Andrew Rule

Well, I am going to look at this  bundle as practical things I can use for work point of view.  

1.  Where I work (in parks and forests), I would like to get more indigenous edibles to grow.  And, I like PawPaws.  So, PawPaw Quick Start Guide (Video and eBook) by Michael Judd is something I would like to do.  

2.  I haven't seen much about using algae for boosting fertility around in these parts too much.  And, there is a certain pond that has a lot of overgrowth next to a lot of grass that doesn't grow well because it is so sandy and lack of nutrient.  It would help if it grew greener, simply for the fact that it would be better on the mowers not kicking up so much dust, and making a bigger mess.  So, Boosting Your Garden Yields by Growing Algae presentation by Matt Huber seems really interesting.  

3.  I rip pants every so often.  But, I keep them with the thought of reusing them.   But, they just sit there because I don't get around to mending them.  One reason is that I didn't develop the skill to do that; a skill that has been a little bit lost on us.... So, Practical Mending eBook by Kate Downham looks good, too.  

Well, Those are some thoughts how to put these to use.  

I didn't watch the big movie, yet.  I started it the other day, but got distracted, as always.  

My thought is that the animation is helpful.  About half way through the animation, I couldn't understand what was going on.  But, I think I would if I watched the big movie, first.  Or, right along the way with it.  

The handwriting is a little hard, but if I pause and think, it is fine, I think.  And, if I were to watch this with the big movie, I would be pausing and thinking anyway.  I like the animation because it is like looking at your notes while watching the movie (that I didn't see, yet.  But, I think it is probably going to be similar to other segments done for other parts of the movies, and I am basing it on those.).

Yesterday I saw something was going on, but didn't know what.  I posted on a thread Joshua Myrvaagnes started as a secret thread.  Today, I finished reading my emails up to yesterday's stuff and then updated my post with the following.  We were talking about Lyme Disease, so that is what I thought was going on, but wasn't sure.  


UPDATE:  Ohh, I just read yesterday's email.  I am sorry Paul for Tommy the cancer.  I hope he has had an adventuresome visit, but that he is ready to go have an adventure somewhere else, and that you have a cordial farewell with him.  In my travels with Lyme, I have noticed that what is good for dealing with Lyme incidentally is good for dealing with Cancer.  Maybe it has simply to do with good healthy living and getting the body to work well.  I feel a little down that I don't stick with what I know to be the right thing to do for doing good health.  Part of it is I run out of resources, part is "hey, I am doing much better now I want to think of other things" and part is I don't/didn't have much community to do this with, your major point.  This is great that you are sharing, and I hope it comes together for the group you are trying to do this with.  It will be an inspiration for me.  

At the 58 minute mark on the podcast, it was mentioned that there was condensation, that some of it froze on the windows, and it would likely be better if the temperature was closer to an even 70, rather than the 50 it tended to be the first year.  It was mentioned perhaps to put a dehumidifier in there and run it off the volts-wagon.  

I have a thought inspired by these two videos.  This engineer experimented with making a desiccated air-conditioner.  The idea was to dry the air by blowing it through water drops saturated in Calcium Chloride (used as a food additive or de-icing sidewalks, etc) which absorbs humidity.  This raises the temperature as it drys the air; you have a different setup to do a swamp cooler effect to cool it.  

But, elements can be used from this to just dry the air.  I was thinking of trying something like this, a different element in this system, to evaporate sap to make Maple Syrup.  

He shows you can run this just off of solar, and there might be a way to just run this off the wood stove.  

Edit: (This is a recognition to make this post more useful, a brief description would cut down on a lot of time)

The mechanics of this is basically three tubes with air being blown in from the bottom, and water droplets being dropped from the top of the vertical tubes.  

One tube would have air coming in from your living space, and have water saturated with sodium chloride at about room temperature.  When the air passes the droplets humidity is drawn out of the air.  This also has the effect of warming the air, because water vapor is condensing to liquid.  

The second tube could have normal water dropping through the air from the first tube with air dropped to room temperature, which would cool the air like a swamp cooler.  

The third tube would be outside, and have the diluted water from the first tube to heat it first, either by a solar panel or perhaps a wood stove, and use outside air to take the moister away, thus leaving the sodium chloride solution less diluted.  

It was the first tube that I thought would be good for using as a dehydrator for the Wofoti, and the third tube to complete the cycle for the water.  

It was this third tube that I wanted to think about doing it for Maple Syrup.  I think it would take a lot less wood thank a conventional evaporator.  

This is just a rough idea what the videos show.  I am probably making an error somewhere.  


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_g4nT4a28U&t=580s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w4rg3UcsgI

Okay, Greg,

Where is your affiliate link to this product so we can click on it, we get a discount and you get a little bit of a finder's fee?  

Have you tried it with Autumn Olive?  It grows invasively, here.  But, my solution to that is pick the fruit and make jam out of it, this time of year.  

Greg Martin wrote:I picked up a berry picker this year and love it!!!  Can't believe I didn't get one sooner.

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This is a great way to teach (someone like me) to use referral codes for residual income.  Thanks!

These flow forms are based on the work of Viktor and (his son) Walter Schauberger.  An example of them is said to be in the front yard of their PYTHAGORAS KEPLER SCHOOL (PKS) housed at Villa Rothstein near Bad Ischl, Oberösterreich (Austria).  

This is their site:
https://pks.or.at/en/introduction/  

I was on the webinar early 1/9/23.  There was a problem with my computer where it turned off on me.  Sigh,,, when I got back, there were 100 people on and I couldn't get back on.  Oh, well.  

I hope we can watch it later on.

There are so many open spaces around that are neglected and needing of love.  They may be owned by the State or private.  And, plots and forests are many times obvious that no one cares what is going on. Or, that if there is improvement it would be appreciated, but no one has the time or inclination to improve things.  

What are some things that can first be done that are not intrusive, but can greatly help if you leave it alone afterward?  

What are some things that can nurture a healthy eco-system that favors a forest garden to develop and thrive on its own?

Clearing, chipping even minor burning?

I have done Humanure for a few years.  My present situation doesn't give me opportunity for that.  The way I did it was use mowed up Autumn leaves (and grass clippings that came with it).  I used it from my own yard and neighbor who had his tractor set up for it.  I figured that if he was going to do that anyway, that I might as well put it to good use.  

What I did was store the pile next to my compost pile.  I covered it to keep it (somewhat) dry.  So, when I emptied my bucket, I just refilled my coverings (mowed leaves) at the same time.  So, I went out with a poo filed bucket and empty coverings bucket, and came back in with an empty poo bucket and full coverings bucket.  In winter, I think I went out with some water in the coverings bucket to wash the poo bucket a little.  

It is amazing how much heat that pile produced for so long.  Often times there would be over a 100 degree differential with the outside air.

I miss doing it.  But, I definitely needed to optimize it better.  

In my opinion, chopping up the leaves and letting them dry out is is optimal, ...more surface area.  Sometimes in Summer there were a few more buggs, but I think if I changed out the buckets more often that would have not been a problem.  Like I said, it needed just a little more tweeking, and there wasn't enough annoyance to push me to more innovation.