Tyler Grace

If it were me, I'd just do hugelkultur berms, which is somewhat similar to what you were talking about.

I'll add a "winter coat" to my berms with leaves, humus or wood chips.

This year I added a layer of soil/organic matter, dead limbs and sunflower stalks to build up one of them that has sunk a substantial amount.

I still have to trim my shrubs for next year and also start taking cuttings around March-ish for propagation.

That's pretty much it, aside from trenching and building new berms, which I didn't do this winter but still have time before the ground completely freezes.

Just listing perennials and biennials on my hugel berms:

Shrubs: Aurora haskap, Tundra haskap, various hybrid haskaps (can't remember names), Pixwell gooseberry, Invicta gooseberry, jostaberry (gooseberry+currant hybrid), red currant, black currant, random raspberry, triple crown blackberry, serviceberry

Cover: creeping rosemary (anti-grasshopper), mint (weed/pest control), yarrow

Misc: comfrey, burdock, stinging nettle, dwarf junipers, sand cherry

Used to keep them all in one bag like Charles Tarnard was talking about. This system has been working out okay but it could be better.

I keep this in a backpack at all times, so I got them on the fly if I need them.

I'm friends with a woman who teaches PDCs for Pikes Peak Permaculture in the Colorado Springs region, including various towns all around Colorado.

She is looking for a venue to teach personal classes for her LLC located in north/eastern Colorado Springs, Peyton or Falcon.

Please send me a purple moosage if you know of a place. Thank you.

M Ljin wrote:I just made a loaf of chickpea egg bread yesterday (I have been avoiding grains) and it turned out good and similar in texture to what you are describing.  

Nice! I try to stay pretty low carb and avoid grains as well, so I basically avoid bread all together. Even the "keto friendly" bread that actually isn't keto friendly.. I'll occasionally cheat and eat sourdough bread though because I can't resist.

Would you mind sharing the chickpea egg bread recipe?

I've been propagating comfrey like crazy throughout the years. I believe it's the Russian variety (Symphytum × uplandicum) with the pinkish flowers that is not as invasive as some of the others.

They grow very quickly and have a surplus of vegetation, sometimes too much... I will chop and drop it, use it in compost, feed it to the goats etc... I also want to get into making comfrey tea at some point.

I'd have to say an 80's-90's Toyota SR5 or Hilux pickup truck with a long bed. Just make sure you keep up with oil changes and it will run for 500k+ miles.

As mentioned above, I'd go with rye and/or clover. I've also had good results implementing Daikon radish into the mix. It will drill through tough soil and store nitrogen in the large/deep roots if you don't harvest it. I've never done it on a large scale though and have no idea how Daikon would do in your climate.