My first memory of Blackpink was around the summer of 2017 when someone in the Popheads Plug.dj room played “As If It’s Your Last”. That song was stuck in my head ever since I first heard it. It had everything I wanted from a K-pop song at that time - a fire rap verse, beautiful vocals, an upbeat production that had an addictive pop bubblegum melody in the chorus. The gorgeous music video definitely played a huge factor on the song’s memorability. A few months later, I was watching Justice League with my relatives when Barry Allen aka The Flash arrives at his Flash secret den, only to be surprised to find Bruce Wayne aka Batman waiting for him. Why am I mentioning this scene? Behind Batfleck (a portmanteau of Batman and Ben Affleck) is the TV screen of the “As If It’s Your Last” music video and the song can be heard for a few seconds before fading into focus on the dialogue between Batman and The Flash. Being in a Southeastern Country where the influence of the Hallyu wave is huge since the early 2000s, everyone in the theater were pleasantly surprised by the fact that a K-pop song, let alone a song from a group with only 5 songs at that time, was featured in a Hollywood superhero movie. At that moment, I had a huge feeling that the song being featured in Justice League will increase the presence of K-pop in the West to the point that a K-pop song actually charts in Billboard Hot 100 soon and BLACKPINK is going to be one of those groups. To my surprise, I was actually right. BTS and Blackpink are the most popular K-pop groups right now thanks to their success in the West, which was the place that is quite hesitant to accept K-pop as a dominant force in pop culture despite its popularity outside the West, especially in Asia. The groups’ appearances in the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Charts definitely made Western labels realize that K-pop is a dominant force globally. As part of the Popheads Album of the Year 2020 series, I take a look at Blackpink's first full album appropriately titled “The Album''. Their debut full album was highly anticipated as it took four years since their debut in 2016 to finally make this happen. With this post, I deconstruct Blackpink’s history and their legacy, how the tracks fared as an album, and why “The Album” deserves its place as the “Popheads’ Album of the Year”.
PART 1. THE GROUP
When Blackpink made their debut on August 8, 2016, the anticipation was high as they were YG Entertainment’s second girl group after 2NE1. The high anticipation is also because the group was supposed to debut in 2012 after YG’s founder and now-former CEO Yang Hyun-suk teased a possibility of a second girl group back in 2011. The name for YG’s second girl group wasn’t even called Blackpink in the first place as the group was initially named “Pink Punk”. “Pink Punk” was supposed to be YG’s answer to SM Entertainment’s Girls Generation (SNSD) as the initial number of members were supposed to match the number of members of SNSD, which is nine members. YG even uploaded videos of some trainees who were likely to be members of Pink Punk to build public interest before the group’s supposed to debut. And then, Pink Punk never happened. Yang Hyun-suk’s indecisive, premature decisions during his time as CEO of YG is the reason why he earned so much infamy within the K-pop community, along with other things. But let’s not delve into that. Between 2011 and 2016, it was clear that this second girl group went through drastic changes. The line-up of members changed from nine to seven, then to five, to just four. Besides Pink Punk, the group had other possible names such as “Baby Monster” and “Magnum”. I honestly wonder what kind of crack did the people in YG Entertainment smoke to think that these are legitimately good names for their second girl group. Did they get that crack from Senguri? We may never know. Blackpink’s debut was an instant success as they released their debut double singles “Whistle” and “Boombayah”, compiled as a single album “Square One”. “Whistle” and “Boombayah” debuted at #1 and #7 at South Korean Gaon Digital Charts respectively. The group also became the fastest girl group to earn a win in a Korean music show as Inkigayo gave the group a trophy win for “Whistle”. Looking back, the group said that debuting with “Whistle” as their first single was risky at that time due to it having a “weird country vibe” and its minimal production, which led many people at YG against its release. They followed “Square One” with the next single album “Square Two” with singles “Playing with Fire” and “Stay”, which both aim to show Blackpink’s softer side, compared to the chaotic, party-vibe of “Square One”. While most K-pop groups usually have at least two to three comebacks per year, it seems like Blackpink only has one comeback per year based on the release pattern of when the group has their comebacks. On June 2, 2017, they released their comeback standalone single “As If It’s Your Last”. The following year, they finally released their first mini-album (which is basically an EP) “Squared Up” on June 15, 2018. “DDU-DU DDU-DU”, the mini-album’s title single (K-pop equivalent to lead single) propelled Blackpink to global popularity especially in the West as the single debuted at #55 and #78 in the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart respectively. This marks their first appearance in these charts. Additionally, the song’s music video is currently the second most-viewed K-pop music video with 1.4 billion viewers, being only behind Gangnam Style by former fellow YG artist Psy with 3.9 billion viewers. In 2019, Blackpink released their second mini-album “Kill This Love” on April 4. The release of the mini-album was significant as it’s the group’s first release under Interscope Records, which distributes their music and handles their promotions in countries outside Asia. The titular track peaked at #41 on Billboard Hot 100 and #33 on the UK Singles Chart. This era is best remembered for the group’s promotions in the West as a result of their increasing popularity, specifically their iconic Coachella appearance that made them the first K-pop girl group to perform in the festival. Their Coachella gig highlighted the group’s stage presence and high energy as performers, backed with a live band that complimented the group’s electronic-style music. It’s Blackpink like we never saw before and it’s definitely a refreshing contrast to their more calculated promotions in their home country of South Korea.
PART 2. THE MEMBERS
A huge part of Blackpink’s appeal are the members. Their beauty and charismatic personalities are some of the reasons why the group has a huge fanbase of Blinks, which is the fandom name of the group. Obviously, K-pop idols are trained to be charismatic. But there is something about the dynamic of the members that feel unmatched and they harmonize well together as a group. It’s sort of a relief that YG didn’t stick to their plan of having a nine-member girl group. During training, Jennie said that the female trainees are shuffled to different groups every two months and there would be “little fights” on who gets assigned to positions in the group such as vocals, rapping, and dancing. When grouped with Lisa, Jisoo, and Rosé, Jennie said it was already clear on who gets the parts. Each member of the group carries the whole group in their own different ways. They all have different backgrounds, different motivations on why they wanted to become idols and trainees under YG, and different skills that make Blackpink as a whole. I will be describing the members in the order they were revealed before their debut.
Jennie
Jennie Kim was the first member to be revealed as part of Blackpink on June 1, 2016. She is the group’s assigned main rapper and lead vocalist. Jennie was born as an only child to wealthy parents on January 16, 1996, in Seoul, South Korea. Jennie moved to Auckland at the age of eight after she was asked by her mother if she liked the place during their visit there. Jennie seemed to adjust her life well in New Zealand and she was featured in a documentary titled “English, Must Change to Survive” for South Korean broadcaster MBC about her experience as a Korean kid living in a foreign land. Jennie moved back to Seoul in 2010 after not being interested in taking up law in the United States, which was suggested by her mother who eventually supported her daughter’s decision. While Jennie didn’t have any formal musical background growing up, she was interested in K-pop during her stay in New Zealand. She auditioned for YG Entertainment as a vocalist, in which she performed “Take a Bow” by Rihanna. While Jennie was accepted as a trainee under YG, the judges advised her to train for the role of a rapper as she is the only trainee who can speak English. A trainee for five years, Jennie was one of the most popular trainees in YG and has already gained recognition before her eventual debut as a Blackpink member. YG uploaded videos of Jennie covering “Strange Clouds" by B.o.B. featuring Lil Wayne and “Lotus Flower Bomb” by Wale while she was a trainee. She also appeared as a featured artist for Senguri’s “GG Be” and G-Dragon’s “Black” in their respective solo albums, which she performed with the latter in Inkigayo making it her stage debut Because of her early popularity, Jennie was highly speculated to be part of the original line-up of Pink Punk before the idea was scrapped. After the release of “Square Up”, Jennie became the first member of the group to debut as a soloist. She released her debut solo single aptly titled “Solo” on November 12, 2018. The music video is the most-viewed music video by a Korean female solo artist with 600 million views on YouTube. Just recently, she launched her own YouTube channel on her 26th birthday where she intends to create vlogs about her everyday life. Her first vlog served as an introduction to her channel which included a cover of Tangled’s “When Will My Life Begin?” by Mandy Moore. The vlog has already gotten 10.9 million views two days after its release.
Lisa
Lalisa Manoban, known by her stage name Lisa, was revealed as the second member of Blackpink on June 8, 2016. Lisa is the assigned main dancer, lead rapper, and sub vocalist of the group. She is also the “maknae” of the group, meaning she is the youngest member of the group, as well as the only non-Korean member in the group. Lisa’s birth name is actually different as she was born under the name “Pranpriya” before legally changing to Lalisa. She was born in Thailand on March 27, 1997. Lisa took dance lessons at four years old and often competed in dance competitions. She was part of the Thai dance crew “We Zaa Cool'' with childhood friend and fellow K-pop idol BamBam from GOT7. She also competed in a singing competition where she represented her school, ending up as a runner-up. Inspired by her idols and eventual YG labelmates BIGBANG and 2NE1, Lisa had her eyes on the K-pop industry. She auditioned for YG Entertainment when the agency visited Thailand. Out of the 4,000 Thai applicants, she was the only one accepted to be a trainee under YG. Lisa began her 5-year trainee journey in 2011 as she is YG’s first foreign trainee. Like Jennie, she was speculated to be part of the original line-up of “Pink Punk”. Her highly impressive skills as a dancer have always led her to be assigned as the main dancer in different groups that she designs most of the choreography herself. While still training, YG released a video of 16-year-old Lisa performing “Turn Up The Music”, albeit she was nameless in the video. Lisa is the group’s most popular member as she is the most followed member on Instagram with 45.2 million followers. Her widely-shared dance performance of “Swalla” in the Blackpink In Your Area tour and the “Did It Work?” memes that surrounded her legs contributed to her worldwide popularity. In 2020, Lisa released a limited edition photobook on her birthday aptly titled “0327”, which consisted of photos she took with her film camera that included some shots of her fellow members. Outside of her Blackpink duties, Lisa is a dance mentor of the Chinese survival show “Youth With You”. She was dubbed as “Mentor Lisa” by Blinks as her strict mentoring style in the show surprised everyone since it was the opposite of her shy personality. Her fellow members have teased Lisa over her strict mentoring style.
Jisoo
Kim Ji-soo, more commonly known by her first name, was revealed as the third member of Blackpink on June 15, 2016. She is the group’s lead vocalist and “visual” member, meaning she is the most attractive member according to Korean beauty standards. She is also the eldest member of the group, making her the “eonie” of the group. Jisoo was born on January 3, 1995, in South Korea and she grew up with a close, extended family. Despite being a visual member, Jisoo was bullied as a kid about her appearance by her relatives who often called her a monkey. Being an idol was not on Jisoo’s radar growing up. She wanted to involve herself in the arts as she considered wanting to become an actress, a painter, or a writer. She developed her acting skills by joining a drama club during her time as a student. Despite not knowing about YG when she auditioned, Jisoo was accepted as a trainee and began her 5-year trainee journey. Like Jennie and Lisa, Jisoo was speculated to be part of the original line-up of Pink Punk. Before her debut, she made appearances in commercials for Samsonite, LG, and Nikon. There is always one member in a K-pop group that would likely become actors later in their careers and Jisoo is one of them. It isn’t surprising as she has openly shown her interest in becoming an actress and the members even remarked that she would win an Oscar for her “acting face” alone. Before her debut, she had a cameo appearance in an episode of the KBS show “The Producers” with labelmates Dara of 2NE1. Now a K-pop idol, Jisoo appeared in a role in tvN’s fantasy-drama “Arthdal Chronicles” where she played her first fictional character. Jisoo will be starring in an upcoming JTBC drama “Snowdrop” that is slated to premiere later this year.
Rosé
Park Chae-young, more commonly known as Rosé, is the fourth and last member to be revealed as part of Blackpink on June 22, 2016. She is the assigned main vocalist and lead dancer in the group. Rosé’s English name is Roséanne Park as she was born outside Korea and grew up living overseas. She was born on February 11, 1997, in Auckland, New Zealand. Her family moved to Melbourne, Australia when she was eight years old. While Lisa’s musical background is more on dancing, Rosé’s musical background is more on singing as she grew up singing in a choir and has played the guitar often in school. When YG went to Australia to look for potential trainees, she was advised by her father to try auditioning. After being accepted as a YG trainee, she had to drop out of school and move to Seoul within two months. Rosé said it was difficult to be separated from her family during training. Despite feeling homesick, she was determined to become a K-pop idol. Rosé had no formal experience with dancing, which caught her off-guard when she first trained. She definitely had a lot of time to hone her dancing skills that she eventually became the lead singer in the group. Before her debut, Rosé was a featured artist in G-Dragon’s song “Without You” in 2012. Given her position as the main vocalist, Blinks have been anticipating her solo debut. She has released covers of Halsey’s “Eyes Open” and Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song”, which really showcased her unique vocals. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she covered a series of songs in a jam session that was live-streamed on her Instagram page. Rosé will finally make her debut as a soloist early this year and teasers are expected to pop-up as reports say that she finished filming the music video of her solo debut. Given YG’s well-recorded unreliably on their commitments, we could only hope this would finally push through. While I have described every member of Blackpink, there’s one more person that needs to be mentioned as he plays a crucial factor in Blackpink’s success.
