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Welcome Darrell Frey, author of Bioshelter Market Garden!

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Please join me in welcoming Darrell Frey, author of Bioshelter Market Garden




Read the book review here!

Darrell Frey will be hanging out in the forums until November 15th answering questions and sharing his experiences with you all.

At the end of the week, we'll make a drawing for 4 lucky winners to win a copy of his book! From now until Friday, all new posts in the Market Garden forum are eligible to win.

To win, you must use a name that follows our naming policy and you must have your email set up to receive the Daily-ish email.

The winners will be notified by Purple Moosage and must respond within 24 hours. Only the winners who respond within that timeframe will receive their book. Watch for a PM, and a notice in this thread announcing the winners!


Please remember that we favour perennial discussion.  The threads you start will last beyond the event.  You don't need to use Darrell Frey's name to get his attention. We like these threads to be accessible to everyone, and some people may not post their experiences if the thread is directed to the author alone.

Posts in this thread won't count as an entry to win the book, but please say "Hi!" to Darrell Frey and make him feel welcome!
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Hello Darrell and welcome to Permies.com!  Your book looks super interesting.  Thanks for joining us this week and being available to answer questions.  :)

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Welcome to Permies! Hopefully your presence will encourage lots of interesting discussion in the coming week.

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Thanks. Much has changed at my farm in the 9 years since Bioshelter Market Garden was published. I will try to update about it here this week.
 
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Welcome and thank you for sharing.

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Welcome and thank you for sharing your book with us.
 
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Welcome and thank you for sharing your book and knowledge!
 
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Welcome Darrell, I read your book 5+ years ago and was very inspired by it. Bioshelters make so much sense to me that I can’t imagine starting a farm without one in the design, I look forward to hearing about the updates from your place!
 
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Hey! I am looking forward to hearing from you. I plan to build a passively heated greenhouse attached to my house, and adjacent to my garden; and I have the eventual plan to sell my produce. I love being introduced to new authors on permies, it is always a pleasure.

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Welcome to Permies Darrell. Your book sounds wonderful!

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Greetings from Tucson Arizona, where we will hopefully soon have daytime high temperatures under 80...

Seeking permaculture groups in Tucson.

 
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Welcome Darrell,

Looks like a fantastic book! I can't wait to build a greenhouse next to my current location. I was thinking of starting by just developing an uncovered garden, then as I acquire additional funds and material, building the greenhouse.

Love the term bioshelter!

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Looks like an interesting book.
I would like to win one because right now I'm unemployed.
I have a greenhouse kit but the land is not flat to set it up.
And right now we got our first snow of the year.

May the FORCE be with you and have a magical day!
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MT Brand the handy man welcomes you from SETEXAS
 
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Welcome to the Forum, I'm very interested in hear more about your book. I'm trying to learn more about Market Gardens, it something I would like to add to my Non Profit, so in the future students, interns, friends and groupies can learn the skills, and make a little extra cash, or more.  Again welcome!

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Welcome to permies, Darrel! :)

"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin
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Hello Darrell. Thanks for taking the time to participate in this community. I am presently a market gardener on a very small scale. Am interested in how to make it more "Perma-".
 
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Thank you for putting together your book Darrell Frey. We need information that can assist people to see how easy permaculture is. Thank you for the opportunity to win one as well. Much success on your book.
 
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Hi Darrell! I've met you at PASA events and the Mother Earth News Fair. It's great to see you on the permies!
 
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Welcome, I am in progress on a half hoop greenhouse off my shop on east side with south and east exposure. I have a basic hoop covering aquaponics system now, but working on final. Any thoughts on double layer design with positive pressure (is it worth it)? Glad to have you in the permies forum. Danny
 
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I merged your stuff with the following thread. I hope that is okay by you.

Dave's SKIP BB's / Welcome to Permies! / Permaculture Resources / Dave's Boot Adventures & Longview Projects

 
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  Are we here in Canada allowed to participate Darrell ?
 
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Yes, everyone is allowed to participate.

