Mart Hale

I would also suggest bamboo for your thicket.    Clumping bamboo is not invasive and can provide building materials.


Choose plants like cassava, and true yams for crops,  I have found the critters in my area leave them alone.     But I don't have deer.

Might also consider growing on your roof ....

Wicking rope + river rocks in tub.  I have the water filled to just under the river rocks in this setup.      this is working great for the alfalfa,  rooting sweet potato vines,  okra...

Jen Fulkerson wrote:wow that's so cool. I don't even plant mine until May. I thought okra required pretty warm temps. Maybe I need to start a little sooner. Enjoy your okra.

Yeah I think it is best to start with temp is warm,   I am in Florida, so that makes a difference.

One of the treatments done to fix the bacteria is to pour down karo syrup down the toilets.           I remember that was a fix a company did when there was  a chemical that go into the septic system, that is what they did.       I would imagine  pop syrup would also work...

Lydia Hubbell wrote:

Mart Hale wrote:I have been coopiciing mimosa for a couple years now, it blows me away at how fast it grow back after it has been cut down....  


Please explain the "coppicing" process. Do you get flowers?

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I harvest the wood for poles for my solar panels.

After more refinements of the system with thicker rope,  better testing of the nutrients with an EC meter and use of the root pruning pots, I am most impressed with results.    

The quality of my starter plants has gone thru the roof.

   

Pontoon boat as the base of the tiny home.    Then you can load and move at will..

Snails have been a problem for me.      

Bill Mulliison used to say,  if you have an snail problem you have a lack of ducks problem.

I have tried  assassin snails..   which did seem to work for some time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AquaticSnails/comments/1le1liv/when_you_buy_assassin_snails_for_pest_snail/


Now, I am looking into nematodes that do snails in .....

https://www.nematodesdirect.co.uk/content/7-introduction-to-nemaslug

Joylynn Hardesty wrote:Did you air dry with a fan, or use a dehydrator?

I use an Excalibur dehydrator...       here in Florida it is too humid to use the sun rains about every day here.

When I was up in Indiana we used our fireplace insert with window screens.

Job done...    I found the leaves were so dry the fan was blowing them around...        

So I got 2 1/3 quart mason jars filled. I imagine if I powdered them it would be ½ a jar…. I have not done this before, I am curious how the soup will turn out..