Teddy Park
Teddy Park is a former member of YG’s boy group “1TYM” and now an in-house producer for YG Entertainment. He wrote and produced many iconic tracks for BIGBANG and 2NE1 such as Fantastic Baby and I Am The Best respectively. Teddy produced the majority of Blackpink’s discography and has received songwriting credits of Blackpink’s collaborations with Dua Lipa (Kiss and Make Up) and Lady Gaga (Sour Candy). According to the album’s production credits, he is credited as the album producer and creative director for the group.
PART 3. THE ERA
When YG announced on May 4, 2020, that Blackpink finished recording their first full album and will shoot a music video for their pre-single later that month, the news was met with cautious optimism. YG has a track record of promising things that didn’t come to fruition so this announcement was understandably taken with a grain of salt. It’s worth pointing out that the group was previously featured on “Sour Candy” by Lady Gaga as a promo single for her album “Chromatica”, which indicates that Blackpink might be coming out with their new material. Also, Interscope is capitalizing on the increasing popularity of K-pop in the West by investing Blackpink in their roster. With this, YG has to commit to its schedule. And so they did by dropping a teaser poster a month later that revealed that the pre-release single will drop on June 26. The pre-release single would later turn out to be called “How You Like That?”, which was met with huge anticipation as teaser posters and videos of the members were revealed until its release. The single became an instant success the moment it dropped as the music video’s premiere was watched by 1.66 million simultaneous viewers on YouTube, making it the highest-rated YouTube Premiere. It was also the fastest music video to hit 100 million viewers in just 32 hours before BTS’ “Dynamite” took over the title two months later, beating Blackpink with 24 hours The song itself was a hit in the charts. It debuted at #32 on Billboard Hot 100 and #20 on the UK Singles Charts. Blackpink then teased the release of their second pre-release single featuring an unnamed artist on July 23 that will be released a month later. It was widely speculated that Ariana Grande is the unnamed artist that the hashtag “#AriPink” trended on Twitter. It was later revealed that Grande is actually one of the songwriters of the single and that Selena Gomez is the actual unnamed artist on August 11. The title would later be revealed as “Ice Cream” on August 22. The single’s music video, in which the scenes had to be shot separately in South Korea and Los Angeles due to the COVID-19 pandemic, gathered 79.08 million viewers in 24 hours. The single is currently Blackpink’s highest-peaking single on Billboard Hot 100, debuting at #13. Throughout the hype of Ice Cream, YG announced on July 28 that Blackpink will FINALLY release their first full album titled “The Album” on October 2. The name was met with mixed reactions, calling it “lazy”. However, Rosé said that they have worked on the album for so long that simply calling it “The Album” is the best way to describe their project because it’s so straightforward - “Blackpink: The Album”. Accompanying the album’s release on October 2 is the release of the album’s title track “Lovesick Girls”, which became the sixth biggest 24-hour music video debut at 61.4 million viewers. While the song peaked at #59 on Billboard Hot 100, the new Billboard Global 200 showed that the song debuted and peaked at #2, with the song topping the separate Global Chart that excluded the US. In-between the releases of the singles was Blackpink’s new reality TV show on YouTube called “Blackpink: 24/365”, which showcased various activities that the members participated in, such as pottery making and kart racing, as well as revealing behind the scenes footage of their music videos. The 16-episode reality series served as a way to promote the group and the album’s release. The series began on June 13 with a prologue until it aired its finale on October 24. It was supposed to have one more episode that was scheduled on October 31 before being pulled off after Chinese netizens were concerned over a clip of the episode’s teaser that showed the members touching a baby panda without gloves and masks during the pandemic. To cap off the era, a Netflix documentary film about the group was made under the title, “Blackpink: Light Up the Sky”, which documented Blackpink’s first four years as a group featuring behind the scenes videos and footage during their training days. It also showed the friendship between the members and their producer Teddy, their retrospective look on their training days, as well as their struggles of keeping up the busy lifestyle as K-pop idols. The documentary film also showed the girls recording the songs for The Album, as well as Rosé preparing for her long-anticipated solo debut. The documentary received positive reviews, which critics liked the documentary for showing the members’ work ethic and their fun personalities.
PART 4. THE TRACKS
“The Album” is a pop album that has influences of hip-hop, R&B, and EDM, all of which compose Blackpink’s musical signature since their debut. “The Album” is composed of 8 tracks (including the three singles) with a length of 24 minutes and 26 seconds. This is somehow normal for a K-pop mini-album, but too short for a full-album. In comparison, Twice’s second full-album “Eyes wide open” has 13-tracks with a length of 43 minutes and 29 seconds. As an eight-track album, it’s an equal mix of English and Korean songs as Blackpink attempts to market themselves in the West. All of these songs were recorded in The Black Label in South Korea, with some of the album’s mixing and additional input by producers made remotely due to the pandemic. Teddy serves as the album’s main producer, along with YG’s in-house songwriters and producers Danny Chung, R.Tee, 24, Løren, Vince, and Future Bounce. Frequent Blackpink songwriter Bekah Boom also worked on the lyrics of “The Album”. New songwriters and producers include Victoria Monét, Tommy Brown, Steven Franks, Ariana Grande, Ryan Tedder, Melanie Fontana, Torae Carr, Jonathan Descartes, Brian Lee, Leah Haywood, David Guetta, Tushar Apte, Rob Grimaldi, Chloe George, and Steph Jones. The featured artists in “The Album”, Selena Gomez and Cardi B, are also credited as songwriters in their respective tracks “Ice Cream” and “Bet You Wanna”. Additionally, Jennie and Jisoo received their first songwriting credits ever with “Lovesick Girls”. For this section on the post, I will give my thoughts on each track. I will also include the line distribution statistics based on random_k’s lyric distribution videos (with the exception of Love to Hate Me which I will base on HEXA6ON’s lyric distribution video of the song) and input my thoughts on the distribution as well.
1. How You Like That?
We begin “The Album” with the first pre-release single. “How You Like That?” is an appropriate opener to the album as it’s your typical Blackpink clap-back anthem. The best way to describe my mood on this song is the way AJay reacted to the song, in which she said “This is how you open the album”. Of course, many have criticized this song for being too familiar with the previous singles “DU-DDU-DDU-DU” and “Kill This Love” and I do agree that this song is definitely a rethread of these songs. However, I will disagree that this song didn’t serve anything new to the table. For me, “How You Like That?” basically re-defined Blackpink’s sound that complements the group’s pop and hip-hop tendencies that the previous singles haven’t reached before. It feels redundant to talk about Blackpink’s music videos because it always expected that their music videos would always serve BUDGET regardless of the quality of the actual song. Like, look at the budget! And they shot this music video during a pandemic!
While the line distribution is not totally equal as Jisoo is missing out on ten seconds compared to other members, I feel like the line distribution is justified. You can definitely hear each member contributing their own lines in the song. Lisa being the member with the most lines also makes sense as she basically she slayed the entire second verse
2. Ice Cream (with Selena Gomez)
When Normani released “Motivation” as a single, you can definitely tell that Ariana could’ve sang this song since she is credited as a songwriter. It has the Grande fingerprints all over it. Yet, with Normani’s strong vocals that complemented the 2000s-inspired production, she owned this song with ease. My expectations for an Ariana-penned Blackpink track are quite high based on my feelings on “Motivation” alone and Selena Gomez’s contribution as the co-artist of the song propelled that higher. And oh boy, I wish I wasn’t this excited. The most disappointing thing about Ice Cream is that it felt like Blackpink attempting to sing an Ariana reject with no sense of originality. I know it’s ironic to say this since Blackpink is basically “2NE1 Part 2” for longtime YG fans, but this song lacked that distinct Blackpink sound that made me a Blink in the first place. It’s so uninspiring and sometimes jarring to hear, even with multiple listens. Also, the sexual overtones in the lyrics are just too fucking awkward for Blackpink to sing. With their music video that had a cute concept, this is sort of uncomfortable to go through with the sexual undertones in mind. This is the same group that had them bragging how good their bodies look in “Boombayah” and they showed their “sexier side” way better in their cover of Wonder Girls’ “So Hot”. The only saving grace of this song, which was the reason why I could barely tolerate “Ice Cream”, is Lisa’s rap verse. I could imagine Jennie slaying if she had her own rap verse too. Honestly, Selena would have owned this song by herself without the autotune. But it’s nice to hear Selena in an upbeat song like this in a while.
Immediately, I can’t help but think about how Jisoo got only two English lines in the song despite having more seconds than Rosé. Half of Jisoo’s lines are just “Ice cream chillin chillin”. Ugh. I know Jisoo is not a fluent English speaker but many K-pop idols who are not English speakers can sing the language well with enough practice. Thankfully, Jisoo had more English lines in other songs, but I’ll tackle that a bit later in this post. I am honestly surprised Selena had more lines in the song than I thought because I feel like I heard more of Jennie and Rosé, which funny enough I thought Rosé had more lines. This is definitely not the worst line distribution I have seen. It’s just that Jisoo could have sung more lines.
3. Pretty Savage
Remember the distinct Blackpink signature sound that made me a Blink in the first place? Now, this is what I am talking about. This is the quintessential Blackpink sound that I have been waiting for since Kill This Love. I would’ve imagined that Pretty Savage as a pre-release single would've fared better than “How You Like That?” but somehow, I am sort of glad it didn’t. This is the song that Blinks needed to hear as antis have constantly dismissed Blackpink as “influencers with no talent” in response to their constant lengthy hiatuses. Of course, with this kind of song, it’s already expected Lisa would definitely slay this song. It's nice to hear Jennie rap again after she wasn’t given those parts in the pre-release singles. The way she rapped “F bois, not my bois' ' is just too damn iconic. However, the star of the song is Jisoo who has the second verse to herself and her talking rap flow surprisingly works here. The best part is definitely her saying “Blackpink in Your Area” after being the only member not to say the iconic catchphrase for years. And of course, Rosé’s vocals in the bridge are just as amazing. Pretty Savage is definitely one of my top favorites in “The Album”. Let’s just forget the messy choreography though.
This is definitely one of the best lyric distributions of Blackpink so far. While Lisa exceeded ten seconds, every member can be heard equally with their outstanding lines given to them.
4. Bet You Wanna (feat. Cardi B)
Coming off from the success and controversy surrounding WAP, Cardi B and Blackpink is an odd, yet exciting collaboration. I can’t imagine any of the members taking the second verse other than Cardi. It would have been nice to hear the “supposed” explicit lyrics she had to tone down for obvious reasons. If she was allowed to swear, she would’ve sung “I bet if you make me wet, I’ll still be fire”, which plays in my head now when I hear the tone-downed version lyric (“I bet if you make me sweat, I’ll still be fire”). Bet You Wanna could’ve been the next single after Lovesick Girls to capitalize on Cardi’s success from WAP. The entire production is so chill, yet so catchy which makes sense considering Ryan Tedder and Tommy Brown’s involvement. The song is completely in English so that this could’ve been a Top 10 hit with the right push. Unfortunately, the promotional cycle for “The Album” ended so I guess this is going to remain as a fan-favorite track for many Blinks and not a huge hit outside the fandom.
Not a perfect lyric distribution, but not too bad either. Each member can be heard just fine and Cardi didn’t dominate the song too much, which is fair since she is a featured artist. Lisa could’ve gotten a bit more lines, but this is also fine considering she has topped the lyric distribution in the previous songs.
5. Lovesick Girls
Considering that Blackpink’s single releases have always been upbeat clap-back anthems, the release of Lovesick Girls as a title track is quite refreshing as it aims to show the group’s more melancholy side, both in the lyrics and the production. The most striking lyric is from the chorus where the girls sang “We are all born to be alone/But why are we still looking for love?”. This isn’t the most groundbreaking lyric at all, but it does feel a bit weird hearing that from the girls. It brings me back to the documentary where Teddy said that the songs they made for “The Album” are going to show a bit of themselves a bit more as a group. Living as a K-pop idol is quite difficult as it is and we don’t know a lot about them since their image is very calculated by their agencies. It’s not to say they can’t be in a relationship because of the infamous “no dating” rule in the industry. The girls were probably asking themselves if they could really find love in an industry that is obsessed with perfection. Again, it’s not a very groundbreaking lyric but it does give me a bit of insight into the girls’ psyche a bit on their perspective of love.
Rosé taking up the top spot in this lyric distribution makes complete sense since this is the song that is best suited to her vocally. I have a feeling “Lovesick Girls” was a brief glimpse of what kind of song that Rosé will be releasing for her solo debut. Jennie taking up second place is quite surprising, especially her English rap verse didn’t take too long as well. The distribution on Lisa is fine, but Jisoo could’ve slightly sang more lines.
6. Crazy Over You
There’s isn’t much to talk about this song other than its production, which best utilized oriental instrumentals to hip-hop production. This isn’t the best song on “The Album”, but it isn’t as bad as well.
The lyric distribution could’ve been fair if Lisa was given more lines to rap. But I think this is fine since Jennie didn’t have a lot of rap lines in this album. It’s definitely nice to hear more of Jisoo in this song as she perfectly nailed the pre-chorus with her vocals.
7. Love to Hate Me
For some reason, Love to Hate Me reminded me so much of Ariana with the way the lyrics are sung by the girls, especially in the chorus and the ad-libs. This song serves as an appropriate penultimate track as the song delivers its final clap-back before “The Album” comes to a close with a softer pop ballad.
