Jen Fulkerson

A couple of weeks ago I was cleaning up the garden, getting ready for my spring planting. It was the perfect time for starting a new compost pile. I finally managed to get a successful hot compost pile last year with The Permaculture Consultant 's method, so that was the plan. I cut all my greens 1/4 to 3/4" 18 buckets full. Then I went back and watched the video again, and discovered I turned it around. I needed 9 buckets of greens and 18 buckets of browns. I didn't have that much carbon. So the compost was put on hold until I could get my carbon material. During this time life got in the way, and more time passed then I intend. It rained at some point.
Now I have two bins ( I don't have enough 5 gallon buckets, so I measure with the bucket, and use a couple of bins to hold the greens.) 1/3 full, (they were both totally full) of stinky muck. I have enough browns now. I'm sure I will have to cut up more greens, because my ratio will be off.
My question is can I still use the green sludge in the bins? It was a lot of work cutting up all those greens, and I don't want to start over, at the same time I don't want to sabotage my new compost pile.
Thanks     https://youtu.be/STRqfk1VGwA?si=REXQSvsDIun2ntYu

Does anyone have experience planting moringa in the ground?  I think I should plant them now. It's very warm, but not super hot yet. I'm just now sure they are big enough.  They are about 4" to 6" tall.
thanks.

I want to try again. I planted 4 seeds, and two germinated. I potted them up, and put them in the greenhouse. One eventually died, and the other doesn't look well. To be fair nothing did well in the greenhouse this year. Mostly my fault. I just haven't (I'm struggling to find the right words) I don't know, it been more of a chore instead of fun like normal. it's just an off year for me I guess. So my lack of attention, and the very strange weather which meant March was recorded breaking highs like summer then we were back to normal weather in April. The greenhouse could be 111 in the day and mid to low 40s at night. I still haven't bought shade cloth for it. Anything that managed to survive this year deserves a medal.
It's warm now, and I'm hearing all of you say what I experienced that it seems to bloom in late fall I'm hoping I can plant it by seed directly on the ground. The one I grew last year was given to me in a pot about 12" tall, so I have no idea if it will work. Has anyone direct sow roselle? Please let me know how it went.  Thanks

I have no idea about farm scale, but chamomile once it's established is a force to be reconnected with. I planted some seed in one of my raised beds last year. It really took over the space. This year I didn't plant chamomile, and it's more dense than last year, and there are little plants all over the place. Which I'm not mad at. I can think of worse weeds.
This probably doesn't help much. I think if you can give it a relatively weed free space to start, it will be fine.  Good luck.

I have a local tree service that's located not far from my house. So I'm lucky to be able to get wood chips relatively quick when I need them (except when they loose my request, but free is worth the inconvenience) It's a lot of work. My son inherited a bobcat from my father-in-law so a lot of times he will put the chips on or close to the area I want them. Sometimes he's not around, or it's a spot that can't be reached with the bobcat, and I have to make due with a wheelbarrow at a time. Either way, it's totally worth the effort.

I didn't ever get any sheets. The more I thought about it, the more I decided Barbara is probably right, the sheets will probably break down to fast. I may have tried it if I had an unusable sheet, but I didn't, so I didn't think it was worth buying. Mostly I use cardboard and wood chips. It does the job pretty well, even if I have to add new wood chips every year. There are a few places I still use weed cloth. Like my rose garden, and some paths. I am trying to reduce using it as much as I can.
I did use some gross old cotton curtains I made years ago to line a raised bed. It was pretty thick, and doubled. we will see how it holds up.

Wow Jamie thank you so much. I didn't realize fennel was a perineal, I really dropped the ball when looking into growing fennel.  You have really cleared upa lot of my confusion.  My daughter wants the seeds, so maybe it's good it's a perineal. The only real down side is it's in a small 4' X 4' bed, and it takes up 3/4 of the bed.  once it's done producing seeds, I may have to trim it, or use some chicken wire to make a little more space.  Maybe I could grow melon by it. It can help keep the soil moist and the melon can climb out of the bed to gather the sun it needs.
Thanks

If we are talking about seeds I started, i too many died to mention, this is just not my year for seed starting.
Zucchini seedlings. At first I was worried because they were planted by fennel, and I've read bad things about fennel, but they did germinate, something munched the leaves off. Luckily I have lots of others that made it, so I will just transplant them.
My son accidentally bumped my 4 year old cherry tree and broke it off and the ground level. I'm very bummed, but accident's happen. Looks like I'm in the market for a cherry tree.

Normally I only get cherry tomato volunteers, but I didn't grow cherry last year, and so far I have found 4 volunteer tomatoes. I'm going to transplant them and see what I get.
The weather has been very strange. I very mild winter I don't think we had even a mild freeze. Record breaking heart in March. April cooled down to normal, with a little rain. Something about this strange weather, or my lazy end of season last year has given me lots of wonderful plants, and I'm thrilled.

Thanks so much Jack that's very helpful.
This is the reason I love Permies. You can find a lot of interesting information on YouTube and the Internet, but it's difficult to know what is real in a real life situation, and what is false, or maybe technically it's true, but very dependent on the situation etc. With Permies it's a lot of smart people who are trying to do the best they can, and enjoy sharing what they know.
You are all awesome, Thanks.