Paul Kurtz

"Under no circumstances should wood mulch be used as backfill." Is hugelkultur a contradiction to this warning?

In the last picture (rue), do I see Japanese honeysuckle? If so, is that an issue for you?

Yes, 1:00.

Have you accounted for the hour shift (Daylight Savings Time)?

Could someone please give an update on growing giant kale? Success or failure? (Actually, it sounds a bit like tomato trees.)

Orin,
I certainly don't understand why urine is separated from the solids. For nearly two decades I've been keeping a sawdust bucket toilet (Jenkins, Joseph. The Humanure Handbook, 2nd edition, 1999) with excellent results. Urine is integral to the composting process.

I am now (Aug 31) pulling flowering/seeding stiltgrass to prevent seeding. The pullings I am packing into black plastic bags and setting in the sun for several days. Is this sufficient to ensure that seeds are nonviable?

EVERY night just before stepping into the shower, I step on the scales. If the reading is 160# or less, a snack before bed is allowed. Otherwise, no snack and the next day I adjust intake and exercise. Simple.

I don't know a thing about baking bread, but when my daughter sends a loaf of her sourdough bread along with her kids as she did today when they came over for typing lessons, I ____ and ____. (What do you think goes in the blanks?)

http://mamajjsbread.blogspot.com/2009/02/understanding-concepts.html

Recently I heard of another type of "battery." Use excess energy to compress air which, when energy is needed can be released to generate electricity via a small turbine. Does anyone know about this?