I came across this article in the November 2009 issue of AcresUSA. "Bringing Money Back to Earth -- Slow Money: 'Nurture Capital' for...
I am having trouble finding two pieces of information on tagasaste... 1) It is described as hardy, which doesn't mean much. Does anyone have any...
Is anyone familiar with these? A friend of mine heard that there was a permie or organic outfit here in the western U.S. who taught classes in...
I have been reading up on the uses of Tagasaste, and I am confused. Some sites indicate the leaves are edible but the seeds are toxic to humans...
I see wild birds eating holly berries as fast as they can, but most sites say they're toxic (to mammals, anyway). But are they food or poison to...
I had heard about the breadnut fruit, but the nut was something new to me. I heard about it on the radio this morning. The scientific name is...
Does anyone know anything about this Rosneath Farm? The last update I ran across was dated 2004: https://genoa.ecovillage.org/genoceania/ ......
The old Native Americans of the arid Southwest planted their crops in shallow basins, 4-6" (10-15cm) deep, which would hold precious water so it...
My soil is quite sandy, so I have been adding non-clumping clay cat litter (new, not used) to my garden beds to help retain moisture and...
I live in the northwest part of the U.S., approx. 150 miles (240km) south of the Canadian border. Our temps usually don't go below 15F (9C), but...
Here is an interesting concept being used in southern Africa for watering crops, and might be useful in other low-rainfall areas. The people bury...
I am trying to clarify something that I THINK I've picked up from this forum over the last few years. Several people have said or inferred that...
I subscribe to AcresUSA, a magazine on ecologically sound agriculture. The January issue has a fascinating interview with Dr. Michael Hudson....
I have a large wild blackberry bush that I harvest for jam every fall. I remove the seeds and throw them away. I have a few chickens, and I am...
Can anyone tell me why some of my English garden peas (pole or climbing type) occasionally turn white? White leaves, white stems. It can be...
Does anyone know anything about Jetmatic pumps? I work with a fellow from the Philipines who has been telling me about a hand-operated well...
I don't know where to look for this, so I'm asking here. I don't know if these are typos or language misunderstandings. In the U.S., when a '...
Before I planned to have some chickens, I ran across some information that said if you use a deep straw litter in your chicken pens, the manure...
I'm sure I ran across the site here. It described some people who are in Africa, and created a simple arrangement for housing and food for...
Only in the big picture of the world does this relate to permaculture, but it's such a wonderful incident that I had to share. In mid-December,...
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