Julie Helms wrote:Paul,
Go here http://pinterest.com/source/richsoil.com/
and you can see all the people who have been pinning your articles and which ones were most popular.
Suzy Bean wrote:
Steph Michelle wrote:Or write something for Mother Earth News?
I submitted the article to Mother Earth News about a month ago, I believe, and got the automatic response that they have lots of article requests and can only take a few, but it is up for consideration.
paul wheaton wrote:
Julie Helms wrote:Paul,
Go here http://pinterest.com/source/richsoil.com/
and you can see all the people who have been pinning your articles and which ones were most popular.
Looking at my stats: 199 people have come to richsoil.com in the last 30 days from pinterest. Not bad.
So far, my experience is that 1 person comes from facebook each time somebody shares an article on facebook.
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
I wished I could find local people to buy food from, so I created a website for just that. Always looking for others to help improve it. LocalFirst.Live
Marianne West wrote:
Suzy Bean wrote:
Steph Michelle wrote:Or write something for Mother Earth News?
I submitted the article to Mother Earth News about a month ago, I believe, and got the automatic response that they have lots of article requests and can only take a few, but it is up for consideration.
here is the place for people to email suggestion for article to Mother:
You can also email your suggestions to Mother@MotherEarthNews.com with the subject line “Reader Suggestions.
I suggest for whoever reads this to send a quick email.
Be Well and Happy... It's more fun!
Jackson
paul wheaton wrote:
Brenda Groth wrote:hmmmmmmmmmm this might not work, but say and area has a huge ice storm, hurricane or tornado, maybe send a contact to the area chamber of commerce or corp of engineers or national guard that is helping with clean up? What a way to use all that debris..piling it into long ditches and covering it up with the soil from the ditches and then planting things on top, like new baby trees?
Oh, and I like the idea of reaching those people. How might one finding people that deal with trees downed from a storm and make them aware of hugelkultur?
Be Well and Happy... It's more fun!
Jackson
saving the world with hugelkultur and email
A quest to save the world by getting this message to 50 million people.
This is one point in six in dramatically making the world a better place for everybody.
Hugelkultur is a type of raised gardening bed that has wood in it. And yet, this simple thing can save the world.
- reduce global warming by sequestering tons of carbon in your back yard
- reduce world hunger, and better feed your family?
- reduce overconsumption of water by eliminating garden irrigation
- reduce consumption ($$) of hoses, sprinklers and fertilizers
- gardening becomes dramatically easier: fewer trips to the grocery store
Using hugelkultur, gardens have thrived in deserts without a drop if irrigation or fertilizer. Any gardener can make one and eliminate the chore, the hoses, the cost of the water, not to mention just living lighter on the planet while making it far easier to provide food. And can this help to solve world hunger?
This practice can sequester carbon right in your own back yard. Dramatically lower your carbon footprint, and reduce carbon in the atmosphere while getting a huge use from it.
Perfect for places where trees have been downed by storms.
A use for branches, twigs and trees without having to haul them to the dump.
http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/
It has been suggested that I send this out and ask people to forward it on. And reforward. And reforward. The idea is that with enough forwarding, this will reach millions of people (including Kevin BaconThe world is struggling due to a lack of knowledge about simple solutions. This is one tidbit. If you believe that this tidbit of knowledge can, indeed, make the world a better place if EVERYBODY knew it, please forward this message.
C.J. Murray wrote:I want you to know I've been thinking on this all day. I kept going back to the hugelkultur web page I pulled up this morning and reading and thinking. Then when I got ready to suggest that a summary is needed at the top of the page so people can be told very quickly what all the benfits are I update the webpage and find you've made changes already.
Great Job. I think the nutshell portion is a huge help. I think it is a great start. It answers a lot of questions.
Here are some additional questions that could be answered in the summary if you find them applicable/useful.
What about people who only have freshly cut wood, can they participate?
Do I need a wood chipper/shredder?
How do I till it every spring?
I'm 81 years old. Does this make gardening less work?
Are you telling me I can plant dead trees and stuff will grow?
How many years can I expect the benefits to last?
I'll try to think of more.
Marianne West wrote:
Suzy Bean wrote:
Steph Michelle wrote:Or write something for Mother Earth News?
