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The Definitive Agriculture/Permaculture Thread
I suggest a preemptive strike on the moles. Pay off the grubs to do your dirty work and claim its all in the name of backyard security.
"Even if we are occupied with important things and even if we attain honor or fall into misfortune, still let us remember how good it once was here, when we were all together, united by a good and kind feeling which made us perhaps better than we are." - Fyodor Dostovevsky
I just came across this great site called The Survival Podcast and it's filled with tons of great info and interesting stuff.
I thought I'd share these 2 podcasts on gardening/permaculture.
Episode-389- Ten Gardening Steps to Get Ready for Spring
http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/ten-gardening-steps-for-spring
Episode-394- Nine Unusual Edible Perennial Plants
http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/episode-394-nine-unusual-edible-perennial-plants
enjoy
r.
We have to remember that every single thing that every one of us does has possible ramifications for life on earth. We are all part of a web of events and choices that ultimately determine the future. - Jesus H. Chris (Propagandhi)
Best mole solution I ever found was to close up all the holes you can find, then run a hose from your car exhaust into the last open hole. The carbon monoxide is a relatively humane method and isn't too horrible for the soil & plants, unlike the chemicals.
Try putting 1-inch thick cement pavers or cinder blocks as the "floor" of your compost pile, if the moles can't dig up under it they won't get into it since they won't leave the ground to climb over the cement.
“Those who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security” - Benjamin Franklin
"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live." - Oscar Wilde
After wandering around the yard a bit, I decided I'd follow the lead other's have taken and post some pictures.
These will be "Before, During and After" the actual sow.
Hopefully, this will revive interest and keep people motivated in this second year of the DA/PT.
I've got a variety of Heirloom seeds from AAOOB seeds last year that I never got the opportunity to plant, so this year I'm hoping to make good use of them!
Here are the Garden Spots as they are now - the "starting point" for 2010:
Spot 1:
Spot 2:
I'll post some updates as I improve the sites and get some results!
(hopefully)
Cheers,
Aaron
Aaron, I thought you might like these videos for some inspiration for your terraced garden:
Captain Sheeple
...just got both volumes of this book (which I'd had my eyeball on for some time now thanks to a recommendation in this thread I think -- but had to hold off since they're pricey) for my birthday. THANKS MOM!
Going to start reading them right now before bed.
Viva -- Sager
"Show some !@#$%^ ADAPTABILITY!!" -- Sergeant Jack Shaftoe, USMC ("Cryptonomicon")
"It's all goin' *down*, man! Martha Stewart's polishing the brass on the Titanic!" -- Tyler Durden
"Have the courage to use your own understanding!' -- Immanuel Kant
"Dreams are the seedbed of the possible." -- William Greider
"One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice." -- Mary Oliver
I just came across this great site called The Survival Podcast and it's filled with tons of great info and interesting stuff.
I thought I'd share these 2 podcasts on gardening/permaculture.
Episode-389- Ten Gardening Steps to Get Ready for Spring
http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/ten-gardening-steps-for-spring
Episode-394- Nine Unusual Edible Perennial Plants
http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/episode-394-nine-unusual-edible-perennial-plants
enjoy
r.
Go back through the archives, Jack has several on gardening and permaculture.
Thanks from the Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, Tycer
Update on my last post: GET THESE BOOKS! Yeah, they're pricey but they are lucid and their thrust dovetails perfectly with the idea of being self-sufficient and decoupled from the larger food economy. Three thumbs up!
Viva -- Sager
"Show some !@#$%^ ADAPTABILITY!!" -- Sergeant Jack Shaftoe, USMC ("Cryptonomicon")
"It's all goin' *down*, man! Martha Stewart's polishing the brass on the Titanic!" -- Tyler Durden
"Have the courage to use your own understanding!' -- Immanuel Kant
"Dreams are the seedbed of the possible." -- William Greider
"One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice." -- Mary Oliver
Update on my last post: GET THESE BOOKS! Yeah, they're pricey but they are lucid and their thrust dovetails perfectly with the idea of being self-sufficient and decoupled from the larger food economy. Three thumbs up!
Viva -- Sager
Hey Sager, I can't quite follow the whole post. What books are you referring to?
Steven
Hey Sager, I can't quite follow the whole post. What books are you referring to?
Steven
http://www.edibleforestgardens.com/
It is the title of his post. Books are in the upper right of the abve site.
R
PS - took me a minute to figure it out too, but with a 3 thumbs up from a guy like Sager, how can you not spend the $110? Mine are now on order. Thx Sager.
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You don't have to kill them. You can decorate your property with pinwheels. The moles don't like the vibration so they leave. The pinwheels look cool too. You can use compost bins that are off the ground and that roll over to turn the compost. In perusing the permaculture archves I came across some pics of one someone here made.
V