Rad Anthony

John Jet wrote:

Rad Anthony wrote:I have some paw paw seeds, Susquehanna, from Pennsylvania. And some small heirloom tomatoes seeds. I'd be interested.

I have been curious how well paw paw grows from seed, have you had much luck with it?

They take a long time to germinate. I got them in a bit of water in the fridge. You can put em in the ground in the autumn through the winter they will come up in the summer, I think it's about 9 months lol. The fruits so good. If you can find grafts. I have bunch planted int the woods last year they finally sprouted up.

I have some paw paw seeds, Susquehanna, from Pennsylvania. And some small heirloom tomatoes seeds. I'd be interested.

If you want to do this without using pumps and sort of maintenance free, you will need to dig past the frost line. If you don't dig, you will have to find a way to keep the lines heated. Bacteria also slow down and get hungrier during the cold, so your waste won't break down as fast. I seen folks wrap compost layers similar to hot water piping, around the grey water pipes. Then you run the risk of spontaneous combustion you will have to keep an eye on it. Or divert your grey water into a deep pipe for the trees and bigger plants instead of veggie plants for the summer.i have no experience with that type of cold, hope you find what you're hunting for

I think what you're doing is sufficient. You only really run it down when using an inverter or a heavy load so that common sense will tell you when you are really running your battery down. Unless you and neighbors or the local communities are investing on pulling and recycling the lead plates with fresh acid, may not be worth the time and effort. It's good knowledge and wisdom to have though. Do you have a way of recycling lipo if they stopped making them for good. Same with guns and ammo. Lead acid you can at least jerry rig if you have to lol. I'm not sure how often folks recycle the lipo when they get bad. At work we just log the install date and load test every now and then. If there's a storm and the generator runs for hours then you know thats heavy load. If you have a rain storm during the well now you have to find the charge to charge without the sun. Hope that makes sense.unlees you have a stream or wind for continuous power aka ac, working with batteries you sort of have to be mindful of your usage and takes more maintenance.

I tried fried bread, with corn and beef or venison. Alot of Mexican indigenous food is similar to American indigenous I think. I love it. Reach out to tribes and ask them they are usually happy to share and may even give you a little something.

Wow all these ideas are really cool keep it up! Sounds like you're on a journey with this, I'd say just have fun with creating it and see what and where your intuition leads you to. As for practical I'd recommend you stockpile as much strings for when the supplies ever run short, store them properly. That way you always have enough to play and have fun, and use the time to find ways to make new natural strings. Get acquainted with a local butcher if possible. They will easily give you their intestines especially if in a small town.

Paw paw, store and freeze the pulp. Any berries, all grow great up there. Typical fruits you find at the farmers market, maybe save the seeds and try grafting with your root stock. Brassicas, collards, kale, chard is easy and a good one. Chives, all the roots grow well up there in spring and summer. Depends on what you and your folks like to eat. Black walnuts are all over the creeks and parks, go out there w a bag man that's gold for the winter. Bee hives if you have the room.

If you know a big freeze coming the night. Water the patch and area real good. Soak it real good. The water will act as an insulator. Compost also helps by creating heat, old hay or straw etc.

That's what the ball is for,

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8tUXD5IfQ14

This is a cool idea. Take it another level try terracotta pipe you could even run heating during the winter with a simple rocket stove or fire heat source and give plants heat during the winter. Greens and brassicas and even keep tropical fruit trees alive during the winter.