Brett Hopkins

Ashley Redding wrote:I want to start being a Permie in general. My goal is to have a homestead & little cabin in the woods, off in the mountains somewhere. Idk how to start, however. I want to, eventually, build my own log cabin. Am also trying to find a farm I can work to earn, as well.

Awesome, well if you wanna chat sometime let me know. I am on 7 acres, I am starting a small market garden and will start growing/selling this upcoming spring. It will be part time in afternoons and weekends.

Ashley Redding wrote:I want to start, grew up a farmer's daughter. Goats, horses, chickens, everything but sheep and cattle. Also a varied fruit orchard. Also helped my Stepdad put in a gate. Have some fruit/veggie gardening experience. Just want to put it to the test, but don't know how. Also, I read it can take years to finish this program, is that true?? FYI, I am in the burbs currently.

Hey there,

I have a small farm out in Yelm and work In Olympia. What Program are you referring too? It is a never ending learning experience.

Greetings,

Not sure if this is the proper subforum but here goes.

I am attemnpting to heat and cool my greenhouse using 3 55 gallon black metal drums connected together and cycling through a radiator with a fan behind it. Similar to https://northernhomestead.com/car-radiator-for-heating-and-cooling-a-greenhouse/

The problem is its producing a ton of rush. Any ideas on how to treat the rust or stop it, or am I doomed to have them rust out? I went with metal as it absorbs the heat from the sun much better than plastic.

Thank you,

They really do need a sort by permaculture paradise on zillow.

Greetings, mid 30s g I y on 7 acres in the Bald Hills, few miles past Lake Lawrence. Im intereted in meeting people into permaculture.

Also have a DVD series of Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton teaching a PDC if you haven't seen it, its a wealth of info.

J Davis wrote:I think you could get more benefit by cuttong over right near the edge of the tree line. Starting higher on the property would give you the option to have multiple swales or even a pond.

You could dig the first trench deep and wide as needed to connect with the 501 on the other side. Then place the overflow such that it runs down a bit then into the second swale which is deeper on the left than the right so that the water moves back across your land tobthe right.

You can plant fruit / nut / cover on lower side of each swale and end up woth food forest or silvopasture setup.

Did you mean like this? Make the swale shorter and closer to the stream then add swales off of that?

Greetings,

7 Acre hobby farm here. I want to collect water, store it, and use a swale to plant perinneal plants and trees as well as soak water in the pasture. The creek here at the top of the picture comes in I think around 498 ft. ish. Slightly below my lowest point of 501. Does something like I have drawn, the white line, seem like a reasonable swale location? bring it in where it enters my property at the top right, circle it around the field and back to where it exits my property, top left? If I dig it to a depth of say 499 throught the property? Does this seem feasable and a good idea?

Also, all the area thats 501 there is seasonal wetland. The treed area just below the creek is seasonal wetland as well, although it might hold water all year

Thank you,

Just north of you in Olympia/Lacey. Looking for property around the area, or possibly working my parents place in Yelm.

I do like the area, and am considering possibly Lewis County for land purchase if I keep having trouble finding a good spot in Thurston.

I am going to start putting together a list of plants to start at my parents, I'd like to get a bunch of stuff growing this spring to get stuff started until I can spend more time there. Want to grow mostly nitrogen fixing/green manure plants and trees to add some much needed hummus. Most of the area is rocky soil that drains super quick. Do have some wetlands though but they are a bit lower so hard to harvest the water to rest of the property. Hoping to build a swale on contour to get stuff started

elle sagenev wrote:My land is mostly flat and we have water problems on our driveway. I kind of eyeballed my swales with thoughts going into directing water off the driveway. So my swales are off contour and water does flow from the driveway, into and down the swales.

So if I were you I'd do the most logical swale set up for your land. Further out on my property I'll be looking to do things on contour but around the driveway it's all off and all for drainage.

I would think best bet would be to run the swales, or ditches along your driveway to swales that are on contour which will allow you to soak in all that water

Looks good man,

Have you checked out What the Fungus? They have some good youtube videos that might help