Anne Miller wrote:So the gathering of twigs and branch to make compost is the only technique used to prevent wild fire?
I expected that this would be done by added the compost to areas that would be prone to wild fire as a fire resistant mulch.
Building up the soil health with compost will also increase soil's water retention which in turn acts as a natural firebreak.
Timothy Norton wrote:Do you process down the tree branches and brush before adding them to the pile or add them whole?
I'm curious the turn around time for compost from a Johnson Su system.
Tommy Bolin wrote:Will milk paint stick to steel?.... without an oil based primer? ....in a high heat environment?
If you strip the steel bare, accelerate the rust process with some sodium chloride salt water, rinse a bit, dry, then treat it with food safe phosphoric acid.....
The result while not deep black, will be an inert permanent dark grey. Like phosphated black machine bolts. You may not be happy with the result, it won't have the even, deep finish of a proper enamel, but it will be chemically bonded, not topically applied.
Just different.
Anne Miller wrote:Most folks on the forum would use milk paint and make it themselves.
Black might be a challenge so i found this:
https://www.realmilkpaint.com/shop/colors/53-black-iron/
Tina Wolf wrote:Did you know there is International Permaculture Day?! It is the first Sunday of May. We have our own day!
Many like to gather to celebrate, share information and learn about Permaculture on this special permaculture day! I love to share Paul's permaculture playing cards to introduce folks to permaculture. A couple other things I share are his Jumbo DVD Set and Building a Better World in your backyard book.
If you wish to check out what's going on, celebrate, or otherwise participate in International Permaculture Day, here are a couple of the websites:
https://www.permacultureday.org/
https://gaiafoundation.org/international-permaculture-day-sunday-5th-may/
https://nationaltoday.com/international-permaculture-day/
https://www.youtube.com/c/PermacultureDay
Regardless of what we do on International Permaculture Day, we are Permies so already contribute a tremendous amount to Permaculture just by being here! I'm in great company! Happy International Permaculture Day!