Water Provides Nutrients

Water dissolves or ionizes various elements and compounds which plants use as food. To some degree, it also modulates the amount of such ions that are available to plants. Water will dissolve only a given amount of each element or compound before it becomes saturated. Under normal conditions it dissolves enough nutrients for plants to absorb, but not large enough amounts to be harmful to plants. Before pollution became a problem, water flowed through our waterways and selectively dissolved basic elements and compounds essential for supporting plant life in quantities which the plants could safely absorb.

Man can assist plants by dissolving certain nutrients directly into water or by placing solid fertilizers in the garden area for rainwater to slowly absorb and transport to plants throughout the season.

The Volks Garten

The Volks Garten






Table 0f Contents

Chapter 1Volks Garten A Garden For The Family
Chapter 2Evolution of the Family Garden
Chapter 3So Where's The Mud?
Chapter 4Other Gardening Techniques.
Chapter 5Other Considerations.
Chapter 6Symbiotic And Synergistic Considerations.
Chapter 7An Enhanced Three Sisters Garden Configuration.
Chapter 8The First Pyramid Intensive Garden.
Chapter 9Subtleenergy Garden Devices For The Volks Garten.
Chapter 10Further Refinement.
Chapter 11A Basic Volks Garten Configuration.
Chapter 12Increased Efficiency.
Chapter 13Increasing Crop Production Per Square Foot.
Chapter 14A Subtleenergy PyramidTrellis For The Volks Garten.
Chapter 15Early Season Subtleenergy Components.
Chapter 16Grow Frames vs Plastic Shield Assemblies.
Chapter 17Strategies.
Chapter 18A First Year Volks Garten.
Chapter 18The Outer Soil Mounds.
 
Appendix 1Criteria For The Family Garden.
Appendix 2Effects Of Magnets On Plants.
Appendix 3Sources.
Appendix 4A Carbon Dioxide Generator For The Volks Garten.
Appendix 5Birdhouse Specifications For Insect Eating Birds.
Appendix 6Plastic Shield Assembly.
Appendix 7Pyramid Assembly Instructions.
Appendix 8How To Design And Build A Grow Frame For The Volks Garten.
Appendix 9Homemade Whitewash For The Garden.
Appendix 10References.
Appendix 11Definitions.
Appendix 12Yantras For Gardening.


Chapter 1 -- Volks Garten- A Garden for the Family

During the 1930s, Professor Porshe designed the Volkswagen automobile for an average German family of four. Volkswagen in German means people's car, which indeed it was. It was a car that people could afford and it created manufacturing jobs for German citizens during the great depression. It was designed to go 40 miles per hour, cost no more than a medium sized motorcycle of its time, and perform in the harsh German climate without the protection of a garage. Due to cost restrictions it's performance was not maximized in any way. Even the horsepower and cubic displacement was designed to be just under the German tax and insurance rates to reduce the cost of owning and operating the vehicle. The Volkswagen design was a grand compromise that people of those times needed and could afford.

It was beefed up to serve as the German Jeep during the war and thereafter, it competed effectively in world markets for over 30 years. It was the only car that consumers could own that was reliable enough to be maintained over many years of service. It's body style changed so infrequently that one could buy a $2000 car and drive it for an entire generation without ever having to buy a new car. This reduced Detroit's auto sales and the U.S. Government finally placed environmental restrictions just under the Volkswagen's performance limits to prevent its further importation into this country. As a result, Americans now must purchase cars costing up to $40,000 and replace them every 5-6 years due to their low reliability and high maintenance costs.

Since World War II, nothing in this country has been done for the benefit of people. Everything has been done to perpetuate and expand big government and big business regardless of the consequences to our citizens. Constant wars were staged to muzzle complaints about the increased taxes and inflation required to expand government and industry. America's creative talents were channeled into developing military and space projects and engineers were forced to sign non competitive agreements in order to remain employed. This meant that they could not invent anything that competed with industry while they were employed on these wasteful, harmful, nonproductive projects. As a result, few useful products were developed in this country and the cost of supporting federal state, county and city governments increased approximately 7.5% a year since 1945.

Businesses passed forward labor and tax costs to their customers which significantly increased our cost of living. Cities were designed as low cost labor pools to support growing industrial needs. By the early 1990s, over 98% of our citizens were living in overcrowded dangerous cities. Drugs, crime, and AIDS become a normal way of life. The cities finally became so unsafe that a mass exodus to the rural areas of the country began.

Families are now striving to become more self sufficient and are seeking ways to become less dependent upon big government and big business for their survival. Self sufficiency is rapidly becoming not just the goal for a few, but a necessity for many American families. Unfortunately since W.W.II, our younger generations have not even learned the basic principles of gardening.

This book is for people who would like to raise their families in a more healthful, self sufficient manner. Volks garten in German means "people's garden", it is a garden for people. The Volkswagen of Germany was not a high performance car, and the Volks Garten is not a maximum performance garden. It is not based on hybrid seeds, machines, chemical fertilizers or pesticides. It is a compromise garden, designed for using subtle-energy techniques, recycled natural resources and open-pollinated plants in synchronization with God and our environment. This book presents garden configurations, techniques and strategies for reliably growing healthful food, at minimum cost and physical energy for supplementing the nutritional needs of American families during these stressful times.