Dave's SKIP BB's / Welcome to Permies! / Permaculture Resources / Dave's Boot Adventures & Longview Projects

 
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Hi Darrell!  Thank you for sharing Bioshelter Market Garden on Permies!
 
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Sounds sweet, I could use a bioshelter :) and/or a book about them. It's cold up here in Alaska. Well actually we're having a seriously warm fall, but whatcha gonna do.
 
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Welcome to Permies!
 
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Wow, I'm a big fan of your book, The Bioshelter Market Garden! So happy to hear that you'll be here on Permies.com. I'm looking forward to seeing anything you write here.

I'm not a market gardener, but I've been living with bioshelters for the past 25-odd years here in Ladakh, inspired, like you, by New Alchemy, where I interned back in the early 1980s. When I came here to the high Himalayas, the school I worked in was heating their adobe houses with seasonally attached greenhouses on the south side, created by the director, a local engineer and inventor. I have always filled them with plants, both food plants and ornamentals, though animals and fish tanks have remained undone so far.

So it was great to read your book, which brought it all back into focus, how it all fits together.  

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Hi Darrell and welcome to Premies! Glad to have you on board!

"Study books and observe nature; if they do not agree, throw away the books." ~ William A. Albrecht

 
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Hi Darrell,
Do you have any experience with creating a bio shelter without the use of animals? I am a vegan, and I want to work with earthworms and other soil builders rather than manure from animals. My garden has attracted wild birds who scratch and eat bugs to balance things out, but they would not be a part of an enclosed bio shelter. If you have any contacts who are doing this from a vegan perspective, I would be most grateful. Thanks.
 
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How exciting! Thank you Darrell for sharing your knowledge with Bioshelter Market Garden. I am new with all whelms of sustainability, permaculture, biodynamics etc. I recently relocated to a colder-high-dessert area. I love eating fresh organic herbs, vegetables, fruits, weeds, etc. I love mind likes! I would love the opportunity to learn all that I can from all of you! I love myvnew adventure with this community of permies.com! Thank you everyone! This Bioshelter Market Garden book is on my wish list!
 
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Jennifer,
You certainly do not to incorporate animals in a bioshelter. We usually had chickens living in a corner of the building, but not always. The term bioshelter describes the management of an indoor ecosystem. Habitat, as in flowering plants, is maintained to support beneficial insects to control pests.   Often toads and tree frogs would venture inside to live there and hunt for insects and they are welcome members of the bioshelter ecosystem.
Hot compost can also be made with plant material and food wastes without manures if you so chose.
 
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I retired from active sales of produce in 2014, after 25 years of market gardening. Our bioshelter does need some upgrades, like it's time to replace the glazing and roofing shingles. But it servered us well all these years. Currently I just harvest some herbs, flowers and greens for personal use and harvest the perennial fruits as well.
I have had the privilege to work at Garfield Community Farm and their bioshelter in Pittsburgh in recent years. Their bioshelter is much smaller than mine at Three Sisters Farm but it suits their needs well. see Garfieldcommunityfarm.com
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Welcome Darrell! This is very exciting. I look forward to learning more!
 
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Darrell, Welcome to Permies.
 
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I can only Trust that everyone on this forum, will  enjoy the very best of many more to come, Merry Christmas e(s),

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Hello Darrell! I have begun planning a greenhouse to be built next year, but this planning looks so much more sensible! I hope I win a copy of your book - Phil
 
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Congratulations to our four winners!

Angela Wilcox
Gene Short
James Freyr
Hamilton Betchman

I'll be sending each of you a PM. Please respond by Sunday to claim your prize!

And, for those bummed that they didn't win, you can still buy Darrell's book here! Thank you Darrell for joining us for your second book giveaway here! We're so glad to have you, and hope to see you around the forums again

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Wow! Thank you, Darrell and Permies for this awesome gift. I look forward to studying the book and using Darrell’s wisdom and experience as I design an attached bioshelter to my earth sheltered home.  Oooh! I might just have to take a road trip from KY to see Three Sister’s Farm and the bioshelter in action, if I may?

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