Brian Cady

Here's a long video booster on ondol-writ-large; including hydronic underfloor heating as ondol. It does have good footage of traditional direct-wood-fired ondols in operation and in parts.

https://youtu.be/KggzIiVt3dU

Brian
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Morfydd St. Clair wrote:

Brian Cady wrote:

Morfydd St. Clair wrote:

Brian Cady wrote:
I'm trying to import an expensive little packet from France.

What's your source in France?  I'd be interested in looking at it in Germany.

Morfydd, to answer your question directly, as I should have, I ordered from B & T World Seeds.
Brian
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Well, I gave up ordering through B & T World Seeds - neither one of us knew how to deal with the USDA import restrictions, which require Vicia  seed treatment for Bruchidae seed beetles.
Brian
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Morfydd St. Clair wrote:

Brian Cady wrote:

Ryan M Miller wrote:
The fact that this plant has lower toxins than common vetch and has yields comparable to common vetch suggests this plant has high potential as an alternative food crop. I'll try to acquire some seeds of this plant species by Fall of this year.

I'm trying to import an expensive little packet from France.

What's your source in France?  I'd be interested in looking at it in Germany.

Morfydd, to answer your question directly, as I should have, I ordered from B & T World Seeds.

Brian
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tristan islost wrote:I can supply Kudzu (Japanese knotweed root), Chaga, Reishi, and Ginseng.  

I thought that Kudzu was different from Japanese Knotweed, and a vining legume.

Brian
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Morfydd St. Clair wrote:

Brian Cady wrote:

Ryan M Miller wrote:
The fact that this plant has lower toxins than common vetch and has yields comparable to common vetch suggests this plant has high potential as an alternative food crop. I'll try to acquire some seeds of this plant species by Fall of this year.

I'm trying to import an expensive little packet from France.

What's your source in France?  I'd be interested in looking at it in Germany.

There's a Germany source: https://www.dsv-seeds.com/cover-crops/terralife/terrafile-components/hungarian-vetch.html
As well as an Italian: https://www.continentalsemences.com/en/vicia-pannonica/487/
And an Irish source: https://www.fruithillfarm.com/seeds-and-propagation/green-manures-cover-crops/bulk-winter-green-manures/organic-hungarian-vetch.html

The Irish source exports to Europe, but not North America.

Brian
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Ryan M Miller wrote:
The fact that this plant has lower toxins than common vetch and has yields comparable to common vetch suggests this plant has high potential as an alternative food crop. I'll try to acquire some seeds of this plant species by Fall of this year.

I'm trying to import an expensive little packet from France.

Green Cover Seeds reports Chickpea 'Marvel' has winter hardiness zone 5A:
https://greencoverseed.com/product/1083/

Brian
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Andrea Locke wrote:Last year I bought a box of garden doodads from a lady who was downsizing and among other interesting items it contained these two giant pine cones. I have not been able to figure out what they are.

Anyone recognize these? In lieu of a species identification I would settle for some good pine cone names.

Andrea, in the spirit of being helpful, I hereby name these pine cones Heidi and Greg.

Brian
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Burra Maluca wrote:Alder holds a very special place in my heart.

And on my shoulder...

Burra, How did such a tree find it's way to your heart?

Brian
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While helping gather nuts a few years ago at Badgersett Research; Phillip Rutter's farm, he relayed how he had been given several select alder clones; hybrids selected for rapid growth rate in research before hybrid poplar research shaded out the research funding for hybrid alder. They were growing there in Canton MN. I didn't look at them closely.

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