I am planning a Family Resilience series. The goal will be to create a calm place where families learn what resilience means, allowing them to build more into their lives, step by step. Many of our community members already carry resilience in their life. As we share our wins and misses in the journey, those coming behind us will benefit. This series will meet members where they are. It will bring practical education with real examples, so our Inner Circle stays solid. Inner Circle means assuring the non-negotiables: food, water, shelter, first aid, and planning ahead for the unexpected. With spring nearing, we will start a 16-week gardening module. Posts will live in a category named Spring Oasis Build, so we can follow, comment, learn together, and share wisdom with the next generation. Our example build will use a hoop house in Zone 7b for a near year-round growing scenario. Our community spans Zones 3 to 10 across several countries so calendar dates will shift by zone. We will use shared anchors to stay aligned; last and first frost date, average nighttime lows, and soil temperatures at 2 in (5 cm) and 4 in (10 cm) depth. As well, each household will have different time availability, budget, and space. We will do what we can and allow nature to multiply our effort. Project Description: We will focus on one 12 ft by 22 ft planting bed, divided into four rows, each 3 ft by 22 ft. After a narrow herb border plus access paths, planted area will be about 225 sq ft. Our soil texture will vary as well. Our test bed is second year clay base with a couple inches of one year old organic matter on top. Each playing along can set their own area although for comparison, it would be nice to designate an approximate 200 sq ft space. Through community decision, we will only use heirloom seeds. Goal: We will grow $1,000 in grocery replacement value through succession planting. We will keep the same bed in production by rotating crops through the seasons. We will track growing conditions and harvest totals plus estimated grocery value as we go.

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Hello Community, With food being an important part of survival, I looked at the USDA Climate zones for everyone to get an idea when each of us plant and grow in our areas. It appears we have most everyone in winter currently from Alaska to Florida zones 3-10 in US and Canada; UK, Spain and Italy zones 6-10. We also have a few members in Central and Southern Africa and Australia where their winter is June and August US zones 6-10 for comparison and their winters typically carry very heavy rains. Lets discuss your current season and when you plan or if you are planting snap, pole or bush beans?

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I hope this morning is energizing and full of sunshine for you. We are growing along here at 37 currently. Some are fully into their growing season and some are beginning to start seeds indoors. And some like me are building compost piles to begin the organic matter degradation process to give nature a boost in the coming season. All said, I would like to start something over the next month or so. My idea is to run through our roster to help everyone meet each other. I would like to build an Oasis in the class room to house some theoretical growing schedules helping each other understand where we are and where we would like to be. One at a time, I will highlight a member with information I currently know about them, post it and then allow them to fill in the blanks. This will give me info to get their oasis file started. This will also give us a chance to chat with each other and get to know each other calmly and effectively to match both our gardening and emergency preparedness style; calm, smooth and collected. Anyone who does not want to be highlighted, please DM me so we can discuss. Thank you... Love every one of you... Have a wonderful new day....