Narcissism is a buzzword used quite a lot in modern day. It's possible that we have all known or been involved with somebody who has narcissistic traits at some point in our lives. It's even possible that some of you may have had a narcissist as a romantic partner. If you have, then you may resonate with some of the points highlighted in this video. For those who don't know much about narcissism, then this video will hopefully provide some insight. Here are 11 things narcissists never do. Number one, they will never apologize to you or admit they were wrong. Since the narcissist never takes responsibility for their actions, words, or feelings, what is there to apologize for? Some of you may feel like you have had an apology, but you'll never get a real apology from a narcissist. You might hear something along the lines of, I'm sorry that you feel that way, which puts the responsibility back onto you. It's more likely that the I'm sorry relates to them being sorry that they got caught and that this is more of an issue for them than actually being sorry for whatever it is they did. Any apology will be rushed and the conversation changed so that the incident is brushed under the rug. Number two, they'll never tell the truth. There are two different types of truth when it comes to a narcissist, telling the truth, which they seldom do, and their truth, which is their version of the truth. Narcissists need to convince themselves of certain things and can get easily offended when they get knocked off their pedestal that exists in their dream world. They will proclaim that they are so loved, so important, and so special. So when a piece of reality reminds them of the real truth, this can be quite devastating for them. They'll always have their own version of events. Number three, they'll never forgive or make peace. For the same reason, the narcissist does not apologize. They also never forgive. Any kind of hurt is a cause for retaliation and revenge. The narcissist is always fighting for their survival as life is a battle zone in their eyes, where everybody is potentially out to attack them. If someone apologizes to them, narcissists see it as proof of their superiority. Genuine forgiveness is not a part of the narcissist's emotional lexicon, fundamentally because the narcissist cannot forgive themselves. Leadless to say, they will never win the Nobel Peace Prize in relationships. They thrive on constant chronic chaos. Number four, they will not listen to you. Ever feel like you're not being listened to when you're talking about your day or when you're in an argument. Chances are you're probably right. Narcissists tend to prefer the sound of their own voices so they don't hear and probably won't want to hear you either. They know that this will make you agitated and eventually wear you down. Be mindful of circular conversations that you have with them, as this will indicate that they have not listened to previous conversations with you. Number five, they will not take responsibility. Ever heard, it's not my fault. You made me do this and I would never do that. Narcissists are particularly sensitive to shame, blame, and their identities are built against feelings of invalidation. Accepting responsibility of any kind triggers the narcissist's threat of exposure to criticism. Narcissists prefer to play the victim and will instead project responsibilities onto others within their sphere of power, such as a partner or their children. Number six, they will not seek help or professional support.  Fret not. If you're worried about this question, the answer is probably no. Self-reflection and introspection are something a narcissist wouldn't do. Why? Well, it's possible that there is a little child hidden within them who has damaged and experiences feelings of inadequacy. This is where the narcissist overcompensates for them. They need this side of them in order to survive. For the narcissist, self-reflection is a dangerous territory to be avoided at all costs because it represents vulnerability. Seeking any kind of support suggests that they have a problem, which is something they do not believe they have. Number seven, they don't address the difficulties they have with emotional stability and manipulation. There is no denying that they are clever, particularly at manipulating people and spotting their vulnerabilities. They tend to engage primarily in black and white thinking. They tend to either idealize or devalue others. This can lead to a pattern of codependency, especially within romantic relationships. They're not concerned with the emotional consequences of others due to impaired empathic traits. Emotionally healthy beings will experience emotions on a daily basis, whereas this is lost to the narcissist who is often trapped in their own lonely, self-protective construction of reality. Number eight, they will not act selflessly. Selflessness is the antithesis of narcissism. This is due to their lacking sense of empathy and inflated sense of entitlement. Narcissists, by definition, are locked in an inward spiral where they experience a grandiose sense of self, putting themselves at the top of the emotional food chain. They will do things which, from the outset, look like they're doing a good deed, but they crave the admiration that is attached to doing that good deed. They wanna be congratulated as this feeds their need for validation, so they won't do things that don't offer them something in return. Number nine, they will not provide you with any sense of safety. It's me and you against the world, said a narcissist, never. This is not how a narcissist operates. They need you scared and insecure at the prospect of losing them. They'll also be using a lot of gaslighting to confuse you and make you question yourself. They may convince us that we cannot leave or that we cannot find anybody better. You won't feel safe, and frankly, you're not. Number 10, they will not let you go. They will never stop thinking that they own you until you're replaced. A narcissist will not be done with you until you have served a purpose. It doesn't matter if you feel like you're done with them. The narcissist needs you as a planet, circling their sun to feel good about themselves. And number 11, they won't change. Change is possible for anybody if they really want it. This is where it's difficult for the narcissist. Unless they're willing to accept that there is a problem with their behavior, they're never going to address it. Simple as that. There has to be a genuine want to change. So did this video explain a bit more about narcissists? If you've been affected by any of the points discussed in this video and feel comfortable sharing, please leave a comment or confide in somebody you trust. It's also important to remember that narcissist traits can also be linked to personality disorders, which may go undiagnosed for a long time. So make sure not to make assumptions. Did you find this video valuable? Tell us in the comments below. Please like and share it with friends that might find use in this video too. Make sure to subscribe to Psych2Go and hit the notification bell for more content. All the references used are added in the description box below. Thank you so much for watching and we'll see you.


Hi, I'm Lance Boyke and today we're going to talk about pooping. With me today I have my trusty, squatty potty to help show you some of these different positions and why I recommend people get this little tool to help them when they're sitting on the toilet. So first let's get rid of them. When I sit down on a normal American toilet I've got a 90 degree angle here and a 90 degree angle here. Now this position doesn't allow my pelvic bones to kind of open up at the bottom and it doesn't allow the pelvic musculature to relax. So it increases the amount of pressure that I have to overcome when eliminating the feces, right? What will this do? So one it could prevent full elimination by not, you see I don't have a whole lot of pressure around my abdomen so I have to squeeze there to eliminate what's in there, to push what's in there down and out. Outside of that I also have to strain, okay? So I might have a lack of elimination and I might have symptoms of straining like hemorrhoids or hernias or something. So to avoid hemorrhoids and hernias, let's try that again. There we go. I can set my feet upward, I can elevate my feet so that my pelvic floor musculature can relax and I can eliminate a little bit better. So if this is a normal American toilet, if I elevate my feet up like this then you'll see my knees are above my hips and I have a little bit more of a squatting position. If I lean forward I get a little bit more pressure in my lower abdomen and that helps me get my pressure. If you in my abdomen to help force the things out, right? So if you give this a shot, you'll see that it's much easier to do this, you don't have to strain so hard. I highly recommend you give it a try, it's good for even just encouraging good squatting positions but also teaching you how to regulate pressure internally without just resorting to that breath holding, val salva, straining kind of position.


