Hans Quistorff

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I have home movie proof that I started in agriculture at age 3 1943.
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Longbranch, WA Mild wet winter dry climate change now hot summer
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It is hard for me to answer because here carrots drop there seeds about now and grow over winter.  As long as they don't try to go to seed they can stay in the ground until the color is in danger of being frozen.
So yes planting counting back from first hard freeze date the days to maturity gives the best sugar content before storage.
6 days ago
I have been fallowing some families in rural Viet Nam that make stools or chairs just high enough to support them in a squatting position.  From a muscular skeletal perspective this is healthy.  Ideally when working while sitting 1/3 of your weight should be on each foot.   This allows the movement of the arms  and head to be supported by the ground force instead of putting strain on the pelvis and low back.
2 weeks ago

Ebo David wrote:@Hans, with the white bags, have you ever tried burning the edges to melt the threads together?  The seed bags are better, but I think the other ones might work with a little prep.


Sorry but the video was not mine
my method is to tamp the c.har through a screen ov hardware cloth
3 weeks ago
Glad you are getting such good production.  May climate change be with you.
1 month ago

Kathryn Winkler wrote:Where can I get couch grass? It’s great for dogs


Depends on your climate.  To find one adapted yo your climate find some gardener trying to remove it and trasplant the roots to your lawn.  It will survive abuse and com back from digging and urine poisonings but don't expect a perfect lawn.
Welcome to Permies. If you  click on your name in the upper right corner you can fill in your location and weather, your signature line and other cool things that make communicating easier.
1 month ago
I understand they run cooling waters through pipes in dam pours to cool large deep sections.  My her was building forms for the building of Grand Coolly Dam.
1 month ago

Black raspberries were probably my first and still favorite berry. They don't seem to be as common as they once were.


When black raspberries fit into my trellises I let them remain.  the fruit is mostly seed but the rest is flavor.  A little alcohol will extract that flavor to use in other places.
1 month ago
I use Dawn in the foam spray bottle and refill it with more diluted. A spray on just the greasy spot or the scrubber gets it off with much less rising.  The scrubber my do several more items without having to use any more.  The oat meal, egg or cheese residue may just need to soak a little longer just leave tm in the sink while rinsing other things.
Humidity and smell of curing concrete was a problem when we moved in right after construction  in northern Maine.
2 months ago
The missing gut microbe.  You are suposed to get it in your mothers milk but it is the most sensitive to antibiotics in our food.
2 months ago