There are some landscapes where growing grass for grazing is more efficient than tilling it up and growing conventional food crops like grains,...
That would do the trick.......
OK, we'll get there, but folks should chime in if I'm not doing it right If your declination is 22degrees East, then True North is 22 degrees...
You can use this link https://solardat.uoregon.edu/SunChartProgram.html enter your latitude and longitude(latitude negative in Oz) and then get...
Hi there A pipe/culvert would do the trick...since there shouldn't be any water flow in the swale, sediment shouldn't build up excessively on...
I knew Ichsani would help us out..... :)
Hi Warren The downside to a pond in our climate is evaporation...during the dry months, you'll lose an inch of water a week to the air, which...
I don't have a tiller, and taking back the garden from the annual rye was one of the reasons why I rented one late last summer, the first time in...
Hi Warren Quick clarification...did you plant cereal rye (the article topic, Secale cereale) or annual rye (Lolium sp)? I've stopped using...
All good advice.... You didn't say when the leach field was abandoned, but if it was recently, I'd be careful about growing leafy greens for...
That's definitely a strange one...not sure if Ichsani is around, but she'd have some ideas, for sure. One off of the top of my head is the...
Hi Nick I think it was in an old copy of the Permaculture Activist (not online) that I saw someone swaling with draft horses and a moldboard...
Very cool, bazman. I look forward to seeing more pics as the project grows up. Rich
Hi Peter As mentioned in the article, we use feed-grade Diatomaceous earth, to pretty good effect. We dust a little onto alfalfa cubes or...
Hi Warren I can't speak to all of your questions, but I think the persimmon - cornelian cherry will be too close. Persimmons tend to get 12m...
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