Anne Miller

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We manage a 40 acre wildlife area of the Texas Hill Country in the Edwards Plateau at about 3030 ft above sea level. The region is notable for its karst topography and tall rugged hills of limestone. The terrain throughout the region is punctuated by a thin layer of topsoil and a large number of exposed rocks and boulders, making the region very dry and prone to flash flooding. Native vegetation in the region includes various yucca, prickly pear cactus, native grasses and wildflowers. The predominant trees in the region are Ashe Juniper, Shin Oak and Texas Live Oak. Soil is alkaline consisting of caliche and clay.
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paul wheaton wrote:  A lawn facilitates potlucks, yard sales, picnics and a place to hang out outside.  A place for children to play and a place where even adults sometimes play.  A lawn can be loaded with polyculture and edibles;  ...

Granted, I think there are a lot of folks with freakishly massive lawns that I would prefer to see some permaculture food forests.



I agree lawns have their place.

Maybe this is something to think about:



Daron said, An eco-lawn is a nice thing to have for this. I remember playing with my son when we was a bit younger (he is only just over 2 and a half years old even now) on our eco-lawn. The lawn has a bit of a slope on it and we were “log rolling” down that slope. I remember rolling down the slope with my son chasing me laughing his little head off. It really is a great memory.



https://permies.com/t/126271/Introduction-eco-lawns
26 minutes ago
Here is the recipe:

https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a83200/how-to-make-french-onion-dip/

I left out the parsley.

I added a dissolved bouillon cube and the dip now taste much better.
3 hours ago
Will you easily be able to get water to either of those locations?

The first year, you do need to water a hugelkultur.

Even though the buried logs act like a sponge, but this effect takes time to develop as the wood decomposes.

Water frequently during the first year, keeping the bed as moist as a wrung-out sponge, then reduce watering as the hugelkultur matures.

My suggestion would be to pick a place which is easy to get water to.
3 hours ago
Congratulations, everyone!
I have not bought Lipton Onion Soup Mix in 10 to 20 years.

Maybe once or twice a year I might buy French Onion Dip at the store.

I bought a Knorr Vegetable Soup packet and the dip on the packet looked so good I bought sour cream and made the dip.  It was good.

I decided to find a recipe to make onion dip from scratch and made one from Pioneer Woman.  I feel sorry for her family as what that produced was tasteless.

How do you made Onion Dip from scratch?
22 hours ago
Sorry you are still having more deaths, is this due to the hepatitis?
24 hours ago
Those are neat, thanks for making and sharing them.
1 day ago
Would you rather have vampire teeth or a witch's mole?

Only on Halloween, I would rather have vampire teeth.
1 day ago
Would you rather attend a bonfire or play some pranks?

Its Halloween! I hope your Halloween is boo-tiful!

I'm positively dying to know what you're going to be doing for Halloween!

1 day ago
Why did the skeleton climb up the tree? Because a dog was after his bones!

What do ghosts eat for supper? Spooketi.

Why wasn't there any food left after the monster party? Because everyone was a goblin!

1 day ago