Kelly Mitchell

Use 'HOT' material. Animal manure - the more non-herbivore the better.
Humanure composts really, really well. It gots super-easy. And VERY hot - pegs the top of the thermometer's useful zone.
Lasts about 2 weeks.
Cover with whatever, age for a year - only to be double sure all contaminants are gone, and Presto.
Use earlier for above ground veggies like squash since they don't contact the compost.

I am looking for actual experience with walipini or underground greenhouse.
What worked? What didn't?
Failure or success in general?
Tips / tricks. Really want to do this, but only if it makes sense.

Jenny Wright wrote:Where are you?  I've gardened in the PNW and in North Carolina and they were both zone 8 but required very different gardening techniques and I had quite a bit of failure while learning to grow in each place.  If you give you approximate location, you can get some more specific advice.

Yeah, sorry, should have said location. Relatively hard place - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Zone 5b.
Quite short growing season, near the ocean, acidic soils, late freezes (mid-June all danger passed), but plants grow very rapidly. fairly long autumn for the zone.
very wet spring, and cool summers.

imo, getting soil warm quickly is a major difference because of the short growing season. It also mistakes fatal for the season - there's rarely enough time for a second planting of anything besides greens.
Also - constant winds and extremely high winds - like nothing you've ever seen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suetes.

thank you for all the answers to everyone!

I'm reviving a garden we let go the last 2 years. We were never super successful with it: meaning we got very little food and lot of plant failures.

I want to ask a question for anyone who considers themselves a gardening expert:

What is the critical path for gardening?

This would mean
1) What is essential to succeed at a basic level? (and no more - the idea is to avoid overwhelm)
2) What is the order / timing of activities?

I'm looking for a pre-made stove to begin my RMH build. I'll add the mass in myself, of course.
I've seen them before, but I can't find any now. Can anyone help me out? Even google is not helpful.

I have a monster patch of chanterelles. On a good year, I can harvest up to 100 lbs per week. I'm looking for ideas on how to monetize them with a greater margin return than just dehydrating or selling locally.
Preserved in oil?
chanterelle crackers, etc.
any ideas are appreciated.

Looking for a PAHS builder with at least one install for a project / consult.
Could pay well, if...
PM me.
thanks.