Rosé: 28.7% Lisa: 28.1% Jennie: 26.4% Jisoo: 16.8% Honestly, seeing lyric distributions like this where three of the members had equal parts except Jisoo makes me sad. She was close to having an equal lyrical distribution and this could’ve been done if she sang a bit more lines in the song.
8. You Never Know
We finally reach the end of “The Album” as it closes with a soft power-pop anthem that feels very in-character with Blackpink. This song already gained some attention when it was revealed that Teddy had no involvement in the song, making it the first Blackpink song without him. It’s worth pointing that out because Teddy has a mixed reaction as a main producer of the group. While I personally don’t mind Teddy as a producer, it’s quite refreshing that he isn’t involved so that the group can experiment with other producers. This is definitely the group at their most sincere in this album, in which they address the message of not judging people based on how they look outside. This particular message rings true to the members personally and Blinks can see why. Getting hate comments is nothing new in the K-pop industry. But Jennie seems to be the most bullied member as she was often villainized in the public eye, from her alleged “lazy dancing” scandal to the intense coverage of her short dating life with Kai from EXO. She was also unflatteringly called “YG Princess” because of accusations that the agency has favored her over other members. With this context in mind, it was so painful to hear Jennie sing “But you'll never know unless you walk in my shoes / You'll never know my tangled strings / 'Cause everybody sees what they wanna see / It's easier to judge me than to believe” because she has faced so much criticism over nothing. Other members have gone through similar scrutiny as well, but it’s not as bad as Jennie’s situation. All of the members worked so hard and sacrificed so much to be where they are now, so having this song that asks people not to judge them as a closer feels like the perfect ending statement from Blackpink.
It’s so nice that most of the members almost got the one-minute worth of lines and having Jisoo at the top feels satisfying after the limited line distribution she got with “Ice Cream. Vocal wise, this is their best song to date as they get to showcase their most emotional, sincere vocals in this track. The only problem is that Lisa should’ve gotten more lines, especially since her vocals sounded amazing that gives the song a more “heartfelt” feeling.
PART 5. THE CONCLUSION
Now that I have given my thoughts on each track of “The Album”, here are my overall thoughts on “The Album” and the era itself. In the [FRESH] Popheads discussion thread of “The Album”, a lot of users were disappointed with how short the album is. Yes, the album is unfortunately quite short given that this is their first full album in Blackpink’s fourth year as a group. Users are also disappointed with how “outdated” the songs felt. To be fair on Blackpink, K-pop tends to be a bit behind when it comes to trends. It isn’t surprising that “The Album” would have some kind of outdated production in Wester music standards. The most obvious one would be “Lovesick Girls'', which sounded like an Icona Pop song. Sonically, the entire album isn’t even revolutionary at all. “The Album'' is produced on what’s popular in the charts right now and even the biggest Blink here (not me) would know that. So with all these criticisms pointed out, why is “The Album” even considered as one of the Albums of the Year? Especially as someone who had Taylor Swift’s “folklore” as my own personal AOTY? For my case as a Blink, a huge part of the reason why I am a Blink is that not only their music makes me feel alive, but also because the group has such a charismatic personality that it’s easy to see why they have a huge Western appeal. Along with BTS, Blackpink is leading this new Hallyu wave where the West has finally taken K-pop seriously as a dominant force, not as a gimmick. With “The Album” debuting at #2 in the Billboard 200, it's the highest-charting album by a female girl group since Danity Kane in 2006. On top of that, they have sold approximately 1 million copies worldwide (estimated 319,300 copies in the US and Europe according to Pinkvilla as of October 27, 2020), which is a rare thing to achieve in the streaming era unless you’re Taylor Swift. This huge success for a K-pop girl group proves that Blackpink will always be in our area no matter what. Even with the criticisms that “The Album” had over its short-length and its outdated production, you can at least still hear the huge amount of talent, personality and hardwork of the group in this album. It’s not the content of the album that makes “The Album” an AOTY, it’s the influence that it’s going to make to its listeners and pop culture as a whole. You know what the Blinks will say, “BLACKPINK IS THE REVOLUTION”.
This research was offered for $2k guaranteeing that 2 of the 6 stocks would reach $10 in a year or it was free. I didn't pay for it, rather just tried to figure out the companies from the transcript below. MMED is one of the 6 for sure. See if you can figure them out. I believe this was offered in Sept so the current prices are obviously off. Have fun! What I’m about to tell you may sound like science fiction... Yet what’s contained in this eyedropper... Is so powerful... The $8 TRILLION healthcare industry is on fire. A single dose of what I’m holding... could change everything we know about the human brain. Dr Robin Carhart-Harris, head of psychedelic research at Imperial College London, said... What it was derived from... is truly miraculous. Not quite plant... Not quite living organism... A rare hybrid species I’ll tell you more about later on. But from this hybrid species, scientists have discovered a chemical compound... one that’s able to be grown in labs... 100% naturally, without interfering with nature. The billionaires backing this research... like Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary... and PayPal’s Peter Thiel... are CONVINCED it’s going to be one of the greatest investments of their career. To the doctors in the lab... it must seem like the next step of human evolution! I call it “Living Medicine” because the atoms in this substance are truly ALIVE and could be capable of unimaginable regenerative properties. And if the early findings are correct... Living Medicine could be as transformative to our society as penicillin, which single-handedly fixed many serious health conditions. That was making history THEN... What you’re looking at is making history NOW... It’s about to smash every record and scientific development we’ve seen. Come with me now... inside the human brain. All of our research shows... our brain loses its strength... its elasticity... That means memory... motor functions... they get worse as we age. You may have noticed this yourself with older friends or family. Now watch... In time, it may be possible to stimulate growth for those brain cells and rebuild... In time, it may be possible to stimulate growth for those brain cells and rebuild... perhaps even stronger than before. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg... Imagine depression gone... forever. Clinical trials conducted by NYU and Johns Hopkins found it helped cancer patients cure their depression within a single dose. More research shows it could help completely reverse the battle-induced PTSD for our soldiers. 80% of smokers quit after one single dose! Now researchers testing it on alcoholism. Another study by 60 Minutes found it’s nonaddictive. I want to be clear, I’m NOT talking about marijuana or CBD right now. What is in this eyedropper is NOT marijuana or CBD. Rather, it is a one-of-a-kind substance called “psilocybin.” This is found ONLY in the unique hybrid species I’m going to show you. And while this is still in trial research periods, I believe this Living Medicine is at the forefront of EVERYTHING that’s going to accelerate brain science in the next 10 years. I’m absolutely certain of it. And I’m not the only one who thinks this! Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal... Palantir... and Founders Fund. One of Forbes’ 1,000 RICHEST men on the planet. He’s completely backing this industry and one of its leading companies. And he knows people are going to call him crazy... He recently said... This opportunity is the most hidden breakthrough I’ve ever seen. With the track record Peter Thiel has... wouldn’t you want to get in alongside him in this new industry? Then there’s Christian Angermayer... the hedge fund LEGEND with $365 million in assets. He’s getting in with his buddy Peter Thiel. Same with hedge guru Michael Novogratz and his $250 MILLION fund! He’s also a ground-floor investor. You know who else is getting in? Kevin O’Leary from Shark Tank. He’s betting big on Living Medicine as well – recently getting in on a $6 MILLION round of funding. All of this activity among famous billionaires has alerted the attention of investigative reporters. I’ve known about this alongside these billionaires for years. I’ve been preparing for this EXACT moment. When the companies finally see promise to emerge from the trial stage... and prepare for the moment that all of what I’m about to tell you goes mainstream. Until now, they’ve seen explosive growth... but they’ve been too small for me to recommend to 150,000 Oxford Club Members. But now, Living Medicine is like a giant awakening from slumber. The market is projected to grow at an annual rate of 16.3% over the next eight years to reach $6.85 billion by 2027, according to Data Bridge Market Research. We’re talking massive growth over time! And while a lot of these stocks are still in their earliest and most volatile phase... The gains can be absolutely breathtaking when you find the one. As with any stocks in a new sector, there are those that won’t make it and will end up in the dustbin of history. But the stocks that DO MAKE it have massive upside potential. Just look what’s been happening to the BEST Living Medicine Stocks we pulled to show you from the market. Captiva Verde... this company was $0.20 coming out of the Corona Crash in April... And still, even the WORST crash in financial history couldn’t keep this stock down... Yet not a shred of media coverage. That’s how hidden from the outside this is, just like Peter Thiel said... Imagine once it goes mainstream. As the sector grows at that double-digit rate I mentioned to you before... We could continue to see opportunities for incredible gains! Sure, some of these stocks aren’t going to make it – this is a “swing for the fences”-type investment. So I do NOT recommend you invest more than you can lose. But when you get it right on Living Medicine stocks... the gains can be more than enough to make up for any setbacks. Look at a stock like Revive Therapeutics. This stock was a PENNY in December 2019. A penny! Meaning you don’t have to invest much and risk it – a little capital goes a LONG WAY with these. On May 26, 2020, Revive opened at a high of $0.27. A 2,600% gain in six months. 📷 One more, just because I’m excited for you... And I’m thrilled I finally get to put this in the hands of our Members... This is going to be an extraordinary example... and I can’t promise these kind of results. But this is the kind of grand slam I’m hoping to find for you! And it also shows you the power of these stocks... and how a small investment can change your life forever... For $1,500, you could have bought 100,000 shares of the stock. And that $1,500 flyer... Would have turned into a MASSIVE payday as the stock moved closer to $0.99. Now, would you have to be lucky? You bet. And have exceptional timing? Of course. Stocks like Ehave are rare. And other penny stocks drop to zero. BUT... This is the power of investing in a brand-new market like Living Medicine. And this is why I want everyone to know about it NOW, when it’s in the beginning stages and the profit potential is the BIGGEST. When you can put in $500 or $1,000... and see life-changing results. And not risk a lot of capital if a stock doesn’t work out. Up until now, I’ve been anxiously waiting because these Living Medicine stocks were too small for our hundreds of thousands of Members to get into. When they were just a penny I couldn’t do it. These companies weren’t even off the ground yet. The risk would have been too great. And while small caps can still be volatile... the upside potential here is too good to pass up. Because make no mistake... we are now at a tipping point, which is why your timing couldn’t be better. Living Medicine therapies could go completely mainstream as soon as 2021 according to two independent sources. And the six stocks I’ve found... all of which specialize in this... sell for $2 a share on average. Then again, it’s often been said that neuroscience is in its infancy. We know more about the moons of Jupiter than our own brain! That’s all about to change in the next few months... when these six tiny companies take the $8 TRILLION medical world by storm. Only the true ground-floor guys know about this. The REAL silicon valley power players like Peter Thiel. The REAL shark tank investors like Kevin O’Leary. I want you to get in now... when a small grubstake in Living Medicine... over time... could be one of the greatest investments you EVER make. I’ve put together a special report on the BEST companies in the world creating this Living Medicine. There are only six I would touch if I were you. And they’re still at the absolute cheapest – they’re all $2 or less on average. Some are selling for just $0.20! I predict these stocks will soon be trading for $10 or higher! These six companies have the most sizable advantage from my analysis. And they have the lion’s share of this discovery and this market in their grasp. Imagine the gains you could be sitting on all because you knew about this ONLY when the smart money billionaires knew about it. I am going to show you how to claim the Living Medicine report that reveals ALL the companies DURING this presentation. So if you click out and leave, you’ll get nothing. Your profit opportunity will likely go to someone else. But if we move quickly... I think we can play this situation just as we’ve done before with NEW and EXCITING investment trends. My early recommendations from another service gave my readers the chance to TRIPLE their money in six months on Canopy Growth – one of the biggest names in the biz... And DOUBLE their money on Aphria Growth in four months’ time. Those successes were a big part of the lead-up to launching our research today... and having something at The Oxford Club completely dedicated to blazing new trails and investing in new trends. But since 2017, as you may know, marijuana has gone into a steep bear market. The marijuana index as a whole is down almost 69%! As a result, our track record is negative, and our average position is down 9.9%. I hate losing money, but that is the nature of the markets sometimes. But in my view, when something goes against you, you don’t just keep following it downward. Marijuana’s fall was a valuable lesson. It reminded us not to risk more than you can afford to lose. And when you have big gains on the table, like we did, take some of them! Let the rest ride and play with house money if you want! It also taught us that it always pays to get in at the beginning, not after everyone else is already talking about an opportunity. BUT... something good also came out of these losses... They’ve allowed me to build an even BETTER system for picking stocks than before. I just closed out another MASSIVE 2,710% partial gain on Sea Ltd. in August of 2020! From a position we held for just four months!! My system is BETTER than ever, and it’s led us straight to this new market. Where the revenues are trending upward. Where EVERYTHING is trending upward! And this new market is one where the billionaires are more excited than ever! And prices will never be cheaper. You can get in with a Shark Tank investor like Kevin O’Leary... for pennies! That’s why I’m telling you about Living Medicine today. It’s the next no-brainer trend... And sources are predicting that by 2021 it could be in treatment and therapy centers, moving out of the clinical trials we’re in now. And by 2027, it could be a $6.8 BILLION industry. We’re talking billions... Yet these companies barely measure in the millions! This is why I feel that NOW is the time to get into these stocks – or you’ll regret it forever. This is the breakthrough moment for investors, which is why the billionaires are going all-in. For the past two years, I’ve been waiting for this trend to hit the mainstream. Waiting to replicate these kinds of results yet again in order to lift our track record to FAR outperform anything we’ve done in the past! I’m hot on the heels of Shark Tank investors and other famous investors... yet as far as I know, I’m the ONLY person who knows about these six stocks! As for the profit potential... You could be looking at the chance to turn a couple hundred bucks into major money! For Starters, on Average ALL OF MY Stocks Are Still Under $2 For starters... The stocks in my Living Medicine report... Are selling for an average of LESS than two bucks. · One is just $0.10. · Another is $0.20. · Another is $0.43. Meaning they’re tiny, and the biggest gains are ahead of them! Now, there is always risk to investing, and small stocks like this can often be even more volatile. We never recommend you bet the farm on these trades. But when you get it right on these... you don’t have to. I showed you how $1,000 in a Living Medicine stock like Ehave turned into nearly six figures. That’s why I actually recommend sprinkling just a little into each stock. That way you ensure yourself the best chance at success without putting down too much! And a little bit goes a long way when my six stocks are priced between just a few cents and just a few bucks... 