“He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22:37-40
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Last Notes npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Fiat money makes banana republics! 😂 It's true, though! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Cool! Thank you! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Would you share the brand? Did you purchase on Amazon, or elsewhere? npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Maybe I'm a little slow right now, but why would removing all the leaves reduce transplant stress? npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Please let me know! My wife was just down in LA for a concert, so going down south for a Bitcoin/ASL event isn't out of the question. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I moved in 2011, and started learning in the fall of that year at the local community college. That would be a cool event! Even though it would be a bit of a trek it would be really cool to go to it. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Finally someone else who knows ASL is here! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy It's all going to zero against bitcoin npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Thanks for teaching me! And for the link for more info! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Unless you're a nudist! 😄 npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I have some too, though not nearly as much as you! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy "Site can't be reached" ? Did it move? npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Relays delete content? I thought that was one of the things Nostr was supposed to be was undeleteable. I'm not a techy person so maybe I just don't know. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Homemade, or at a restaurant? Just wondering if it's the lentils you had an allergic reaction to, or something else in the soup. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy This is actually quite a profound thought. Thank you @npub14hl…r6nl #nevent1q…z6zm npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy When you say garden clients, what do you do? Can I DM you about this? npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I'm replacing an electric one. Don't want the bill and hassle of changing to gas, and I hope to not live here too much longer anyways. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Are you also in California? I was just thinking that I hope I don't need a permission slip to replace my broken water heater; and what I would say if someone showed up while I was changing it. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Can I throw an additional controversial opinion in here? Naturism (also known as nudism but there are some differences) can be a cure for both the men and women who are in this circumstance, and indeed can be a cure for many of these related problems. You might think I'm crazy, but hear me out. If people are comfortable and confident in their own skin to the point of being completely nude around other completely nude people of all ages, sexes, races, physical handicaps, physical appearances, etc. they are going to have some pretty good self-confidence that can't be taken away from them. They'll also not be too likely to be going and seeking attention through using their bodies because they'll know that naturism is not about being sexy, in fact it is just as non-sexy as going to the supermarket, or work, or church. Naturism teaches self-respect, respect for others, and respect for our environment. It has been used by many people to overcome problems with pornography, as well as self-loathing due to body dismorphia. Many religious people have found it to enhance their faith, and if one studies the core beliefs, naturism doesn't conflict with any at all. The need to be clothed at all times is just a societal construct that when overcome will free us of many issues like the one which you have brought up. Some good starting places for more research are aanr.com American Association for Nude Recreation bn.org.uk British Naturism naturistsociety.com The Naturist Society mychainsaregone.org A great website about being free from a pornographic mindset. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy They have certainly added a wide range of genres to choose from, as well as the collector/adult level builds. Enjoy the never ending blooms! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy The Christmas Truce of 1914 happened between obedient government agents on both sides of a terrible, mortal conflict. They realized that they had higher, shared interests and responsibilities to each other and humanity than their Caesarical overlords. Not many of us are in a bombs and bullets fight for our lives, but still we can choose to set aside our differences and conflicts, whatever they are, and embrace each other as the brothers and sisters that we are. The soldiers that exchanged gifts that Christmas were transfered and chastised, and the powers that were upped the ante of the conflict, making it even more gruesome and hellish than it had been. In the age of the internet, the powers that be can try to censor us, but I have hope that humanity will win. How can you have a Truce this Christmas? How can your Truce last more than just a single day? Be the change you want to see in the world. Merry Christmas! 