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An important distinction: Permaculture is not the same kind of gardening as organic gardening.
Mediterranean climate hugel trenches, fabuluous clay soil high in nutrients, self-watering containers with hugel layers, keyhole composting with low hugel raised beds, thick Back to Eden Wood chips mulch (distinguished from Bark chips), using as many native plants as possible....all drought tolerant.
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”― Albert Einstein
"It might have been fun to like, scoop up a little bit of that moose poop that we saw yesterday and... and uh, put that in.... just.... just so we know." - Paul W.
Plant: planting time, harvest time (my local observations)
Barley: Sep-Oct, Jun-Jul
Fava: Oct-Feb, Jun-Jul
Amaranth: Apr-Jun, Aug
Ash neeps: Jun-Jul, Aug-overwinter - short crop that likes wood ash, may not be tall enough to compete with weeds in no-till. But fast grower.
Soup pea: Feb-Apr, July-Aug
Squash: Apr-May, until frost
Giant Kale: Mar-Jul, overwinter
Sunflowers: Apr-May, Aug-Sep
Beans: May-Jun, Aug-Sep
Are you looking for a replacement for the rice in the kitchen? Or just an edible crop that can replace the rice in the planting rotation?
Have you made a decision on one of your crops yet?
I have two main problems: 1, our wet/dry seasons are very different than Fukuoka had, and 2, I'm much further north and some crops are sensitive to day length.
Shiroki boasts the world’s most northerly rice paddy. Gimpu rice, which provides the seed for Shiroki’s three-year-old Abbotsford farm, comes from Hokkaido, Japan, located at latitude 43 degrees north.
The yields are less than in Japan, but there’s no disputing the elegant, aromatic character of the sake the rice yields.
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”― Albert Einstein
R. Ranson wrote: Mulch dries out very quickly here once the rains stop, and is impossible to get damp again without excessive watering
An important distinction: Permaculture is not the same kind of gardening as organic gardening.
Mediterranean climate hugel trenches, fabuluous clay soil high in nutrients, self-watering containers with hugel layers, keyhole composting with low hugel raised beds, thick Back to Eden Wood chips mulch (distinguished from Bark chips), using as many native plants as possible....all drought tolerant.
An important distinction: Permaculture is not the same kind of gardening as organic gardening.
Mediterranean climate hugel trenches, fabuluous clay soil high in nutrients, self-watering containers with hugel layers, keyhole composting with low hugel raised beds, thick Back to Eden Wood chips mulch (distinguished from Bark chips), using as many native plants as possible....all drought tolerant.
Cristo Balete wrote:
R. Ranson wrote: Mulch dries out very quickly here once the rains stop, and is impossible to get damp again without excessive watering
R. Ranson, why are you trying to keep the mulch wet?
Cristo Balete wrote:Rice requires a flooded area, right?
How far north are you Vincent?
located at latitude 43 degrees north
He's growing it at about 49 (and a couple of miles) degrees north
Italy's Po Valley has been growing rice for centuries.
Their climate is not that much different than SW Holland.
R. Ranson wrote: hopes that some moisture might penetrate the mulch and get into the soil. Without mulch, the morning dew can get into the soil, but with the mulch, the moisture just stays on the surface of the mulch and evaporates off quickly.
An important distinction: Permaculture is not the same kind of gardening as organic gardening.
Mediterranean climate hugel trenches, fabuluous clay soil high in nutrients, self-watering containers with hugel layers, keyhole composting with low hugel raised beds, thick Back to Eden Wood chips mulch (distinguished from Bark chips), using as many native plants as possible....all drought tolerant.
An important distinction: Permaculture is not the same kind of gardening as organic gardening.
Mediterranean climate hugel trenches, fabuluous clay soil high in nutrients, self-watering containers with hugel layers, keyhole composting with low hugel raised beds, thick Back to Eden Wood chips mulch (distinguished from Bark chips), using as many native plants as possible....all drought tolerant.
Tiny garden in the green Basque Country
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”― Albert Einstein
Cristo Balete wrote:R. Ranson, yeah, we share the same dry periods, and sounds like you have the similar wet clay as I do. For what it's worth, here's what happened to me. I struggled a lot with the clay until I started mulching it very deeply, 10" all the time. Clay will be saturated in winter whether we've got mulch on it or not. I slipped on my can many's the time on that slick, wet clay!
An important distinction: Permaculture is not the same kind of gardening as organic gardening.
Mediterranean climate hugel trenches, fabuluous clay soil high in nutrients, self-watering containers with hugel layers, keyhole composting with low hugel raised beds, thick Back to Eden Wood chips mulch (distinguished from Bark chips), using as many native plants as possible....all drought tolerant.
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”― Albert Einstein
Cristo Balete wrote:R. Ranson, rocks, yeah, that's tough. Could it be the case that your water table is so high in the winter that the roots are going into water and rocks? Is there standing water not far below the surface?
John Weiland wrote:One source in the U.S. (in addition to Seed Savers Exchange) for a northern adapted rice: http://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/?item=4312
Dave Forrest wrote:
In addition to varieties already mentioned, you can of course call up Ben Falk and ask him what varieties he plants,
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