📷 With small stocks like these, we expect some losers along the way. But here’s the thing... If our best-case scenario plays out... And we find that play that makes you 1,000% on your money... It will NOT matter if you struck out once or twice along the way, or even if the losers are more frequent than the winners. All it takes is one big winner when you get in on these trends before everyone else. The billionaires backing Living Medicine know it... That’s why they’ve gotten in now. The FDA knows it... That’s why they gave this treatment a breakthrough therapy designation to expedite the development and review of this treatment.. NOW is the time to get in... I’ve put together a package that shows you exactly what these six stocks are, and I’ve outlined their massive growth potential and profitability. And I’ll reveal something extra to you, too... I’ll show you how to become what’s called a "round lot" investor before these companies grow bigger and bigger. Round lot investors are the highest status of investor. And I’ll show you how you could accumulate hundreds or THOUSANDS of shares for just a few bucks and become one. My report is going to walk you through everything. And you can open it on your phone, iPad, computer... whatever you want. I will show you how to get my report on the six Living Medicine stocks and more in a moment, but first... Let me finally tell you what this revolutionary discovery is made of. Because Living Medicine treatment is like nothing else on Earth... It’s funny how the world’s greatest medical breakthroughs can hide in plain sight! But it’s truly phenomenal... no other species of plant has this chemical in it. Literally NOTHING. And what’s truly remarkable about this species... is that it’s not quite plant... not quite animal. It’s a rare combination hybrid. Which may be why it’s been holding these secrets right under our noses! The good news is... scientists have found a way to grow living medicine rapidly in a lab, so there’s no need to wait for nature to produce this miracle substance – that’s a benefit not even marijuana can boast! And you can decide how to take it. In a powder, packed into a small capsule, sometimes only 475 micrograms. You can dissolve the powder into tea or liquid if you don’t prefer to swallow something – which plenty of people do. Or you can just drop a little eyedropper under your tongue. A cancer patient revealed to one Colorado news outlet that vials as small as this size contain more than a YEAR’S supply to medicate pain. A small powder or liquid. That’s it. That’s all it takes for Living Medicine to go to work on your body and potentially help treat you within a single dose. And that’s confirmed by CNN as they interviewed doctors at NYU. But here’s what’s TRULY revolutionary. It could help rewire and stimulate growth in parts of your brain. You probably know that, as we age, we become forgetful. We can’t possibly remember every nugget of information. Basically our brains lose a couple of horsepower with each passing year. Living Medicine could help reverse that. Think of your brain like this... before and after Living Medicine... One of these images looks like it has a few pathways... The other looks like a neural superhighway. Studies on this are still in their infancy... but neuroscience itself is in its infancy! It is said we know more about our solar system... than what is inside our own skull. But Living Medicine is the tip of the sword when it comes to neuroscience advancement. This could be the ANSWER neuroscientists have been looking for. How to re-awaken those long-lost parts of the brain! This potential of stimulating growth of brain cells is why everyone is simply astounded by Living Medicine. Now let me tell you a little bit about the chemistry behind it. According to the DPA, the Drug Policy Alliance... The main active ingredient in Living Medicine.... psilocybin... “Is not considered to be addictive, nor does it cause compulsive use.” Johns Hopkins University determined the same thing, citing on its website... “Research shows that the drug has low potential for abuse and dependence.” Unlike narcotics... Or pharmaceutical pills that become addictive... Or even the folks who enjoy marijuana a little too much... That’s NOT the case with this Living Medicine. It really can offer the best possible treatment with the fewest possible side effects. Think of those affected by Alzheimer’s, PTSD, depression and the countless brain disorders out there. The number is in the hundreds of millions according to the World Health Organization. Hundreds of millions... that’s a lot of people this could help, right? So let me give you a glimmer of the profit potential here... Because I know I just explained a LOT of science and numbers here... Let’s take a look at a marijuana pharmaceutical stock that made a similar treatment, but only for people suffering from two rare forms of seizures or epilepsy. Only about 3 1/2 million folks have epilepsy here in the states. That is a fraction of the patient base that Living Medicine could help. Now, this was also the FDA’s FIRST-EVER drug derived from cannabidiol. So, even though it was a much smaller market, this treatment was a TRUE ground-floor opportunity, just like Living Medicine. It was a breakthrough! Just like Living Medicine. This is not one I recommended. At its low, this stock went from $8 and change... to peaks of more than $124 over time. A 1,450% gain. 14X gains! And consider, this company’s claim to fame is making a product for just 3 1/2 million people... Now consider... If Living Medicine’s research continues to show positive results, someday it could treat 300 million people worldwide with depression. And here in the States... · 5.2 million Americans with PTSD · 5 million people with dementia and Alzheimer’s. · 38 million smokers. · 8.1 million alcoholics. I think 14x gains like GW Pharmaceuticals could be small potatoes. Remember, that stock was $8. And its treatment was for a FRACTION of that patient base. The stocks I’m going to send you in my Living Medicine report are on average $2 per share. If any one of these six companies follows the same trajectory as GW Pharmaceuticals... we could snag one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for ourselves! And that rare and extraordinary chance is WORTH taking! That’s why the billionaires are plowing their money into it. And it’s why Fortune magazine recently published an article begging the question, “Is this Silicon Valley’s next big bet?” I’m telling you, it is! This is an incredible time to get in on the ground floor. When the billionaires like Peter Thiel and his buddies are moving in. THE BILLIONAIRES ARE MOVING IN Remember, Peter Thiel was in early on Facebook, SpaceX, Airbnb and Lyft. He’s worth more than $2.3 billion because he knows how to spot a new market. And he’s one of the first people moving in on Living Medicine. Or how about this... do you ever watch Shark Tank or know about it? Mr. Wonderful, millionaire Kevin O Leary, is moving in on this. And you know how tough he is to get to invest on the show! One of the – if not THE – TOUGHEST people to convince. And yet, he is going all-in according to the reports. In fact, he’s behind one of the six companies I’m going to tell you about today. So don’t get up from your chair or click out of this video – you’re literally going to get the details Mr. Wonderful invested $6.2 million to find out! He’s not the only one... Tim Ferriss, bestselling author and entrepreneur and worth a whopping $110 million, is also getting in on this trend. Meanwhile, every scientist and doctor in the lab is utterly fascinated by it. In fact, as researchers dug deeper and deeper into the origins of Living Medicine... They actually found ancient medical texts referencing it... They found it’s quietly been used by cultures for hundreds of years! Throughout History Cultures Have Used This Living Medicine... in More Archaic Ways Now... many of the world’s best medicines were actually used throughout history before they were fully understood by scientists. Take aspirin... It comes from the Willow plant. And its first documented use dates back to the ancient Egyptians as an anti-inflammatory and pain reliever. The Greeks used it too. Hippocrates, of the Hippocractic oath fame, used Willow tea to ease the pain of childbirth. But it wasn’t until 1897, when German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovered the actual compound for aspirin, that it took off as a modern medicine. Today, 40,000 tons of aspirin are produced annually... generating hundreds of millions in profits every year. Living Medicine is likely to have a similar story because it’s a natural and effective medicine. And its use also dates back to ancient peoples. Celtic Druids called it the “Flesh of the Gods” because of its mental-boosting attributes. Egyptians reserved the source of the Living Medicine EXCLUSIVELY for royalty. Because they believed it increased longevity, even by their very archaic standards! The ancient Chinese also knew about it... Forms of Living Medicine were even documented as early as 29th century B.C. in The Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica. They didn’t have the kind of technology or capabilities we have today. But we’ve seen time and time again that old knowledge can have transformative modern applications. Even as recently as 1928... LESS than 100 years ago... Nobody realized the mold from an old orange... would become instrumental in developing penicillin... until Alexander Fleming thought to put it under a microscope. The SAME story is playing out with Living Medicine. It’s untapped potential has sat for centuries... Millennia... Until now. And that’s why the smart money and billionaires are so excited. And why I am excited to get you the details on the stocks cornering the market for Living Medicine. Remember, for less than $2 per share on these companies, we can get shoulder-to-shoulder with billionaires on the BIGGEST trend happening in medicine. Living Medicine Is About to Go Mainstream I wouldn’t even be wasting your time right now... If I didn’t think this was going to go completely mainstream in the weeks and months ahead. I mentioned before the FDA has given Living Medicine BREAKTHROUGH STATUS. But that’s not all. Across the country, on a state-by-state basis... New bills are being written to start moving to allow folks to have Living Medicine. From the West Coast and California... to the midlands like Colorado... to the southwest of New Mexico... it’s spreading everywhere like wildfire. For instance... A program called “Initiative 301” in Colorado was signed into effect late in 2019... The proposal received more than 89,320 VOTES. And with that historic vote... Initiative 301 was signed into law! These laws are paving the way for this new treatment as Living Medicine gets the necessary greenlights from the FDA and the government But Colorado isn’t the only one! Just a month later, California followed suit. New Mexico has almost completely given the greenlight, and they’re ready to go. The FDA has also allowed doctors in Texas to start researching... Oregon is in the process of starting a program as well! As are the researchers I told you about at Johns Hopkins in Maryland... And Florida’s getting on board – with half a million people with Alzheimer’s in the Sunshine State, this could be huge for the state! It’s spreading rapid-fire across the country and for good reason. The mental health crisis... is estimated to cost the world $16 TRILLION in the next 10 years. We are DESPERATE for something that can help treat chronic pain, pill addiction, depression, PTSD and these debilitating diseases of the mind. To me, the writing is on the wall... If these states can get their best scientists... Their best schools... Their best doctors... Their best state legislators... All working toward the SAME goal... I think it’s obvious... The main companies in this space are going to reward shareholders with once-in-a-lifetime gains. Millions of folks are going to finally start catching on in 2020... It’s about to hit that breakout moment. When folks start talking about it like they do their favorite show on Netflix. That tipping-point moment... when regular folks in the mainstream start asking... how do I invest in this? And I think these stocks are going to SKYROCKET over time. Which is why I want you to know about them now. And why I want to send you my report on Living Medicine which reveals the stocks. Because this is the moment... It could feel like watching the same movie twice. You know how it’s going to end. Just like when cryptocurrency got popular... just like when marijuana stocks got popular. This is when a mega-trend emerges from the shadows. My expertise is on finding new investment markets as they develop. I’m quite literally the Chief Trends Strategist at The Oxford Club, with more than 100,000 Members counting on me to find it before everyone else. And I think this Living Medicine is going to create the third new booming market of the past decade. Think for a second... Five years ago, people thought you were smoking pot if you told them about marijuana stocks. Ten years ago, nobody knew what a cryptocurrency was. People looked at you like you were insane. Trading paper money... for digital money? That’s how it always is. Peter Thiel, Michael Novogratz and Christian Angermayer all jumped into crypto very early. Now these same guys are doing it again with Living Medicine. They’re pushing their chips back into the middle of the table... Novogratz recently told Bloomberg reporters, “It just feels like a cultural shift is going on.” And he’s absolutely right. A shift is going on. This is a HUGE moment in our culture when folks get introduced to Living Medicine. When hundreds of millions of people worldwide have their lives changed. It’s a before-and-after moment for all of humanity, just like penicillin or aspirin. Kevin O’Leary, the famous Shark Tank investor, said this about Living Medicine: “As an investor, I am attracted to [This Living Medicine Company] because they are solving health problems through federally authorized clinical trials.” But here’s what I REALLY love about Living Medicine compared with cryptocurrencies or pot stocks or other trends I saw... Living Medicine can actually SOLVE the problems we are facing eventually. Sure, crypto might one day have a clear purpose. We’re still waiting for when that day will come. And medical marijuana is helping a LOT of people. But I told you those stories only to show you the power of early adoption... And how it pays to get in early with the smart money. Now here’s why Living Medicine is so much better than those short-lived trends... The companies creating this Living Medicine are working to help thousands of people right now with chronic pain, depression, brain function and more. This is a LONG-term trend that will only get bigger. This is a $34 BILLION potential market... and the companies I’m sharing with you have market caps in the mere millions. They could grow 10... 