tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post6759268673006351263..comments2023-06-19T14:29:21.755+02:00Comments on Path to Self Sufficiency: Anus miserabilis or of VertigoHeikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-370763272265664782011-01-01T01:59:04.369+01:002011-01-01T01:59:04.369+01:00Oh dear!
I don't know what I can say that will...Oh dear!<br />I don't know what I can say that will be of any use to you!<br />Maybe try to think of this as change rather than devastation?<br />Is it possible that when things settle the masses of topsoil washed onto your land will be easier to cultivate? or add fertility? or import useful seeds?<br /><br />As someone else said, you are safe. You haven't been evacuated for fear of sliding down a mountain! And eventually the sun will come out again and you will remember why you chose this life and this location.<br /><br />Keep warm, I hope 2011 brings you new hope and vigour!<br />Tara.sunflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01685422947511542795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-86466692087478711572010-12-31T20:57:35.210+01:002010-12-31T20:57:35.210+01:00Geologic events shouldn't be so personal! Mayb...Geologic events shouldn't be so personal! Maybe La Befana will leave you a Bobcat. We'll be around in May to help work or complain.Mike+Martha / apathtolunch.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10495644832434937856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-40281995074993772862010-12-31T11:22:35.865+01:002010-12-31T11:22:35.865+01:00Oh Heiko.
I feel for you both so much, and underst...Oh Heiko.<br />I feel for you both so much, and understand how you must be feeling, I know how I would be if it was us.. <br />Nothing anyone can say really will help. But I think Contadina is right, start planning again... the soil will still be there... maybe in a different place to usual.. but there to plant in. As soon as things pick up here I have plenty of seeds to send you.<br />How about colecting wood now and then when it does finally settle down weatherwise, maybe for this year build some box beds in the areas where the soil has landed... if you try to re arrange it all back to how it was you'll never have time to plant this season... so do some this year and work on it...<br />But for now... leave it.. more rain is bound to happen and you'll only get more dispirited if you keep trying to fix it now.. take a rest, plan for the worst case scenario and wait to see...<br />Anything I can help with.. let me know..<br />Pat<br />www.livingthedreamportugal.comRick and Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802936515884752605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-39269865732107459792010-12-30T08:15:57.038+01:002010-12-30T08:15:57.038+01:00Oh Heiko, I really feel for you.
Take a little t...Oh Heiko, I really feel for you. <br /><br />Take a little time for yourselves away from your land as it sounds as though there is nothing you can do at the moment and it will only depress you further, if you start fighting a loosing battle. <br /><br />Hopefully the land will have dried out sufficiently in a couple of weeks time allowing you to make repairs and get everything prepped for the spring growing season. In the meantime, maybe you could sow seeds in old loo rolls or pots; so at least you can get some seedlings on the go and feel like you are doing something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-5069924844409322632010-12-29T11:43:09.483+01:002010-12-29T11:43:09.483+01:00We always have in the back of our minds that natur...We always have in the back of our minds that nature could take away a years work and have come close to it a couple of times - still won't make us feel remotely better if or when it happens. Sympathy and understanding from Somerset - don't give up.Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16683201479430478856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-20379053001524262702010-12-29T08:50:37.028+01:002010-12-29T08:50:37.028+01:00Oh no, Heiko!
The climate is getting so chaotic ...Oh no, Heiko! <br /><br />The climate is getting so chaotic nothing can be predicted. And this kind of damage is world wide now, not just "somewhere else". And still there are those that think it will all just go away....<br /><br />I am so sorry for you Heiko. Maybe a little holiday in Tasmania would help??Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140249815996700049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-18540209363293075522010-12-28T21:42:15.781+01:002010-12-28T21:42:15.781+01:00Thank you everybody for your sympathies also throu...Thank you everybody for your sympathies also through personal messages and Facebook. Just to answer a to a couple of you. <br /><br />MikeH the picture with the red line is taken from the messy neighbou's land, which itself is not visible. You can see there much worse damaged land on the top photo. We have almost a hundred trees and shrubs on our land and bar 1 kiwi, a pear tree and a fig tree all remain relatively unscathed. It's the flat bits for growing veg inbetween which have vanished.<br /><br />Babette, thanks for the offer of help and a get away. If you feel like digging in May, no doubt we won't have finished by then. As for staying at yours, tempting, but we'll probably come some time when you are there too.<br /><br />A friend just sent me this link of the floods about 2km from our land: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI9dKfPyFLMHeikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-59675283565386718002010-12-28T21:19:27.767+01:002010-12-28T21:19:27.767+01:00I am so sorry for your devastating troubles. But, ...I am so sorry for your devastating troubles. But, look at it this way... you are both safe! You have it in your heart to give it a go again, and you will. <br /><br />I wish you the strength necessary to recover from this mess.Veggie PAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250455377130668508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-18484187219729164882010-12-28T20:18:28.201+01:002010-12-28T20:18:28.201+01:00Ouch. My sympathies.
In looking at the picture wi...Ouch. My sympathies.<br /><br />In looking at the picture with the red line, your neighbour's overgrown plot doesn't seem to have had the same damage as yours. Is it possible that there is a solution there? Perhaps you need to alternate some of your terraces with deeply or densely rooted plant material to provide a better anchor for the soil.<br /><br />Then again, I'm probably reading the picture entirely incorrectly.MikeHhttp://portageperennials.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-54022199600759273252010-12-28T18:24:43.699+01:002010-12-28T18:24:43.699+01:00So, so sorry! What can we do? Digging in May, wou...So, so sorry! What can we do? Digging in May, would that help? We will be away until then, but are happy to offer practical/manual help any time after that. Seeds? Can we send you some? Place to get away? Our house will be empty for February, if you can get here it is yours.<br /><br />Thinking of you<br /><br />Babette and PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-86214580653881269182010-12-28T17:13:52.771+01:002010-12-28T17:13:52.771+01:00Oh Heiko this is devastating. All your hard work....Oh Heiko this is devastating. All your hard work. I feel so sad for you and Susan. I really really hope you can salvage something from all this and that the bloody rain stops.<br /><br />Please try to stay positive...don't give up yet.<br /><br />Sending you both hugs xxxAyakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-60490992000051615032010-12-28T16:58:45.076+01:002010-12-28T16:58:45.076+01:00How absolutely awful. The landslides are really sh...How absolutely awful. The landslides are really shocking. The whole area is suffering, but hopefully the rain will hold off for a little and give your beds a chance to dry off. <br /><br />Sheila (CiaoLunigiana.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-16784883855955602602010-12-28T16:06:44.857+01:002010-12-28T16:06:44.857+01:00I'm so sorry my friend, that looks to be such ...I'm so sorry my friend, that looks to be such a terrible mess. You two have put so much work into all of your terraced beds...so frustrating. I hope your rainy weather lets up soon.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-87050421581955605102010-12-28T15:44:56.979+01:002010-12-28T15:44:56.979+01:00WOW! thats amazing! and horrible! and amazingly ho...WOW! thats amazing! and horrible! and amazingly horrible! please be very very careful!!! yikes!<br /><br />sending well wishes,<br />sisOhiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-31323197797459287152010-12-28T15:07:05.182+01:002010-12-28T15:07:05.182+01:00Heiko, I am so sorry this has happened! All your e...Heiko, I am so sorry this has happened! All your efforts destroyed in one day...<br /><br />I hope you will find the strength to re-build the terraces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com