Perry Overton

Hello Leigh, so glad to see you are still active in the community.  I of course loved your book "Five acres and a dream"    Cant wait to get a hold of this one.

Can sourdough starter be frozen and restarted at a later time?   I am also thinking it would be a good way to store some away in case the one I am actively using has a problem or goes bad.

Got my seeds in the mail, now to get them planted between rain storms!  Thanks again!

I have recently started a small orchard.   I have some apples, peaches, and pears.  There is one grape plant that I hope will some day use the fruit trees to climb on.  I grew some pumpkins in the area last year as a weed suppression/ground cover and it is about time in my area (zone 6b) to begin thinking about what ground cover (aka squash) I will be planting this year.  Would be great to try something new.

Congrats on your new book!  I am still honored to have had the privilege of being a proofreader on the first edition!

I thought the queen box went on the bottom as well.  Do you think it would matter if I moved the queen box to the new location and then place the queen-less box on top?

I have a couple of splits that didn't successfully requeen.  When doing a newspaper combine, does it matter which hive goes on top?  The one with the queen or the one without?   Asking because the one without the queen is in a better location.

I find this very interesting and will need to see how I can make this work on my property vs. traditional dam construction.   In regards to the leaking, I agree with Mick Fisch regarding the beaver pooh as a possible solution.  Geoff Lawton and others recommend using ducks (Muscovy in specific) to help seal a leaking pond via pooh buildup.  Any chance you could add your own ducks instead of waiting on wild ones?

Daron Williams wrote:
All good points! Thanks for the comment - I'm careful with some plant contagions too though sometimes I just move the chop-and-drop material over to areas with different plants. Depends on what I'm dealing with. I'm working on planting more plants specifically for chop-and-drop. Lupine seems to be a good one at my place but I'm looking at others too.

Just looked into ordering Lupine seeds and the vendor site had the following warning "All parts of this plant are poisonous, including the seeds. Exercise extreme caution around children and pets. The purchaser assumes all liability relating to the use of this product."

Pressure canning.  We like it because it is preserved and fully cooked.  It works greats in soups and stews or you can eat right out if the jar.