Mark Brunnr

I'm of the opinion that there are already too many of us, and while I expect there will be massive bad things which will happen as a result, I also believe we can do our best to soften the landing. Most people on the planet don't have clean drinking water, and yet most who do are used to wasting it watering grass and flushing poo. We currently use 10 calories of energy for each food calorie which will eventually end. Will we have a Mr Fusion strapped to each car by then? Many depend on that to avoid personal responsibility.

It would be handy in my mind to document how much food in pounds comes out of each hugel. Perhaps the hugels can be named/numbered with a location map? David the Good has a system with a chalk board, all the harvested food is brought to a weight scale and the pounds totaled throughout the year. Maybe a produce scale in the library/pantry area? There are plenty of online list giving calories per pound, so this would make it easier in my mind to keep track of the GAMCOD objectives. It would also help to compare say the sun chokes/squash that are harvested this year, vs what regrows in the same bed next year.

Here's something I just found which shows that at work.
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These samples belong to the same soil type and have been in corn-bean rotation for over 20 years, but their treatment was very different!!!.
The land on the left has not been plowed or fertilized with anhydrous ammonia for more than 20 years and has benefited from a rye cover crop.
The land on the right was plowed annually and fertilized with anhydrous ammonia in the fall.
This photo was taken about 2 minutes after the samples were immersed in water.
The plowed land practically “exploded” as soon as it hit the water. Repeated plowing of the soil has destroyed its structure, removing interstitial space and the biological “glue” that helps hold the soil together, leading to its disintegration.
In contrast, with minimal soil disturbance, the no-tilled soil had excellent porosity and high biological activity, giving it a healthy structure that could withstand water shock.
In less than five minutes, the plowed land disappeared completely, while the unplowed land remained almost intact.
We wanted to see how long it would last and continued adding water (to compensate for evaporation) for several weeks.
We stopped after 6 weeks, during which time the no-till soil sample was still 95% intact.

Definitely within the general asset system, FYI not sure if it's still there or needed, but I did leave a glass replacement stove cooktop in Dogstar under the bed when I was staying there.

Coydon Wallham wrote:

Stephen B. Thomas wrote:

What is this device called?

That's a log dolly, I bought one (assuming that's it) to use up on the lab but found it didn't work as I had planned to use it, so I just chained logs to the truck hitch to drag instead. Even on a dirt/gravel road, an inch or two of wood would be ground off hauling it back to peel, in just 1/4 or 1/2 mile. so where you can load logs on to it to absorb weight, and chain it on tight so it'll rotate during turns, it can be very handy.

Inge Leonora-den Ouden wrote:

Mark Brunnr wrote:According to the Picture This app on my phone, that bark might be from a black locust.

Black Locust is the same as Robinia pseudo-acacia, isn't it? Because that's what I think this tree is.

Precisely that!

According to the Picture This app on my phone, that bark might be from a black locust.

As far as the squash not doing well on the end of the hugel, as Ben was talking about that I noticed the sprinkler wasn't reaching that area so it could be a lack of regular water. Until a plant gets really good roots down into the mass they can need some babying if there isn't regular rain.

I don't recall if aerobic composting breaks down all or even some of the meds, but you could always have a "guest bucket" that gets composted separately and is only put on trees/plants you won't later eat.

Hmm, any chance the door was sticking due to the hinges pulling away from the frame/wall, or perhaps just swelling of the door due to spring humidity? If it's the latter, would a yearly coating of linseed oil or equivalent possibly help?