Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 21437334)

When we first arrived in Belize, I asked the farmers what month does this, or that crop get planted/harvested. They had no idea. We plant corn at the end of the dry. We plant rice when the corn is waist high. After the cacao harvest, we plant this, clean that. And on and on. Their lives are cyclical, with no basis whatsoever on the gregorian calendar. And it has been so for thousands of years. The difference being that now, population density is such that those crops can no longer be relied upon. The soil, which used to rest for a minimum 25 years now rests for five years, at best, and often only two
Slash and burn 101

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 21437349)

My son is the WORST when it comes to keeping a secret.

My wife's bday is tomorrow and I wanted to bake a cake for her with the help of my son. While talking about it with him, I got the feeling that he really wanted to surprise her, so I came up with the plan of getting up a little early so that we'd have some time to at least get them in the over before she woke.

Fast forward to dinner prep with my wife, when she says to me, "Colin told me that I should sleep in tomorrow - sleep in as long as I want. Then he said, 'you're not at all suspicious about what might be going on while you sleep in, are you mom? Like, in the kitchen?""

:rolleyes:

Real smooth, little guy.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21437354)

wut

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21437338)

Who's your preferred storer of value? Mt. Gox?

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 21437380)

Slash and burn 101
I just knew you all would be interested

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 21437392)

Index mutual funds, stable stocks with OK dividends (anything that's at least 5% over 10 year average), etc.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 21437349)

My son is the WORST when it comes to keeping a secret.

My wife's bday is tomorrow and I wanted to bake a cake for her with the help of my son. While talking about it with him, I got the feeling that he really wanted to surprise her, so I came up with the plan of getting up a little early so that we'd have some time to at least get them in the over before she woke.

Fast forward to dinner prep with my wife, when she says to me, "Colin told me that I should sleep in tomorrow - sleep in as long as I want. Then he said, 'you're not at all suspicious about what might be going on while you sleep in, are you mom? Like, in the kitchen?""

:rolleyes:

Real smooth, little guy.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21437410)

So if you sell a wheel set you immediately plow the proceeds into $USO?

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 21437467)

I don't believe I've ever sold a wheelset in my life.

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 21437382)

The home button no longer works on my phone. What a pain

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 21437382)

The home button no longer works on my phone. What a pain

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21437395)

Why would anyone leave a field fallow for 25 years? Or even five years? Even if you had a huge amount of land and could afford that, it would become all overgrown again.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 21437733)

As @datlas said, you can add a virtual home button to your screen. However, when my home button stopped working, it meant that a chip or board or connection was dying and the entire phone was not long for this world. Especially in light of the current situation, I'd be preparing a replacement or backup plan.

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 21437813)

And I can't download from the play store either. Even after following the fixes provided. You might just be correct here.
How would I go about transferring all my files to a safe place in preparation?

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 21437753)

That's the point. Store up all that nutrition in the plants and trees. Then when you come back and slash and burn it, the ash is highly concentrared. Enough for two seasons. With low population density it works beautifully.
Slash and burn 101

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21437926)

Maybe they'll catch up with the last couple centuries and figure out crop rotation.

Originally Posted by abshipp (Post 21438011)

But isn't letting a field lay fallow the same thing?

I mean, you can't sell what grows except as hay, but it's the same principle.