Sean Banks

Hello I am interested in you. Please contact me at dragonfire9293@gmail.com
I looking forward to hearing from you.

Hello my name is Sean. I am 29 years old and live in Pen Argyl not far from Bethlehem. I bought a foreclosed 1892 farmhouse last year that came with a couple acres.  I am mostly interested in growing unusual fruits and veggies. I planted a Che melon tree this year, pawpaws, figs, and persimmons. I am also interested in timber type chestnuts...I only have the dustan variety now but looking into the Hershey selections and layeroka. I also put in a 40x20 ft veggie garden. My gf also lives with me but her passion is raising and breeding animals of all sorts. This year we have acquired chickens, ducks, 2 goats, 3 sheep, and 1 pig. One of the biggest challenges I have faced this year was trying to fence all these guys in and to keep them from eating my plants. Unfortunately I lost a nectarine tree recently to my male goat 😥. Glad to see I am not alone in this part of the world. I  have been lurking on this forum since the early 2010s.

I am always on the lookout for perennial vegetables and have known about the edibility of Basswood leaves for a long time. It was not until this past September that I became a property owner and have the ability now to apply what I have learned to the land. My idea was to plant one in the yard somwhere and keep it small by giving it a heavy pruning when it becomes too unruly; anybody doing this? I have tasted both young and mature leaves and find them very palatable.

here in pennsylvania people used to use corn cobs and newspaper to wipe their bums in the old days

you might also want to look into bald cypress.....can grow in the water and does a great job at stabilizing the soil.

with fish and smaller animals I usually let the pile "cook" for a month then turn it every other day after that until its cold and the materials are unrecognizable. Make sure your pile is large enough....mine are about 5 feet high and 5 feet wide.

I have composted fish and its turns out just fine. Once the pile gets hot they disappear within a couple of days. I have also done this with roadkill deer, foxes, birds, squirrels, and rabbits. There is no smell whatsoever and i never had a issue with critters. With fish you could also make homemade fish emulsion or just do it the indian way and bury it in holes during planting time.

flying dragon citrus is probably the cold hardiest

Use roadkill....they are just bags of fertilizer laying all along our roads ripe for the taking...killed accidentally and waiting for someone to give them a proper burial

woodchips and sawdust are a byproduct of woodworkers and lumber industry...they will continue to be made whether or not you use them