Pediatrician with a Master's Degree in Nutritional Sciences. Moved to Portland, Oregon in the summer of 2013. Took Geoff Lawton's first online PDC in 2014.
A new thing I do with figs, is that I scoop out the red part (I have a Desert King, the skin is green and there's tasteless white pith in between the skin and the good part) and I fill a bowl with just the best part of the figs.
Then, I make popsicles! Fig pulp makes a perfect popsicle (watermelon does as well).
Someone asked about Fig Newtons. I just don't like those. I made fig ice cream - that was good.
If there is interest I can bring perennial kale cuttings. The one I have a lot of, the leaves are green with white edges and fairly ornamental, also delicious.
They live through a Portland winter (should live in your truly passive greenhouse, Paul).
I do think the willow feeder system is close to foolproof.
The main way to mess it up is to get urine in with the sawdust and poop, but the problem then is smell, mostly.
You need to figure out a way to get a toilet seat up high enough (my favorite is when there are steps up into the willow feeder and the whole floor is whatever inches off the ground) and you need to figure out how to establish the right airflow if you want it to be smell-free. Those are the main issues.
Please consider pledging to the current Kickstarter so we can create a movie that explains all this! (link above)
It's time to reach out to your networks, share the link to the Kickstarter. Paul's regulars have shown up, we are more than 1/4 of the way there, but the second day is when things can slow down.
