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Monday, March 28, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Hakurei turnips - Japan
Hakurei
Gourmet turnips so smooth and pretty and with tidy tops too! Roots and smooth, dark green leaves are best used in salads! Japanese breeding produces uniform, globe-shaped roots with snow-white skin and a crisp texture. Grow short rows frequently so the fresh roots and tops are available to you from spring to fall.
Matures in 35 days. (hybrid seeds) Summer turnips are great for salads, pickles, and stir-fries. The tops are a Newfoundland specialty. Try turnip greens sautéed with garlic and olive oil. Wilt them and put them in an omelette or a quiche or stuff them inside a chicken breast.
Any place that you would use spinach or Swiss chard, you can give turnip greens a try.
Seeds and description from West Coast Seeds: http://www.westcoastseeds.com/productdetail/vegetable-seeds/Turnips/Hakurei/
Story about growing them: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Littlest-Acre-Organics/154784147910964?sk=wall#!/photo.php?fbid=161391730583539&set=a.159039154152130.34909.154784147910964&theater
Gourmet turnips so smooth and pretty and with tidy tops too! Roots and smooth, dark green leaves are best used in salads! Japanese breeding produces uniform, globe-shaped roots with snow-white skin and a crisp texture. Grow short rows frequently so the fresh roots and tops are available to you from spring to fall.
Matures in 35 days. (hybrid seeds) Summer turnips are great for salads, pickles, and stir-fries. The tops are a Newfoundland specialty. Try turnip greens sautéed with garlic and olive oil. Wilt them and put them in an omelette or a quiche or stuff them inside a chicken breast.
Any place that you would use spinach or Swiss chard, you can give turnip greens a try.
Seeds and description from West Coast Seeds: http://www.westcoastseeds.com/productdetail/vegetable-seeds/Turnips/Hakurei/
Story about growing them: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Littlest-Acre-Organics/154784147910964?sk=wall#!/photo.php?fbid=161391730583539&set=a.159039154152130.34909.154784147910964&theater
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Dirk Becker said,"I hope some of you can understand this pedantic, obfuscating windbaggery."
March 23, 2011 Please CLICK on highlighted text to go to link.
RE: Protect Urban Agriculture, Save Compassion Farm...
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_143703205679538&ref=ts
Dirk Becker said, "I hope some of you can understand this pedantic, obfuscating windbaggery." in relationship to this story http://thelog.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Mar11Community-Update_Urban-Agriculture_Mar-2011.pdf thelog.ca
pedantic, obfuscating windbaggery Say, what?
pedantic pe·dan·tic (p-dntk) adj. Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details. pe·danti·cal·ly adv.
Synonyms: pedantic, academic, bookish, donnish, scholastic
These adjectives mean marked by a narrow, often tiresome focus on or display of learning and especially its trivial aspects: a pedantic writing style; an academic insistence on precision; a bookish vocabulary; donnish refinement of speech; scholastic and excessively subtle reasoning.
obfuscating ob·fus·cate (bf-skt, b-fskt) tr.v. ob·fus·cat·ed, ob·fus·cat·ing, ob·fus·cates 1. To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: "A great effort was made . . . to obscure or obfuscate the truth" (Robert Conquest). 2. To render indistinct or dim; darken: The fog obfuscated the shore.
[Latin obfuscre, obfusct-, to darken : ob-, over; see ob- + fuscre, to darken (from fuscus, dark).]
obfus·cation n. ob·fusca·tory (b-fsk-tôr, -tr, b-) adj.
windbaggery [ˈwɪndˌbægərɪ] n Informal lengthy talk or discussion with little or no interesting content
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Oh, guess I better read it...hmm
http://thelog.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Mar11Community-Update_Urban-Agriculture_Mar-2011.pdf
thelog.ca (and this about the cancellation of the previous meeting..http://thelog.ca/?p=395)
Well, I printed this 2 page pedantic, obfuscating windbaggery missive, then tried to OCR (Optical Character Recognition) it when I noticed at the bottom http://www.lantzville.ca/ and followed that and on the website searched TUP (Temporary Use Permit) http://www.lantzville.ca/cms.asp?wpID=543 and this
__________________________________________________________________________________
PDF Version: Message from Mayor Haime re: Urban Agriculture - March 2011
Message from Mayor Colin Haime to the residents of the District of Lantzville …
I write today to provide residents of the community with clarification and additional information as it relates to the issue of Urban Agriculture.
The issue of Urban Agriculture was brought to the forefront of our community as a result of a property owner who is currently conducting intensive agricultural activity on land that is zoned residential and therefore, does not comply with the “District of Lantzville Zoning Bylaw No. 60, 2005”.
