help each other be excellent at GAMCOD!

I am hoping that we get more than 100 people that will try this.  Maybe a dozen will then make it to the finish line, complete with video.  But with a hundred people, it will be difficult for me to personally help everybody.  So I am super hopeful that we will all help each other.  

At the moment, I think the time has come to start the next phase.  Formalizing the boundaries.  I think we will need some wiki pages.  And there are probably still some details to iron out.  

Oh!  I think we need a thread to talk about the difference between dirt and soil and some tips on how to "prove" you starting with dirt.

Maybe we need a thread on how to clearly mark out 200 square feet.

Maybe we need a thread on what "ghost acre" means and what all people might do with that.  

Maybe we need a thread on what seeds/tubers are okay and water are not.  Or maybe off-site inputs in general.

Maybe we need a thread on fertilizers and mulches.

What else?

A thread on tricks/tips on shooting good video footage would be nice!

My goal is to try and provide content people would want to watch in a movie. I just need to learn how.

Perhaps a threat that summarizes requirements, in a fashion of a Yeoman's Scale, from the most to the least important, in order to condense all that was said in the main topic?

Perhaps a calendar that lists the dates/deadlines, if known?

Im not sure if this was brought up in other GAMCOD discussions yet, but what comes to mind for me to be bring truly excellent results is to find an excellent seed source.  Plant materials and species already adapted to dirt conditions, which likely means high bacteria ratio, and less fungal - initially.  

Little to no organic matter.  

I think whoever got seeds from Josephs Lofthouse and his Going-to-seed site has a head start in this game.  These are genetics that have been selected for poor conditions.  

Also knowing the species that already thrive in our areas where there is depleted and disturbed soil.  Which "weed" species can bring the most calories?

Meats, milks, and high fat foods tend to bring the most calories from my understanding.  

Maybe the 200sq/ft plot could actually be a wetland? Ducks and duck eggs, plus fish?  Take dirt and turn it into a pond...

Or instead of doing a hugelkultur, can try making a crater garden.

Or do all three very different strategies. A pond, a hugel, and a crater garden. Three very different things to talk and teach about

I think a thread defining off-site inputs as well as acceptable on-site input (kitchen scraps, Grey water, urine, animal products, ect)

Acceptable materials (fencing, trellising, tools in general, irrigation)

How to keep track of time and costs. Maybe make a standardized template or two?  

Maybe we can have a "social thread" where we can chat about off topic things too.

Timothy Norton wrote:A thread on tricks/tips on shooting good video footage would be nice!

My goal is to try and provide content people would want to watch in a movie. I just need to learn how.

I've now been out of the film industry for four more years than I was in it (I worked in film/video for 7 years), but the basics of how to shoot and edit good video and audio are still second-nature to me, so I'd be happy to make this thread.

The question is, how deep do you wanna go? "10 tips to shoot a video that won't make people puke" should be pretty easy, but I can go a lot more into depth than that...

Edit to add: Skimming the "camera work" forum, it looks like there is already quite a bit of content on the "publishing" side as well as stuff like "free editing software" as well as various technical particulars (how to add blurs, stuff about framerate, mic recommendations, etc.). So I think I will take a more high-level approach and just give a kind of rough intro to shooting decent video.

I was going to ask what the new GAMCOD plan was but a bit of sluthing found this thread

https://permies.com/t/240057/freaky-cheap-gardening-movie-project

I think it the beginning of this idea.   Tom

What kind of bug controls are Paul approved?

Neem oil?
Soap and hot pepper applications?

Joylynn Hardesty wrote:What kind of bug controls are Paul approved?

Neem oil?
Soap and hot pepper applications?

I hope that nobody even thinks of these things.  

here is a sample for aphids

https://permies.com/wiki/148855/pep-animal-care/Control-Aphids-Permaculture-PEP-BB

Joylynn Hardesty wrote:What kind of bug controls are Paul approved?

In another thread, he suggested nearby brush piles to house predator organisms.