What types of odd electron bond we have, 1 electron and 3 electrons bond, we call it as odd electron bond, we also call it as half bond. Since its bond order is half its bond strength of an odd electron bond strength is less than the bond strength of single bond. In which odd electron bond is present, we call it as paramagnetic bond. Examples of this, like I said only two examples we have to remember. N4, N4 2, N4 and N2. N2 has the bond order is this has 3 electron bond. In this we have 1 electron bond present, 1 and 1 electron bond. Because you see, this one you see, how many electrons? 50, right? 50 electrons. When you draw the configuration of this, there is a sigma 1s, sigma star 1s, sigma 2s, sigma star 2s, sigma 2p z, sigma 2p y, 5 star 2p x, 5 star 2p y and sigma star, right? When you distribute the electron here, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 1 here, 15. What is the bond order you get here? 2.5 4, 6, it is same. Same value, 5 divided by 2, 2.5. Bond order is 2.5. That's half, 0.5 that you have, that means it has an odd electron bond. Okay, so this... Draw the loose structure of N0. Loose structure of N0? No, it's not, because it's not an electron bond you won't get here. And that's why it is different. Why I am drawing this you will understand. This has 11 valence electron, right? So 1, 2, right? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8 plus 2, 10 and 1 electron. It's not similar to the molecule that we did already where we have even number of electrons present. So when you place this balloon pair of electron here as a bond pair, this what happens? This bond pair, this non-pair converts into bond pair here with the bond electron or electron of nitrogen also. So this is not normal of the usual loose order structure that we have in other molecules. That's why we generally don't draw the loose order structure of the molecule which contains odd number of electrons. But you have to draw the molecule will be this. So it has 1 double bond and double bond O with one lone pair and one bond also present which is an all electron bond contains 3 electrons. The bond order of that third 3 electron bond is half, 2 bond we already have. That's why it is 2. So which electron is larger? Where? 6 plus 5. So we have 11 electron. Yes, so that's only now. So there's one lone pair on hydrogen. So we'll have one lone pair. So it's not a normal bond. You see, first of all, why we are drawing the structure here because bond order says that it has 2.5 bond order. Means 2 regular bond we have, one half bond we have, odd electron bond. That's why we are not moving only one lone pair near to make a triple bond. It's not 3.5. That 3 electron bond is 0.5. Sir, what is 1? 0.5. 0.5 is also 0.5. Sir, if you go to that, it has an octave to go. What? See, according to this we are drawing the structure. Bond order of NO is what? 2.5. So when you draw a triple bond there, it's bond ratio to 3 which is not we are getting. That nothing is absolute here. Because of no, because the bond order is 2.5 for NO. That's why the noise order is what it is. And we suggest that we have an odd electron bond. If you write a triple bond there, simply draw a triple bond, then its bond order should be what? 3. Which is not we are getting. So according to that bond order, what should be the structure? It has one odd electron bond or a half bond. That's why the bond order of odd electron bond is always half. And we are getting 2.5 there. Sir, we have not finished the order. No, no, no. See, they have their tendency. But when you draw the structure, it should define the bond order of that bond. We have to draw that structure according to that the bond order must be defined. That's why we are drawing an odd electron bond. All the molecules where you are getting 0.5 as the, you know, bond order. That 0.5 means what? We will have an half bond. Odd electron bond. Odd electron bond is 1 electron and 3 electron bond. Very rare. Like I've given you NON, NO2. In NO2 we have 1 electron bond present and here we have 3 electron bonds present. Only that 2 you need to remember these. So we are drawing this structure according to the bond order that we are getting. How much are you going to get? Find out how much are you going to get. My point is we will have an odd electron bond order. 3 electron. Sir, what is the odd electron bond? One electron bond or 3 electron bond is an odd electron bond. It has half bond character. That is the experiment that you need to remember. That's why I have written it over there. NO3 electron bond, NO2 is an odd electron bond. You won't get more than these. Only you need to understand that wherever you are getting 0.5 it means there is a half bond present. That's why 0.5 is a bond order. Point bond, the bond order is 1. So 0.5 means there is a half bond present. That is an odd electron bond. Okay. See NO is, no, NO is, it means the ligand. And it may show positive charge on it. It may show, it may have neutral molecule. Ligand is electron by donor. It's donor is electron by donor. Okay. So Nitro and NO in some of the forms they have invented, they have as positive ligand. It's a bit, we call it as Naughty Ligand. Okay. They pay neutral as they pay positive ligand. Okay. That is also, then the test then give us the little round ring test. Okay. Round ring test. Okay. So, this we need to know. You need to memorize this. I don't think it will be positive charge. It will be difficult because there is a odd electron. There is some kind of value you must be getting. That's why I am not calculating formal charge. But if you want to know what charge present on the nitrogen, that idea whether it is positive or negative value, let it be. That you will get the idea from formal charge. What is the charge between the between the two? Yes, you can see. Overall it should be neutral. So, one is positive other one is negative. Equal value. NO is nitrosil. It is nitrosil. Okay. And NO plus is nitro CEM. So, as far as I know we have this in coordination chemistry. Okay. But you need to know what is the significance. See, when I say boron is 0.5. So, what is significance of this? It means it has an odd plus mean. Right. NO has 3 electron bond and NO 2 has no influence. So, next chapter we are going to start. It is the states of matter. What are the states of matter we have? What have you done? We have done this chapter in the school. Right. What is the states of matter? Solid, liquid and gas. Any other? Plasma. Plasma. That is very heightened. Very heightened. Right. So, in general there are three different states of matter we have. And that is solid, liquid. What is the difference between among these three states of matter? What is the major difference in there? Why we have a major difference in there? Intermolecular. Intermolecular force distance interpretation. Major difference is what? Intermolecular. There we have maximum intermolecular force. Solid. Right. IMF, for solid is maximum and then for liquid and for gas it is, gaseous molecules have minimum intermolecular force of attraction that's why in any case if you see the motion of gaseous molecules they have random motion right, it travels in all directions randomly because they have minimum intermolecular force of attraction right, so two gaseous molecules the interaction between the two is very less over here, minimum and hence they have random motion okay, solid molecules are strongest because they have strong intermolecular force of attraction that's why whenever you want to take some solid species you have to apply some force of attraction right, liquid molecules have in between the force of attraction that's why it can flow right, so when you increase the intermolecular force of attraction the molecular motion is right, it will be less, solid molecules will not move as compared to the liquid and gas okay, here in this chapter we are going to discuss about the gaseous state okay, we have solid state also that is in dual standard I don't know whether they have changed the slivers or not because last year I dot the solid state in 11th standard in Raji Nagar okay, but somewhere they have taken this in 12th standard okay, so whatever it is but solid state and liquid is a gaseous state we will discuss in chemistry, liquid state will not move as compared to fluid mechanics right, so all these three states we have to study in 11th and 12th standard, solid and gas will study in chemistry, liquid will leave and study in opinion right, so gaseous state you see the major difference is what major difference is the intermolecular force of attraction right, so if you increase the intermolecular force of attraction by any means right, so we will have a range of intermolecular force in which the molecules lies in this solid state, for a given value of IMF we will have liquid state So, when you increase the intermolecular force of attraction, gas has tendency to convert into liquid and then into solid, okay. So, since the intermolecular force is high or maximum here, so whenever you have, you increase the intermolecular force by any means, okay, intermolecular force between the two molecules increases, then they have tendency to change their state, right. For one value, gas converts into liquid, further you increase, liquid converts into solid, when you put water into the freeze, then what happens then, converts into ice, why it happens, why ice converts, sorry water converts into ice, particles reduce and how they reduce is because in the freeze we have low temperature, right, temperature is very low, see the molecules are what, molecules are randomly moving, right, these molecules of any state, they have random motion, right, so by any means, if you increase the intermolecular force of attraction and how do we increase that, when the interaction between the molecules increases, correct, if the molecules are moving very fast, right, their interaction will be less, right, it is difficult to, you know, see who will be inside and what will be, but because the speed is very fast, you cannot interact, right, so when the two molecules, when the two molecules pass at each other with very high speed, they have very less tendency to interact with you, right, and if you decrease this velocity, right, interaction increases and then we have possibility that this converts into liquid and then into gas, right, so point is we have to increase the intermolecular force of attraction and that we can increase by decreasing temperature, low temperature means low kinetic energy, low kinetic means, low kinetic energy means what, less velocity means more interaction, okay, so one possibility is to decrease the temperature, that is why in lower, in freezer we have no temperature, so water molecules starts interacting with each other and then it converts it to ice, so another one is what, high pressure, if you increase the pressure, the gas molecules comes closer to each other, right, and when they come, when they come closer, then what happens interaction will be more, right, two factors we have, one is pressure, when we increase the pressure, another one is when we decrease the temperature, now states of matter make it change into these two conditions, correct, how this conversion takes place that we will also discuss in liquidification of gas, that is not ideal gas, that is the equation of state, if number of moles and volume is constant, so what I am telling you that first of all it is not gas, I am talking about the, you know the change in state, I am talking about the change in state, when it is possible, either you increase the pressure or you decrease the temperature, when a state change is there you cannot apply previous goes to another, but that is gaseous law that is only applicable to gaseous law, okay, I am talking about something else, suppose if this gas has to convert into liquid, what you will do, you will increase the pressure or you will decrease the temperature, because eventually we have to increase the intermolecular force, intermolecular interaction we have to increase, that is what we are discussing, anyways, so all these things we are doing, look at a time, at a time if you are increasing pressure fine or decreasing temperature also fine, but both if you are changing then both should be, either you should, both you cannot change, or you can change also, that is very easier to convert the phase into that, but again like you cannot compare this with previous goes to another, because that is only for gaseous, okay, you can change both or any one of the two.