20... 50 times in size and still have room to go. They could grow 1,000 TIMES in size... and still be worth only a billion. And the most breathtaking part of it is... You can get in for an average of $2 a share on these companies I’m going to show you. More than that... You get to be a part of history and helping people. Veterans with PTSD... Cancer patients with depression... Alzheimer’s patients who have trouble remembering their friends and family. This is a chance to actually do some good in the world by backing these companies as they explode in value. Living Medicine can help countless people within a single dose. Get this... 80% of smokers who took Living Medicine... were able to quit the habit cold turkey within three doses. This stuff is UBER-powerful. Which is why an eyedropper of this Living Medicine could rewrite history books and medical journals on treatment. It’s kind of how medical marijuana played out for investors... Remember when they started realizing marijuana could treat disorders? And it suddenly blew up? From Parkinson’s... To helping folks who abused prescriptions... That’s why when you look back at history, you see how the companies that were FIRST to try this revolutionary idea... were rewarded handsomely... Abattis Pharmaceuticals launched from $0.03 to $2.21. That’s a peak gain of 7,226% in three months’ time! If you had been lucky enough to time it perfectly, it could have turned $500 into more than $36,000! Sure, plenty of marijuana stocks were busts. But I can’t even count how many weed stocks blasted off back then, when it was still a brand-new industry. That’s why I think it’s important to at least give yourself a chance here with a small investment. Yes, you could lose it. But the potential reward is so big that in my opinion, it is well worth it. Ask yourself... Do you want to get in on an opportunity like those again? An opportunity accepted by billionaires and the people pouring money into it? The medical professionals testing it? The FDA giving it breakthrough therapy status? That’s what’s in front of you right now. Living Medicine is the FUTURE! Now, I said before that I love this development because it can actually HELP people. More and More Research Is Coming Out... Living Medicine Is the Next Big Thing! When something starts to become big, everyone acts like they have a hand in it. Every company suddenly latches onto the trend, even if they aren’t in on it! That’s why you can’t just pick a Living Medicine company all willy-nilly. But I think these stocks... All at an average under $2 a share... Represent the best opportunity in this space. And don’t worry, you do NOT need to be a private accredited investor like Peter Thiel and his buddies to get in on these Living Medicine companies. I’ve identified the only publicly traded ones investors should be looking at. Bloomberg reported on February 11, 2020, “Move over pot. [Living Medicine] companies are about to go public.” MarketWatch expects the IPO market at large to “crank into high gear.” And I can’t help but think it’s because of this MASSIVE new development... Green Entrepreneur published a report saying... “[Living Medicines] are following a similar trajectory to cannabis – and investors are taking notice.” Remember the tech boom, when companies like this would IPO nonstop, and it lifted the well-established companies EVEN HIGHER? You’re watching the same show twice... You should know what’s going to happen. It’s a telltale sign this market is about to enter its next massive growth phase. Let Me Detail the ONLY Publicly Traded Companies Worth Looking at... Trading Under $2 on Average The first company sells for less than a quarter. It just inked a $500,000 deal with another group that wants the right to grow Living Medicine here in the United States. It actually has a proprietary extraction technology it first perfected in the hemp industry. It’s a proven system, something I love to see. And now it’s applying its extraction technique to Living Medicine. A few more bullet points that come from my own analysis include... · Its majority-owned subsidiary just completed the design for a preclinical study for using Living Medicine for weight loss and food craving. Obesity is a global epidemic killing 2.8 million people each year. · The company has more than 200 wellness formulas in various stages of commercialization with 14 patent applications filed. · The company currently has retail operations in three countries but plans to expand to 12 more. · The global wellness market is a $4.2 trillion opportunity. · The company’s management team includes people who cut their teeth at Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble as well as Skechers and Aritzia. This, to me, legitimizes this company BIG-time. My Second Living Medicine Company... The second company is testing easy-to-use Living Medicine drops... Now, I told you before you could get in with a Shark Tank investor... Mr. Wonderful is an investor in this company. He was part of a $6 MILLION investing round. And shares are just $0.44. As if that wasn’t reason enough to get excited... On the board of directors is none other than legendary Bruce Linton, who took Canopy Growth to the mainstream. That stock launched to $50 at its peak! Imagine what this Living Medicine stock could do with Bruce at the wheel again. Even if this stock went to only HALF that – $25 a share – that would be a 5,581% increase! Of course, we’re going to have to time it just right and nothing is guaranteed in investing... but we’re swinging for the fences, and we’ve already got Mr. Wonderful on third base! My Third Living Medicine Company The third company is just a buck and change. Thirty percent of shares are held by insiders – a great sign! Yet just 1.7% of institutions know about this.... It’s on only 1.7% of banks’ radars. And here is what has me on the edge of my seat... As I mentioned before, the billionaires and hedge fund guys are among the ONLY ones who know about Living Medicine... And they’re certainly going to do whatever it takes to profit from it. You better believe when this company gets discovered by the other institutions and ownership increases, it’s going to send the share price even higher! This is what I mean when I say NOW is the time to get in... when the gains are set up to be the easiest... when the shares are this cheap! And that brings me to the next breakout company I’ve identified... My Fourth Living Medicine Stock Is Near and Dear to Me... The cool thing is... this was one of the FIRST companies I ever found dabbling with Living Medicine. It kind of sent me down this journey. It’s the $5 stock I told you about. But while this one might cost a little more, I think it’s well worth it. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this company reported record revenue of $33 million, an increase of 152%. And this was its 10th consecutive quarter of record revenue. So these guys are hanging in there while countless businesses are closing up shop forever. That’s what you want, a company that can weather the storm! It also has a partnership with the blue chip company 3M, further legitimizing this company’s product. In my opinion, this is one of the most solid companies in the space. This Fifth Living Medicine Company Is Off the Charts! My fifth company is expanding globally and growing its operations. It’s based in Canada but now has operations in Australia and Malaysia. This is pivotal because you want those companies that are capturing global markets, not just here in the States. We forget that there are billions of people out there with the same problems as the 300 or so million Americans in our country. It’s a BIG global market, and these guys are chasing it down. The CEO of this company has 15 years of pharmaceutical experience, including a division of Johnson & Johnson. Best of all, shares are less than two bucks on this company. My Sixth and Final Living Medicine Company My sixth and final Living Medicine stock is also a sub-$2 opportunity. But I’ve saved this one for last for a very important reason. It just completed a massive acquisition of a fellow company. And with this acquisition, it gets the RIGHT to three separate Phase 1 trials and a preclinical trial. This is a HUGE advantage out of the gate – securing the right to try a medicine. It also secures this company a partnership with InterVivo Solutions, Canada’s largest neuroscience-focused preclinical contract research organization. As I’ve told you today, Living Medicine is considered a breakthrough therapy by the FDA – that’s a very high status designation. And this company already has the right to trials for its medicine. That’s like getting a 30-second head start in a foot race. You can’t beat that advantage. The bottom line is... I really think this company, along with the other five I just told you about, is the best of the best. And Living Medicine is the single most powerful investment I’ve ever seen. I’ve put together a report called “Living Medicine: The Next Big Thing” that will show you the ticker symbols, the growth potential and the massive industry at the fingertips of these six stocks. I also mentioned I’ll show you how to buy “round lots.” Showing you how to possibly get hundreds or thousands of shares for just a few hundred bucks. Because that’s the beauty of this research package I’ll be sending you. Even if you put, say, only $500 in these stocks... we’re talking just $3,000 total to get started. And that $3,000 could hand you LIFE-CHANGING results. Even if we’re ULTRA-realistic and we don’t think too greedily... A fraction of gains like that could improve your life. I want to send you this report on all six stocks right now. No waiting!
Hey everyone so I deposited $500 on bet 365 last night and I've ran it up to $13 000 betting on European basketball, Soccer, badminton , table tennis pretty much everything that you can live bet on. I've been skiing non stop since last night and have almost burned through 4g's to myself and I'm not sure if I should keep going or stop. I am exhausted from watching numbers go up and down for over 36 hours hours now but my gut is telling me to keep going and bet it all on tonight's NHL/NBA games , what do you all think?
Is Standard Deviation a Good Mathematical way to Predict the Outcome of a Football Game?
Here we have looked at the success rate of Standard Deviation over a set of 2735 football match results. Firstly, a basic overview of what standard deviation is and how it can be used in a football match: Standard deviation measures the dispersion of a data set relative to its mean. E.g. A volatile stock has a high standard deviation, while the deviation of a stable blue-chip stock is usually rather low. When it comes to using this in football, we can see how volatile a football teams scoring record is, for example: Team A Could have played 5 Games and Scored 1,2,1,1,2 Goals in them 5 games, this result would yield a low standard deviation due to the numbers all being close to the average of 1.4 Goals. Now, Team B may have had a bit of a different last 5 games, lets say they scored: 1,7,2,9,0 in their last 5 games. This would be considered as volatile because of how far the goal amounts are away from the average of 3.8 Goals. To use this in Football Betting, we would want to have a look at the games where the standard deviation is the lowest because a teams scoring record is following an average. When we look at standard deviation, the result outputs 4 different ranges. 68.3% Chance, 90% Chance, 95% Chance and 99% Chance. Lets use a live example to further explain this: On the 11th February 2021, Al Ahli Play against Al Ittihad, the stats for Al Alhi Home Goals Scored are as follows: Al Ahli Home Goals Scored: 0,0,1,1,2,2,2,3 Average: 1.38 Standard Deviation: 0.98 The Standard Deviation for this game is quite low with the grouping of numbers surrounding the average, this makes the predictions as follows: 68.3% Chance that Al Ahli will Score between 0.64 and 1.34 Goals 90% Chance that Al Ahli will Score between 0.42 and 1.57 Goals 95% Chance that Al Ahli will Score between 0.30 and 1.68 Goals 99% Chance that Al Ahli will Score between 0.09 and 1.90 Goals You can see here that the higher the percentage chance, the higher the range goes. Now we'll look at Al Ittihad's Goals Conceded: Al Ittihad Goals Conceded: 1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2 Average: 1.25 Standard Deviation: 0.43 This standard deviation is really low because Al Ittihad have conceded 1 goal 6 times in their 8 away games, this is considered as a non-volatile data set. The ranges are as follows: 68.3% Chance that Al Ittihad will Concede between 0.28 and 0.59 Goals 90% Chance that Al Ittihad will Concede between 0.18 and 0.68 Goals 95% Chance that Al Ittihad will Concede between 0.13 and 0.73 Goals 99% Chance that Al Ittihad will Concede between 0.04 and 0.83 Goals This means that standard deviation thinks there's a 99% Chance that Al Ittihad will score between 0.04 - 0.83 Goals which we would consider as 0 to 1 Goals. If we have a look and compare the ranges between Al Ahlis Goals Scored Ranges and Al Ittihads Goals Conceded Ranges, we can try to make a prediction on how many goals Al Ahli will get... 68.3% Chance that Al Ahli will Score between 0.64 and 1.34 Goals 68.3% Chance that Al Ittihad will Concede between 0.28 and 0.59 Goals 90% Chance that Al Ahli will Score between 0.42 and 1.57 Goals 90% Chance that Al Ittihad will Concede between 0.18 and 0.68 Goals 95% Chance that Al Ahli will Score between 0.30 and 1.68 Goals 95% Chance that Al Ittihad will Concede between 0.13 and 0.73 Goals 99% Chance that Al Ahli will Score between 0.09 and 1.90 Goals 99% Chance that Al Ittihad will Concede between 0.04 and 0.83 Goals If we look at the 99% Chance Range, if we average the low and the high ranges of both we get a Home Goals Prediction Range of 0.065 - 1.365. We then perform this for the Away Teams Goals and then we can output a score prediction Range for both Teams. Now to look at the results between 4th Jan - 7th Feb which is 2735 Games, looking at specifically the 90% range (explained above), we found the following: Overall, For Home Goals Scored, 1775 (65%) Predictions were inside the 90% Score Range, 949 (35%) were not. Overall, For Home Goals Conceded, 1653 (61%) Predictions were inside the 90% Range, 1074 (39%) were not. Overall, For Away Goals Scored, 1667 (61%) Predictions were inside the 90% Range, 1062 (39%) were not. Overall, For Away Goals Conceded, 1764 (65%) Predictions were inside the 90% Range, 965 (35%) were not. You can see the full Table of Results here: https://www.thatstatfootball.com/tempimg3 To Conclude, standard deviation could be used to predict a football game, the prediction results are all above 60% which is weighted towards correct predictions. In some areas in the heat map, the prediction percentage goes higher than 60%, for example, in a situation where the standard deviation is between 1 - 1.25, the method predicted that the home teams goals would fall in the 90% range, 74% of the time which is huge!