I submitted the article to Mother Earth News about a month ago, I believe, and got the automatic response that they have lots of article requests and can only take a few, but it is up for consideration.
here is the place for people to email suggestion for article to Mother:
You can also email your suggestions to Mother@MotherEarthNews.com with the subject line “Reader Suggestions.
I suggest for whoever reads this to send a quick email.
Marty Pixley wrote: ... I send them to the people that are paid to disseminate just such information the county extension agent.
Ryan Bradley wrote:!!! PAUL !! I've got it! (Please, nobody else steal this idea, even if you agree that it's a good 1)... Somebody (You, me, or someone we agree upon) posts the hugel link on Ashton Kutcher's FB page!
Is it off-topic for Ashton? Sure! But it looks like ANYONE can post to his page... AND, there are 11mil people who've "Liked" Ashton. This means, that if 10% also got automatically Subscribed (the new FB service to make it easier to stalk your friends haha), then you get an instant 1million people who get the link AUTOMATICALLY posted to their FB feeds.... Think about it & either reply in here, or by email.
Josh Rocky wrote:This would be like network marketing except nobody has to buy anything. I market gold and silver on facebook. Just a post with a nice picture pulls quite a few views. Also I am a big Ron Paul supporter so I just put in a post here and there throughout our long feeds of news articles to get a pile of views. Of all those views you'll get a couple people who are interested and a couple of those who are actually willing to act.
Jackson Barnett wrote:
Excellent idea. Consider also Countryside and Small Stock Journal -- http://www.countrysidemag.com/tellafriend.html
Editorial Submissions: csyeditorial@tds.net
Jackson Barnett wrote:
FEMA, federal and states. Frame it as a quick, easy and CHEAP way to deal with CLEAN storm damage debris. Save the chipping and hauling of at least a portion of the debris.
a link to State Offices and Agencies of Emergency Management:
Raven Sutherland wrote:
I don't want to make you mad....but
Sally Underwood wrote:I think that people see the word "hugelkultur" and think...this is too advanced for me. How about titling it "Recycling Rotten Wood, also known as Hugelkultur"...or something with a punch word that is "in" right now.
paul wheaton wrote:
Ryan Bradley wrote:!!! PAUL !! I've got it! (Please, nobody else steal this idea, even if you agree that it's a good 1)... Somebody (You, me, or someone we agree upon) posts the hugel link on Ashton Kutcher's FB page!
Is it off-topic for Ashton? Sure! But it looks like ANYONE can post to his page... AND, there are 11mil people who've "Liked" Ashton. This means, that if 10% also got automatically Subscribed (the new FB service to make it easier to stalk your friends haha), then you get an instant 1million people who get the link AUTOMATICALLY posted to their FB feeds.... Think about it & either reply in here, or by email.
I like your style of devious thinking. Go for it!
Richard Kutscher wrote:I like the idea of (yet) another youtube video, but in a different format that the other ones.
Vic Johanson
"I must Create a System, or be enslaved by another Man's"--William Blake
Monte Hines-Hines Farm Blog- http://hines.blogspot.com
paul wheaton wrote:Plus, I just like the sound of the word. It's fun.
Monte Hines-Hines Farm Blog- http://hines.blogspot.com
Dale Hodgins wrote:The newness of the practice in North America means most of us simply don't have beautiful finished product to display.
Vic Johanson
"I must Create a System, or be enslaved by another Man's"--William Blake
Dale Hodgins wrote:I believe that quality photos and video of real hugel beds at peak production are needed. Most of what is available on YouTube and elsewhere are fanciful drawings or how to stuff. Great for those of us who are already sold but not totally believable to Joe permies. Nice drawings are used to sell many far fetched schemes. Real photographs are used to sell things that are real.
Eye popping photos trump literary value in causing the casual observer to click. I'll bet Mr Holzer has plenty of good pictures to share. My beds are just mud and log piles. The newness of the practice in North America means most of us simply don't have beautiful finished product to display.
C.J. Murray wrote:... How about stickers, bumper or otherwise to be given away at various events? ...
Jackson Barnett wrote:
C.J. Murray wrote:... How about stickers, bumper or otherwise to be given away at various events? ...
That got me thinking... I made a quick "graphic" and put a bunch of hugelkultur products on my CafePress shop. You can see them here.
What the hey, it's another channel for the meme... This OK with you, Paul?
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