I think that's a little better and this one, sorry for anyone who's watching, trying to get this going. I don't even know if this is set to do a live feed on Instagram yet, but YouTube looks like it's up. All right, gonna be good enough, gonna be good enough. Hello, Samuel over in YouTube, so everybody watching YouTube, but we'll see how well that goes. We'll see how well that goes. I'm trying to simulcast, I was gonna do it on Twitter and stuff, but we didn't have enough time to get it configured or whatever, so that's where we're at now. Just do it on these two and hope it works well. I'm not sure if the super chats are up on YouTube yet, but I can put up, let me put up a link so you guys know if you really want me to ask something, and this is only gonna be up in the YouTube chat, one second, one second, everyone, sorry, should have this done first, log in, why the fuck, there we go.  So I'm gonna be checking to buy me a coffee thing throughout the show to see if any comes through, and if I miss something or don't pay attention, my volume is cranked on YouTube, well that sucks, I don't know how to uncrank it, no that didn't work, let's see if I can move this, nope, looks like you're fucked and have to hear me yelling.  No, we do not work together, that's not saying anything other than that I do not have any respect for them, yeah I guess it is better than no volume. So what's up in Canada land, I haven't paid much attention the past week to any new stupid shit coming out, any new scammers on the horizon, any new funny fuckers saying funny shit, purest indica across to Hawaii, yeah I saw Todd's article, just to start there was misinformation, just from the first pair of the painful read, I mean granted at least he was trying, but if you're gonna try and do it right and get it right, you know, scammers are everywhere, I know that's what Archive was talking about in his post and it's, I feel this frustration, I mean it's hard for me to get motivated to do this shit anymore, what's up Tent Flo Kimodo or Kendo, I don't know, I saw this Komodo, but I guess it's Kendo, how you doing dude, yeah it's hard to get motivated to even talk about cannabis history, especially with all the dumbass questions and all the same shit going over and over and over, so let's try to make it more interesting, hit me with some good ones so we can make this a good episode, and I might let a pack of either the P91 S1s go, there's only one of those left, or the blue cheese or something, so I'm not sure yet if I'm gonna do any of that, so yeah, what's up, Morgan OG, Stutter, everyone over on YouTube land, I'm only shocked when anybody shows up on YouTube, but watch this, since I don't really advertise there very much, come out, that's your first, dad made it specifically known that it should be LITES, that that's what he wanted, but that it was a Neville decision or Sensi decision, one of the two, to go for LITES, but yeah, I mean it's just you know, it's nomenclature, I don't think anybody is really gonna go with the LITES until it's pushed really hard, kind of like the dog not dog campaign, that one was kind of silly, since Peabud himself was calling it DAWG, and then started that campaign, let's see, THC, oh, I'm not familiar with that one yet, some AJ's SOD are like green and longflower, other SOD are more dark and spicy, that I prefer, yeah, yeah, bloopers gunk is a stinky one, I mean the most you could do is tell people, hey, super skunk's been around, never been gone, you can get it, and just, I mean people want to hear roadkill skunk anyways, you know, they don't understand what super skunk is or why they'd want it, it's not a very educated crowd anymore, yeah guys ever come across history or cannabis strains that date back to soldiers coming on from World War II, no, other than the hemp, no, nothing, nothing that far back, not that I'm aware of, you know, I mean there are obviously land races and heirlooms that go back, probably that far from other countries, but as far as American stuff, no, you know, there were no World War II vets bringing stuff back that made it throughout the circulation point that's still around, and I'm working with a man that bought sixteen hundred bucks worth of platinum cookies and gorilla cookies, they're all different, that's how it goes, yes, I do ship to Canada, I do, but our site's kind of screwy right now, so I don't even know what's, I don't know what shipping where or when or what's available quite yet, trying to figure that out, and the same with the spray, I thought it would be up by now, but it's not, so if you want the spray, message me directly, or you can email me right at seedcoachemail.com, and I will make it happen for you, yeah, I know, I know that also some people are missing the strings of the past stuff, I've gotten some messages about that, and those aren't there anymore, I don't have it all memorized, but I tried my best to keep it all memorized, so we'll get it there, Denali's in the house, he named the string Northern Lights from the Nordic Blondes back in the late 60s, that's funny, yeah, of course he did, what do you think about keeping the beans in the fridge, and if so, can you ruin them if too cold? Well you can keep them in the fridge, but you can always ruin something if seeds specifically, if you let moisture in, make sure they're sealed, very sealed, airtight, it's great to store them in the fridge for longevity, but you don't want to have it in a part of your fridge that's way too cold, and you don't have it sealed because then you're just gonna get freezer burnt embryos, and nobody wants that shit, and there's no remaining good, is Jesus sweet smelling, or do I have a bullshit cut, you have a bullshit cut, let me take that back, because expressions are everything, expressions are everything, I have never smelled Jizz will be sweet, in many different rooms, in many different environments, with that said, who knows dude, who knows how the person that gave it to you grew it, how fucked up they got it, what kind of chems they used them, and then it's all down to expressions, I mean I say that, Bubba has a lot of expressions, you can, Jizz has a lot of expressions that run the whole gamut, I have never seen Jizz will be that way, Jizz is more like a buttery scum, see, what do you think of the breeder from, that's not a breeder, from so good seeds, no, I don't think much of him, he's not a breeder, sorry I'm trying to bounce back and forth between two chat rooms, so we'll get it going, it's almost a berry, yeah there's no berry in Jizz will, you're not going to smell berry coming out of Jizz will, solid and like, sure, I got to remember expressions are everything, you know, like, I, you know, Tiger Cormac doesn't have strains, he's not a breeder, so I don't know what you're talking about, what I think of the strains he's selling for other people, I mean I've seen Skunk One for years, we're going to do a more complete breeding of Norton lights, so I don't have any comment on his, it's cool that he's putting it out there, and yeah, do you think tissue culturing is the future of genetic preservation, or tissue culture guys just jacking everyone's genetics, well I know one to just jack everyone's genetics that sold everyone on that bullshit, so I don't know, I mean I think tissue culturing is proven to not be like really great for taking in cuts, moving them into your garden because they still have a lot of hormones attached to them and you'll get a lot, large term rate doing that, for preservation, sure, it'll be great, but it's just until it's economically viable and can be done from home then.  Well, I mean, the only problem is that it herms out in flower, well, that's when you cross it, you have to out cross it or reverse it and then start selecting for a non-herm traits in your room, in your environment, that's the way of all breeding works. Afghani bull rider story, I don't know, I don't know the Afghani bull rider story to be honest with you, I've always associated it with Jeff Tech and that story is going to be different than the actual bull rider strain, which is a different strain. Thoughts on using super glue in that? Why are you guys asking me about fucking... What's up, Pinsky? How you doing, bro? Denali has it right. Has anyone successfully reversed the Goji Oji? There's a lot of different phenos of Goji Oji, so a lot of different cuts, so I would imagine someone's done something right with it. What's the F1 derb that you used in Pale Stringler and Cochette Slut? Is that mom similar to any known strains? The closest I could, I would say that one derb looked, to me, was cherry pie. It looks like a more Durban-based cherry pie. When I say Durban, I mean stunk one Durban, something that's been acclimated very well. So there's not a lot of note about that cut, you know, I don't even know if everybody has the same cut called that. But yeah, I was dank when I had it. I know that Frostboss has a real cut right now. I would love to get it from him again and run it. Because that was a neat cut, and I found more interest in it from my side, from my point. Like I like cherry pie quite a bit, and I like the F1 derb. I'm not a big cookies dude, so I would like to work with it some more. CSI's Northern Lights Project. He's not using super glue in any kind of Northern Lights Project, so I'm not sure what you're referring to smoking. What do you expect from Headband Blue Bonnet? A little bit of Headband, a little bit of Blue Bonnet. Just like getting across, you know. I'm waiting for you and CSI Northern Lights stuff. Yeah, I'm really, really excited about it. And we have some other stuff going on too in the future. I talked to Bode yesterday, and he's got some stuff coming out, same too. So he's taking stuff in a new awesome direction, and that's I'm not going to say anything because I don't really know anything other than that part. But I'm excited to see what he's got coming down the pipe. We're all having to move in different circles, you know, like we're having to figure shit out because this is not what we all anticipated. What we loved learning. A string called Todd McCormick, what would I name it? I don't like saying that motherfuckers name. It's almost validating that he's someone.  I can't take that away from him, but he's been like a haemorrhoid. Collecting braiders as friends for as long as he could and annoying everyone in the process.  You see this?   Yeah. But if I were to make a string, I would use. The only time I would use it.  Buckeye purple. And I'm trying to be PC here. Hold on. Let me think of another one. Yeah. Cookhead slut. That would be a great one for him. Booth it up and whatever's implied from that.  I'm really not. It doesn't matter. He only did it to me.  As far as I know.  Let me look at business. How about that?  Lied. Lied a lot. There's a few different origin stories on the PNW hash plant from Neville. It may or may not be the same cut that's still floating around, but it was a hash plant out of Oregon. And I believe that was sourced by a. I want to say George Van Petten or a Cervantes. We're going to see a collab with Goldcut. That'd be cool. I like Goldcut a lot. See everybody has that cherry AK now. Yeah. I passed it to a few people. Now it's everywhere. So that's how it goes. What's up plan? And yes, PNW HP is Marty, according to Denali story, which I have no reason to doubt my boy. Twisted sister. Stay. No, what do you guys think about rising height boof breeders out there selling seeds to people that are just starting to grow and don't know any better? And what can we do to help this shit?  And you know, yeah, this is the best I can do is just take questions from me all and try to be as transparent as possible.   