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Timothy Norton wrote:An alternative to my chicken wire pest deterrent could be Sepp Holzer's Bone Sauce that is applied right to the plant.

I have not tried this, but I may in the near future.

I can only recommend Holzer's Bone Sauce, I made my first last fall and it worked out great.
I had deer, rabbits, voles, you name it, eat everything down to nothing, and now it's untouched...

wayne fajkus wrote:First one is plain. Second one i added rosemary sprigs. Its an almost no knead bread. Mix all ingediants into ball. Cover for 8 to 18 hours. Knead it ten times. Oil it,set on parchment. Wait 2 hours. Place in cast iron.Heat at 425 with lid on for 20 minutes then 25 minutes with lid off.

3 cups ap flour, 1.5 tablespoon salt. 1/4 teaspoon rapid rise yeast. 1 cup water. 1 tablespoon vinegar. 6 tablespoons lager beer.

Dear Wayne,

when I saw your bread recipe I could tell from your pictures that it must be tasty fluffy nice.
I was born and raised in Germany, growing up spoiled with the most wonderful varieties of bread, rolls and pretzels.
Now I live in the States since 20 years and have not yet come by any decent bread,
until I found your recipe...
I have tried all kinds of different ways of making bread but this is by far the best, even better than the bread one finds in Germany these days.
Thank you so much for sharing, you made my life into Paradies
P.S. I used fresh ground sifted spelt flour, baked it in a glass bowl instead and let it cool down with the lid on which makes a very soft crust

Thanks Shawn, I had noticed myself after posting that I probably should post it in the review section which I did already, but thanks again for mentioning...

Hi Paul and Shawn,  

Thank you so much for this book, just bought 12 to give away and am thinking to order a hardcover for our local library and I also supported the kickstarter project.

Normally at the end of reading a good book a little sadness comes in because it's over. I certainly felt like this after I finished reading your book, but realized quickly that there is no need for sadness, since I have all of the permies website to continue reading even more in depth. In fact it feels like that the book gives the overall structure to the permies website.

You are so inspiring in all ways and I feel as exited as you are about spreading the message for real solutions, rather than being angry...or just protesting.

I met permaculture almost 20 years ago when I saw one of Sepp Holzer's documentaries on German TV. At the time my husband and myself had a Lakota Native American teacher through whom we earned the right to run a sweat-lodge.
The similarity between permaculture and the Native American tradition/spirituality stuck out to us right away, especially the fact that observation is the core principle for both.
It led us to making and experimenting with Holzer mound - or Hugel beds right away. Later on I stumbled over Geoff Lawton and Bill Mollison. Never took the course out of timely reasons but noticed Paul and his permies site and the fact that he too thought that Sepp Holzer is the Perma-King.

Which brings me to my question hoping that this thread is the right place to ask.
Sepp Holzer's Hugel-beds are dug down as much as they rise up and I never read anywhere that he makes ditches filled with mulch on each side. On the other hand I learned from Paul's videos to build the mound while digging up the needed earth next to it, which makes the whole process less work-intensive. My husband and I currently live on a 5 acre piece of land and I have been hand-digging all my Hugel-beds, so the next one I'll make I'll definitely want to try the Wheaton way. Is there any other reason why your Hugel-building method is different from Sepp?

Other than that I would like to tell Shawn that I love Brussel-sprouts too, by taste and the way they look and my husband agrees entirely with Paul on this subject!

The kitchen chapter was the best for me personally, because I seem to be that nice woman you describe and by telling my people your conclusion that all problems start in the kitchen in all communities, the kitchen was officially dedicated to be mine and now things run much smoother only through raising the consciousness in this very area. So I would like to express my personal big THANK YOU for this revelation with immediate positive impact in my life!

There is so much more I could say, but for now I would just like to say Thank you to you both and Tracy and everyone who helped create this book.

I don't know if I am in the position to give out acorns but I for sure have plenty of real ones on my land especially at this time of the year.
So I would give the book 10 out of 10 acorns.  

P.S. I posted my comment on "say Hi to Paul and Shawn" first but noticed the link to "book comments" afterwards, so I reposted it...

Hi Paul and Shawn,

Thank you so much for this book, just bought 12 to give away and am thinking to order a hardcover for our local library and I also supported the kickstarter project.

Normally at the end of reading a good book a little sadness comes in because it's over. I certainly felt like this after I finished reading your book, but realized quickly that there is no need for sadness, since I have all of the permies website to continue reading even more in depth. In fact it feels like that the book gives the overall structure to the permies website.

You are so inspiring in all ways and I feel as exited as you are about spreading the message for real solutions, rather than being angry...or just protesting.

I met permaculture almost 20 years ago when I saw one of Sepp Holzer's documentaries on German TV. At the time my husband and myself had a Lakota Native American teacher through whom we earned the right to run a sweat-lodge.
The similarity between permaculture and the Native American tradition/spirituality stuck out to us right away, especially the fact that observation is the core principle for both.
It led us to making and experimenting with Holzer mound - or Hugel beds right away. Later on I stumbled over Geoff Lawton and Bill Mollison. Never took the course out of timely reasons but noticed Paul and his permies site and the fact that he too thought that Sepp Holzer is the Perma-King.

Which brings me to my question hoping that this thread is the right place to ask.
Sepp Holzer's Hugel-beds are dug down as much as they rise up and I never read anywhere that he makes ditches filled with mulch on each side. On the other hand I learned from Paul's videos to build the mound while digging up the needed earth next to it, which makes the whole process less work-intensive. My husband and I currently live on a 5 acre piece of land and I have been hand-digging all my Hugel-beds, so the next one I'll make I'll definitely want to try the Wheaton way. Is there any other reason why your Hugel-building method is different from Sepp?

Other than that I would like to tell Shawn that I love Brussel-sprouts too, by taste and the way they look and my husband agrees entirely with Paul on this subject!

The kitchen chapter was the best for me personally, because I seem to be that nice woman you describe and by telling my people your conclusion that all problems start in the kitchen in all communities, the kitchen was officially dedicated to be mine and now things run much smoother only through raising the consciousness in this very area. So I would like to express my personal big THANK YOU for this revelation with immediate positive impact in my life!

There is so much more I could say, but for now I would just like to say Thank you to you both and Tracey and everyone who helped create this book.

I don't know if I am in the position to give out acorns but I for sure have plenty of real ones on my land especially at this time of the year.
So I would give the book 10 out of 10 acorns.

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