While Council acknowledges the importance of sustainability and appreciates the efforts made by its citizens to be self-sufficient, also of importance to Council is ensuring that issues affecting land uses are those that are both desired and supported by its citizens and are regulated in such a way that encourages harmonious relationships amongst neighbours and minimizes potential negative impacts to our community.
The issue of urban agriculture has gained prominence in recent years as more and more people are interested in bringing agricultural activities into cities and towns. Some British Columbia communities have been considering a wide range of issues relating to urban agriculture, including but not limited to, keeping of animals and fowl, small plot intensive farming, gate sales, 100 mile diets, community gardens, water use, composting and reintroducing markets. These are all issues that need to be considered by Council as we embark on community wide discussions which would see Council contemplating amendments to the District’s Zoning Bylaw and the Official Community Plan.
Further, while there are examples of bylaws from other municipalities in British Columbia, it will be essential to develop a “made in Lantzville” approach that recognizes the urban and rural character of varying neighbourhoods within our community including the diversity of the parcel sizes, density of development and our limited water supply. Although Council has been receiving a variety of communications on the numerous benefits of local food production, there have also been concerns expressed as it relates to the increase of traffic, odour (stemming from the organic materials used in these instances), importation of foreign materials, potential contaminants, potential well contamination, water use and pests. Further, the question has been raised as to why intensive agricultural activities should be allowed within residential areas when there is significant agriculturally zoned properties that are not currently being used for agricultural activities.
Steps To Be Taken
On behalf of Council, I wish to express to the residents of this community that Council has made the commitment to look at creating and/or amending the District’s existing policies and procedures that may facilitate urban agriculture on a community wide basis. However, it is important for the residents of this community to appreciate the extreme comprehensiveness of this process and in order to ensure meaningful communications, thorough discussions, and most importantly adequately addressing the numerous components that make up urban agriculture, we will require a substantial amount of time to do so. To quickly bring in zoning amendments without considering the diverse effects of the issue could create unintended consequences. To attempt to correct these consequences in the future may not be possible.
Members of Council will contemplate, coordinate and schedule a variety of community consultation, retention of ‘specialists and/or consultants’ familiar with the issue of urban agriculture and the participation of all stakeholders. As mentioned previously this is not a quick process. Other communities on Vancouver Island have taken well over a year and their communities are not as diverse in nature as Lantzville (e.g., Victoria and Oak Bay).
Temporary Use Permit Process
While the community considers the issue of urban agriculture over the next number of months the bylaw infraction remains and as an interim measure, Council elected to amend the existing Zoning Bylaw to permit Council the ability to issue a Temporary Use Permit (TUP) which, if approved by Council, would allow a use that is not permitted by the Zoning Bylaw to be legally contained on the subject property for a specified time period.
(NOTE: Provincial legislation permits a TUP to be approved for a period of up to three years, with an option to renew for an additional three year period).
Again, while this does not address the community wide issue of urban agriculture, it was a mechanism for Council to streamline a process that would essentially legalize an illegal use of a residentially zoned property, albeit on a temporary basis. Further, Council believes that putting the TUP process in place will allow for consideration of such a permit for properties such as those carrying out agricultural type activities so that they may operate legally while Council engages and works with the community to investigate and review the subject of farming in both an urban and rural context.
To date, Council has received input from both citizens and others outside of Lantzville on both the benefits and challenges of urban agriculture. Further, Council acknowledges that what is needed is a deeper conversation on recognizing these benefits and problems and creating a balance of the issues associated with local food production and how to accommodate such uses in the community of Lantzville. Council acknowledges that guidelines, policies and bylaws that reflect a Lantzville friendly approach to urban agriculture are needed and Council has committed to spend the time required to make such accommodations.
Public Hearing - March 21st, 2011
There is a Public Hearing scheduled for Monday, March 21st, 2011 at Costin Hall related to Temporary Use Permits in general.
This Public Hearing on “District of Lantzville Zoning Bylaw No. 60, 2005, Amendment Bylaw No. 60.22, 2011” is to allow for the legislated public process whereby individuals will be given the opportunity to speak to the issue of whether or not Council should amend the District’s Zoning Bylaw which would grant Council the ability to issue Temporary Use Permits for uses that are currently not permitted in the District’s Zoning Bylaw.
This Public Hearing is not intended to be a discussion regarding the advantages or disadvantages of urban agriculture nor is it intended to be a discussion regarding whether or not a Temporary Use Permit should be issued for any specific property. In the future, if Council considers specific Temporary Use Permit applications or if Council considers changes to the District’s Zoning Bylaw to allow for urban agriculture, additional public hearings will be required to be held.