So what are you going to do? I don't know. Show them. Ask them. But what's the know of any of you who have used this paint, the black 3.0, we're using it on. She's going to use it on this thing. Is she going to show it? OK, but what? Almost fell over. Yeah, if you wanted to have any of you use this black 3.0, if you have message her on Instagram and yeah, she's the real riot seatcoe on there. Oh, Chad loaders back. Oh, Chad's back. Good. What else we got? What do you think of the breeder? Oh, that already did that one. I thought it was a micro breeder question. You know, I haven't heard of twisted sister. The scammer faking bad has been faking Duke now.  Calco, that's good.  Dude, I gave him a company.  So take it for what it's worth. I don't, you know, I pushed him hard. I did.   I'm not going to stop you.  Oh yeah, I will. Don't worry. All in time. But yeah, any other questions that are worth answering?  Yeah. Trying to hide this. Best urban. There's one named Urban Cut going around Humble and that's the one I'm most familiar with. How do I feel about Cougar since I had a, I don't know man. I've said enough about Hempill. God bless his soul.  That's all. I wish, I wish him the best. I mean, there's a, what do you guys want to hear?  Constantly. Do I wish he'd get it right? Yep, because people listen to him. You only think about gas? No, I never heard of that. Never heard of that person. Any such thing as Farrell Landrace that would have been in America from the Spanish Trail? See the guy?  Okay, so this guy's dumb enough to ask that. So hold on to me, screenshot his name. Yeah, he wants to know about Copy Crap. Oh. Yeah, buh-bye.  Like I said, this is more of an advanced course.  Do you have any lines that would be good for commercial growth to bring to the market? Yeah, tons. Almost all the stuff has been perfect in all the commercial growths it's in. Our buddies at the Arizona, or the Tucson Canada's campus have been growing a bunch of the, I think, Bubbleberry and a few others there. Go check out their stuff. They've been killing it with it. And outdoors, it's been slain it too. What are the turps like on the dead ringer? The dead ringer is just, the dead ringer is the bunny sis. That's all it is in the end. Someone tried to sell it as something else, but it's a bunny sis, that's one. And it's kind of mothbally, bad breath, baby poop, depending on which environment you're in. Mattel, you want me to answer that about compound genetics? The dude wasn't even a grower. He had YEs doing everything for him. And he was a multimedia marketing dude. So there's your answer. That's what I think.  But whatever, more power to you. What's up, snake-a-vitus? Out of your old releases, do you have anything you think went underrated? I mean, yeah, but it doesn't matter. Yeah, it doesn't matter. Most of my old stuff's just gone. So it doesn't really matter.  Yeah, no, he's a, ask him a breeding question. There you go. How about that? Just go say, hey, what is an F2? See if compound can answer that. Guaranteed, he cannot answer that without looking it up.  So he's like, I don't know what's going on. I don't know what's going on.  Yeah. And then another person, little brothers, go ahead and watch it from the beginning. Watch it from the beginning. I've already covered Rod McCormick a few times. Punchy Booster and the, what is it, the Mackberry Muffin. I can't remember what I called that. Blueberry McMuffin, both crushed it and had great turps, yeah. Trying to put turps in a Mac. Oh, no, not true. Yeah, HPK probably has some mild stuff. What's up, HPK? Todd sells other people's genetics. Exactly, yeah. Todd sells other people's genetics, man. He's not a breeder. So there's nothing really to talk about when it comes to Todd's genetics. I can't say that any different or any clearer, really. And it's not, I'm never gonna be able to give a different answer than that. So my apologies. Any new breeders that you've been working with or want to work with in the future? New breeders. I mean, yeah. Bitter sweet's been doing good stuff with the P-91 and he's gonna be doing some more stuff. Prybaby's been doing good stuff with the diesel. Working man's been doing some good stuff with his work and the cough. I don't know. There's a ton, there's a ton. The purple D. Yeah, I bet that's cool, man. Does Burner know who Bode is? I doubt it. Like, why would Burner even care who Bode is? Bode does real work and is a good human being.  So he wouldn't know anything about good people.  No, it's unfortunately the real breeding scene that people actually breed, work lines. And I don't even do that anymore. Barely work lines ever, ever. There's no way to do it. Like, you can't survive in work lines. The market would run past you so fast, especially if anybody finds out what you're doing. Like the next day people are offering what you're doing. It's not a viable way to conduct business anymore.  It is what we're in, though. You guys got what you wanted. What's up, Mellias? How you doing? Mellias is my UFO brother. We might be doing some podcast stuff on UFOs coming soon. Or not UFOs necessarily, but UFOlogy as a whole. I think it would be real nice. And so you'll probably be hearing more of my buddy Alex Mellias, who is over on YouTube right now. What is it, Burner? Censious cancer. Do you think it's from pesticide?  What do you think about Alistair Crowley? Oh boy, I love Alistair Crowley. I love him. He was one of the early punk rockers, along with like, God damn it, not Verlaine. Why am I spacing out? I'll come back to it. He's an old French poet. Rambo, yeah, Verlaine's lover. See, Burner said he'd collab with, said he'd collab with Bodie and his Mexican chocolate CD in a tissue culture to be released 2080. I don't know what that's talking about. But I don't have anything to say about Burner. He fucks with snitches.  He's not one of us. Am I gonna get Caleb to hit the cushion floor with NL? I don't know. I mean, we'll talk about it. It would be similar to maybe like an NL, NL, so I don't know what the purpose would necessarily be, what our goal in doing that would be. The first round isn't gonna be hybrids. The first round is just gonna be working on an open pollination with both the Hawaiian lights and the NL5. Okay. You check out the podcast. I don't listen to the podcast. Kids, some of you may not understand why, but I have a very good reason not to listen to that kid's bullshit.    Got a bunch of my friends on there and then he just stabbed me in the back because he thought it would make good, make good with gauge grain or whatever.   Yes, CSI Humboldt is a breeder. Check him out. He's a very good friend. Do you also believe in supernatural phenomenons? I don't, it's hard to say, dude. Hard to say. I don't, I used to be quite a true believer in all that stuff. I studied it all my life since I was a young, young kid. What I'm at now is that I was at Ben though. Definitely not in that same room, but I understand why people believe it, if that makes sense.  The problem is, and this has been the problem with cannabis podcasts in general. If you don't know the industry, you don't know who's who, you're fucked.  You don't know what to ask. You don't know who to bring on. You don't know who's a scammer and who's not. And that's exactly what that kid ran into.  And it worked for a while, for a while. I think most people are hit to it now.  Interview.  He's the guy who's changed the years on Super Skunk. I don't know how many times. He also doxed me. So there is that.  So if you wanna roll with that, dude, feel free. You still have your sour strawberry cream, which more people got to experience that. No, but I do have seeds. And I would like to bring some back eventually. And yeah, that was one of the problems with the Adam Dunn show.  How do you doc someone?  How else do you doc someone? Let's see. Yeah, no new questions over on YouTube. Yeah, the sour strawberry cream is one of my favorites. That was made by Cedarberry Farms originally. So yeah, check that one out. If you get a chance, check it out. I will be maybe bringing some back. I don't know. It's weird with Cedarberry because he's still out there and he's very good friends of swerve. But what are you gonna do? Any good alien shows or movies you'd recommend? I really liked the Arrival, the newest Arrival. There's the one with Charlie Sheen. That one's okay. There was one I watched not too long ago. And I can't remember the name, but it was like this weird radio station taking place in the 50s and they kept getting signals. I think they get abducted or something. It's almost like a reality type documentary, but not that one was pretty good. I liked the Prometheus and Covenant ones. What's up with Duke? Duke ain't my homie. So I'm not, that's all I'm gonna say. Every time I even talk about what really goes on with that, people get butt hurt. So I'll just leave it alone.  It's real easy. That's on outhouse genetics.  I wanted 10K worth of spray in for a trade. Took the spray, never put through on his part. So I have nothing good to say about him. Just like, that's all this industry is. That's why a few of us that have been around a long time and we all hold tight together.  We have people like, I won't even say some other names, but we have other people come in and it's like every time we try to bring someone in and teach them stuff or get them a part of our smaller community, it just backfires. It's not good. It's not, it's not healthy. So yeah. Yes, please. Game's cold flame. I'm right with you. Any advice on seeing Duke? I don't have anything to say about that. Dude, if you bought Skunk One, you get Skunk One. His ex-girlfriend made it all. So, you know, I think she used Skunk One for real. So if you want Skunk One, that's what you're gonna get. Just be knowledgeable about what you got. Be knowledgeable about what you're buying.  And they're still doing it. So I don't know how many times I've been packing Shack Skunk One for people to buy, but more power to them. They're doing better than I am. You know, you never see or feel anything that made you believe in the supernatural.  I have heard and seen things that definitely made me question my sanity. I've never seen UFO related stuff though. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.  And there was nothing.  Have you thought about doing a wider bringing project with your Afghani heirloom? Yes, yes, yes. On Duke and it's because we share certain seed banks together and those seed banks get sad when I bring him up or anybody says anything true about him. So I just don't do it anymore.   I just have no desire to even talk about him. I will say his ex-girlfriend made it all. That's all you need to know, you know? I'm not a DMT doer. I'm very, I'm not big on psychedelics except for mushrooms. Yeah, I need to be in a really good mood to do that. And as you probably noticed I'm not really a good mood happy type person. Yeah, after just saying I wasn't even talking about Duke, still getting Duke questions. But yeah, you'll notice he doesn't have the same friends and responding to medicine ads. He doesn't have the same friends that he had when he left. So you saw Wolfman, you never know, you never know. I mean, a book just came out from, it's called, what is it? Skinwalkers at the Pentagon.  So any thoughts on Ben at Emerald Man's left? I have nothing to say about that. Another dude who's just like trying to capitalize on someone else's name that never had anything to do with anything.  What are your favorite boating lines? I'd love to see that interview. Yeah, we need to get Boaty on here. I'm gonna ask him. I'll ask him again. It's been a while since I've asked him to do just like a hangout session. That would be cool. I'd like to get Caleb on at the same time, get all three of us going.  Do you find Ronald Landry's Afghani seeds have a higher male to female ratio? No. Do you like waffles?  