Jess Scheuring

Thank you! I will check these out!

Looking for recommendations for books that cover fruit tree growing, including topics such as pruning and grafting. We live in NH, grow zone 5b, and have a variety of trees that we don't know well how to care for (peaches, plums, mulberry, elderberry) as well as lots of feral apples onto which we hope to graft some other varieties.tia!

I'm thinking about riding my bike too Wheaton labs when it comes my time to boot. That requires seasonal cooperation, as it would be a 2-3 month ride. Do you plan to have openings in the summer (between June and September i guess?)

greg mosser wrote:sounds like an adventure! no need to be real exact, but whereabouts in nc are you? i might be interested in helping out from time to time…if you’re close enough

Thanks Greg! I'm in Madison county, about an hr from AVL

This post is a shot from the hip - i am not much for the internet, but this seems like a good place to start.

I recently (within the last 6 months) moved to 50+ acres in rural WNC and am currently living here with a friend, 2 chickens (started with 6...) and one cat. We don't have grid hook up OR other means of off-grid electrical power, or for that matter a house or equipment to power with that electricity. We try not to buy anything (at all, but especially not new), and hope to end our use of fossil fuels completely (currently we cook with propane and a Coleman stove, and we will likely always use a vehicle but maybe one day it can be powered with bio fuel we make ourselves -- we like to dream big). We have almost no experience with this type of lifestyle, but lots of ideals and dreams about it.

I see so many posts about living off grid, but haven't seen anything about the sort of "post-civ" approach we are taking, so I'm looking for folks who would be interested in this sort of crazy experiment we're doing. Interested in joining, interested in helping, or just plain ol' interested.