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Words or phrases that permaculture really needs!

 
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I found a new one today - a Clagin - the bit of soil that builds up in your wheelbarrow and refuses to tip out with the rest!
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Just won't tip out!
Just won't tip out!
 
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Then clags would be the growing amount of soil (usually clay) firmly attached to the soles of one's boots
 
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Nina Surya wrote:Then clags would be the growing amount of soil (usually clay) firmly attached to the soles of one's boots :)


Oh, man, those can be sooooo.... annoying! I needed a word for that! (Not to mention, a convenient pointy rock to scrape it off on.)
 
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I kinda want to appropriate the word "funky" to also mean "multifunctional" in the permaculture context.  Like stacking multiple functions through elegant design and integration of farm elements or natural materials.

Maybe a homonym, spelled func'ky or phunky?

"Did you see that func'ky tree over there during the farm tour?"

"Yeah, I saw they were simultaneously using it as a grape trellis, a fence post, a shady nook for seating, and I hear they will soon be pollarding it for tree hay and firewood."

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"I like how the see-saw and the swing set on the playground pumped water up to the sheep pasture. Super phunky"
 
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Hudson Bay Axe is much too long.    Replace with Hax.
 
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Understanding ...
 
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World Domination Gardening 3-DVD set. Gardening with an excavator.
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