🎄 #ChristmasTruce #Christmas #Truce #grownostr https://youtu.be/NaBJhmkDKmc?si=_cM_a7A3_vxDRe3o npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Forgive my ignorance... I found my stats there on nostr.band but do I just have to scroll all the way to the beginning until I find that "first active"? npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I'm still not familiar with how to do much on nostr. How does one find their nostrversary? npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Since it has that story of the family starting a tree nursery, is it a local calendar? If not could you share what calendar it is? I'd love to have something like that in my home. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Absolutely me! #nevent1q…zfc8 npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Just found this song on YouTube. Here's to all the solid men out there. If you're feeling alone or isolated, let's talk. https://youtu.be/tHxip2x-PLc #men #strongmen #community #letstalk #grownostr npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I'm interested too. Curious how it will look here. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy That's pretty cool. Of course it's all fermentation, but I never would have thought to be able to start a ginger flavored drink with a flour based starter. I'll give it a try sometime. Thanks! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Sourdough started ginger beer? That sounds interesting. I've made ginger beer, but just use brewer's yeast. How do you start it with sourdough? npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I grew up in Utah but my dad is from California, so when I moved out it was to northern California to live among extended family here. There was a state wide, weekend long church function for the young singles that I didn't want to go to but everyone else was so I figured what the heck, and I caught a ride. My wife was about five months out from her divorce and didn't want to go either, but was supporting her sisters who were going. Now, I'm basically deaf without hearing aids and was studying sign language so naturally when I arrived I wanted to find anyone else who is Deaf or using ASL, and I found them. My now wife was also just starting to learn ASL so she was there in that circle too. We got in line for dinner and started chatting, but got split up. At the end of the night my ride was leaving but I made the excuse that I needed to go to the bathroom before the three hour drive, but I was looking for her too. She had left the building but came back in for some reason and was, coincidentally, right by the bathrooms. I found her, got her information, and after almost three and a half years of dating we got married, and now seven and a half years later we've added three more kids to the two she already had. Lots of divine intervention, but we fit each other so well, so we figure He knows what He's doing. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy 😆 npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Welcome Roy! I'm still new myself, but it's a good community here. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I mean technically it doesn't say zero daughters, it just says 7 sons. 😉 My wife is one of 7 daughters and their parents had 4 sons too. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Did you ever find out? I'd like to know too. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Despite the nanny surveillance state that I now live in, I am profoundly grateful to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence and the unknown thousands who fought for freedom from the crown; as well as the unknown millions who have fought for the ideals of liberty ever since. May we each fight for our own freedoms and liberty, every day and every way. God speed, and happy Independence Day! 🎆 #grownostr #freedom #liberty npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I purchased one last year. I think I'm right on the edge of a zone that it's good to grow in, since I'm in the central valley of California. It's still small and I haven't seen any fruit yet. Thanks for sharing about them! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy That's a great point, to not want to come to hate your hobby. Thanks for sharing all that! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy So basically just growing on your own land, and selling the excess of what you and your family can't eat or preserve? Besides the tomatoes do you plan to increase the size of your operation? npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy After seeing it a few times and musing over it for a couple days (yeah, I'm slow sometimes) I figured out what the fiat mines are. And here I am at my mine of choice. Happy Saturday, y'all. #fiatmines #grownostr npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy May I ask how you got started? I want to grow for market too. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Thanks for the zap! I finally got a wallet and connected Nostr to it, so you're the first. I hope those links are helpful! One of them also talks about how Purslane is edible. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Here's a couple of links I found that talk about look-alikes. https://www.growforagecookferment.com/foraging-purslane/#:~:text=Purslane%20Look%2DAlikes,be%20careful%20in%20their%20identification. https://backgarden.org/purslane-look-alikes/ npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy It looks like Common Purslane to me, but that could be wrong. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy My primary concern is how much is given in such short order. I also don't like how certain vaccines are pushed despite their 100% not being needed for the baby. An example is I believe it is hepatitis c, a sexually transmitted disease, that if the woman doesn't have it she can't pass it to the baby and the baby won't be sexually active for almost 2 decades. Just like circumcision, I believe many infant vaccines are pushed so hard so the hospital and doctors can get money. I don't have any links currently, but there are groups dedicated to this. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy @npub1587…kv0n has been called the pepper whisperer. He has a podcast called The Survival Podcast that you can search for his garden episodes and he gives his whole fertility regimen to make things grow great. It may not be pepper specific, but definitely worth looking into! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy We raise meat rabbits too. We haven't ever done the keychain thing though. Is it worth the money? I mean sure the rabbit feet are essentially free, but how much time does it take to do them? Maybe a side hustle idea for my older kids. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy It is a dance. It is a wrestle. It's being the director of a complex play. I love your writing style, in particular your post previous to this one about the moon being your confidant. May God bless you on your journey of self discovery and discovering who to include in those more precious parts of your story! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy This really is how most people lived for most of human history. Insurance today may serve its purpose from time to time in extreme circumstances, but self sufficiency really is the way to go. #nevent1q…zfl5 npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I don't have a wallet loaded up and connected yet (next thing to learn). I'm currently in the communist occupied state of California. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Makes sense. Easy mistake, especially if it's a young plant like that. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Thanks for posting. I hadn't heard about this until now. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I've kept a garden many years and I have a house full of houseplants, other than that no formal degree in horticulture or work on a farm. My opinion is that for millennia people didn't need a degree to work with plants, and in our modern era with access to the internet we have the ability to learn pretty much anything we need almost at a moments notice. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Lamb's Ear is a pretty common ornamental that is fairly low to the ground, has less pointy and more droopy leaves, and doesn't grow on tall stalks. It literally looks like lamb's ears. This looks like Mullein, which you can harvest and use for herbal purposes if you're of a mind to. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy As we try to disentangle ourselves from the systems put in place by society over the decades, centuries, and millennia, it seems as though there is another hurdle so many of us find it so hard to cross. That is how comfortable we are with ourselves. Our raw, naked selves. Perhaps behind closed doors you can unwind by stripping down, but how many of our fellow human beings are ashamed, embarrassed, disgusted, or just uncomfortable with the body they're in? Rules are put in place that we cannot show too much skin, lest it suddenly be discovered that everyone has a body just like everyone else. That we really are so much more alike than different. There is research that has been done by a Dr Keon West showing that nonsexual, communal nudity leads to feelings of self acceptance that can last for months afterwards. And more research is ongoing. I'm not saying that everyone has to call themselves a nudist or a naturist and get naked with dozens of people, but we should be willing to ask ourselves, deep down, what is it that is stopping us from that level of familiarity with ourselves, our closest associations, or even a stranger on the beach. #Nudism #Naturism #selfacceptance #grownostr https://nostr.build/i/b3b926b8263844b711cf8536d9260a6dcada02f09093f9fea25880f8c8df8bd1.jpg npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I have put in 8 years with my current company but I'm looking to start a farm, and do some garden coaching. I'm turning 35 next month. Sounds like we're in similar boats. Good luck to you! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I didn't think you could get reported or muted on Nostr. How does that work? npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I should have remembered that. That was a good movie. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Decriminalizing everything that is a victimless crime sounds great to me. #nevent1q…fajf npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy You as well. Thank you! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Wonderful! Thanks for those, I'll check them out! npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I won't try to convince you with anything because only a witness from the Holy Spirit can pierce the heart. I don't know how much open minded study you've given to this as opposed to taking in all of the fear and hype. I don't need to read any other translations of the bible because the King James came before Joseph Smith and many other religious people have read it without turning to Mormonism. There is but one God. All things came from Him. I wish you peace, and perhaps well see each other at the judgment day. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy Thanks a bunch! My biggest question with Bitcoin and even hosting a business website is learning the security side of it. Any tips on the best place to learn that besides just browsing YouTube University or an internet search? npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I don't know of a movie reference, but it did remind me of a Garfield comic. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy That's curious. I'll have to look it up and dig into it's context because something is odd sounding about that. Unfortunately it can't be for awhile because my house is in disarray as we are redoing our floors. That is supposed to be my time focus right now. Remind me in a month to look this up? npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy I don't know how to quote different sections, so please bear with me. I put quotes around your paragraphs and responded in between. "Joseph Smith claimed EVERY sect of Christianity in his day was an abomination and all the people therein were corrupt as well. Mormons used to make a distinction between themselves and Christians. "We're Mormons, not Christians", they would say enthusiastically. But now, with the marketing update to seem like their org is a viable option for an evangelical, they have even dropped the Mormon terminology." That's interesting that you say they would say "We're Mormons not Christians." Do you have references that confirm that? To me it would be "We're Mormons, yes, but Mormon WAS a Christian so we are Christians FIRST." "You read the Bible but your "scriptures" to it. You claim many plain and precious parts have been removed from it." Do you honestly believe that nothing from the bible has been corrupted over the millennia since Adam, Abraham, Moses, and the rest started keeping things written down? If you're Catholic then I suppose so, but shouldn't every protestant religion be suspect of what came from the Catholic Church? Again with Martin Luther, he has issue with doctrine but could that have stemmed from a mistranslation of the bible be it intentional or otherwise? Christ himself said there would be a falling away before his return. Wouldn't Satan have taken opportunity during that falling away to twist truths to fit his devices? "Your Christ is the brother of Lucifer, not the incarnate second person of the Triune Godhead who created ALL things out of nothing. Sorry friend, we do not believe in the same Redeemer. Martin Luther is on my side, not yours. He would shudder to hear the abominable doctrine of Smith and Young and your other "prophets" i.e "As man now is, God once was; as God now is, man may become." President Spencer W. Kimball." This is where we get into the true base distinction of our beliefs from so many others. We don't follow any creeds written by men at councils called by emperors. The Nicean Creed that says all three are in one has no precedence in the Bible. Christ praying to the Father saying that the disciples could be one as he and his father were one doesn't mean that we're all going to be transformed into one giant glob of spiritual energy. God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Ghost are one in purpose, but three separate beings. God the Father, being the Father of all (right?) had a son, Lucifer, who rebelled. Lucifer was cast out and Christ is our Savior. Perhaps Martin Luther would have been intrigued to hear the teaching of a Father wanting his children to have what he has. We are to be joint heirs with Christ. (Romans 8:17) I don't pretend to speak for the dead, I was just curious if he felt the way we do for not being called something because of believing a different way. "Luther understood that man, angels, and God are not the same kind of being in different stages of progression. He understood the Creator-creature distinction, which is central to the Bible you claim to believe." Again Romans 8:17 As a baby you probably don't know you're going to inherit the massive family fortune, even if you're told every day. " "I was answered that I must join none of them [the religious sects of the day], for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: “they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” Joseph Smith" While this is true and an accurate quote, Joseph and other modern prophets have said that other sects share so many wonderful truths that we believe we can add missing truths to. We share a belief in a perfect Christ who is the Savior of us all. We share a belief that it is only because of Christ and his sacrifice on our behalf that we can even hope to be saved. We share a belief that God and Jesus Christ created this world. We share a belief that God is God, and all knowing, and all powerful, and will always be our God and no one else will ever be our God. We share a belief in the promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I was not raised in this church but rather came to it from no religious background. Having read and studied many things I know that I don't know everything and I'm okay with that. That is what faith is for. But I believe we are supposed to do our best to find the truth, and I believe I have found what is closest to the truth. No one anywhere except for God the Father and Jesus is perfect, so I take what they all say and measure it against what Christ said. That's my invitation to everyone is to do the same. npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy “The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it.” - Joseph Smith Jr. #JesusChrist #LDS #Mormon #JosephSmith #GoodSabbath #grownostr npub1chsujl4vs0nf92g85yzyryausn5z2nyajrsg2z9edjev8lenffaqnqc4uz Matthew Duffy My Side of the Mountain is another fun wilderness book. Transall Saga, by Gary Paulsen is a great sci-fi wilderness survival book too.