Let's see. You know, looking up at the sky in my city is kind of hard because it's one of the most polluted zones in all of North America. So you don't really see a lot looking up. Oh, you finally gave not so a credit? That's cool. Where's joint breath at? Joint breath, last time I heard he was living at his mommy's house, so I don't know if we'll hear from him for a while. What guitar do you have in the cases back there? Oh, I thought you'd never ask. No, I didn't pay anybody to say that. Last time I brought out my SG, hold on. I brought out my Blueberry SG, Gibson. What's this one? I think this is just the SG, yeah. I have a Blueberry SG modern, let's see, hold on. This is my favorite one to play. Let's see, it's kind of hard to, to witness a little space, but I'm gonna try. By far the best guitar I've ever played as far as like the neck and stuff. I don't know if you guys can see this. This is an Epi-Less Paul. And I'll show the Gibson Les Paul in a second. It's the sister to the other one. Someone's calling, don't need to call us right now. Sorry. Yeah, the, that's the Epi-Less Paul rainbow one. It's just, it's so amazing. It's, it's, it's, it's, that is insane. I can always play faster on it because it's flat. And I have smaller hands. Here come the jokes. And this is, this is my baby, my other baby. I only have two, well, I guess they're all my babies. My clear, again, I'm strong enough off this one and that's a friend's house and I need to go get it since he never fixed it. But this is the Les Paul, Gibson Les Paul.  This one, of course, as you know, I like blueberries. I'm muted, no sound, how'd that happen? How about on YouTube? Can you hear me on YouTube? No sound, I don't know why there would be no sound all of a sudden, it must have cut. Yeah, I'm gonna have to cut the live feed. No, nothing, it just did it on its own so I have to restart.  Okay, let's try it again. So everyone on YouTube gets to see the in-between. All right, so you guys have sounds down there. Yeah, this is for the YouTube people. This is my baby. I also have a Chibson version of this because when I first saw these guitars, I was like, I'm never gonna be able to. Oh, I think they killed my live feed. Well, it won't even let me connect now. Oh wait, hold on. Now it's going now, I think. Maybe? No, it's not. Something's going very wrong with the Instagram live feed so someone was probably reporting me or something.   See, it seems to be going, let's see if it cuts off. I don't think this thing's in tune, by the way. Huh? Is it, is it showing it? Okay, so I had to restart it. Let's see, can you hear the audio on it? Okay, so it looks like it's back.  Must have been the man. Thank you, thank you. I love the sound, I don't blame them. Yeah, anyway, this is the Les Paul. Like I said, I have a Chibson version of it that was Chinese, because I figured I'd never be able to afford this and then it came up for sale one day and I got it really cheap, which is the only reason I own it.  I'm not the V.C. Rich, no way.  Anyway, let me put it back. Let's see, can I put it back right? Probably not, gonna scratch it up. Put it back. So that's a Les Paul traditional. If you're a stickler for knowing what kind of Les Paul it was, it was a Les Paul traditional. Anyway, yeah, that's the guitars. And you all saw the SG in the last one. So yeah, just how it goes.  Legend of the Sour, should I pop soon in later because it's hard to pop to begin with? Yes, I would think so. So Legend of the Sour was Legend OG, Chem91, and AJ Sour from Canorado. That's the first half of it. And that thing was one of the most rank OG combinations I had ever found. It was so loud. It was so loud. The only thing close to it that I've ever found as a cut would be Resin's Cush Cut because it smells like terpsauce or something. So yeah, let's see.  Never heard of him. Yeah, so is, I don't know about Dildo Duke. I don't know what he's doing. I don't pay attention to him. He came out of nowhere, his sub-cools friend, and everybody bought into it. I tried to be nice to the dude because he seemed nice. He seemed somewhat knowledgeable. Like he understood history and he knew how to move history into his stories, which, you know, that only works for so long until someone starts asking you questions that knows more than you. And I'm not even saying that was me.   And even then you still wouldn't want to hear it.  That's why I got these. It really makes me cooler. You prefer lighter or heavier gauge strings on my guitar? I like lighter, because my hands are not massive and I have arthritis anymore. I didn't used to when I was young, but now I do real bad. So I have to have lighter gauge strings. New C-Connect. I got scammed with CBD seeds. I'm gonna make it my own hash. Yeah, I don't know. We're at 45 minutes and pretty much everybody left when I had to restart. So no, I never found Williams Wonder with the autoflower trade to source. Internet Fluttery, what was it? Calico, what were you asking? What were you asking? Thoughts on relocating from Cali to Oklahoma. I mean, I already live in Oklahoma. I already live in Oklahoma. Bakersfield is Oki City. I mean, this is like Alabama in the 70s here. So I already know what Oklahoma's like and I want nothing to do with it. Yeah, there's better tone on it. But you gotta remember, I play punk rock. So I don't need tone. I play like garage style punk rock. We don't need tone.  You're good. You're good, maybe four or five max. It's good. I did used to play reggae a lot though, like late 60s style reggae and that's a lot different. Tone is important there. But I got my box for that, for that perfect reggae tone. They used to have a Echoplex that I would use too for that. Find any of the newer hype cuts worth it? Apples and bananas, soap? No, I don't even know. I can't comment on it because I don't run them. So I can't say either way. You know, play some no effects. I don't, I think I know like together on the sand from ribbed and that's about it. Like I never really, it was a big no effects fan. Not bad, it's just, it was, was that a Fender amp in the box? Yeah, that's a Fender classic. I had the classic 20 and a classic 50, I think. Yeah. No, it's a PV. I'm sorry, it's not a Fender. Oh my God.  I hate this chair, it just keeps spinning and spinning and spinning. When I was painting, yeah, it started doing it and I had my hands full and I paint everywhere. And then I just kept spinning and then I did a face plant over the front of it. Yeah, it's really easy to do a face plant in this chair. Do you run anything that you don't work with? Yeah, lots. There's lots that I've run that I don't work with or that I rarely work with. Not right now, but yeah, in the past, I used to keep big, big libraries and I just don't anymore. I used to buy, you like Bakersfield when you visited, laid back with an old school vibe, read your quads and butt.  Still in contact with Carrell from SSSC. It was sad to see them working with those broad friendships. I haven't talked to him since that. I haven't talked to him since that, to be honest with you. What cut are you looking forward to running? There's one that CSI talked about called Burt Rubber, that's old, that I was looking forward to running, seeing what it's like. You are not so mentioned on the podcast that Greg claimed NL5, his Afghani, Colombian, Mexican, was he talking about skunk one? Yeah, Greg never claimed that. NL5 was supposedly at the time he told me that it was Colombian crossed to Mexican, crossed to Steve Murphy's Afghani. So technically, yes, that would be it, but the Colombian and Mexican was often referred to as Hawaiian, if that helps, clear that up. It would not be the same as skunk one. Obviously, different Afghanis, different Colombians, different Mexicans change up everything. Have I grown any of the new SSSC stuff? No, not yet. What point was it not worth it to hold the Library of Cuts for yourself?   People act, keep around big mothers of everything.   Nobody wants Kim won crosses.  So it's how it goes.  So I don't know.   Yeah, our market share and people that come here that wanna learn about strains and shit, like that is the smallest part of the market. Yep, zero money in sales. So that's the facts of the matter. It's not worth it to have a seed company and work stuff. It's sad, but it's true. It's not worth it to have a seed company to try to work a line to be a real IBL. It's not financially viable. You lose so much money trying to do that and to try to stay unique. And it didn't, it used to be that there was enough of the market to kind of keep shit going, but that's gone. Like it's, we don't have that market share anymore. It is gone.  I re-eye. I think I know who that is. What do you think I know who that is? I'm wrong though. I'll let him sit in here if it is him. True sad when I ask questions and people are happy to answer because nobody asked those questions. Yeah, that's why I stopped doing the live feeds.  Where are you looking?  I'm fucking. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. My guy purple and you're fucking. It's just, he wants to answer that all the time. It's hard not to get jaded. And I find myself getting there multiple times a year. Yeah, I love SG's too. I mean, yeah.  It's hard to get up and find a reason to turn it on, flick on the live stream.  Even today, like how much cool should we talk about? And how many times did I repeat myself? You know, it sucks, but I get it. Not everybody is at the same place like in learning and some people are newer to the scene and haven't heard these questions answered or newer to us. I really don't approve a lot of requests anymore. Like for Instagram, like I rarely approve requests because it's all like the same person under 9,000 different names trying to follow me. And that's obvious who that is, you know? See, there's anything over here. Tell you about headband skittles. A Tav headband, Tav Z. So yeah, skittles VX3 with Z-Cube. You're gonna get stuff that's kinda headband, kinda Z-Cube.  You're gonna get some here, some there. Oh, stay trippy. Really? For like the ninth time in this life, you'd someone's gonna ask about that same shithead. I don't know why. Come on.   I have no, don't know what, but not says up too much as far as releasing stuff, but where he's at with anything. Why doesn't anyone finish so ugly?  Kim91 is ugly no matter how you grow it.  I'm not a fan of Kim91, myself for that reason. What's a cut you miss working with, if any? I had a really good strawberry cookies cut, now I'm shitting all over cookies, but I had a really good strawberry cookies cut that I missed. I missed the LA AFI, Afghani number one cut.  So yeah, just smells skunk spray up close when my dog got sprayed. There you go. What's a great question? Did I miss something? Yeah, there's a lot of cuts I miss over the years. I miss my riot berry cut, but I'm very happy with what came from me losing it, being that the blue bonnet work, popping all the blueberries running through it and being totally convinced that DJ has ruined blueberry permanently along with his daughter, JD. That's on pink pistols, they show up outdoor. Some plants are genetically predisposed to it and it seems to be reaction to outdoor stuff. Oh, cut I missed, yeah. That was a good question. Good question of the day. Yeah, I don't know. Looks like we're running low on questions. Let's see how long we're in. 55 minutes, I guess we can cut it here. I can leave this up for a while if you guys want. I just don't know that there was any good info worth leaving up in here from the questions today. I'll probably come back on Thursday or Friday.  Hopefully next time I'll have Twitter up too and a few other things. Thank you for everyone who showed up on YouTube. I'm really liking the YouTube platform and hopefully we can eventually move everyone over there. I don't know, I don't know. But we'll see. It's hard to move people places. Anyway, Twitter and Twitch, both. Yeah, why not? There you go.


