Maybe have some plantings for you, which are protected, and some for the deer, which are only protected when very young, or protected periodically...
In my locale the deer eat most baby trees, and stags kill slightly larger trees by rubbing their antlers on them. So I would definitely not...
Thank you for your input, Sandman. I'll be irrigating the plantings initially, but hope eventually they may grow and bear fruit on natural...
I agree our human problems would be less of an issue with fewer people, so no need to debate this matter! (Unless you just happen to feel like...
According to that article, some of the houses might have been moved seasonally: "The cedar ropes that secured the planks to the uprights and...
Yikes! I think we probably have plenty right now! :)
"Silence"? What with all the birds, frogs, livestock etc making a racket? :)
I used to be totally convinced of "human overpopulation" being the true root cause of our problems, and I certainly still believe there are too...
Thank you for sharing your experience, purple. :)
I already work at home (self-employed) but unfortunately I don't qualify for low-cost health insurance because of pre-existing conditions. I'm...
What do people living the Simpler Way these days do for health insurance? Or do none of them live in the US? It's these little details that I...
Thank you. :)
I think it might happen to some extent via the sharing economy, if older landowners who can no longer work the land share it with younger people...
Thank you, matto. I've noticed the trees tend to grow close together, 3-4 feet apart or even closer, in clumps, maybe 12- 15 feet between clumps....
Thank you for these ideas. :)
I'm planning a small food forest in my old vegetable garden, which is a site with full southern exposure and native woodland on the west, east,...
So far I have not met any local permaculturists through the internets. I've met a handful of regional permaculturists in person through the...
I think information is easily transmitted in the online community, but actual working together, as Grahame points out, has to happen in "real...
In my opinion permaculture is about actions, and can't be separated from the ethics which underlie this design philosophy. "Care of People" is...
Looking forward to this discussion! :)
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