Sergio Cunha

Potatoes. I live in tropical country and potatoes get all kinds of blights and diseases.

"Walden" by Henry Thoreau. It made me value the really important things in life. And " The Capital" by Karl Marx, not because of his socialism or communism, but because of his view of what capitalism is and how a few people make most of the decisions about our material living conditions, even if some of those few people don't want to make those decisions. It is really an eye opening book.

I don't think there's a synonym for permaculture because of its holistical aproach. I don't know of any other system that sees elements and their connections as a whole as permaculture does.

Pig brain fritters. Mix the brain of a pig, corn meal, salt, garlic, hot pepper, parsley and welsh onions. Then make small balls and deep fry them. It tastes good!

I wonder if autistic people is a nature's way of keeping the species alive in case of high mortality epidemic/pandemic. Since autistic people tend to live alone, it seems they're less vulnerable to highly contagious virus or bacteria. Even if they're living in a group, they will be ok if they survive such an event, because they won't feel so bad to be left behind, i.e. they  won't die of "loneliness". I also wonder if there are "autistic" individuals in other animals with social behavior.

Very interesting! As I live in tropical country, the first food that comes to my mind is palm heart, maybe raw and sweetened with jataí bee honey, a kind of small bumble bee, I guess.

Hi Kate!
Welcome!

I have a question: Can I direct compost cow manure? I live in a tropical country. My neighbor has one cow and allows me to take his cow manure. I've tried to make hot composting but turning it is too straining on my back so I'd like to make direct compost with that manure.

Thank you!

Cat Knight wrote:

I think this sounds really lonely. Alone in a big house with nothing productive to do sounds terrible.

I would say "sad" instead of "lonely". I live alone in a medium size house and I don't feel lonely. In fact, I don't want  to live in any other way. Besides that, I am productive and I feel fullfilled tending my tiny piece of land.

Today I had ora-pro-nobis leaves (Pereskia aculeata) for lunch.

Hier in Brazil we call them biojewels.