Jessica Mcdonald

I've done some research into cheese making, with zero experience.  I always get hung up on rennet: I don't like the idea of having to buy commercially and haven't seen much info on making it naturally at home

Good morning-

I have no experience on this topic, but am an avid digestor of such information for my own future use.

I have listened to several podcast that may be of interest to you:

" The Poor Prole's Almanac" - Tree Fodder, Aired Dec 5th, 2021. Excellent interview with very specific info

" Regenerative Skills"- Agroforestry Coppicing, episodes aired Jul 28h and Aug 4th 2022, interviewing Mark Krawczyk.



There are several more if you search for such topics, but I found these most helpful. The first one specifically talks about use for animal feeding (she has dairy goats), and may better suite your needs

Hello Mark!

I heard you interview podcast with Oliver on Regenerative Skills earlier this year and have had your book on my wishlist since then. I imagine based off your interview that the information is presented in a very easy to digest manner that a novice like myself could understand. Thanks for all that you do in this important topic!

I have LOTS of kitchen towels, but they end up getting grabbed and used for various jobs (cleaning spills, wiping counter, make shift hot pad...etc) I am never sure if the towel at hand is clean. I wanted one set aside, hung on the stove where it would only be used for drying my clean hands. Hopefully reduces the number of towels tosssd in the hamper. So here it is!

Pattern is "wavy kitchen towel", free from hobbi.com. I used hobbii rainbow cotton 8/4 yarn.

I added a few extra rows at the end and straps to hang over oven handle. Added a couple of buttons for securing in place. It's a nice little pop of color in the kitchen. Finished size is about 12x12in.

I love to make mine spicy with some chili garlic sauce. I'll crack an egg in the pot when I drop the noodles in, as well as shredded cabbage if I have it.

Once it's in my bowl, I add a hefty amount of Kim chee.  Feels more like a meal instead of a little noodle snack

This blanket was a work in progress over the course of approximately 15 months. Somewhere in there, my phone was smashed to smitherines and I lost the early progress pictures i had. I do have on of it at about halfway, and you can see I added about six inches to the size after that. Hopefully this is sufficient.

I used Cotton King yarn by Hobbii (probably my favorite yarn, I use it a lot) in the lovely colorway Imperial purple. Took 2 full rolls, worked opposite directions, using a 3.25 mm hook. Finished size is 36x36 in

Pattern is "Phoenix" by Hooked on Sunshine, designer Vanessa Smith. Pattern is free and very easy to follow even though it produces a complex and beautiful finish.

Blanket will be wrapped around new baby this coming March

Here is my submission. I wanted to do a large triangle scarf as I like the look and this pattern was free and super fun. I think the size works out to be the appropriate area as required in the description for a long rectangle ( I included measurements in pictures)

Pattern is "Lost Souls", there is a free YouTube tutorial if anyone is interested.

Yarn is Cottton Kings by Hobbii, 100% cotton sport yarn. Colorway Imperial Purple. I used a 4.0mm hook

Dan-

That's awesome! I thought it was a relatively new process, but perhaps I just started paying more attention when it was more applicable to me. I know it is currently going through a re-vamping, so there has been more email traffic about it. It's all electronic now, but if an agency gets on the approved list, it should be fairly painless (as can be with this sort of thing).

Good morning Permies!

I am not sure if this is the correct forum for this, I wasn't sure where it would fit best.

What I am looking to do, with help from people here, is to get more permies type agencies and farms into the DoD Skllbridge program.

https://skillbridge.osd.mil/industry-employers.htm

In a nutshell, it is a program that allows separating military members to spend the last up to 180 of service as an intern, to learn civilian sector skills to ease transition.  The employer/partner program does not pay any money, fees, or wages. The military member will continue to get their regular pay until the end of the program. The employer gets free labor for the cost of the time it takes the intern to learn.

There are very few options in the agriculture sector....like hardly any. I saw one horse rescue in Florida. Mostly corporate and government office job type opportunities. The process for getting new regenerative farms, dairies, pastured operations, permies types internships seems fairly easy at first glance. It seems like something worth sharing here and seeing if we can connect people with new opportunities and a chance to infect more brains.

I have a few specific individuals in mind myself that I will be contacting directly based on listening to their podcasts or reading their books, but I know there has to be dozens more farms or operations out there (maybe a natural building company? rocket mass heater builders that need more hands? Market gardener? Greenhouse builder?)

I'd like to see where this goes. I focused mostly on farms/agriculture because that's what I'm personally interested in, but there is such a wide variety of personalities and skillsets leaving the military every year, I'm sure that there is a permies outfit that could interest just about everyone.

What do you guys think?