Anne Miller

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We manage a 40 acre wildlife area of the Texas Hill Country in the Edwards Plateau at about 3030 ft above sea level. The region is notable for its karst topography and tall rugged hills of limestone. The terrain throughout the region is punctuated by a thin layer of topsoil and a large number of exposed rocks and boulders, making the region very dry and prone to flash flooding. Native vegetation in the region includes various yucca, prickly pear cactus, native grasses and wildflowers. The predominant trees in the region are Ashe Juniper, Shin Oak and Texas Live Oak. Soil is alkaline consisting of caliche and clay.

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Sunken or Raised Beds For Mediterranean Climate

I live in Texas where it is hot with drought.

sunken beds are what many folks recommend.

Here is an article that might help or be of interest to some:

https://permies.com/t/152917/permaculture/sunken-bed-time-tips

11 hours ago

rainwater catchment

Cob-Coated Plastic Water Storage Tank?

I like the idea of using bamboo to make a sort of shack to build over the water tank to keep the sun from degrading the tank.

To me that would be less labor intensive than doing cob.

14 hours ago

natural building

Maybe the kids can get jobs wearing robot suits

Shahar Goldin wrote: thinking about the AI companies that just have warehouses full of Indians pretending to be AI chatbots

According to this, that was a scam to cheat investors out of their hard earned cash:

14 hours ago

meaningless drivel

Toxic Squash prevalence, and who profits from gardeners' fear of saving squash seeds

Pepita Penny wrote:i guess the frustration in a small garden would be to let a giant squash plant or 2 or 3 take over a bunch of realestate only to find it is no good

Is it really no good? Can you benefit from adding it to a compost pile? Can you feed it to animals?

Why do you think it is no good?

22 hours ago

seeds and breeding

How does one make biochar from banana leaves ?

I hope this might help:

I bought 4 #10 cans, opened them half way and froze the contents (tomato sauce) in gallon ziplock bags. I then filled each can with a different experimental ingredient: filbert nut shells, bamboo, small branches, cut to length, and banana leaves (shoved in as tight as I could get them).

https://permies.com/t/213651/Experimenting-small-scale-production-biochar

22 hours ago

biochar

Experiment in using biochar as worm bin bedding

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22 hours ago

biochar

Americans, please don't use 2 letter abbreviations for your state!

John Schinnerer wrote:Puerto Rico is a territory, not a state ...

To me, it is not about whether it is a state or territory that uses a two letter abbreviation.

This is about letting the forum member know where you are.

Google tells me that the abbreviation for Puerto Rico is PR so for forum use you would use Puerto Rico not PR so folks will know how to answer your questions.

Easy Peesy ...

23 hours ago

tinkering with this site

Shou Sugi Ban boards for raised garden beds--how well would they work?

Are you going to use the Shou Sugi Ban technique on all sides of the boards?

That might work to keep the soil from degrading the boards.

For folks that might be interested:

https://permies.com/t/217521/Yakisugi-time#1840355

1 day ago

natural building

What is potash?

When I hear potash, I think of wood ash. Wood ash has potassium and so does biochar.

I know they are not the same though I wonder if wood ashes can be substituted for potash and can biochar also be substituted for potash?

1 day ago

soil

Multilingual partnerships, miscommunication, having a hard time staying grateful

I am sorry that things have not been working out for you lately.

I am a firm believer in positive thinking.

As John suggests your dealing with humans.

My story is similar to yours, moved here in 2013, health issues ...

We live out in the boondocks so I don't have to deal with human except when we go to town.

I do enjoy those excursions and dealing with folks so seldom.

I used to have a pretty poster that hung on my wall that reminded me that Tomorrow is a New Day.

I hope you will find the joy that you are looking for.

1 day ago

communication