First Previous It was late in the afternoon when we reached Oakhurst. On the way to the vilage I have asked some careful questions from Beldrak. He knew that I was a stranger here, but he thought me a regular travaller from some other land, and I did not want him to guess the truth, so I tried not to reveal him the true extent of my ignorance. All in all, the little man proved to be very willing to share his knowledge. He seemed to be quite happy to talk about his home region. Now I knew that we were in the land called Misty Hills. It was a land somewhat similar to Italia, where cities, leagues of cities, and tribal confederations were the main political actors. The three biggest cities were Trapper Port, Sheepsford and Golden Grove. The people who sent Beldrak on his current mission were from the latter city, but Trueanvil himself was a citizen of Sky Hall, a somewhat smaller settlement. He was one of the owners of the library in his home city, and he planned to make this instution famous and prospering. I also knew now that we were in the month of New Bread, and today was the 23rd day. If I understood correctly, that was the equivalent of Quinctilis. The year though, did not start in Martius here, but in Ianuarius, which made Quinctilis the seventh month of the year. September then? I decided against that and resolved to use the names of the months in the order I was accustomed to, but in the fashion of this land's calendar, if I was already here. It was a surprisingly logical and easy system. The year here was 365 days long, all twelve months being thirty days long, and there were five days which stood alone. No intercalary months, or months changing length according to the year, though there was one intercalary day every four years. As I said, it was surprisingly logical, and what's more every month was formed from three tendays, so even the market periods aligned with the beginning and end of the months. I was almost done with admiring the simplicity and beauty of this calendar, when we arrived at Oakhurst at last. It was a pleasant little village, plump and rich. So rich, that some houses even had glass windows. Back home, not even our Palatine house had glass panes. The village was peculiar in other ways too. All the houses had little tubes that were puffing out smoke, like a baker's oven. The buildings themselves were strange, tall, with extremely steep roofs. The villagers themselves proved to be the least interesting of all. Thankfully, no other freaks like Jim were to be seen. The people working or sitting in their gardens, or taking a stroll on the street were humans, like myself. Some were strangely thick and short, like Beldrak, while others were lithe and had curious, pointy ears. All of them were unmistakably humans, though. I tried to soak up all the new things as inconspicuously as I could, while Trueanvil asked a villager for directions, and then led us to the tavern. It was called the “Old Boar Inn.” A large and old building, mostly oak and pine, not poorly built, but not beautiful either. The main hall was full of thick, fetid smoke that caused me a coughing fit as soon as I entered. “I hope... we don't want... to take our lodging... at such a place!” I managed to wheeze out the words between my coughs. “You do what you want to do, boy, but I'm sleeping in a bed tonight”, said Beldrak. The terrible smoke didn't seem to trouble him; in fact, he was sniffing at it like it was a pleasant smell he had already missed. Now that I looked at it closely, the smoke came from curious contraptions that people held in their mouths. These were composed of a long and thin tube, which ended in a bigger round opening. The smoke ascended from these openings, and hung above the hall, making it murky and rancid. As I debated whether I should just leave, Trueanvil sat down at a table, Jim next to him. Then Beldrak even took out of his pouch a contraption I described before, stuffed dried leaves into it, then set the whole thing on fire. I was part curious, part disgusted: in the end, curiosity won out. “Is it any good?” I asked, gesturing towards the smoking object. “The best you can get for money”, he grinned. “Came from Geiras, but not exactly on a straight route, if you know what I mean.” “Ships sometimes take strange itineraries”, I agreed. “It all depends on the price of goods.” “He means the stuff was smuggled”, Jim interrupted me. It regarded me with a half-smile. “You don't like tobacco, do you?” So, the name of the strange objects was tobacco then. “It makes me cough”, I shrugged. Beldrak looked a little shocked, then made a gesture like saying, “We cannot be all alike.” After that, with seeming pleasure, he squelched on his tobacco. “We will gather some information now. I will speak to the lumberjacks over there”, he gestured towards the counter. “You can stay here or come with me.” I chose to stay. I saw that people in the room used tiny copper or bronze coins to pay, which I didn't happen to have. I asked the owner of the inn how many copper coins could he give me for an as. We settled in five coins, a small loaf of bread, and a mug of beer in the end. I would have preferred wine, but it cost thrice as much. I drank, ate, and looked at the other tables. A few soldiers occupied the closest table to me. Seeing them drinking from their mugs, laughing, and sharing stories caused me a pang of homesickness. One of them even played dice with himself, just like Sertorius did last night. The battle at Asculum has ended by now, and my comrades huddled around campfires just like that. If they survived, that is... I was most worried about my father. The old man said he wouldn't need to devote himself probably, but what if Pyrrhus was stronger than we thought? What if he received reinforcements? As I was grappling with my worries, I saw Jim walking over from where Beldrak sat to the soldiers' table. I elected to join it. Whatever was going to happen, was sure to be better than torturing myself with fruitless speculations. The soldiers became quiet when Jim sat at their table and looked at it with unfriendly gazes. “So”, started the tiefling “you plan to do anything fun, boys?” “Not with you, I don't think so”, said one of the soldiers. “We don't mix with your kind”, added another. “I have an excellent deck of cards”, continued Jim like no one has spoken, and took out a set of small cards. They were thin and flexible, made from some material like wood or papyrus. “Shove it up to your ass”, suggested a soldier helpfully. It seemed I was not the only one who thought Jim was a freak. “You want to play with someone else than yourself?” I asked the man throwing around the dices. It took some self-restraint not to cough all over their table because the fetid smoke was especially thick here. “No one dares to challenge me”, he smiled. “I have lucky hands, you see.” “A bronze says my hands are luckier”, I offered, and laid one of the small coins I acquired on the table. “Let's find out if it tells the truth.” I lost, and all the soldiers were grinning. “How about another round? This time for two coppers?” “I have that much to spare”, I answered. The soldiers were excitedly making bets whether or not I will win this round. We both rolled seven. “That seems a tie to me”, smiled my partner, and collected the bets, while the other men were groaning. He gave me two coins and then ordered me a mug of beer. “I am sergeant Irwin by the way. So, what can I do for you?” he asked. “We are travelling through, and I wondered if there is any danger we should be aware of. Which road to use, which ones to avoid, whether or not we should be on the lookout for bandits.” Is there maybe, a fortress swallowed by the earth somewhere to harbour runaways from the law? “Well, we do have some trouble lately. First, there are the goblins. The little bastards make a lumberjack disappear every once in a while. Thankfully they rarely ever kill them, and we can exchange them for our prisoners or some money.” “And they also give us these apples with the prisoners”, snorted one of the soldiers. “Stupid beasts and their stupid jokes.” “Anyways”, Irwin continued, “if I were you, I would avoid the old road. Use the new road, if you can, and be on the watch. That should be enough against the goblins. But that other thing...” he shrugged. “What other thing?” “We don't know. Some unfortunate fellows got murdered in the last months. One of them we found this very day.” “Strange business, too”, said another soldier shuddering. “No sign that they fought back, but they still have a hundred or more wounds. Gives me the bloody creeps.” “Can we take a look at the corpse? The one you found today?” asked Beldrak. He finished with the lumberjacks it seemed and sat over to our table. “Why not?” said Irwin. “Captain Felosial is taking him in probably. If you wait a little, they'll be back in the village. Tell her; sergeant Irwin sent you.” “And where do these goblins come from?” I asked. “Oh, they lodge in the ancient ruin by the old road”, he answered lightly. “The fortress is not much of a secret for the locals”, I said to Beldrak as we walked to see the corpse. “Regrettable”, he answered. “But locals tend to know about all sorts of secrets they really shouldn't. After all someone had to spread those rumours that attracted me here.” “What have you found out?” “Same thing as you. The goblins take some lumberjacks prisoner. Some others were murdered recently. And there are the apples.” “Irwin's soldiers thought it's some kind of sick joke those goblins came up with.” “Their superiors lie to them, then sell the apples for profit. Probably.” At the edge of the village, a procession emerged from the dark forest. It was headed by a woman with those curious pointy ears I have observed on some villagers. She had a fair number of scars, wore a good armour and a sword, and radiated the competent authority of a seasoned officer. How can a woman be a veteran fighter, and still live? I wondered in myself. Women were not well-suited to soldiery in general. The strongest women are still weaker than most men. Maybe in this land, women are stronger than in my home? If creatures like Jim existed, and I could learn a language in a night, this was but a trifling difference. “Who are you?” asked the woman harshly. “We are travelling through and wanted to get acquainted with the perils waiting ahead of us. Sergeant Irvin permitted us to take a look at the corpse captain”, I answered. “That so? You have names as well?” “Beldrak. Beldrak Trueanvil at your service”, said the little man. “Fellow with the halberd is Jim, the one with the big shield is Arnold.” “A dwarf, a tiefling, and a human dressed like the warriors of olden days. A company attracting trouble, no doubt. Or even stirring it up”, the woman regarded us sharply. Then she shrugged. “I had a long day. I will let others worry about you. You may see the corpse. And tomorrow, you will leave Oakhurst.” The body was hideous. I counted more than fifty wounds. All had blood around them. Which meant the poor devil was still alive or not yet long dead when he received the injuries. So many stabs in quick succession... I shuddered at the thought. The man had an excruciating death, no doubt. “Rapier”, said Jim after examining the wounds, “I would say that was a rapier.” “Is that what these goblins use? Did they do it?” I blurted out. I had no idea what a goblin or a rapier was, and my mind was desperately racing to connect the dots and find explanations. “No, my boy, that's not how they do things. I doubt they could even use a proper rapier. Thing would be too darn big for them.” “Let's get back to the inn”, said Jim. “We saw what we came for.” In the inn, the owner offered us lodging and three meals for twelve silvers. I was incredulous at first, but my companions seemed to think it was a generous offer, so I swallowed my anger, and noted that silver is worth much less in this land. Thankfully, Beldrak offered to cover our expenses for the night, so I didn't need to spend any of my few silvers. 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The last few days I've been thinking about what life would have been like in the first 365 days following Outbreak Day in September 2013. No Bloaters or Shamblers to worry about and unlikely to encounter any Clickers until Autumn / Winter of 2014. Runners must have been absolutely everywhere though. Dozens of them in every town and city street. Then, if that wasn't bad enough, around about day 14 some of them begin to transform into Stalkers. 😱 That must have been fun! Good luck scavenging for food and supplies with those odds against you. Must have been horrific. Just checking your local food store or supermarket would have been mega risky. Do you think the first year would have been the most dangerous time or does that come a bit later when the Clickers start to appear in decent numbers? Not sure when FEDRA set up their safe zones (forgotten the name used for them) but for the few survivors trapped in their homes I bet it felt like an eternity. It's kinda miraculous anyone lived through that first year let alone almost 3 full decades after the outbreak. What are your thoughts and how do you think you'd have faired if you found yourself in such a position?
[Table] I am Keith St. Jean, or Canadian Permaculture Legacy on YouTube. IAmA engineer who found a passion planting trees and now plant over 10,000 per year. I am turning my useless grass into a thriving forest for nature, and converting my land into a multi acre wildlife sanctuary. AMA (pt 1/3)
Hi Keith! I'm a big fan of what you're doing with your forest. Thanks for sharing! Two questions: What were the parameters you considered when buying your land and how did you settle on that plot? And are there any food plants you've grown in the past that you don't anymore?
That's definitely a great question. To be honest we half lucked into this property. When I moved out here I just wanted a place in the country to set deeper roots down with the kids than the suburban place we had. We also just wanted life to slow down a bit. Our selection criteria was a decent house and a bit of land, and that's about it.
After I moved here, I started getting really into learning more about climate change and found this design science called permaculture, and it all started clicking from there. I started planting trees and gardens, and well, got kind of addicted. What started as 4 trees turned into almost 400 the next year, slowly, week by week as I kept planting and planting and planting like some deranged squirrel.
But this piece of land is really ideally suited to a project like this. It's bordered by a river that runs 365 days a year. The water is from an Artesian well, which is a pressurized underground natural aquifer. So the water runs constantly, and we have this free source of constant water.
The land also has many south facing hills, tons of wooded forest around which is great for stuff like grafting wild apple trees for deer, and collection of seed material to expand forest in wild places that are abandoned. It's really a great place of land for this project.
If I were buying a new piece of land to do this on from scratch, I think my highest priority would be a constant source of water like a river or stream. It's not mandatory, but it sure helps get things established faster.
As far as other plants that I started that I wouldn't grow anymore, I would say that I wouldn't focus so hard on growing "weird things". When I started I tried growing a lot of plants that were just outside my zone, such as persimmons. Now, I do that more as a one or two tree hobby thing, and I focus more on plants that are native and, well, have evolved to live and be hardy in my climate over millions of years. There's no point fighting nature when you can just work with nature.
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Thank you for the detailed response! I'm excited to continue following your progress
Thanks :_
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Not a question but I just wanted to say that you are living my dream! Really appreciate what you’re doing and your impact on the environment! Huge fan from Vancouver Island, Canada 🇨🇦
Thanks!
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aren't meadows and prairies just as important to the ecosystem as forests?
Yep, important ecosystems. But monoculture suburban lawns are not grasslands.
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How are you foresting suburban lawns? Sorry i must have missed something.
Well, I had no context to why you commented what you did, since the one you replied to had no mention of grasslands whatsoever. So I kinda had to guess where you were coming from.
I just agreed with you, because your point is valid, and wanted to clarify to anyone else reading the comment thread that grassland and grasslawn are two VERY different things.
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I’m a big fan of yours. Because of you, I’ve started a food forest in my front yard. I laid down contractor’s paper, then an inch or 2 of compost, then 6 - 12 inches of wood chips. I did all of that real quickly this fall, figuring that I can take the winter to figure out what to plant and how. 2 questions. 1. How do I plant in 12 inches of wood chips? Do you pull the chips back and plant in the soil? When do you put the chips back on? Right away or do you wait until it grows 12 inches?
