January 2012
19 posts
Hugelkultur Can Create Irrigation-Free Garden Beds: Lifehacker. →
lifehacker.com
If your yard is big enough that you might have a felled tree from time to time due to lightning or winter storms, you may wonder how you can put the wood to good use. Most people who don’t regularly heat with wood just post an ad on Craigslist for free wood if someone picks it up. Instead consider using the wood to form the backbone of a type of gardening bed known as Hugelkultur, that is, burying wood in your garden bed to gain many benefits including eliminating irrigation.
Hi,I don't understand why you think the video that uses cows is beautiful when you are against raising animals for food? thanks
Hey,
There are a few people who contribute to the blog and thousands more who read it, so the content varies (eg the posts about veganic permaculture, vs the video that you mention). I was the one who posted the video, and I’m not against raising animals for food in a respectable, humane and well-planned manner. I believe that animals are worth more than just the meat on their backs, and when integrated into a permaculture system, using perennial polycultures, they can rejuvenate the land and be an asset to the environment rather than a drain on it.
Other contributors to the blog are vegan though, and may not share my opinion. :)
Dehydrator works great for drying mushrooms. I have a container full of shitake and one of oyster I got on sale at the grocery store. Throw them in soups, or soak a bit before using in stir-fry and they are great!!
i put them in a pantry, and like herbs hang larger from strings
Hey there guys, I was curious if you knew of any sites that talk about drying mushrooms. I hear they are full of vitamin D, which is what I need (I'm living in Chicago) the winter fatigue is starting. Or if you can recommend any other vegan friendly foods that would be wonderful. Thanks! -Melissa
Hmm… Does anyone out there know of any info regarding drying mushrooms?
(If you end up maybe wanting to supplement though, Vitashine is a vegan D3 source).
made of paper: D Acres →
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Dorchester, NH
Development Aimed at Creating Rural Ecological Society
D Acres is an organic permaculture farm in Dorchester, NH. They’ve been in operation since 1997. Their mission statement is as follows:
“D Acres was founded in 1997. The Mission of the organization is to…
“[a pollutant is] an output of any system component that is not being
used productively by any other component of the system.” —Essence of Permaculture (via redescubri)
used productively by any other component of the system.” —Essence of Permaculture (via redescubri)
Dynamic Accumulators for Temperate Climates →
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In brief, it is the idea that certain plants (often deep-rooted ones) will draw up nutrients from the lower layers of the soil, and these nutrients will be deposited in the plants’ leaves. When the leaves fall in autumn and winter and are broken down, those stored nutrients are then incorporated into the upper layers of the soil where other plants will benefit from their deposition.
Here is a list of well studied dynamic accumulators that can be used in a Temperate Climate. The nutrients that they provide are abbreviated in bold:
Abbreviation Key
- Ca = Calcium
- Co = Cobalt
- Cu = Copper
- Fe = Iron
- K = Potassium
- Mg = Magnesium
- N = Nitrogen (in this case, these plants are nitrogen fixers)
- Na = Sodium
- P = Phosphorus
- S = Sulfur
- Sugar Maple, Acer saccarum K, Ca
- Maples, Acer spp. K
- Yarrow, Achillea millefolium K, P, Cu
- Chives, Allium schoenoprasum K, Ca
- Black Birch, Betula lenta K, P, Ca
- Birches, Betula spp. P
- Shagbark Hickory, Carya ovate K, P, Ca
- Hickory, Pecans, Carya spp. K, Ca
- German Chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile K, P, Ca
- Chicory, Cichorium intybus K, Ca
- Flowering Dogwood, Cornus florida K, P, Ca
- Horesetails, Equisetum spp. Ca, Co, Fe, Mg
- Beeches, Fagus spp. K
- European Beech, Fagus sylvatica K, Ca
- Strawberry, Fragria spp. Fe
- Wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens Mg
- Licorices, Glycyrrhiza spp. P, N
- Black Walnut, Juglans nigra K, P, Ca
- Walnuts, Juglans spp. K, P
- Lupines, Lupinus spp. P, N
- Apples, Malus spp. K
- Alfalfa, Medicago sativa Fe, N
- Lemon Balm, Melissa officinalis P
- Peppermint, Mentha piperita K, Mg
- Watercress, Nasturtium officinale K, P, Ca, S, Fe, Mg, Na
- Silverweed, Potentilla arserina K, Ca, Cu
- White Oak, Quercus alba P
- Black Locust, Robinia pseudoacacia K, Ca, N
- Sorrels, Docks, Rumex spp. K, P, Ca, Fe, Na
- Salad Burnet, Sanguisorba minor Fe
- Savory, Satureja spp. P
- Chickweed, Stellaria media K, P
- Comfreys, Symphytum spp. K, P, Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg
- Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale K, P, Ca, Cu, Fe
- Basswood, Tilia Americana P, Ca, Mg
- Linden (Lime in the UK), Tilia spp. P, Ca
- Clovers, Trifolium spp. P, N
- Stinging Nettle, Urtica dioica K, Ca, S, Cu, Fe, Na
- Vetches, Vicia spp. K, P, N
- Violets, Viola spp. P
