Leigh Tate wrote:Our property is a series of downward sloping ridges. Our zones 1 and 2 are at the top of the property, and the ridges start below our pasture in our woods. The ridges are subject to erosion, so for several years I've been trying to address this. My first experiment came from Sepp Holzer's Permaculture.
After transplanting, we mulched the row above and below the clumps.
I really like the way they look and am hopeful that they will establish themselves here and thrive. Our summers are hot and often dry (and therefore not friendly to transplants), but we're in our spring rains, so I think there's a good chance they'll make it. For now, it's wait and see.
I think your idea is an excellent one. I hope the clumps take root and hold that soil back for you. I love that you make use of things on your property.
Jules Silverlock wrote:Hi Cécile, we feel your pain and are looking into PayPal alternatives. It seems that sometimes an option is presented to checkout using PayPal but without having to set up an account but I guess this wasn't an option for you.
Hope you enjoy the ebook!
Thanks, I will. I don't understand why my credit card or my debit card could not used but the site just didn't give me the option. I had one debit card hacked through PayPal. It stands to reason that the more entities can get my credit card number/ expiration date and special number the greater the chance that it will be hacked again. This really bothers me.
We're all tied up to this money system. Unless we talk about using alternatives such as barter, gifting or another currency, then it will keep feeding the same system that causes the earth so much distress. The buck has to stop with us.
The pieces are all there, the main thing now is to make people aware of it and generate hype so that we can make sure the instructors in the film and the creators are rewarded for their efforts. [/quote wrote:
What if people did it for nothing now and all got a share of the sales of the movie later? New model - like Bucky advised. What do you think?
Judith Browning wrote:Spoons at various stages along the way. Some still have the 'nose' attached...a helpful extension for holding at the shaving horse while working on the spoon. The one he is working on at the shaving horse has had the 'nose' cut off in order to do some shaping on the back of the bowl.
These are so awesome. Thanks for showing all the pictures at the different stages. The spoons are gorgeous.
Betsy Carraway wrote:I am frustrated...in seeking to "use less" in industry, I have been receiving orders of vitamin supplements in zip-top bags instead of bottles, shipped in soft, thin boxes that often have a hole punched into them and which proudly state "made with less cardboard". And yet, I will order once (Amazon...) and receive several of these boxes, on the same day...they are not "fixing it where it's broke".
I love your ideas but I'll have to look up "wicking" as this is new to me.
I used to work in corporate America up to ten years ago and was always trying to do "green" things in my job. And the company I worked for actually took notice in those days. But now - it's just waste waste waste everywhere one looks. It's very discouraging. The people who make the effort get no rewards. That means we do not incentivize people to do the right thing. So we who are conscious of our footprint, are really bearing the brunt of everyone else's profligacy.
The solution is actually simple and I'd love to talk about it. The solution is we set up an incentive system for people who "do the right thing". We could come up with some really great ideas. People need to be recognized for what they do otherwise it turns out that good deeds and efforts become equivalent to staying in inertia. Anyone who is interested in talking about this, hit me up - that is a subject close to my heart!
One day at a large supermarket, I was n the produce section and the produce manager was there. I was kinda sick and tired of seeing organic food wrapped in plastic or even cardboard. Things like peppers, eggplant, etc. They used to be sold loose, without packaging. So I spoke to the produce manager and told him that I won't buy organic if it's wrapped in something and we talked for a long while. He was sympathetic and said he would do something about it. Sure enough, the next time I went there - the organic produce was loose! I was pretty thrilled. He had done what he had vowed to do. Sometimes things work - maybe if we spoke up more. We should boycott produce like eggs that are packaged in Styrofoam. No excuse for the producers to be so ignorant. But it's nothing that boycotting won't fix!
I think it would be great if there was an incentive program where anything taken out of the waste stream and repurposed would receive points.
Every item could receive a point and certain points for weight (for heavy items). But it's best to not put more waste into the stream.
I have this vision of being in contests where people wash dishes and compete to see who used the least water and still came up with clean dishes.
I reuse plastic bags from carrots, bread and other staples instead of using plastic wrap and make sandwich bags that use velcro to close. Haven't used a clothes dryer in years, much prefer hanging clothes on the rack and I buy everything second hand. It's probably better too that all the chemicals have been washed out of second-hand clothes. That's one good thing about being broke - it really gets those creative juices going to figure out how to repurpose everything.
