Pavle Djukic

One of the better videos about the traditional Japanese method:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYy3iZkLl58

(turn on automatic subtitles)

Dalton Dycer wrote:

Dan Fish wrote:Oh that's a good idea! Thanks Dalton.

So as for the winter. My worms die off every winter but there are always plenty of eggs/cocoons and they start back up late spring. The whole idea of my wagon is to prevent or at least minimalism the impact of the cold season on my worms. As for plumbing I only know one thing, the same thing everyone else knows...

Have you tried using the warmth of green compost to keep them
Alive under a wood shavings sawdust mix? I’ve seen videos of guys who keep their tub against their greenhouse wall too.

I always try to add worms in all the places there might be composting going on, even underneath small piles of leaves or other mulching material... and I didn't expect a thriving population where I was doing hot composting, but digging underneath the pile there were plenty of them... I suppose on the edge of the hot process, meaning that this sort of place could be the healthiest space for them wherever winters are cold

Antonio Scotti wrote:I did once his vine pruning workshop...I think I should take it again ...

it's not very close to you but if you're really really really interested, it's not that far!

Antonio Scotti wrote:How were the courses with Tomas Llop?
I also took some with him some time ago, and I highly enjoyed them
At what stage is your project?
Cheers

Tomàs Llop is a great teacher and the two natural pruning courses we have organised so far have been a success. I think that in this part of Spain there's a lack of quality courses regarding many subjects.
We're currently organising for mid-February a "respectful vine-pruning" course with Tomàs, since he is also a winegrower and applies his knowledge and general empathy regarding plants also to the vineyard and not only to trees. However, vines are quite a different story and so that's why we have organised a separate workshop. We'll see how it goes!
As far as the project in general, we're currently concentrating on setting up a series of workshops, courses and masterclasses for the next few months and next couple of years, so as to provide a wide variety of theoretical and practical tools for this area... a highly agricultural zone that is also very beaten up by conventional chemical agriculture and tourism, and general neglect by central and local governments, which is actually a great opportunity to develop local self-sufficiency and self-organisation.
We are also starting to prepare the first issue of a journal or magazine that we want to publish on paper more or less regularly, dealing with all these topics related to agriculture, permaculture (in a wide sense of the word), rural life, mountain life, etc. It will be a sort of complement to the rest of the work we'll be doing, and sometimes a black-on-white manifestation of questions and conclusions made in real life.
And we're also slowly planning the building of an education centre, in the meantime working on the fields and orchards that we already manage since some years ago, putting into practice new designs that we have developed for them.

Are you based in Barcelona?

Antonio Scotti wrote:¡En hora buena!
Pavle are you involved there?
Cheers

yes, i'm one of the founders, which sounds very grandiose

Some months ago a new permaculture institute called "Institut de Permacultura Iriai" was launched in La Vall de Gallinera, a small valley near the southeastern coast of Spain, in the province of Alicante.
Small but sure steps towards creating an educational node that will work in several languages, catering both for the local population and for people from further away.

https://www.instagram.com/institut_iriai/

Mike Turner wrote:Here’s a listing of bamboo genera with their running or climbing habit mentioned.  

https://www.guaduabamboo.com/blog/bamboo-genera

And together with this, things start to get going... thanks Mike!

Sergio Cunha wrote:I'm a bamboo artisan and I know just a little bit about bamboo taxonomy.
When buying bamboo seedlings at nurseries check the scientific name or binomial name, especially the genus (the first word of the scientific name). All bamboos of the same genus are all of them running or all clumping bamboos. For example, Phyllostachys aurea is from the genus Phyllostachys, and all Phyllostachys are running bamboos. Dendrocalamus asper is from genus Dendrocalamus and all of this genus are clumping bamboos.
Usually after knowing the genus is easier to find that information on the internet (if it is running or clamping bamboo).
Beware that a very few genus are semi running bamboos like the genus Guadua. That means that although it is a running bamboo, it does so at such a low pace that makes it easy to control the growth.
Sorry for my bad english!

That's the kind of pointer I needed, thanks Sergio!! Makes things easier

well, i've just found that there is a post related to this (don't know why it didn't come up on my previous search)

https://permies.com/t/62197/Running-Clumping-Bamboo

but still no specifics about the different varieties which apply to each of the two types of bamboo

I've searched through the forums and haven't found anything about bamboos with regards to the different types.... so:

Does anyone have experience with running and clumping bamboos and the respective varieties? Or does anyone know of where I can get some decent and clear information?

...it's been a while since I've been reading on the internet about bamboos but there seems to be a lot of confusing information about which ones are running and which ones are clumping, so any help would be greatly appreciated!