Alrighty, I have some really good news which might be good news for all theme park operators because if they're gonna do it I'm assuming everyone's gonna do it. I made a video yesterday and as you all know in all my videos I always say take what I say with a grain of salt these are my opinions and I did honestly think that theme parks would not open in the 2020 season. I truthfully did so here is me openly admitting that it looks like I was greatly wrong and it looks like theme parks are gonna start opening. I've been sent How do I word this? I've been sent a little birdie that has told me of a phased opening plan for Six Flags Parks I'm gonna label this as rumors and speculation to prevent me from Anything. Yeah. Anyway, so from what I understand and again, this is rumors and speculation I'm speculating that Six Flags is gonna open up in two phased Opening phases. I don't know how to word it. They're gonna open up in two phases phase one will occur on June 1st The dry park will open up and phase two will occur on June 13th Where the water park and shows and entertainment will open up After so it'll be two phases from I understand so far And from what I can say Six Flags will also have be having new cleanliness measures I can't confirm what those might be or I can't speculate if I were to begin speculating on what that could mean It's probably gonna be cleaning down the trains like we saw at SeaWorld while they were still operating when this first launched and all that and Yeah, so again It looks like this is good news. If Six Flags is supposedly opening on June 1st as a phased Opening procedure or whatever you want to call that again. I'm assuming Cedar Fair is gonna follow suit I don't know if Canada's Wonderland is gonna follow these same things as we are under Different rules over here and under stricter quarantine Practices up here. So I don't know if this is going to impact La Ronde and Canada's Wonderland, especially since Quebec is Anyways But yeah, nonetheless, it looks like American parks are in for some luck as the country is moving to open up the economy And it looks like theme parks are being included in that or at least theme parks from what I'm speculating Think that they're being included in that and they have plans to open June 1st as part of a two-phased opening plan I have heard rumors that Disney in Orlando is looking to open up sooner There are rumblings that mid-May is looking like a possibility for Florida But I know nothing about that and I haven't been sent any concrete evidence from anyone inside I can say Six Flags is looking a little more promising right now And this is good news because we know that Cedar Fair and Six Flags are in desperate need of money right now So comment down below what theme park you're going to first as soon as they open up And what's gonna be your first roller coaster on June 1st if you happen to be going to a Six Flags park? Anyways, and I do want to clarify again These are rumors and speculation videos and nothing is concrete until the parks and chains and make announcements themselves please take this with a grain of salt and Anything can change and obviously each state is differently. So this doesn't mean every Six Flags park Across the board is gonna be opening June 1st. It all depends on the state that they're operating in But yeah, anyways, hope you enjoyed this little quick informational video on or speculation video on the possibility of Six Flags opening up on June 1st Thanks so much for watching guys. Have a good one. Bye


Yeah, like Gary said, gonna talk about Big Muddy and the Givet Park Youth Garden. It is a collaboration and a really wonderful effort. So just to go through what I'll be talking about. Gonna give this context of what is Big Muddy so that that'll inform what our work is with the Youth Garden and then what are the results of this grant that we got from CER. And so thankful for CER's support of this Youth Garden program. So this was in the 2017 season. So first what is Big Muddy? I'm gonna go through this a little bit more here. Our mission is dedicated to making sustainable agriculture education accessible to all and so we are focused on education and we are a nonprofit in Omaha, Nebraska. Our programs, I kind of see it as three different programs. There's the aspiring farmer residency program and then there's the Youth Garden program and the group tours and activities. And I'm just gonna give a quick shout out. There's two residents at Big Muddy that are in the room right now. So Gavin Johnston and Jordan Eberhardt. So we'll talk about the residency here and it'd be if you have questions about the residency too you should ask Gavin and Jordan. So the residency it brings five residents, but now it's actually six residents together. And we come together in January. We start putting a business plan together and then we put that plan into action on five sites in the neighborhood and I'll get into the location of the farm in a little bit. And this is based on a service learning concept, so residents are in one way the representatives of Big Muddy as they go out into the fields and work and put the farm together and take that to the market and so they're in one way representative. But then in another way they're also a client and going through this process of experiential education and going from action into reflection and then back into action and reflection also by being surrounded by your peers. So yeah, it's it's a great way to understand the reality of the work that you will be doing and then it's also a great way to understand yourself a little bit better your community and yourself. So another way of looking at the programs is from the core program of five residents then that can help 30 youth gardeners, which then can also help 200 volunteers and school group participants and then there's also a lot of people walking by every day. So it kind of has a ripple effect by having that core residency program is business oriented. So we are focused on the numbers. How much does seed cost and how much does that supply at the market and was did that work out? Did your theory of business work out on this small-scale experience? So we get together and we put that business plan together and then we put that theory into action and we take it to the market that's in the neighborhood. We attend events around town, so do some tabling with a seed guessing game and other creative ideas that residents bring up and then also have this bike tour that goes through the plots and we have a meal at each of the plots. And yeah, it brings it's about engaging neighbors and bringing them together and and then working within a peer pure set and to make our food system equitable. And you can tell that the residents love it. They're always looking down at the ground. It's like I'm looking straight at the soil. I'm trying to understand this. And so we partner with Creighton University with the greenhouse to start the seeds and that's a block away from the farm. So it's pretty accessible for us and it's great to have that infrastructure and that partnership. And so planted carrots in this bed and then we're there in the youth or in the greenhouse. And then also part of the learning experience of the residency is this iterative part process. So we're hosting school groups and tours throughout this all and then that culminates at the end of the year in November with our fundraiser The Let's Grow Here Gala and residents give a five-minute speech about what they've learned over the year. So it's through this process of continuing to talk about what your work is with the community that then it'll culminate in this five-minute presentation. So we'll be talking about the youth garden a little bit more and that's what the presentation is about today. But just giving some context of our program. So I'll get into a little bit more of this, but it's a range of kids and we have a great time and I'll get into a lot more of this here in a little bit. But the residents are helping out with the youth garden and that's again with that iterative process to teach what you're learning and then also have those questions from kids inform your process. And there's a chicken coop up at the youth garden as well. And then another part of the farm is hosting volunteer and school groups and this is a range. It can be corporate groups or it can be from an elementary school. It's really across the board. And it's also professional groups. That's a woman in medicine group and then we had no more empty pots stopped by and it can be that we get dirty or it's just showing the plots. It can vary on the group. And then have a group of volunteers that bring in compost or their food waste and then we compost it and also they help out with managing the compost piles. It's pretty neat. So where is the farm? And it's a little hard to see on this projector. But over here here's the Missouri River pretty much and then here's downtown Omaha. So we're in Gifford Park neighborhood and all the plots are centralized there. So yeah, it's not as pretty urban and in the downtown or well midtown section. So then zooming in a little bit it's a five block radius to the furthest plot. So you can walk to each of the plots. So there's five plots. There's three chicken coops and then there's the residency house. And so these are the residency houses. So there's two houses the yellow house and the green house. And then there's also the garage that hosts that host the equipment and and we can store other materials in there. There's also a chicken coop in the back of the house that red box back there is a chicken coop that we manage. And here are a couple of the plots. You can tell there used to be a house there, but it's no longer there. And so now we're growing on this vacant lot. Some of the some of the lots have rubble underneath or Omaha is a super fun site. So there's a lot of lead, especially 58th Street and East. So we got to be mindful of that. And so some sites have raised beds. And then this is what we'll be talking about today. So that was the context of all of this. The youth garden program. And this is at the Gifford Park community garden. So you can see at the bottom there, those are community garden plots. So that's families in the neighborhood or individuals in the neighborhood that rent out a plot for $25 a year. Then up towards the top of that. Up here is the youth garden program. And we have these picnic tables up here with a shed. Here's a big muddy plot that we use as a demonstration plot and we integrate that within the youth garden program. So it helps us provide supply for the market, but then also is a demonstration tool for the kids. Then over here is the chicken coop. And the kids really love once they get to the youth garden, they love running up to the chicken coop making sure all the chickens are all right. And if there are any eggs in the coop. So here's another look at it. And we'll be talking about these raised beds right here. So they're 30 inch by 30 inch. 30 inch by 30 inch raised beds. It started in 2003. So we are standing on the shoulders of folks that have been building this program and we're continuing it on. And the neighborhood youths, they come in and design the plot. They plant the plot. They take ownership and it's really through that ownership education that they learn a whole lot. And we partner that ownership of that plot with programming. So they get to take what they've been growing and plug that into the programming that we're offering. And programming is 16 weeks and it goes from mid May to late August and it's from 10 to noon. And it is a free program and I'll get into signups in a second. So first it starts with planning and so this is at the residency house. And we host it and ask any neighbors or anybody involved in the youth garden to stop by and we get together and start planning for the upcoming season. And so that's we're actually having this year's planning meeting on February 23rd. But during the course of this grant are that was in April. So it can kind of range. I'm excited to have it a little earlier this year. And a great a great point to be made is to bring in the youth gardeners directly to the planning meeting and ask them what they would want instead of assuming that we know everything and that yeah it's just great to have that input of what they would want. And then we can make that happen. It's also good during the planning meeting to provide a brief history of whatever the programming is because that can then include more people into the conversation that may be new to the youth garden. So it's good to just make sure everyone's on the same page. And it's a good time at the planning meeting to do that. And then you compile ideas and you can rank them on what might be the best. And it's also a good time to start thinking about who are our neighbors. Who would be a good person to bring in to do a program for the youth garden. And start thinking if that is possible. So then after the planning meeting then you get the schedule out and so this is a partnership with many folks that it takes a village right. So Big Muddy does do quite a few programs but then there's so many wonderful experienced people in the neighborhood that we bring in. So Gerard Papong an artist in the neighborhood. So he did art in the garden. And then Chad and Cynthia. Cynthia is a scientist at the zoo and and I'll get into a little bit more of this. I'm actually going to go week by week on what it looks like. But I just want to make that point that it's not all on Big Muddy that we provide all the programming is that there's so many