Jeff Marchand

I am in Zone 5b. I am going to try planting onion and leek seeds directly in the garden this weekend and see if they come up next spring and survive spring frost.  So many plants come up as volunteers so why not? If they dont then the loss of a few bucks in seeds wont kill me! If they come up I'll post pictures next spring.

Thanks Matt, very helpful.  Great point on breed. Ive not settled on a breed yet. That may be the hardest question of all.  I prefer larger birds as they are less prone to flying over electronet and have more meat when they eventually go into soup pot. Also  need to be active foragers as my main goal is pasture management behind my cattle herd. Breeds I am considering are Marans, Barred Rocks, Chanteclairs(probably too small though) and  Icelandics . I need to do more research this winter.

Hi I have an old 8x14 pig trailer that I want to repurpose as a portable coop. This would be the laying hens summer home and would only be in there overnight well door would be open during the day so they would have access . Ill put in lots of roosts and nest boxes.  How many ladies could I keep humanely in there?  They would get moved daily and have lots of fresh cow pats to break up and fresh grass to graze on during the day .


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What do you mean you are bad at thinking?  You found your way here did nt you?  Most teenagers are into stupid stuff (I was) you are not.

You may not have your own land or much money (maybe you do ??) but what you have in abundance is time.  You hopefully be around for another 80 trips around the sun maybe more.  My advice to you is to get a job and save aggressively and invest in it the stock market.  Like an S&P index ETF.  Maybe in 10 years you will have enough to buy your own spot.  You are 16 so maybe in 10 years you are not into permaculture , thats ok you'll have a nice nest egg and you'll be well ahead of your cohort.

Just my two cents.  I am 40 years older than you and I envy you.   Good luck.

Welcome to Permies!  You are young and are the future. You have the potential to have a much greater impact on our planet's future than most on this site because you have more time ahead of you.  

I dislike how you are demonizing conventional wood stoves, by showing a massive clearcut.  It has been my observation that people like myself who heat with wood have the healthiest woodlots as they have a reason to cut the worst and leave the best.  They  clearout sick and dying trees whilst leaving room for young vigourous trees.  Where is the infographic on how easy it is to get insurance for a RMH?  

Maybe this has been asked before, but has anyone ever tried replacing corn with sunflowers?  I think I'd like to have 2 3-sisters gardens , one with corn and the other sunflowers.  My squashes have impressed me with how much elbow room they need.

Just  make sure you do it when tree is dormant.  Energy is in the roots then. Coppice when tree is growing will likely kill the tree.

Someone needs to inform girbot ASAP !

Permaculture was developed in Australia with dry climates in mind. I find its water management strategies are geared to holding on to water as long as possible with swales, and it really works but I find it does nt have alot to say when too much water is the issue not too little.