Last Modified: Mar 15, 2011 Copyright © 2011
__________________________________________________________________________________
LMFAO, in other words Mayor Haime is engaged in pedantic, obfuscating windbaggery rather than dealing with the issue! The regulatory authorities intend to spin a web of red tape. Well, we know how to deal with this right?
1. Encourage people to obtain a copy of the By-laws and SNITCH on their neighbours for the slightest infraction... Administration Bylaws, Financial Bylaws, Land Use / Planning Bylaws, Traffic & Parking Bylaw, Water Bylaws, Sewer Bylaws, Fire / Emergency Services Bylaws, Noise Bylaw, Election Bylaw, Unsightly Premises, Fireworks Bylaw and Permit, Animal Control
2. Encourage people to appeal their assessments to BC Assessment Authority on the basis of UNREASONABLE RESTRICTIONS...that make it impossible to pay ones taxes...
3. Regime change: Next election run for office or attend all candidates meetings and remind people of what the incumbent has done.
4. Go Public... As is being done now, twittering and using social networking to make strategic alliances... and expose pedantic, obfuscating windbaggery.
5. Appeal to a higher authority: Isn't Lantzville in the Regional District of Nanaimo? Government of BC, Provincial Bylaws. Government of Canada. Rights and Freedoms. Right to farm? This last one is a good one!
6. Civil disobedience... Oh my! What can they do if you don't comply with ridiculous Bylaws? And refuse to pay their fines? Add them to your taxes? See #2 above.
7. As a last resort, personally sue in Provincial Court of BC which is plaintiff friendly in that LAWYERS are not an advantage to the defendant...
RE: Protect Urban Agriculture, Save Compassion Farm...
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_143703205679538&ref=ts
Dirk Becker said, "I hope some of you can understand this pedantic, obfuscating windbaggery." in relationship to this story http://thelog.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Mar11Community-Update_Urban-Agriculture_Mar-2011.pdf thelog.ca
pedantic, obfuscating windbaggery Say, what?
pedantic pe·dan·tic (p-dntk) adj. Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details. pe·danti·cal·ly adv.
Synonyms: pedantic, academic, bookish, donnish, scholastic
These adjectives mean marked by a narrow, often tiresome focus on or display of learning and especially its trivial aspects: a pedantic writing style; an academic insistence on precision; a bookish vocabulary; donnish refinement of speech; scholastic and excessively subtle reasoning.
obfuscating ob·fus·cate (bf-skt, b-fskt) tr.v. ob·fus·cat·ed, ob·fus·cat·ing, ob·fus·cates 1. To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: "A great effort was made . . . to obscure or obfuscate the truth" (Robert Conquest). 2. To render indistinct or dim; darken: The fog obfuscated the shore.
[Latin obfuscre, obfusct-, to darken : ob-, over; see ob- + fuscre, to darken (from fuscus, dark).]
obfus·cation n. ob·fusca·tory (b-fsk-tôr, -tr, b-) adj.
windbaggery [ˈwɪndˌbægərɪ] n Informal lengthy talk or discussion with little or no interesting content
(How to thank TFD - The Free Dictionary, for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.)
Oh, guess I better read it...hmm
http://thelog.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Mar11Community-Update_Urban-Agriculture_Mar-2011.pdf
thelog.ca (and this about the cancellation of the previous meeting..http://thelog.ca/?p=395)
Well, I printed this 2 page pedantic, obfuscating windbaggery missive, then tried to OCR (Optical Character Recognition) it when I noticed at the bottom http://www.lantzville.ca/ and followed that and on the website searched TUP (Temporary Use Permit) http://www.lantzville.ca/cms.asp?wpID=543 and this
__________________________________________________________________________________
PDF Version: Message from Mayor Haime re: Urban Agriculture - March 2011
Message from Mayor Colin Haime to the residents of the District of Lantzville …
I write today to provide residents of the community with clarification and additional information as it relates to the issue of Urban Agriculture.
The issue of Urban Agriculture was brought to the forefront of our community as a result of a property owner who is currently conducting intensive agricultural activity on land that is zoned residential and therefore, does not comply with the “District of Lantzville Zoning Bylaw No. 60, 2005”.
While Council acknowledges the importance of sustainability and appreciates the efforts made by its citizens to be self-sufficient, also of importance to Council is ensuring that issues affecting land uses are those that are both desired and supported by its citizens and are regulated in such a way that encourages harmonious relationships amongst neighbours and minimizes potential negative impacts to our community.