people that can bring their experience to this. So then once we have the schedule set put it in the newsletter. We have a neighborhood newsletter. We send that around and folks can tear that out of the newsletter because we have a sign up sheet. And with the Ceregrant we were able to update the website to include this information that you can download from the website. If you want to reference it or use it. Well more with the calendar it's referenced but And so put that in the newsletter. Then the first week is a garden opening event. It's so wider. It's not youth garden specific. It's Open to the community gardeners to the neighborhood folks anyone who wants to join in. So we got painting Going on and hanging out and just getting ready for the season. But then the next week. We have pick your plot. So All the youth get to pick their plot. We have a map and write down names with within the course of the grant with Sarah in 2017. It rained for the first three weeks of the actual youth garden. So we were working through that. But that's actually a good point to be made is that those first three weeks are I'll just jump back real quick. So it's good to know your garden and then plant your plot and plant your plot. So we do leave a little bit of extra room in the Beginning because it might take a little bit. You might hit some weather issues or Any sort of uncertainty. It's good to have those first three weeks. And it's also Still beneficial for everyone who's coming each week. So week two. Yeah. Everyone's picking their plots. We also have to weed the beds and we do some mulching then week three again. It was raining. It was helpful to have these These tents that we could set up. And so those are stored in the shed. And so even though it was raining there are still youth gardeners there and we still went through with the program. And so here in this picture there's Kaya Beeson and Cadence Hernandez and They were residents at the time that talked about how to design their plot and we have activity that they use. So it's it's using math skills. There's one point two points depending on how big the crop is. And then we have this graph paper to you know kind of draw out where they want to plant certain vegetables and we talk about the light and all sorts of design elements. So then the next week we did start planting And so the first couple weeks are yet who hasn't designed yet who who needs a plot and let's start tending to our garden. So again we kind of pushed into the fourth week with another plant your plot. But this time it was a sunny day. And so we were really you can see there's a lot more youth gardeners there this day. So we finally hit critical mass and we had to catch people up who Who hadn't been there yet and design the garden and we did that and then we went on a tour of the plot talked about the demonstration Plot with big muddy and then also made up some garden rules with with everyone and wrote them down and painted name stakes as well so that we know where where our garden plots are at. And then yeah week five it's art in the garden. So we're technically not really Planting anything or harvesting at this point. But what happens is you're still getting youth gardeners to the plot every week even though the programming is is Might not be so related but it is related. It's all connected. You can get inspiration from your garden for whatever the art may be and so so it gets people there every week tending to their garden making sure that it's keeping up. We need to we do we need to water. What have you and just seeing things grow and with art in the garden.  And so there is some like concrete that you can use to make sure that it's all connected. Sculptures the lion sculptures and we just started spray painting the sculptures and then we got really wild and went out into the streets and just started spray painting buildings and also I'm just kidding. So then yeah week six Cynthia from the zoo she stopped by talking about funguses is amazing interactive session where the kids are super interested in what's going on. Then week seven sound of music so bring in pots and pans out and we can make music and share that however we may and again it's you know we have this activity going on it also brings you to the garden so that you tend your plot. And then week eight Terry a resident of Big Muddy talked about chicken care and biology with the group. And then week nine was wildlife and Matt who's a former farmer of Big Muddy. He came back and helped with this session and it was also a time when youth gardeners could come by and share their lizards or chickens, whatever pets they may have. And garden movement for week 10 week 11 we got outside of the garden and Justin Everdson from the statewide Arboretum and Nebraska Forest Service he stopped by for us to go on a walk through through the neighborhood looking at the different trees and talking about them. And this was when the Japanese beetle was really going going on so he was able to talk about that as well with the kids. And then week 12 herbs and actually this may happen and during week 12 the presenter wasn't able to be there last minute so we did jump in and we talked about herbs for a little bit. And then we busted out the crafts and art supplies and started making some fun things so it's good to have that shed that you could always rely on something if something falls through last minute. Because it's always fun at the youth garden we can always make something work. And then on week 13 we're doing canning and that's with Big Muddy as well. And we harvest from the garden and then get to put that into refrigerator pickles. We're not doing the full on water bath but it is possible to link that up and maybe have it be more of a community experience to do some water bath canning in the garden. It would just take some communication and coordination stuff. So something possible during this canning session to open it up to the wider neighborhood. Then Cooking Matters comes by week 14 and that's visiting nurses association chef from a really awesome restaurant in town. He comes by and the kids make some really delicious food. They help chop it up. Then with the help of the Sarah Grant we went on a field trip and this was so much fun. We went out to Honey Creek Creamery which is about 15 to 20 miles outside from where we're at in Omaha. It's right in Honey Creek, Iowa. We had a permission slip with contact information and what I learned about this permission slip is that you want that to be turned in the week beforehand. Not the day of because then you don't know the numbers. Thankfully though it worked out spot on that we were able to fill the bus just to the right space. So there wasn't too much or too little is right on and a really fun experience. So we met at the youth garden. Then we took a bus out to Honey Creek and first we started off with a tour where we got to go on a hike and it was wonderful to get outside of the city. And thankfully we have some parental chaperones as well during this field trip. And you know for a majority of the kids, three-fourths of the kids, they hadn't been to a farm. They don't have any connection so this was one of their first experiences getting to a farm which is just astounding and amazing. It was really great to go to Honey Creek Creamery and get to walk with the goats. And then also milk. The kids got to milk goats as well. And look at the cheese making operation that they have there too. And so with that we were able to, with the Ceregrant we were able to pay for the bus to get out there and then also pay an honorarium to the farmer for hosting us. And I should say this was also an enlightening experience that every third Saturday there's the Les Hills tour. So is this publicly open tour that like I think ten farmers, they all say hey we'll be here and people should show up and you can stop at our farm and then drive up the road and go to the next farm. And we all are open this day. And so what I found out is that we were able to partner the field trip up with that Les Hills tour. And so that's a good way to utilize energy effectively because it's like they're prepared and of course there's talk beforehand in coordination that hey there's going to be a lot of kids showing up in a bus. Are you ready for that? But then it was also very good that that can happen while other folks are stopping by the farm and this is a really fun day. So for field trips that you may consider in the future is to think about is there already a tour going on like an open driving tour or stopping tour that you might be able to pair up with. Then week sixteen we end it with a pizza party, we get the knives out, we give it to the kids, here you go, here's the knife and let's chop up some vegetables. So we take what's in the garden and we start making our pizzas and we use the houses that are around the youth garden, we talk with our neighbors to see if we can use their ovens. So there's three houses that we have pizzas going in and out and it's a lot of fun. Terry with his nephew making a pizza. So what are the results? Thirty-two youth gardeners explored their surrounding agricultural landscape on a field trip to Honey Creek Creamery near Crescent, Iowa and for three-fourths of them this was their first experience being on a farm. And then youth gardeners also learned garden design, planting your garden, chicken biology and care, canning and preserving and how to cook with garden fresh veggies. Then also with this grant that helped us update our website so that we could host resource material from our youth garden. And we still need to get there of getting lesson plans that residents create to put those on the website as well. So how many youth gardeners came each week? Does it vary or is there an average? It kind of varies between the years, but during 2017 it was about 30. 2018, last year, it went down a little bit, so it was probably about 25 last year. And so we're looking to, there's definitely some youth gardeners that we can get to go there that live in the neighborhood. We can get them to be youth gardeners for this upcoming year. Yep, yeah, so it's a really, it works. So there's so many hands involved to all make it happen, the parents come out and help too. So with the Aspiron Farmer Residency, is it the same group of residents each year or is it different? So it is different. So every year there's a new group of five residents. Though this year we started a second year position and Gavin is going from last year into this year. And that second year resident position is full-time and it provides more leadership and program support. And it's a great way to keep going with another year on the farm. What is the age range of the youth gardeners and then do you see any development in their interest in agriculture and food knowledge? So the age range, it goes from about three to 13. Though we are starting to see like, it's kind of the 13, 12, 13 is starting to not stop by as much. But yeah, it's like three to 13. And then it always amazes me when going to the youth garden and questioning like, do you know what this is? And the youth gardeners from previous years are like, yeah, that's like sage or something, you know? So their plant identification skills definitely, you can see that developing. And then there's also, they stop by the market down at the Gifford Park neighborhood market which is on Friday evenings and are able to say, I want some produce or anything like that. So there is that because then at the market they're able to also be a vendor there. And some of them have started some retailing. One is cupcakes, so it is a start. And then another is like perfumes, which is pretty cool. So you can start connecting that with growing your own or finding a local supplier for that and knowing how the plants can get into perfume. I got started, so I was one of the co-founders about seven years ago. And how I even got to that point is my formal education is filmmaking. And so I went on a documentary road trip where we made a documentary of feature length called Growing Cities. And we hit a bunch of different cities throughout the U.S. and interviewed urban agriculture lists and just seeing all these amazing projects, amazing people and just how it interacts with the community. I got back home and joined in with some friends to start Big Muddy. And then we were primarily a CSA farm at the beginning that we were finding land wherever we could. And there were seven of us. And Allie, who's here with the newborn violet, she helped start Big Muddy as well. And then Kate, she'll be around. And so put this farm together. And it was this amazing experience of putting a farm together, going through the actual process of putting the business plan into action. And then folks kind of grew out of that experience. So they wanted to go off and start larger operations or get involved with larger operations than the one acre operation that we have in the city. And so people started to leave and we saw that it had a great impact on them leaving. So then how does the farm continue and how do we provide that opportunity for more people to get involved and to experience what it's like to start a farm from that small experience. And then you'll grow from that seed of experience. Do you plan my crop as well? It's beautiful and we love the conversation. But then when you're also thinking of production, it's like, I need to be in the field. I can't be talking right now. And so we didn't want to shut off that conversation. And it worked out that can have this experience and then also have the conversation to continue. .


