markus Carroll

You should never plant comfrey if you have too much green in your garden. The little flash of purple when it flowers is really insufficient at breaking up the overwhelming abundance of green. While not the best image, in such conditions you may want to try a variegated comfrey like this.

Granted! But at the rate our politicians accrue debt, in 10 years time it may be worth $10, and of course don't forget a significant portion of that will go to taxes, to fund nefarious activities.

I wish Probably regret this, but I wish I could see soil microbes with the naked eye.

A fine suggestion, currently on the list of I meant to do that this year, but I never got around to it, between my chickens and fish BSL could be my smartest move yet.

Thanks for the reminder and soft kick in the rear, maybe I  still can get it done this year.

Update

So I started looking for information about what % of carb/fat/protein for fish, but I really couldn't find anything.
I found mentions in a book/magazine(s) but when I tried to actually acquire this content it was unavailable.
So, I just decided to try it.
I dehydrated comfrey, while it was fresh and hot it was easy to crumble into small fish sized pieces. If I did not crumble it immediately it absorbed moisture and would not crumble.

So, I just add comfrey more as an augment to fish food, I would still love to get to a completely sustainable fish food grown on my homestead, but for now I table these efforts.

If you had one suggestion, what would it be?

Pardon me while I celebrate, actually being able to create a new topic, because I could not find it anywhere else. Happy Dance!

Anyhow, as I was dehydrating some Comfrey for use in soap, I thought I wonder if this would make a good fish food.

Positives
- high in protein
- Grows well and I have a lot

Are there any negatives? And what other plentiful plants I likely already have may be good for this application?

I would love to stop buying fish food, I have some azolla

Anyway, when the internet doesn't seem to know, I figure my best option is to consult the permies gurus.
Thanks in advance

John,

I am fortunate to have plenty of gas grills, I could probably do something like you did with the cans and one of the burners, but of course breaking the pieces up small enough for my large burn barrel is enough work. I am not quite 60 and I haven't been doing this 10 years yet, but I am convinced biochar and compost are efforts worth undertaking, hope I have another 60 years to determine if it is worth it.

I like what you did here. Never thought about using #10 cans. I have a ton of unshelled pecans, perhaps that is their final disposition.

Here is my burn barrel, I can produce a lot more in it, but the challenge becomes grinding it into "more" usable sizes.

Anyway thanks for sharing.

Betty,

I am in Zone 8a and I grow Goji Berries "I think" very successfully. I typically have way more than I can handle.

I am in Isle of Wight County Virginia and if you are in the area you are welcome to visit. I have no clue what it going on with yours. My understanding is they are virtually pest free and disease resistant. I do not do anything to fertilize or nurture them, not sure if treating them harshly may work better. I planted them against my fence, and the plants seem to be spreading out along it. I like the Gogi Berries raw, they taste like a cross between a tomato and a pepper and look like little Christmas ornaments. Well let me know if I can help somehow.

I met a call duck breeder today. Never really knew there were ducks bred to be small or that the were referred to as call ducks. The point I meant to make was made above, ducks may be much better at this role.

One more thing to consider, if the renter uses lots of chemicals in their grass, could that harm the duck or chickens?

Do you think it could be worth the risk?

Seems like another way to feed your chickens for cheap and get some diversity into their diet.

Also, it might be better to market them as a garden preparation team. I plan to exclude them from my garden once I start growing.

I enjoyed the video, but I am not sure there is enough profit in it to make it worth moving the birds.

Thanks for sharing.