Thanks that's so awesome to hear! I love hearing that new people are planting trees because they have seen my content. It makes producing it worthwhile (it certainly isn't financially worthwhile! haha)
Yes, you never plant in the mulch layer, because it will be nitrogen deficient as the carbon breaks down. The soil layer however only has roughly a 1mm top layer that is nitrogen deficient. So it's crucial that you get down to the soil layer for most plants. Stuff like nitrogen fixers like clover can be scattered right onto woodchips because they can access nitrogen from the atmosphere, but most plants will need to be planted in the soil, then recovered as they grow.
As far as when to cover it, just as long as you don't smother it. As it grows just cover around it. For trees, try to leave an inch around them bare, so that you don't encourage boring insects getting to them through the woodchips.
2. Do you have any tips on sourcing fruit trees? I’m interested in saving as much money as possible but I can spend a little to save me a couple years. The U of M Extension says you should order them in October and pick them up in the spring but I haven’t been able to find a place that does this. I’m in zone 4b, Minneapolis. Thanks for doing what you’re doing. You’re making a huge impact.
2) I try to get most of my plants local, to support local nurseries and get varieties that grow well in my climate. No real point me ordering trees from say South Carolina and saving a few bucks, but the varieties do poorly in my winters. I'd rather get a cold hardy tree from a local place.
That being said, I've bought from many places before: Treetime, wiffletree, green barn nursery, laurealt, cold hardy fruit and nut trees, grimo nursery, etc.
Edible acres (a fellow youtuber) also runs a nursery. He also has a link to some of his favorite sustainable nursuries in the description of This video here
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You rock! You even answered a question I had but didn’t mention about clover!
Awesome!
Have you ever thought about adding animals? You have fantastic content on your YouTube, I have watched most of your videos. Recommend anyone in Canada check out his YouTube channel!!
Hey Chris, thanks! Very kind. When I first started this, well, maybe not the first year, but definitely once I learned about permaculture, I really really REALLY wanted to get animals. Definitely chickens, but also pigs. They are just so incredibly useful.
There's a good saying that if you remove an element from a natural ecosystem, then you must then provide the value that this element was providing. For animals, it's cycling of nutrients in the decomposition cycle via their excrement.
Chickens perform just such a vital role for making healthy compost. A compost pile (such as I run) is tremendously valuable, but running the same material through the stomach of an animal will lead to much more chelated (bio available) nutrient in the resulting compost. This chelation is super critical for plants to be able to access the nutrient in the compost.
Animals, especially chickens, are probably number 1 on my list, but currently we're just so super busy with kids, work, etc. I fear, that even though I hear chickens are super low maintenance, that I wouldn't be an ideal owner right now for them, and I couldn't give them the attention that they deserve.
I also have a philosophy right now that anything I spend my time on must either end up fully automated and passive, be completely self relient and need no further input from me. This is because I feel it's critical that all my time gets spent to planting more trees. And if I put in systems that will require my time, then it will by very nature of it, limit the time I can spend expanding my forest. I would instead rather focusing all my time on expansion, constant unrelenting expansion, and once I hit the limits of what I can do on that front, only then will I start projects that will demand my future time.
For that reason, until life slows down a little bit, I'm going to keep the chickens on the backburner until I can be a good steward to the creatures.
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It would be interesting if (once you setup a coop for them) you could just leave the chickens and let them roam naturally throughout the forest eating what they find. That way it might encourage them to roam more helping to spread nutrients etc maybe.
Indeed, free range chickens is generally what people go for. There's a lot of people who will say they will destroy the herbaceous layer, and will also do a lot of damage to young tree roots with their kicking and scratching. For this reason, a lot of people use them in 2 ways...
1) To tractor them through a grassland to prep it for initial planting. I.e. kind of use them like a reset on the land. They often combine them with pigs in this way, and use the animals like a natural fertilizing rototiller.
2) To completely free range them, but through an established forest. Often combined with cows (they follow the cows 2 days behind them), in a system called Silvopasture. https://drawdown.org/solutions/silvopasture
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Awesome will check that out thanks, but sounds good. Right got you makes sense. Sounds cool. That's a cool little 'nature grouping', will check it out thanks. And yeah seems like once you get to certain sizes / growth of forests it opens up more options that are easier to implement (such as letting the chickens just roam around). The more I learn the more it seems to be that getting as much viable land going from day 1 as possible, as you need those big trees to be grown before other options open up (not to say you can't do stuff in the meantime but getting those trees in asap seems to be important?). Would be interesting to explore how you could do this commercially and scale up. For example having a someone manage x size of land for x years until y stage, then employ 1 person until z stage. Etc etc until you're 20 years down the line and have people employed for various things etc. Natural growth. What do you think? You mentioned you can see yourself going down that route.
Yeah, I think that the first years can be pretty manageable for 1 person, until harvesting start being a massive chore. I know I have planted thousands of trees in 1 day from seed, and maybe 200 or so when doing from bare root trees. That's just 1 day.
Most of the initial work is on a clear (even if it's just a mow, or a crip, or a thinning of existing brush), then a large organic material dump. If done with machinery, you can definitely do this on a massive scale as 1 person. Even just with a bucket and a pitchfork (my method), I've done acres of woodchips, literally thousands of yards of woodchips, every day of the summer for years. Just chip away at it.
End of the day, I think it just depends on what your timeline is. If you are in no rush, then you can go at it as 1 person and get a crapload done. If you want to get up and running ASAP, on a large scale, you'll definitely need help.
For those people who are by themselves, or just their family, I definitely recommend focusing small and setting that part up properly, and then slowly creeping out. I would recommend against trying to go too big too fast, and having it all kinda go unmanageable in the rampancy of summer, and losing a bunch of trees.
I'd rather someone work on a 50 square foot section, get that established strongly, and then use that section as the anchor to expand outwards from.
A smaller well managed space will vastly outproduce and outperform a mismanaged larger space. And I think we often go the larger route, and suffer for it.
Hi Keith, I've been watching your videos for a few months now, and I'm really excited by the work you're doing. We'll be house shopping early next year and then I plan to fully dive into permaculture! Do you have any recommendations on where to start to get a comprehensive view of what I would need to do, either one of your videos or another source?
In the OP there, I linked to a few videos that are good starters. I actually make an "essentials" playlist that is somewhere around 24 videos or so. I would make sure you watch all of those videos, starting with the topics you enjoy the most - how to get started, grass to garden guides, permaculture design philosophy, my 2 golden rules, etc. So much good info in those videos. In fact, many permaculturists would open a website and hide those behind paywalls as a permaculture course. I think that's silly though, we just need the information out there for people to use.
Another thing you can do is sign up for a free 52 week permaculture design course here:
I have no affiliation with them, but I just think that offering a $3000 course for free is about the coolest thing in the world. They believe what I do... that we need to make an army of tree planters, and we just want the information out there, so that people can start going and we get ACTION happening, and not just words and protests, but trees in the ground.
Do you sell the produce you make from the farm and if so any idea what sort of profit you're getting per acre etc? Do you think it's profitable for people to buy de-forested land, regenerate it, and then grow / sell the produce naturally grown and harvested or does that still require outside investment? Guess big question with lots of 'it depends', with the country's jurisdictions being a key one maybe? I've just started a college course in horticulture and the whole permaculture / forest farming / forest regeneration / bio-diversity regeneration area is insanely interesting so thanks for all your videos.
I actually prefer to donate most of my excess food, although I must admit this year with Covid we have been on hypermode canning and preserving as much food as possible so that we don't have to go to a store more than once a month or so for the stuff I can't make, or that doesn't make sense for me to grow (sugar, flour, rice, etc).
Also, my goal isn't to make profits, but my goal is to maximize how much I can expand this puppy. Tree systems also tend to take a bit of time to really kick in, and I'm in year 4-5 now. My production on this land is going to ramp up extremely quickly over the next decade or so, likely well beyond my capability to keep up, and I will likely have to think about hiring people, creating a business, and maybe even renting land and opening a store. Some people also sell to restaurants, since the fresh food just tastes miles better than store bought.
Infact, at a tour I ran last year, we had a restaurant owner show up, and after eating one of my black krims, he said he would buy every tomato I ever produced.
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For deforested land and regrowing it, there's tremendous value in that, especially if the land isn't fully cleared. Fully cleared land can be expensive, because it's better for development and agriculture. However, damaged forest land, like say, a harvested timber plot of "pines in lines" can be of tremendous value. Plant a few thousand black walnut trees on that, and inoculate stuff like shitake mushrooms under the walnuts, and you have a REAL investment there.
I hope I answered your question okay - feel free to ask another if you have any followup questions. And thanks for getting into this. Your education is going to be very useful in the future that we're walking into. Keep up the hard work, your life and work will have tremendous value to humanity.
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Hey thanks for taking time to respond. Yeah makes a lot of sense. Yeah that long wait factor seems quite key in those early stages. Yeah makes sense, I know the vertical farming companies in London (UK) sell their herbs to local restaurants because of quality etc. Amazing. Which profits could go to regrowing the fully cleared or even contaminated land (assuming it's more expensive to fix and or longer). Hey thanks! Feels good to be doing something more aligned with nature / something important. Thanks again.
Totally agree with all your responses/comments there.
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The soil in boreal forests is thin, this is a question I will like more information on.
Yeah, it's kind of what you get when you have plants (conifers) that don't drop their leaves. You get less soil building.
The fastest way to grow soil is by constantly dropping organic material on the soil. This is why plants like Paulownia Elongata can build soil so fast. (Not to be confused with Paulownia Tomentosa which is invasive).
Hello Keith! Though it's a dream of mine, I won't be purchasing or living at a large property anytime soon. Patio gardening for the next few years at least. What would you recommend working on / thinking about / learning in the meantime as I fantasize? Alternatively, do you have any recommendations for ambitious, permaculture-informed patio projects?
I actually think you are in the perfect spot to start getting a real education in this, and it will pay off bigtime. Someone starting from scratch with no knowledge is going to spend half their time spinning their wheels. Someone who takes a year to learn what they are doing, trying and failing, then applying those lessons to their final design will actually have a much more advanced system in a decade than the person starting and scrambling and flailing about at the beginning.
And there's a lot of things we can learn in an apartment with no land, but access to books and internet. Things I would prioritize the highest?
* Learn how to start plants from seed. You can do this inside a closest in a guest bedroom, or the corner of a basement or garage. I have videos on this: https://youtu.be/DeQjywi8Sss
* Learn how to propagate (copy) plants from hardwood and softwood cuttings. This is something that tends to take several years to get a hold of, and can be started from anywhere. Just take cuttings from plants at parks and try your hand at turning them into a new bush or tree.
* Learn how to graft. We can practice grafting apples on wild apple trees for example. I like to look in February for apple trees that still have apples on them. These are tremendously valuable for deer - food in their time of dearth. Take cuttings from those (called scion wood) and practice grafting those to apple trees that currently have no apples on them. Who knows, maybe you just helped the deer if your grafts take, and by the time you get a property, you will be a master grafter.
* Get out and ID plants in your local ecosystem. Learn their uses, their benefits, what eats them, etc. you will now have a library of information (and a knowledge of where to find free plant material for your forest!), and how to boost pollinators and pest predators, which will pay off massively as your trees thrive in a healthy protected ecosystem with a good predator insect population. I have a video on how to get started with this here
* Learn general theory stuff, like guild design.
* For patio projects, that's not my thing at all. I think I would rather you listen to other experts on that subject. Potted plants tend to need the human to constantly intervene. I'm all about the complete opposite. Handing the wheel to nature.
Hi Keith! Big fan, thanks for all the info you provide in your channel! I recently purchased a property that includes 2/3 acres of rather dense forest with tall trees, in zone 7a. I absolutely don't want to remove any of the trees in this forest, but was wondering if there is some way to still potentially grow some food there - any suggestions on what I can grow that would work well under almost full cover? There is wildlife that often visits this forest as it is not fenced, and I honestly don't mind sharing the food I grow here with them.
Have you checked out one of my latest videos on the drip edge guild?
In this video, after I buy the new trees, I install them in a drip edge guild, and I talk about the fertility boost that the forest edge can provide. This is why forests expand from the edge out, because they just happen to be hyper fertility concentrators.
So I'm not sure about your land, but is there an option of using the forest edge and your expansion point, and just continuously expanding it outward from the edge?
If not, a really good way that you can maximize forest edge in a fully forested plot is to actually great glades directly inside the forest. This is a really good forest management practice in general, because what happens is that you clear a circle hole in the forest, and all of a sudden you get this flush of light down at the soil that wasn't happening before.
Now all of a sudden you have this flush of growth of the herbaceous layer. This adds a ton of "wetness" to help slow forest fires - as the previous situation was likely a bunch of dried old dead wood. Now instead you have lush ferns and groundcovers growing.
Now all inside this glade you can set up the next succession of your forest - changing a pine or cedar monoculture into a vibrant diverse ecosystem with oaks and apples and chestnut, etc. You will correspondingly get a massive flush of growth of natural beings that come to consume this food. Just make sure you plant enough that you get some also!
Then just keep making new glades and rotate through the forest, making more pocket glades each year, as you slowly change it into a healthier more diverse ecosystem.
