shmoe727

I have a garden and I grow as much food as I can. The problem is, even though I have an above average amount of land and gardening knowledge compared to my peers, I am nowhere near being able to make even a tiny dent in my food budget.

Almost everything I grow either doesn’t produce anything, gets disease, bugs, birds, rats, is ruined by poor weather conditions, I don’t harvest quickly enough so it rots, or I harvest too much and end up with more than I can feasibly eat so it rots in the fridge anyways.

I get an immense amount of joy from actually eating what I grow when it does work out but it’s a lot of work only to be disappointed 90% of the time.

I think large scale agriculture is definitely more efficient but it’s also generally pretty damaging. Habitat destruction, mono cultures, pesticides, water use, etc. But there is a way to do it right. It would be sweet to develop something that could apply some technological know-how to home garden spaces to make mini super farms. I know I could grow food in my space, I’m just totally incompetent and poorly equipped.

I am Canadian and I’m curious what your opinion is of our health care system. Personally, I really like it. I never have to think about paying for medical care and the level of care is excellent.

Do you think it would work to implement the same style of system in America?

The one negative of our system is the longer wait times. This could be partly due to many of our grads going to the US to work to make more money. So my question to you is: Does the doctor who drives a sports car provide better care than one who drives a family sedan? Would evening out the playing field in terms of doctors salaries result in any negatives for Americans?

I have a phobia of syringes. I've never had a bad experience with them yet I always feel like I'm going to pass out when I'm around them. What causes these kinds of fears and what is the best method to treat it?