Jackson Barnett

Tori Escobar wrote:Hi folks!
I wanted to see if anyone had ideas for using old bricks and brick shaped rocks that once made up some kind of structure. There is a whole pile on my property and more to be found I’m sure.

Sure! Create a microclimate in your garden by filling in your paths with bricks. This should help moderate our increasingly extreme temperatures. Although you might want to cover those brick-lined paths with some black material in the early spring to warm the soil for early planting...

Jen Fulkerson wrote: Mulch, mulch, mulch in hot dry weather mulch is your friend. It not only helps keep the soil moist longer, it also helps cool the roots.  My favorite is living mulch. I plant so much you can't see the soil. /quote]

I'm in Kentucky now. I'm just curious what living mulches you like best. I have a lot of mini clover seed that I haven't planted out yet - still dead-mulching to build the soil's fertility and structure... TIA

Henry Jabel wrote:If you are on clay adding some sand to soil (about 2 inches/5cm ) and incoorperating that in has made a huge difference in my heavy clay garden. Also carrot and parsnips I now sow as soon as I get the seed because they dont have a great viability if they are left too long. Hope that works for you!

That's interesting... My mentor farmer in Maine Organic Farmers' & Gardeners' Assn (MOFGA) lo, these many years gone, always had a few old saws at the ready. One was "Sand in clay, money thrown away; Clay in sand, money in hand." Interesting to hear positive results from doing it bass'ack'ards. 😁

[Good luck! Let us know how it works out.

Ulla Bisgaard wrote:

Jan White wrote:
That’s the beauty of it all. I just wish I had more things to use the whey for. Our of every 2 gallons I start, I end up with 1 1/2 gallon of whey and 1/2 gallon of kefir yogurt/cheese. As it is, most of it goes into the drain.

Would the whey be nutritious for your garden? That would be cool.

Jennifer Lowery wrote:Eight $1 ceramic tiles ($8 per shelf) seems to be a great way to get a solid rugged waterproof surface over the wire rack:

That's brilliant. 🤗

r ranson wrote:It was perfect timing today.  We got snow overnight and I managed to get up before the sun to film the footage I need to finish the finishing video.  

That's some very fine craft work. Also major props on the video, music and narration. You're a triple-threat times three (if I counted right.) Brava!

Yes, please, I would like a ref code.

Adam Klaus wrote:oooh, I thought of a couple more I like-

FWIW- for what it's worth
FTW- for the win
and of course, since you mentioned it first, GMILF.  

There's always ASAP and FYI.
Sometimes I use FFR: for future reference
GOAT is Greatest of All Time (I think that's kind of cute... "GOAT" - hehe)
ROTF - Rolling on the Floor
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
And, of course, ROTFLMAO.
Can you make them profane? I glad you asked. Dropping an "F" into anything does the trick:
ROTF LMFAO

I'll stop before I get to TEOTWAWKI, or worse. I think these fall within the General Consensus. Please correct me if needed.

Cheers,

The Guardian just published an article about the Oglala Sioux Tribe's  walipini at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/03/south-dakota-reservation-food-desert-residents-transforming-crop-oasis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Trés cool!