Carma Nykanen

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I've looked into that, yes!  

I'm hopeful that the vast video knowledge base here would be easier found and navigated.....

Links to the original posts.....

Lots of work but it'd be really cool!
4 weeks ago
Hello my permaculture friends, I am raising a bunch of lovely half wild children, and for a science curriculum they are to watch A 10 to 15 minute video, sketch what they have learned and write down key points that they want to remember. Then tell me what they don't want to forget. It's self Study.

I was looking into permies forums for a place where there was video footage library of all info documented. Inot able to find any. Am I missing The right spot to look into or is there not such a thing right?

And if it is not, is it possible that there could be?
1 month ago
Hi Paul!
Remember that snow storm that people, eager to see you, traversed through sketchy roads and road conditions to our house to hear what you had to say and greet you?
That was a nice visit at our farmhouse.
I'm curious if you'd want to do that again?
Better weather,, however.
Or conduct a workshop?  Or.... I'm open to ideas.
We now have a new barn to accommodate more folks.
I'm 30 minutes north of the Columbia River/state border.
Reach out if that sounds interesting.
Carm
.. I just had something interesting happen.And I was hoping for feedback.

I am notoriously bad at doing blueberry cuttings, but I tried again this year to see if I can get anything to to root.

I took the cuttings in winter, applied root hormone and carefully placed them into soil and kept them moist for all these months.

While doing so I also happened upon a couple of onions the animals have uprooted and I toss them on top of the soil for no good reason other than just to have them be someplace.


As I expected my blueberry cuttings, did not take root. ****Except for the two corners, where my onions developed roots down into the soil!!!


I have two ceilings with roots!!


Could anybody explain that one to me?
4 months ago
Do you ever get the idea in your head and it won't leave And you want to have a little bit of other people's input before you dive right in and make some atrocious mistakes?

Sitting in my barn right now I have bags of dirty wool from my sheep comma organic coconut nectar and five gallon buckets from a bakery closing comma and some good compost. The idea is to make a compost t with a lot of good microbial action in it. To inoculate my seeds and to do a foliar spray this summer in the garden.

Give me your full...No holds barred... feedback on what you would do.What you would not do and what I should for heaven's sakes, not even think about!

My thought is when I would soak the sheep's wall to get out all the d. M and manure, then I would use that as water for my plants. Now, i'm curious if by adding a sugar source, I could create that into being something even better.
4 months ago
Spring Farm Day at Old Schoolhouse Creek Farm. We are a tiny Farm in the Pacific Northwest that are using permaculture principles and restoration agriculture bring back biodiversity and a flourishing ecosystem. We'll teach what we have learned on our property and are open to hearing new ideas or ways to make this happen. We are an educational Farm

Schedule:

9 Tinsy BarnStore opens and chick hatching observation begins

9:30 farm tour and/or Snuggles Opportunity

11 Goats milk soft Cheese class

1230 Lunch break with Bake sale

2 Goats milk soap class

3:30 farm tour/Snuggles Opportunity



5 store closed

Prepayment ensures you'll have a spot. We accept venmo, cash app, zelle, PayPal let's just let us know what works for you:-)

Classes $30
Tours $20
Snuggles Opportunity $15
Store/Chick hatching opportunity-all day.
The whole shebang $75

RSVP Space is Limited

We look forward to meeting you
1 year ago
Thank you thank you! Happy  blessed Thanksgiving to you.  I'm hosting today so no eye candy time for us. We appreciate the. Gesture!
2 years ago