had health challenges all my life, and also because I have a long time interest in helping others with health issues. Aside from what this promises from a personal health perspective, I see a great business opportunity here. There is only one certified GAPS practicioner in Arizona, and she is in Flagstaff. Every city and town in America and beyond should have its practicioners as well as its feremnters. They should be as common as your local butcher, or produce seller.

Ficus Bonsai

The mother of one of our former residents likes to bring by used clothing and stuff for the house. A couple of months ago, she brought me a bonsai pot. Someone had given it to her, but the tree had died. She knows I like plants, so she thought I might do better. I long wanted to try bonsai, but have never got around to it. I took this as my cue that it was time. I was able to get this ginseng ficus for $15.00 at a local nursery. They repotted it for free. Ficus is the fig tree family.

Spring Garden

These are photos of our little spring garden. In the foreground of the top picture are Navajo squash from Native Seed Search. They are a local company preserving seed of plants adapted to our desert. Years ago, I grew some Hopi squash from the same company. You could almost watch them grow. They spread out 40' in every direction. The Hubbard-like squash was so big that I couldn't cut it with a knife. I had to use a hacksaw. These ones are just getting started. The second photo shows foreground veggies grown from seeds of Landreth Seeds in Pennsylvania. They are over 200 years old and sold seed to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. They are preserving heirloom varieties. We need to support small companies like this so that we keep a diversity of seed supplies. I don't like to see Monsanto manopolizing the industry. I have two varieties of lettuce, Swiss chard, spinach, collards and 2 kinds of winter squash in this plot. I used the PVC frame to hold bird netting over the garden. The garden is right next to our chicken pen, and the sparrows are attracted to their grain. Then they would like to get into the garden.