Philip Lister

Emery Brown wrote:Dig big hole with shovel in a wet winter, put pole in, backfill with clay that I've dug up from the ground, stomp down hard.
How naive am I being?

Ooow, I did this last winter for the rabbit-proof perimeter with Black locust poles.  Thinking I was pretty smart, I considered testing my innovation by letting them sit for a hunnerd years, then filing for a patent...

In previous years I have juiced my Yacon (another inulin loaded tuber,), then boiled it down to a syrup (which has a lovely rich earthy taste.)  As last winter I lost the majority of the Yacon growing tips to some hard frosts the thought occurred this year that I could try the same process with Jerusalem artichokes (as they're known in these parts.)  I haven't done it yet but will hopefully find some time before the end of winter.  

Just tried to access the website for the first time in a while and was greeted with a strange prompt specifying that as I could't be reached through my saved email, it must be changed.  That's weird as I haven't blacklisted permies@permies.com and come to think of it, I haven't seen any of the dailyish emails for a while so I checked and the last one I got was on the 3rd Oct.  I had to change to an email that I don't really check regularly before I could even access the site to query why this has happened?
Any suggestions?  TIA

I've been collecting the thistle down to use in the rendering of my RMH, gives a really smooth finish.  
It got me wondering if it could be used as insulation for quilts and such..

Oak before ash, we're in for a splash,
Ash before oak, in for a soak..

Anne Miller wrote:

Andrew Williams wrote:So, last night, the youtube video of my RMH got a lot of views in a few hours. I woke up to find it had gained 10,000 views overnight.  A quick investigation informed me it was because someone had posted it to Reddit. ...

They're going to hate on me anyway, may as well obtain a yield!

What a great way to get the word out about RMH.

10,000 people saw your video and maybe one or two may build one.

You can include me in the headcount.
Andrew's 13-part series was invaluable for the construction of mine..

Steve Zoma wrote:Oh sure, while energy can neither be created nor destroyed, there are conversions losses.

25 percent of an engine goes to heat output instead of mechanical power

Our dear friend entropy...

While being a very willing proponent for the RMH, I notice that there is a dearth of resource on the emissions with regards to products of combustion at high temperatures, specifically nitrogen in its varied oxidation states.  An appropriate analogy would be to make would be with the modern diesel emissions standards - while there is little visible smoke, as the diesel engine is running lean (and thus hot) NOx are greater than the cooler gasoline (or petrol for UK folk) engine.  In recent times, this has been modulated with ADBlue.
Is there any useful information out there on this issue?

Inge Leonora-den Ouden wrote:As I showed earlier in this thread, I tried the Sepp Holzer Grain (I got from Permies). Maybe the climate here is not right for it, or maybe it's the soil. Anyway: it did not grow very tall. It did not have very good ears (and some with that fungus). Sowing the seeds from my grain was even less of a success.

The climate in Austria (where Sepp Holzer lives) is very different from mine. Maybe the average temperature is the same, but in Austria there's more sun-hours and less rain, warmer summers and colder winters. Here it's often clouded, winters are mild and wet (more rain than snow).
The soil here is mainly sand, in some places with much organic matter (so the sand is black). And it's all flat (no mountains).

Could it be that you planted it too late in the year for it to build enough reserves for it's biennial fruting?

There is no mention of VOC's or PM here, which would be the first indoor air quality metrics I'd think of.