Aaron Wallace

Whoa. How deep is that before we get to subsoil; 12"?

I have read that goats eat the rose hips it produces, but I also figure that they would find a lot of more attractive browse first.

Wow sorry for the off topic but that is one damn nice costume! No wonder you work in the entertainment industry that is one hell of a hero bear!

you always have to be careful when using biological agents like this, BTi contributes to the mortality of many waterborne larva, for example BTi would kill most or all of the mosquitos in the nursery mote video but it would also have the same mortality to dragonflies. That isn't to say insect predation isn't an effective means of pest control I have used Bti and various soil nematodes to combat fungus gnats. For example Univesity of Delaware has some species under review to combat stink bugs but is testing them exhaustively before introducing them to the continent the cure could be worse then the disease.

Yeah I would think without a tremendous aquaculture to go along with the pond systems I think the mosquito pressure would be too intense, but perhaps a local fish would just love itself some mosquito larva. In a Past life I would have suggested bacillus thuringiensis israelensis but it is not selective enough of a biological agent. Dragonfly mortality concerns me.

Does that retailer have an account here, I am sure they would love to expand into this market perhaps you can get some points on the deal since you will have to be there to negotiate with the supplier... and place future orders... Why build your own supply chain when I am sure if your product is comparable to theirs Sytheconnection would love to offer a lower cost alternative; I am sure Latvia can beat Austria's price point.

Yeah the plant can be a real nightmare to remove, the rizhomes grow tubers that if you chop will resprout readily from pinky sized chunks.  Chop and dropping the foliage from two seasons has slowed down the reemergence but birds are constantly redistributing seeds as well so deeply dug vegetable beds while laking tuber sprouts do get a considerable number of fresh plants every year. I dont know how quickly it goes to seed but I am thinking 90 to 100 days from emergence? Its a pretty serious nuisance plant in Delaware. It loves utility right of ways, train tracks, something fierce.

Bioshelter Market Garden by Darrell Frey

Urban Homesteading by Rachel Kaplan with K. Ruby Blume

Growing Older by Joan Dye Gussow

There has been a lot of interesting books written less from a permaculture perspective and in more of a reporting on 'new agriculture' way as well "The Town That Food Saved," and books that touch on broader food security issues such as "The Last Fish Tale," not to mention some fun memoirs like "Farm City" and "Quarter-Acre farm."

I read Holy Shit: Managing Manure To Save Mankind by Gene Logsdon its an amazing book. The whole thing is just sort of amazing, I want to buy a copy just to leave on my coffee table, since really its a small and attractive volume. His other book Small Scale Grain Raising is also a really great read.

Some of my favorite memories of family road trips are out on the scenic byways between california and the saw tooth mountains, lovely country. Best of luck in your endeavors stay off the interstates and you will do fine.

Dont honey locusts grow to nearly 70 feet tall and cover about the same? Do you plan on thinning the locust at some point in the future?