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  The Garden Solution By Sindy Wakeham How CAN a Garden Solve the Problems of the World? Obviously, 1 garden cannot solve world hunger, war or famine. It can't prevent another Great Deppression, but it CAN save YOUR world and your family.  Geoff Lawton said "You can solve the problems of the world in a garden" . He offers his own understanding and experience to back that up. I offer a few ofmy own here.  Have you recently seen or heard news, social media and mainstream media pumping out the doom and gloom nationally and globally, the insane behaviours of individuals, the outrageous and frightening secrets of celebreties and thought, "We've stepped into an ulternate reality. This cannot be happening". Have you felt panicked, paranoid or urged to suddenly learn how to prepare and stockpile? STOP! No, don't stop, just slow down. Take a time out...literally. Step away from the screens. Put the phone down. Sit, for a moment. Preferably in an outdoor space in...

How Planning and Doing Can Solve The Global Crisis... At Least, in your own life. By Sindy Wakeham  It's easy to be carried away in the fear, speculation, uncertainty and obvious consequences of corruption, greed and wars on a globally connected world. What happens in one place can affect a country on the opposite side of the planet.  People in 'The West' generally aren't personally involved in the current wars (yet) and we only see updates via news and other media which nobody really trusts anymore. So it can feel like it's a world away and not affecting us directly.  The first place we begin to notice it is in the fuel prices as we've already seen. This quickly translates to food prices followed by every other product and service we use even if it has nothing to do with 'the war', or so it seems. We know all this and it's beginning to bite closer to home and feel more real. We can't avoid it but WHAT CAN  WE DO to prepare for and minimise the e...