James McMahen

Great ideas!!! I love the containers. I might put some in like that and then freeze a few to see if that works. I have an area that I want to plant like that, but it just isn't a priority right now and I'm being so careful to not rush things and cut corners.

I'll post some pics when I put them in.

A family member bought dozens of the asparagus and strawberry root bundle starter things. They were on clearance because it's freaking June and nobody should be planting this stuff in North Carolina...in June, but I digress. I was wondering if keeping them moist and in a fridge, until it's time to plant them would work, or are they doomed? I hate to throw them away, but I feel like putting them in the ground right now would basically be throwing them away.

Thank you, everyone, for your replies.  It's amazing the information we can possess when we share it. The plan, for now, is to pile it up where we do our composting and store wood chips, and add it in here and there. We have an area that I will be turning into a "Mediterranean" garden. The soil there is really compacted, so I'm thinking about spreading a little out on top before I broad fork the area. Then it will get come compost and a cover crop to hold it over till next spring when I'm ready to dig in.

Hey there. Been a lurker for a while and figured I'd start to engage. Break out of my shell...it's easy behind a keyboard.

Anyway, we've bought a 15 acre "farm" in North Carolina. So many dreams and plans, but the first few years are going to have to go into cleaning up the barbed wires, abandoned trailer and all the other messes the former "farmer" left behind.

On one part of the property I have about 10 yards or more of play sand. I was going to make a pile of it over by mulch/compost area and use it for sand bags or other projects around the place. But it made me wonder...does playbox sand have any place at all as a soil amendment. We are in the NC piedmont, and our soil is mostly clay with some loamy spots along what would have been drainages if they had plowed the absolute shit out of it over the years.

Just looking for ideas I may not have thought of. I'm just cracking open the world of permaculture, and while I know for sure it's what we want to do from a land management standpoint, I have a ton to learn.