Nick Dimitri

Hi, thanks. I think mine are mostly Russian Red, given the colour & prevalence of preference around here. But I've always had them curl in the past. It's just this time I was away thru a crucial month.

Thanks Folks, cuz yeah, the scapes my have curled unnoticed while I was away & uncurled for my return. I dunno. Will take them off tmrw & hope the season is long enough to bring them along further. Last year the garlic was larger at harvest than now at this time.  Good Luck to US All, Nick

I went away to visit family & returned to garlic scapes not being removed cuz they were waiting for them to curl -- it's like mid-August & they were planted around October/November last year. I'm going to cut them to aid what remains of their growth & as they're still green & growing.  Is this climatic weirdness or some other phenomena? We did have a wet cold spring. That's probably it right there. I dunno. Does anyone here know if trouble shooting is necessary, even?

I have a snail problem looking for a solution. I just laughed at the thought of selling my snails. I could get rich quick at almost any price. I was always under the impression French snails were a different, edible breed, while our CDN or Nor Amer varieties are too sluggish. Looking fwd to reading from this thread. Thanks for running it, however at a snails pace, cuz this couldn't have come too soon.

Hi all.

Hope all's going regeneratively swell. Wondering if we can still generate electricity with a light flow of water, a mere mountain stream, not a river, not even a strong stream?   Much Thanks,  Ogre-Nick

I'm harvesting purple skinned sunchokes & have an upcoming market. Are they verboten? Or is it they just don't yield as much, cuz I can almost safely assume that?  Thanks, OgreNick

I picked some rosehips yesterday thinking they'd look good along my fenceline. I'm about to dry them, but need I stratify too in order to get a good germination rate next year?   Thanks,  Nick      BTW, I probably have the same question for many seeds, like is this normal for zones with harsh winters to stratify?  Then I'm also freezing after drying peach & apricot seeds. It seems the drying then freezing cracks the seeds open, so does a natural scarification.  Does this rhyme with other's experience?

Can or should tepory beans be soaked & inoculated before planting?  Plus, I doubt a dry inoculation would work, or do they even need inoculating?  Are they legumes?  I know they're native to Nor Amer, but how different are they from the beans we're used to?

Hear here!  After all, isn't this Permies site about Permanent Agriculture, which implies sustainable?  Plus....

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:Tires are a question mark. Some think they're brilliant and others worry about offgassing and leaching. Maybe it depends on the age and weathering. I'm not familiar with the hard science on this, or indeed if any has been done. I'm a big fan of recycling, but personally I would tend to look at other options for food production.

  ....I'm positive that tires are no longer natural rubber, but likely a molecular analog of rubber made from, likely, petroleum itself, which is endocrine disrupting and burdens the liver, including the one who lives.

If you want to make raised beds & dont mind taking a step down to reach them & don't mind doing some digging, then huggeling can bring your garden produce within easy reach.  I also like the one pic'ed using fencing & rocks, or straw for potatoes. Good luck with it all, neighbours too. Nick