The issue of urban agriculture has gained prominence in recent years as more and more people are interested in bringing agricultural activities into cities and towns. Some British Columbia communities have been considering a wide range of issues relating to urban agriculture, including but not limited to, keeping of animals and fowl, small plot intensive farming, gate sales, 100 mile diets, community gardens, water use, composting and reintroducing markets. These are all issues that need to be considered by Council as we embark on community wide discussions which would see Council contemplating amendments to the District’s Zoning Bylaw and the Official Community Plan.
Further, while there are examples of bylaws from other municipalities in British Columbia, it will be essential to develop a “made in Lantzville” approach that recognizes the urban and rural character of varying neighbourhoods within our community including the diversity of the parcel sizes, density of development and our limited water supply. Although Council has been receiving a variety of communications on the numerous benefits of local food production, there have also been concerns expressed as it relates to the increase of traffic, odour (stemming from the organic materials used in these instances), importation of foreign materials, potential contaminants, potential well contamination, water use and pests. Further, the question has been raised as to why intensive agricultural activities should be allowed within residential areas when there is significant agriculturally zoned properties that are not currently being used for agricultural activities.
Steps To Be Taken
On behalf of Council, I wish to express to the residents of this community that Council has made the commitment to look at creating and/or amending the District’s existing policies and procedures that may facilitate urban agriculture on a community wide basis. However, it is important for the residents of this community to appreciate the extreme comprehensiveness of this process and in order to ensure meaningful communications, thorough discussions, and most importantly adequately addressing the numerous components that make up urban agriculture, we will require a substantial amount of time to do so. To quickly bring in zoning amendments without considering the diverse effects of the issue could create unintended consequences. To attempt to correct these consequences in the future may not be possible.
Members of Council will contemplate, coordinate and schedule a variety of community consultation, retention of ‘specialists and/or consultants’ familiar with the issue of urban agriculture and the participation of all stakeholders. As mentioned previously this is not a quick process. Other communities on Vancouver Island have taken well over a year and their communities are not as diverse in nature as Lantzville (e.g., Victoria and Oak Bay).
Temporary Use Permit Process
While the community considers the issue of urban agriculture over the next number of months the bylaw infraction remains and as an interim measure, Council elected to amend the existing Zoning Bylaw to permit Council the ability to issue a Temporary Use Permit (TUP) which, if approved by Council, would allow a use that is not permitted by the Zoning Bylaw to be legally contained on the subject property for a specified time period.
(NOTE: Provincial legislation permits a TUP to be approved for a period of up to three years, with an option to renew for an additional three year period).
Again, while this does not address the community wide issue of urban agriculture, it was a mechanism for Council to streamline a process that would essentially legalize an illegal use of a residentially zoned property, albeit on a temporary basis. Further, Council believes that putting the TUP process in place will allow for consideration of such a permit for properties such as those carrying out agricultural type activities so that they may operate legally while Council engages and works with the community to investigate and review the subject of farming in both an urban and rural context.
To date, Council has received input from both citizens and others outside of Lantzville on both the benefits and challenges of urban agriculture. Further, Council acknowledges that what is needed is a deeper conversation on recognizing these benefits and problems and creating a balance of the issues associated with local food production and how to accommodate such uses in the community of Lantzville. Council acknowledges that guidelines, policies and bylaws that reflect a Lantzville friendly approach to urban agriculture are needed and Council has committed to spend the time required to make such accommodations.
Public Hearing - March 21st, 2011
There is a Public Hearing scheduled for Monday, March 21st, 2011 at Costin Hall related to Temporary Use Permits in general.
This Public Hearing on “District of Lantzville Zoning Bylaw No. 60, 2005, Amendment Bylaw No. 60.22, 2011” is to allow for the legislated public process whereby individuals will be given the opportunity to speak to the issue of whether or not Council should amend the District’s Zoning Bylaw which would grant Council the ability to issue Temporary Use Permits for uses that are currently not permitted in the District’s Zoning Bylaw.
This Public Hearing is not intended to be a discussion regarding the advantages or disadvantages of urban agriculture nor is it intended to be a discussion regarding whether or not a Temporary Use Permit should be issued for any specific property. In the future, if Council considers specific Temporary Use Permit applications or if Council considers changes to the District’s Zoning Bylaw to allow for urban agriculture, additional public hearings will be required to be held.
Last Modified: Mar 15, 2011 Copyright © 2011
__________________________________________________________________________________
LMFAO, in other words Mayor Haime is engaged in pedantic, obfuscating windbaggery rather than dealing with the issue! The regulatory authorities intend to spin a web of red tape. Well, we know how to deal with this right?