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This is amazing advice! I will definitely first look into creating glades without removing trees, and if not, perhaps replacing a few trees at a time with fruit producing trees is something I can digest! Follow up question, the forest area also has a lot of vegetation growing at the base of the trees - any idea on what I can replace this with? I'm looking for something that will produce food and also survive in almost full shade.
Well, I would suggest first learning what you are replacing and if it needs replacing. Many things in nature are actually feeding critical insects and other beings. I would first recommend learning as much as possible about your native plants before you remove them.
As far as what enjoys being in partial shade in a forest, currants do really well in shades, as do most ferns such as ostrich ferns (fiddleheads). Mushroom logs would also be good to add in there.
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banestraitelbov: Understood, thank you! Girl_on_a_bicycle: Double check that it's legal to grow currants in your state/province/county! (I started shopping and realized it was illegal because of the diseases they share with native pine trees)
Thanks for this, I learned something new today! I had no idea.
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My grandfather has had a beaver take over about 10 acres of his property. They've built a good sized pond and lots of wildlife are returning to the area.
That's pretty exciting. I know they get a lot of flack for diverting waterways, but they are just trying to be their best beaver.
Hey Keith, Ive been watching your work for a while and I have some questions. English is my 2nd language. First of all, I am jn Quebec Zone 5. I was wondering what kind of land I should acquire. You seem to have a lot of wood area so Id guess that would be a good start. However, around here, people selling land sell higher because of the "cut it all down to make firewood and make a profit mentality". How did you acquire your land? What is a good price? I plan of living in a homestead in 5 years. We talk about this a lot. I make 70k+ ish a year, a few debts but nothing major, pretty good at not spending money. My girlfriend is a professional beekeeper and combined with our knowledge in broad biology (a degree + masters) I think we could pull this off. I also reoriented myself and I'm getting pretty good at manual work and metalwork. I am rambling off here but thanks a lot for providing unique content like this. It is very inspiring.
First off, you write in your second language better than 99% of people write in their first.
Yeah, wooded land is ideal for a project like this, but with some space to plant. See my response to another comment on the creation of glades if you end up being fully wooded plot. (do a word search on this page for "glade")
You are right that wooded lots tend to be cheaper to acquire. But most importantly for us, planting trees, is that the soil will have already been converted to a fungal dominated soil that trees love. So every tree you plant will have a better chance to thrive, versus say planting trees in bacterial dominated grassland soils.
For the financial aspect, I'm certain you could pull this off. The thing about a food forest, is that it may cost money to get it started, but it then GENERATES income via savings at the very least, and a passive income if that's something you want to do, selling plants, food, compost, manure, eggs, meat, etc.
For most things, the ROI tends to hover around 2 years. Stuff like chickens can be profitable year 1. Berries like raspberries will generate a profit the first year also. Trees, depending on how large you get them, will be profitable within 2 to 10 years. Young nut trees will take the longest to be profitable, but also will tend to be the most profitable longterm - especially nuts like black walnut where the tree itself may be worth 2000-4000 in a few decades. If someone is in a good financial position, there's not too many investments better than buying land and planting a bunch of $5 black walnut 1 year whips on them, and selling them in 40 years for a free retirement plan (which sequesters carbon and feeds nature in the meantime).
Hi Keith, I am on 7acres on a riverfront property in zone 5b. I am already off and running with some trees, shrubs, etc planted (about 30 varieties total) and we are in our first full year. I was wondering what resources or guides you came across for propagating various fruit trees, shrubs and ground cover? For example a lot of fruit trees or shrubs are on rootstock. Is that necessary for propagating them or can they grow their own roots and survive fine? Do you have a nursery or just plant things with random cuttings?
The ideal way is definitely to use rootstock and graft to them. For anyone that doesn't know what that means is that you can basically join 1 tree to another like Frankenstein. So you get 1 tree that genetically has super strong roots, but maybe poor fruit. Maybe that rootstock is insanely cold resistant. So you grow that tree, but then you splice on (via a cut and a graft) the variety of tree with good fruit onto it. Now you have this mega power root tree pumping nutrient into a mega power fruit producing variety.
The best place on the internet to learn grafting (in my opinion) is skillcult on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/use1sustainablehedonist. That guy is an incredible resource for grafting. He has a grafting series that I'm sure you can find, it's like 8 videos long and is some of the best stuff I've watched or read on the topic.
As far as "is it necessary", absolutely not. You can get trees to grow without doing it, it's just a matter of taking it to the next level. Maybe you get 50% success rate with yours, and grafted rootstock will give you 90%. Well, if it takes a quarter of the time to just take cuttings and jam them in the ground, then you'll get more trees using the brute force method.
I made roughly 100-200 free elderberry, currant, and haskap plants this year just by cutting a host plant, making cuttings from the branches, and jamming them in the ground. I got maybe 40% success rate overall, but stuff like the elderberry was more like 90% success rate. Peaches are like 2% success rate like that.
So it's good to learn that stuff, and the best way is just trial and error. You should prune your trees anyways, and make sure you use all those pruning cuttings to try to make new plants with.
Any tips for picking trees for your food forest? When I'm at nurseries I'm tempted by the bigger trees but it's just so much cheaper to buy younger ones.
I think getting a bigger tree that I call a "victory tree" can be a good idea when starting. But just get 1 or 2. The reason for this is that the tree is large, but it's root system in the pot is going to be severely stunted. This means that it's more likely to survive compared to a bare root 1 year old twig (a 6 inch tall "whip") but it's also going to kind of struggle it's whole life - or at least a very long time.
The payback can be almost immediate though, and that's a nice thing to have. You planted trees to get food, and this older tree will get you food faster. It will motivate you to plant more once you taste what fresh food tastes like. There is truly nothing like a peach that was on the tree seconds before you smashed that puppy into your mouth.
But overall, the way to go is with 1 or 2 year old baby trees, bare root. The reason for this is that the sooner you can get a tree in it's final position, the stronger it's roots will be in the longterm. Deeper wider more robust roots means more area of soil that the plant can get nutrient and water from. More resistance to drought, more pest resistance, just better bigger, stronger tree.
It's funny because some of my 1 year old whips are 5 years in age behind some of the starter trees, but they are already starting to pass them, just 3 years later. Fast forward another few years and you will think the bigger tree was older, but it will actually be the younger bare root tree. They will also be more resistant to high wind storms, due to having a deeper taproot, because that taproot didn't hit the bottom of a bucket and curl, it was allowed to drive deep into the subsoils.
Last thing, bare root trees are WAAAAY cheaper. You can get an apple tree from home depot for like 70 bucks, but can find bare root trees sometimes as cheap as 5 bucks. So when doing a large project, as long as you have patience, young bare root trees are the way to go.
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Where do you get the bare root trees from? I’ve been calling around to local nurseries and all I find are multiple gallon bucket sizes. Maybe now that I know the terms “bare root” and “whip” I can ask them.
Most nurseries only do bare root because transporting soil costs money. I'm surprised you are finding the opposite.
I posted a response in this thread about nurseries I use, and all of those ones ship bare root. Not sure if that was your question or another. But word search bare root and you will find it.
Hi Keith! I'm a big fan of your channel. How do you get your kiddos involved in permaculture, if at all? Any tips on raising children to be partners with the planet?
That's a great question and I'd love other people's advice! It's hard to get them off fortnite and out in the garden. We force it now and then, but we also don't want them to see it as a chore or a punishment. We limit times on electronics, but I think it's also important that they learn how to use them, because the world they grow up in will require it as an innate skillset. It's a tough balance for sure.
One thing that I HAVE found is that if the kids GROW the food, they are more likely to EAT the food. Putting a veggie from the store on their plate, and they whine and complain about having to eat it. But putting that carrot that they watered and took care of and pulled out of the ground, they actually get excited to try it.
People, if you want your kids to eat their vegetables, get them a garden and go out spending time together growing them with your kids. It works.
For the second question, I think it's something that grows as they do. You aren't going to make an 8 year old care about the planet, but I bet the same kid when THEY have kids, will really care.
I mean, if you knew me before I had kids, I definitely thought people like me were "tree hugging hippies". It's insane to me that I'm the same person as that idiot.
Your work is so appreciated. You've mentioned comfrey and J artichoke are well suited for many systems. If you could wish it, what would be the top intro perennials you'd like to see in northeast US/CA suburbia? Thanks!
Clover would be my number one. Just because it restores nitrogen to the depleted soils of our planet, and also feeds the bees. It is also hardy as heck. Clover everywhere. We really need to replenish our insect populations - as a matter of existential threat to our species.
Then I would say that I honestly don't care. I think people should plant what they enjoy to eat. If someone doesn't like Jerusalem Artichokes then they definitely shouldn't be planting them, because they'll be there forever. So try some first, say, in a pot, then decide if you want them on your property.
But as far as my favorites, I think it's gotta be trees. Fruit and nut trees, I don't care what kinds. They just provide so many calories for nature (and us).
For herbaceous layer plants, I think strawberry and asparagus are amazing. They last a really long time and propagate themselves super easy. They are also expensive in stores, so they make financial sense to plant.
For nature plants, I think asters are awesome - a suggestion from a really knowledgeable watcher I have, FormidableFlora. More from her, her words: "Let's plant wild senna to feed those wild turkeys, pussytoes to host American lady butterflies, bearberry for elfin butterfly larvae, etc? Or something altogether different?"
i'd like to plant trees for a living. im 53 years old and my joints aren't perfect, but i work physical labor jobs now and hold my own. do you think it's a reasonable thing to pursue?
I mean, it's definitely a worthy pursuit. And you are likely in pretty good physical health if you work physical jobs. Also continuing to be physically active can extend how long you are able.
I would say definitely, although I don't know anything about you. But I would think you can do it. There are likely tools you can get to help. I know people who plant 1000's trees per day for the forestry service and use tree plugs, have this tool they use that makes bending over not a problem.
That being said, I must say that I've worked out my whole life (not a gym rat or anything, but I'm an ex varsity athlete), and I think some of my best workouts have been hauling woodchips, turning compost, and doing farmers carries of water jugs up hills back and forth back and forth from the river to the upper gardens. I do this on purpose to stay as fit as possible doing something fun - planting trees is more fun than running on a treadmill - but it's definitely physically demanding.
As a consequence, I sleep really well!!
Hi, thanks for offering such an accessible channel, I've been watching for a while. My question is what do you think the greatest barrier is that is preventing permaculture design from entering mainstream agricultural thinking?
I think machinery and harvest. Permaculture is all about maximizing SYSTEM yield by maximizing photosynthesis through complex plant guilds. However, it's hard to run an apple harvester giant machine through a dense complex polyculture of apples and pear, plum, raspberries, lovage, sage, thyme, oregano and strawberries all weaved together.
For this reasons, permaculture large scale projects tend to be heavier on the human labour aspect (a pretty good thing considering the world of automation and job loss we are entering in the future), and less on giant machines running through 1000 acres of nothing but corn, like traditional agriculture does.
Many people will say that permaculture farms tend to be lower profits, but often that argument is flat out incorrect, but also it almost always ignores the soil cost of industrial agriculture. For example, if I made 10% more profits by mining my soil and turning it into a desert in 3 decades, was I more successful than the permaculture project that made 10% less profits, but whose soils actually INCREASED in fertility in the 3 decades?
And that's the problem right there. We're in this world that demands instant gratification, instant profits, shareholder reports that must maximize efficiency of the only thing they look at - short term.
Until we change fundamentally as a species, and start valuing the planet we live on, then we are going to struggle getting people to convert over to regenerative agriculture. We'll also not have a planet that grows food anymore.
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What soil test are you using to define your fertility? What is the soil type?
You know what oddly enough, I've never done any soil test beyond putting soil in a water bottle and filling with water and shaking it and letting it split into sand, silt and clay. And funny enough, the results are strikingly different in various locations. Almost full clay in the lower areas, almost full sand near the side of the house on the hill, and well, basically gravel near the house.
After getting really into Dr Elaine Ingham's work, I was going to send my soil off to a university to get it tested, but honestly just never made it a priority. Stuff is growing really well, and I just keep putting down organic material, and it gets better every season. So I just keep my focus on planting more trees.
How can people with small budgets in urban areas live that dream of permaculture, where land is too expensive?
There are also a lot of "plant on my land" style permaculture collaborations that you can get involved in. Land share programs. WOOFing.
For example, lots of elderly people would love to have someone come garden on their land. They get some free food, they have their land tended to and kept up for them as they lose the ability to take care of it themselves. You get free land to grow on, you just have to share some of your bounty. And let me tell you, the amount of zucchini I throw at people each year, sharing the surplus isn't really an issue.
So it's all about how much legwork you want to put in trying to organize something in your area. All these programs in other places were started by people just like you, who wanted to do something, wanted to make a change, wanted land but couldn't get it, and went about it another way.
So get calling people, put up posters in the local community center, try to find other permaculturists around you, and see if you can set up some kind of community or program that uses other people's useless lawns and turns them into forests and gardens, and shares the bounty.
Also maybe try to find some of those programs, contact their leaders and founders, and get tips from the true experts on how they did it, mistakes they made, how they would do it if they started fresh again, etc.
IIRC there are a bunch of programs like this in Florida and California.
Hey, I'm not sure if you are still checking this thread out or not, but another person asked a question that kind of relates to yours, and I go through and to a full design with them. It's not urban urban, but kind of urban/suburban fringe likely. Small plot of land though. You may be interested in checking it out:
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