On Feb 14, 2008, at 5:42 pm, Robert Kesterson wrote:
> I don't have a problem with a bit of soil. But be careful of
> relying on anecdotal evidence. You could argue that eating
> processed grains must be OK since lots of people do it every day and
> don't fall over. At least not immediately.
I will heed this advice and remember not to let soil become a staple
food :)
> I just throw everything into one big pile. The vegetable matter for
> the carbon, and the manure for the nitrogen. It seems to work out OK.
>
> It reminds me of a strange occurrence, though. Last summer we
> bought a pineapple at the grocery store. Cut the top off, ate the
> rest, and threw the top on the compost pile. To my complete
> surprise, it took root and started growing. I dug it up and put it
> in a pot, so now I have a pineapple growing in our living room. I
> looked it up online, and apparently you can do that and grow
> yourself a pineapple. It takes two or three years for it to flower
> and fruit, but supposedly it will. (Yeah, I know, probably not
> paleo.)
Hey I might try that for fun. We used to have a yukka and I miss
that. I dug it into the field outside the office I used to work at,
that was in September. Not sure if it's still alive, I might drive
past and have a look one night. We had a few early frosts, but
otherwise it's been mild so it might have made it.
Here's a guide I found on growing pineapples:
http://www.rickswoodshopcreations.com/Pineapple/pineapple.htm
Do you need to live somewhere hot to do it, or will it survive indoors
in a temperate area with adequate global warming? I mean central
heating?
Ashley
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