Serviceberry (Amelanchier) is not to my knowledge evergreen. I would check out the Capulin, Prunus salicifolia....an evergreen true cherry from...
I've had moderate success with a dust made of about half diatomaceous earth and half wood ash. The ash dilutes the purchased D.E. and the blend...
Check out the site www.ic.org All about intentional communities worldwide. It is searchable both by location and by keyword (so that you can...
Just take a long poker, like a piece of re-bar or something like it, and jam down through it repeatedly. The dividing partitions are brittle and...
Thank you all! As I recall it was a wonderful day. I think I finished it with a big baked fish and a tall beer :)! But around this time this...
If your soil is like other soil I've encountered elsewhere in FL or GA, chances are it's basically white sand, perhaps with a thin organic layer...
This method might work in a very long, or year-round (tropical) growing season. The methods I'm familiar with are assuming a temperate or wet/dry...
If the corn is still not at full height, you could plant more climbing beans, if you still have enough growing season left to mature them. The...
I am about three hours north of you, outside of Red Bluff.....Even so....I imagine our climate is pretty different if you get the Bay area fog and...
I cannot see the Southern Cross or Canopus or Alpha Centauri at all from here. I have, in my life, seen them, but only because I lived in...
wow...cold and wet (helenlee)! and chopping kindling! I just got reminded that a lot of people on here are on the complete other side of the...
I think the idea of "energy slaves" might be helpful at this point. "Back in the day"....whenever we want to look at, until perhaps before...
I think that "work is love made visible" is actually a quote from Kahlil Gibran....
I hugely recommend reading Ursula K. LeGuin's "Always Coming Home". It's a fantasy about life 3000 years in the future. There are even maps that...
This may be getting off the original topic (vegetarianism), but I wanted to respond further about energy and community. Years ago I lived in...
One time I got into a debate with a young vegan who was refusing to even eat honey, saying it would be "co-opting the agenda of the bees to my own...
See our blog at udanwest.blogspot.com. The first two posts go into detail about how I process acorns both for myself and for my chickens. Enjoy!
My guess is your mystery trees might be mulberry, or, more likely, paper-mulberry. Neither are scented, only paper-mulberry is seriously fuzzy...
I believe that some members of this family (Aesculus--the buckeyes) are rendered edible by means of a leaching and cooking process similar to that...
Try looking through permies.com, which is American-based and includes a whole section on wwoofers and other opportunities....
Separate names with a comma.
