Beau M. Davidson

paul wheaton wrote:We had a guy ask about the art being done by AI.  All of the art is done by andres.

Just making sure everyone knows that Andres is the name of a real human artist, not a new AI persona.

This is Paul Wheaton's 16th Kickstarter!

When you’re bonkers about permaculture, you might seem a bit crazy to your friends and family.

Twelve years ago, we came out with a deck of Permaculture Playing Cards.
The idea was simple: give these decks to people as gifts so you seem a little less crazy.

And it worked.

People loved them so much that they kept asking for another deck.
So we started a long list of ideas, over a hundred in total, and chose the best ones to bring you something new:
the Purple Deck.


Why It Works

Here’s the magic: You hand someone a deck, maybe that cousin who thinks you’ve lost it because of your bizarre gardening techniques. They open it up, pull out two random cards, and spend about seven seconds looking at each.

That’s all it takes. Two cards. Fourteen seconds. And suddenly, they’re hooked on permaculture.

Each card is designed to spark curiosity and share one fascinating slice of the gardening, homesteading and permaculture world, from rocket cooktops to willow feeders, from forage gardening to cleaners you can eat.

What’s Inside the Purple Deck




Kickstarter kickback program!

You can get paid to share this project!

https://permies.com/w/kickback

Was I backer #1?  I was definitely one of the first 3!

Judith Browning wrote:The first two are guesses, I can't see the leaves very well.
photo one.....maybe bitter weed...grows in all of the pastures in my area.
photo two...maybe flea bane....pastures also, prolific here this year.
photo three....something in the morning glory family.
photo four....this one I am certain is smart weed.  Of all four of these this is the one I find beneficial.  I have been letting it grow up in areas to out compete grasses, especially bermuda and it is not bad as a chop and drop mulch...and I think the 'flowers' are cute, always have:)

Judith, do you find the bitterweed to be a problem?  Do your animals eat it?  

Had ginko seeds for the first time this week. Like a dazzling emerald green mildly savory gelatenous jelly bean.

I want to try some mild ginko desserts, akin to almond and macadamia flavors.

Brock Tice wrote:Paid today! I am hoping to get help planning for next season as I start to do fall cleanup. Been listening to a lot of podcast backlog so I think I have a decent idea of what I’m getting into 😅. Email me at the address I paid from with further instructions I guess?

Hey Brock! Paul will have to get back to you when he gets notice of your payment email address. However, I have helped set a few of these things up for him.
A few things to know: the more you put into it, the more you'll get out. If you provide advanced information of climate, context, goals, plot features, as well as lots of images of where things are now and references things you might want to do, you can really cover a lot of ground. A great way to do this would be to start a thread in an appropriate forum to begin collecting this information to share during your consult.
Another thing to mention is that Paul likes to ask people if they'd be willing to do these sessions live for the public so that they can benefit everyone. That is voluntary, and up to you. Just throwing it out there for you to think about while we get the ball rolling.
Excited for your consult!

William Bronson wrote: ... elderberry ... Raspberry and blackberry ...
If they root, they become either welcome additions or sources of chop-n-drop.
Willow ...

This is almost another category - rigid structural bits that might also grow and become living retaining root structures and crops.  I like it.

In my neck of the woods, though, they would probably have to be regularly cut back to keep them from becoming a hugel monocrop.

I'm experimenting with stripping the leaves from my volunteer catalpa trees to use as green manure.
The catalpa sphinx moth feeds on  the tree an it is said to strip entire catalpa trees of foliage, without killing the tree.
I'm hoping the tree reacts to my stripping off leaves in the same way.
If so, they might be a good tree for horizontal reinforcement.

Cool.  We have tons of catalpa.  Let me know how it goes!