Simon Johnson

Thanks for the thoughtful reply.  I will do a little investigating on the roots and look into soil testing options around here.

I have black walnut trees nearby that are 35 years old.  Otherwise it was just wild grass land growing.  

I built a hugelkulture in the area too with dead pine logs. There is almost certainly critters living in there.

I forgot to mention that it seems like the "disease" is spreading out from that old current bush which died first.  

I planted some haskaps, aronia, currents, raspberries, hazelnuts and other herby stuff a few years ago trying to get a little forest garden going.

I got this big old black current bush from someone who didn't want it anymore and planted it.  One year I got a ton of woodchips dropped off and did the cardboard / woodchips thing everywhere between all the plants.  Maybe later that year, or the next year, the big black current plant started dying; leaves turning yellow, orange and dropping off until dead.  Then the same thing started happening to the aronia bush next to it.  I thought "hopefully this sorts it self out" and left it at that.

Next year or two the disease is spreading more.  I lose more aronia, a hazelnut drops off, as well as a pea shrub.  Now, haskaps are getting it and other smaller currents.  Some comfrey is looking rough too.

Basically since the disease has been killing stuff, I have left the area alone.  Other than coming in with the weed eater hear and there to open things up around the plants.  I have attached some pictures here of where things are right now with haskaps, aronias and currents.

Any help on this would be appreciated.  I don't want this moving to other things in my yard...

Peter Campbell wrote:Gudday, Paul.
If in the email by "I am hoping that one or two plotskateers outside the US can try it out and let me know if this thing works okay" you mean if as a person outside of the US I can get to the page then it's working OK - I'm in Australia.

same here.  canada though

Sounds good.  Thought I'd offer.

I have something I could add to the list if you like.  I call it the "free superfoods nutrition and energitics chart".

I currently give it away for free on my website to capture emails.

Let me know if you are interested.

I was taken straight to paypal with no questions asked.  I am in Ontario Canada.

I'm in.  Thanks.

My kickstarter email (which I failed to update) is different from my permies one.  I added my kickstarter email as my secondary email on here. I click on the link to the forum and I am not able to get in.
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Nice one Mary Beth!  Lambsquarter is the best!  So happy you found it out :)

We have been harvesting the lambsquarter so much this summer.  It's for sure one of my favourits.  Almost unbelievable how abundant it is and how nutritious.  I like to call it "wild spinach" to make it sound better and more appealing to folks who never heard about eating it before.  Way better of going out to the garden for some of this stuff then going to the super market and paying an arm and a leg for some sub par spinach.  They taste very similar in my opinion.  

We have been making some super tasty recipes with it, like a spanica pita type thing, omelettes, quiches, etc.  If anyone is interested we are having a little online wild food cooking class where we go over a bunch of recipes using wild plants and lambsquarter is on the menu.  It's a lot of fun.  The link is in my signature.

I like to harvest as much as possible when it's young and growing really well, then dry it and store it for the winter months to be used as a "superfood" powder in smoothings, soups and what not.