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Hi, this looks wonderful. Do you have a recipe you can please share? I have lots of rosehips ready for picking before the snow comes. Thank you!

Help!

My beautiful cabbage and leafy greens are becoming a buffet for looper worms. I picked out the ones I could find and harvested the poopy plants, but the holes in my leaves are getting worse.

What have you used to get rid of these yucky pests?
I've read of folks using garlic spray, BT, neem oil, sprinkiling flour, cornmeal, DA earth? Anyone have luck with any of these?
I'm going to try planting more garlic & onions in those beds as well.

Thanks!

Thanks everyone for sharing your permie journey!

Thanks for your reply Lyda!

"Some want to know and you can talk with them but others are just not ready.  But maybe when they are they will remember the word permaculture."
Absolutely agree!

Happy Friday Everyone!

I'm curious about how you discovered Permaculture?

Were you looking for a specific topic?
Did a friend tell you about it?
Did a family member teach you?

What Permaculture topics take you down the rabbit hole with Alice...? (Google/ YouTube)
Did you search for something like- soil, bees, hugels, rocket mass heaters, solar, fermenting goodies, compost???

How did you come across Permies.com?

For me, I was looking to learn and understand what is different about gardening in MT compared to Western OR (where I used to live). I searched for things like gardening in MT, permaculture in MT, how to raise chickens in MT, soil basics, etc -  and came across Paul's Ted talk. Which then led me to Permies.com and the master gardening class! Yay, now I'm hooked!

**I'm asking this to try and understand what are the common threads that people search for if they are interested in permaculture.  
How can I get more people thinking about this kind of thing and make our world better?

Please tell me more about you! 🙂

Thanks all for sharing!

Great tip on the coco coir...I will give that a try this year.

Thanks Anne!

I"m going to try putting them in the dirt and see what happens! Lots of baby roots in there.

Now i'm curious about planting a whole squash, interesting...I guess it could feed itself?  Frankensquash perhaps

Check out this happy little sprout surprise.

Anyone ever try planting seeds that have sprouted inside? Must have been nice and toasy in there!

Hey Jenny,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I agree, much like chocolate chip cookies, so many variations out there but haven't yet found a clear winner.

I've been struggling for years to get tomatoes right and I'm hoping this is my breakthrough year! I used to live in Portland and I struggled to get my soil right, lots of end rot and green fruit. Now I live in Montana, so its colder but I build a greenhouse last fall and am hoping it helps me get a jump start.

My sister in law told me a funny tip today as we were nerding out on tomatoes... she swears by this and said when you transplant the lil babes into the ground, plant an egg underneath your tomato plant. Yep, a whole, uncooked egg. Adds calcium and fights off blossom end rot. I"m going to try this and see how it goes!

Here's some varieties I found here in MT...Glacier, Black cherry, Ida Gold, Peacevine Cherry. I may also try a F-1 hybrid or determinate. Heirlooms can be so tricky. MIGardener and Johnny’s has them.

Golden berries sound delish, I'll have to look those up!
I'll reply again once I figure out my seed mix. Happy planting