Robin Swindle

Here’s a link to a video on needle felting with angora rabbit wool. It seems to work quite well. https://youtu.be/PoLb1BNKLgA?si=C729BGHR7Rbo6uZ6

That is quite an accomplishment! Keep us updated as you plant them out.

What an amazing launch for this Kickstarter. I just backed it, and am so excited to watch all the stretch goals role in. How many times over can we exceed the original funding goal? As an attendee if the Garden Master class, I can say for certain that this will be a phenomenal product. I’m trilled to be part of helping get Helen’s teachings to a wider audience.

From my Texas Master Naturalist website:
“ Birds enjoy the fruit and help this plant reproduce by transporting the seeds. White tail deer, goats and cattle browse the leaves. However, for humans, the alkaloid compounds are bitter and can cause gastric distress. Carolina Snailseed is not considered fatal to humans, but its relative the Cnada Moonseed can be. Canda Moonseed is found much farther north.”

I looked it up because my chickens go crazy for them too.

Welcome! I live and garden in North Texas myself. I’ve made it up to Wheaton Labs for a couple of events and loved getting to spend time with fellow Permies. It would be fabulous to have a local permaculture minded friend. Feel free to send me a PM if you would like to meet up sometime.

I live in DFW as well. I have had success with Elderberries, and like you would love to put in some pluots as well. I have sandy soil myself, but the same combo of sun and shade provided by mature oaks and elms. I see wild plums thriving in my area so I’m hoping that is a good sign for the pluots. Peaches, mulberries and dates have thrives in my garden.

Sorry, let me try again. I understand the requirements for the half of the calories that need to be put into long term storage. What would I photograph for the documention requirement “preparing the food for storage” for the other 100,000 calories? Is that picture only required for the half of the calories that must be dried for storage and the 10% that need to be canned?

I harvested a handful of peppermint leaves from a plant that I am growing inside over the winter. I made an infusion with the addition of 2 tsp of previously harvested fennel seeds as an herbal remedy for my daughter’s upset stomach. She says that it helped.

I used the Rocket stove top in Cooper Cabin to cook two cups of oatmeal for breakfast for myself and a friend who I met at the Garden Master event.

Recipe:
Two cups rolled oats
4 cups water
Dash of salt

This thread is where I will log the plates of food that I prepare using food from garden, other local organic homesteads, and my foraging efforts. My goal is to prepare 800 plates of food to meet the BB requirement for the Wood Badge in Food Prep and Preservation.

Requirements for all Food Prep and Preservation Wood BB's:
- 98% of the food for this badge is “organic or better”
- 75% of the food comes from homesteading, preferably from your own homestead
 - Nearby homestead or wild harvest (forage/hunting/fishing) is ok
     - Their food values need to be “organic or better”
     - Acquired with muscle power (bike/horse/foot/dogsled)
     - Trade, purchase or gifted is fine

Minimum requirements for this BB:
 - “Plate” means a meal averaging 500 calories
 - Food prep log (your thread at Permies) showing each meal with description of where the food came from
     - Each post covers at least 3 meals
     - Summarizes source of the ingredients (store or homestead)
     - Maintains total count of plates produced

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
  - link to food prep log (meeting the above stated requirements)