1. Encourage people to obtain a copy of the By-laws and SNITCH on their neighbours for the slightest infraction... Administration Bylaws, Financial Bylaws, Land Use / Planning Bylaws, Traffic & Parking Bylaw, Water Bylaws, Sewer Bylaws, Fire / Emergency Services Bylaws, Noise Bylaw, Election Bylaw, Unsightly Premises, Fireworks Bylaw and Permit, Animal Control
2. Encourage people to appeal their assessments to BC Assessment Authority on the basis of UNREASONABLE RESTRICTIONS...that make it impossible to pay ones taxes...
3. Regime change: Next election run for office or attend all candidates meetings and remind people of what the incumbent has done.
4. Go Public... As is being done now, twittering and using social networking to make strategic alliances... and expose pedantic, obfuscating windbaggery.
5. Appeal to a higher authority: Isn't Lantzville in the Regional District of Nanaimo? Government of BC, Provincial Bylaws. Government of Canada. Rights and Freedoms. Right to farm? This last one is a good one!
6. Civil disobedience... Oh my! What can they do if you don't comply with ridiculous Bylaws? And refuse to pay their fines? Add them to your taxes? See #2 above.
7. As a last resort, personally sue in Provincial Court of BC which is plaintiff friendly in that LAWYERS are not an advantage to the defendant...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Urban Farming - Save Compassion Farm, Nanaimo Regional District
Someone complained? This SINGLE complainant (we know who you are!) should be singled out for special treatment by the regulatory authorities, council and citizens of Lantzville, the Regional District of Nanaimo, the Province of B.C., indeed the world, for bringing this to the attention of us all.
Thanks to you, things will change.
This former misuse of residential zoning by a former tenant and relative of the previous owner into a strip mine (soil and gravel pit), then an illegal dump, with street views of an asphalt pile and scrap metal tanks before will now be seen and recognized for what it is NOW!
Thanks for bringing Dirk Becker, his friends and others to our attention. This exposure couldn't be bought. I think along with Dirk Becker receiving international recognition for his work, YOU should too. Thanks!
Only love will remain. Love God, love one another.
Thanks to you, things will change.
This former misuse of residential zoning by a former tenant and relative of the previous owner into a strip mine (soil and gravel pit), then an illegal dump, with street views of an asphalt pile and scrap metal tanks before will now be seen and recognized for what it is NOW!
Thanks for bringing Dirk Becker, his friends and others to our attention. This exposure couldn't be bought. I think along with Dirk Becker receiving international recognition for his work, YOU should too. Thanks!
Only love will remain. Love God, love one another.
Backyard Farm Battle
http://grownfoods.blogspot.com/2011/03/backyard-farm-battle.html
Dirk Becker
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=685746166
Protect Urban Agriculture, Save Compassion Farm... http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_143703205679538
Thursday, March 17, 2011
FALLOUT! Radioactivity+Remedies
radioactivity+remedies http://bit.ly/ihduQw
radioactivity+macrobiotics http://bit.ly/i1BXpD
First Coast Stores Sell Out of So Called Radiation Remedies http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/article/196595/3/First-Coast-Stores-Sell-Out-of-So-Called-Radiation-Remedies
radioactivity+macrobiotics http://bit.ly/i1BXpD
Potassium iodide and iodine
Potassium Iodide - SOLD OUT? See Radioactivity+Macrobiotic http://grownfoods.blogspot.com/2011/03/potassium-iodide-sold-out-see.htm
(Live link)First Coast Stores Sell Out of So Called Radiation Remedies http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/article/196595/3/First-Coast-Stores-Sell-Out-of-So-Called-Radiation-Remedies
Preparations
Modifilian - Removes Heavy Metals and Radiation Poisoning from the Body
http://bit.ly/ebcpsU
Natural Ways To Reduce Childrens's Radiation Risk
Macrobiotic Kitchen
SEE YOUR LOCAL HEALTH FOOD STORE FOR INFORMATION AND SUPPLIES
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Macrobiotic Kitchen: How effective Macrobiotic diet for radiation..
Potassium Iodide? Sold out? What now? What did people do after Nagasaki and Hiroshima? This is a good blog to start to understand how macrobiotics can help us now.
Macrobiotic Kitchen: How effective Macrobiotic diet for radiation..: "This information from my friends: In August 1945, after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Dr. Akizuki saved the lives of all radioactive disea..."
Macrobiotic Kitchen: How effective Macrobiotic diet for radiation..: "This information from my friends: In August 1945, after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Dr. Akizuki saved the lives of all radioactive disea..."
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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Radioactivity Concerns? EAT Foods High in Iodine http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/natural-foods-high-in-iodine.php