Greetings, friends. Welcome to CTUCC Conference Cast for August 2nd, 2012, the regular podcast of the Connecticut Conference of the United Church of Christ. Whoever you are, and wherever you may be on life's journey at this very moment, you are welcome here. We begin this week's conference cast with this meditation from Cecile Gilson, assistant to the conference minister. Cecile has been thinking this week about these words of the Apostle Paul found in the fourth chapter of the letter to the Ephesians. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body's growth in building itself up in love. I had the privilege of attending the opening worship of the United Black Christians Convocation that met last week in Hartford. For this frozen child of New England experiencing worship as a full body celebration is both a joy and a challenge. The Reverend Dr. Kenneth Samuel of Victory for the World UCC in Stone Mountain, Georgia was the preacher for the service. I knew of his reputation as a preacher and he didn't disappoint. He shared stories, preached the gospel and challenged us in ways that are both comfortable and uncomfortable. It was definitely an out of my comfort zone experience and I am grateful for the challenge. With apologies to Dr. Samuel, I would like to share one of his stories, one that came to mind as I read the passage from Ephesians. Dr. Samuel's mother is a baker of cakes, not just cakes but great cakes and all made from scratch. She wouldn't know what to do with a box of cake mix if you gave it to her. When she prepares to make a cake, she lays out all her ingredients before she begins mixing. As young children, Dr. Samuel and his brother would watch and great anticipation of the cake that was to come. One time their mother left the room for a bit, leaving them to ponder the ingredients lovingly laid out. When they considered how great the cake was when it was done, they decided that the individual elements must also taste good. So they dunked a finger in the egg and it was just plain nasty. The flour, sugar and butter weren't so hot either. How could all these unpleasant things make such a wonderful treat? Dr. Samuel went on to say that each of us with all our flaws and gifts come together to create the wonderful community of Christ. Individually we are bitter and sweet. Together we can be the whole body of Christ. Dr. Samuel also shared that when his mother came back, she knew immediately what they had done and sent them packing. How good it is to be part of a community of believers. In our worship and ministry, we celebrate and practice the life and ministry of Jesus. How much better our world would be if we could all work together to make delicious cakes. Here is a prayer for this week. Creator God, we celebrate the wonderful diversity that is our world. We give you thanks for our churches and ask for your blessing in our ministries. Amen. In the news this week, as Cecil mentioned, over 50 members of United Black Christians of the UCC came to Hartford last week for their 20th Convocation. UBC President Carol Brown underscored the gathering's theme, telling the Assembly at Faith Congregational Church UCC, If we remember the past, we will learn the lesson that the Spirit has never failed us, lest we forget. The Convocation featured great speakers and preachers of the Church, including General Minister and President, the Reverend Joffrey Black, Victory of the World UCC is the Reverend Dr. Kenneth Samuel, and Liberty Christian Center of Hartford's own, the Reverend Tamara Moorland, who challenged the congregation to cry out against injustice. One of her keyers, the Reverend Imani Jones of Shaker Heights, Ohio, said of her sermon, I am proud to be a member of the UCC today. This event has been inspiring and affirming as both an African American and as a woman. It is encouraging to see so many powerful African American women in leadership roles within the UCC and the UBC. Those who listened to last week's conference gas know that I recorded some voices from Silver Lake while I was serving as chaplain there. What you may not have realized is that the wisdom of those conferees formed the morning's message for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Words of grace about friends, the created world around them, and the places they'd found God. Here are just a few more of last week's words of grace. I found God when we were all working together to row the canoes at the waterfront. I saw God in the sun glinting on the waves of the lake from a canoe. Today when I was swimming, I was having a lot of fun. The place that I felt like I was with me was when I was at the volleyball court because I thought that I couldn't get the ball over the net, but then I could. I was kind of feeling kind of downish, sad, and when I looked in her eyes I kind of felt found God and she went to me, up to me and she was like, she was like, oh Tia, are you okay? Are you okay? I'm like, oh yeah, I'm okay, I'm fine, yeah. For my interest group today I went on a nature walk and I guess I felt God in the trees and in the ground and some of the rocks and stuff. We found God when we were at the waterfront today because a lot of people went canoeing, but we stayed at the waterfront and we were just laying on the docks and it was like really sunny and it was really nice and peaceful being just us and like a few other people and it was really cool. I think we grew closer to like just like the certain three of us. We were all like together because everyone can do it. Basically we found our search for amazing peace. I found God when we were all practicing for worship today. Our conference, putting an order to worship and finding their own voice with some music that arrived on a CD and it reminded me why I'm here. It is that grace filled gift when I've listened to youth putting it all together and dialed right in on with their hearts. Last May, most churches may have generated some extra energy for Pentecost worship, but that Sunday probably would have looked pretty familiar to most. For members of Iglesia Manancia de Gracia in New Britain, however, Pentecost meant rising early, gathering into carpools and driving to worship with members of Lakeview Congregational Church UCC in Worcester, Massachusetts for a special service that celebrated the new covenant between them as sister churches. Among the day's surprises was the appearance of members of a third congregation, Iglesia Hispana de la Comunidad of Lowl, Massachusetts. As the day's preacher, Elevet Mendez Angulo writes, How beautiful to see how congregations from different states with different pastors, different languages and different worship styles are united by God's language of grace and love. Find out more about these stories, about a new faithful tax policy resource prepared by Bread for the World and all the news of the week at ctucc.org slash news. The first materials for the fall session of the Connecticut Conference Annual Meeting are online, so everybody get ready to go big. The Reverend J. Bennett Gas, Executive for Local Church Ministries of the United Church of Christ, will kick off the meeting with his keynote address. The day will include the business of the conference, as well as inspiring music, enlightening worship and empowering learning experiences. The fall session will be held at Middletown High School on October 20th. Learn more at ctucc.org slash annual meeting. Praxis 21, the Center for Progressive Renewals National Church Leadership Institute begins August 8th through 10th in Decatur, Georgia. Learn about offering a spiritual care to a returning veteran on August 17th in West Haven. And join in praying for those returning to school this fall on August 25th in New Britain. As fall begins, learn about strategic planning for congregations in West Hartford, September 11th through 13th. The thinking about working for God Congregational Retreat is September 22nd at Silver Lake, and that same day, ripples in the water, building an open and affirming movement will be held in North Haven. CT women of the UCC hold their first fall retreat in Mystic on September 29th. Registration is open for general association. The Connecticut Conference's annual gathering of authorized ministers, church musicians and Christian educators will be held at Silver Lake Conference Center on September 23rd and run through September 25th. Bishop Yvette Flunder, the pastor of City of Refuge in San Francisco, is the keynote speaker. Also on the program, Interim Conference Minister Chuck Wildman, the General Association Banquet, and there will even be time to climb the trees in the high ropes challenge course. Find out more and register at ctucc.org slash g-e-n-l-a-s-s-n. And you can always learn about what's coming up in the Connecticut Conference at ctucc.org slash events. And that brings this conference cast to a close. Thanks to Cecile Gilson for her reflection and to GarageBand for our music. Primary funding for conference cast comes from your congregation's gifts to our church's wider mission, basic support, changing lives through the United Church of Christ. This is Eric Anderson, the Minister of Communications and Technology for the Connecticut Conference of the United Church of Christ, praying that your days this week may be filled with the presence, the guidance, and the grace of God. This is Eric Anderson again. It's time for me to take some time off. And so conference cast will be on vacation too for the next two weeks. Listen and look for both of us on Thursday, August 23rd. And may God bless you from now until then and every day beyond.