John F Dean

I have had zero this year.  Frankly, I am a little concerned. You don’t suppose something terrible happened to then do you?

While we own a mill to separate the seeds, it has been decades since we have used it. When canning tomatoes skins and seeds go into the jars.  We couldn’t figure out why we were not using all the tomato that we could….and working so hard at it. That said,if I was to peal the tomatoes, I like Anne’s idea to dehydrate and turn to powder.

Hi Adam,

Welcome to Permies.

Very similar to Burra, I ask if my actions will be helping or hurting …from all angles.l

It always ends up in the garden for me.  When I was in MN, it would go on the tomatoes this time of year. Concentration…maybe a couple of tablespoons per gallon of water per plant.  

I just checked several sites on the net. Those sites say 1 tablespoon per gallon.  Martha Stewart was one of the sites.  I pretty clearly remember using two tablespoons , but we had really sandy soil and watered often.

I suspect you will be fine.  In Minnesota people would stack their firewood outside.  I am not saying it is the best option, but I wouldn’t be too concerned.   It it does bother you, scrounge some plastic that someone has tossed and cover the wood with that.

Hi Ted,

To maintain my feet, I balance myself on steps on the ballsof my feet while facing the steps. I do about 100 reps raising and lowering myself.

Hi Nancy,

I appreciate the bump.  One thing I notice from the posts, is the Permaculture appears to be fluid.  

Back in the day, I worked at a health care facility. To their credit, they used organic cleaners …and this was in the mid 70s. Of course, simply because they were organic did not mean they were not strong and effective.  Anyway, the distributor used to demonstrate their non poison nature by consuming some.   Well we got word he had been hospitalized with dysentery… he had killed off all the bacteria in his digestive tract.  His hospital visit was several weeks.