Today I made / bought / learnt .... (for a post oil world) 2

Hagakure_Leofman

I've spent the day working on the layout of my new fruit tree orchard. After working out the contours of the landscape for the purpose of positioning the trees, I learnt a little more about the usefulness of keyline design.

So I've made modifications to the layout of my trees to maximize water utilisation.

For those interested in permaculture, I'll updated my blog with a short essay and annotated photograph I made on the advantages of tweaking contour layouts with keyline design principles.

Very Happy

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patience · Expert Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1502

Twice I tried to put up a lengthy post and it got eaten by the internet gremlins. Not enough of patience left to do it again.
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patience · Expert Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1502

Last night we got 6 barrels of wheat from our farmer friend. It was very clean, so I asked how he did that. He described a 3" PVC pipe with 2 wye fittings, one pointed up where the grain is poured in, and another positioned lower where a blower is attached. He used the blower outlet of a shop vac. A length of pipe extends above the grain entrance, where the dust and chaff exit. Simple, and very effective!

edit: Fourth try was the charm....
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PeakOiler

Today I learned that small wild pigs are out in the fields near my house. If they trespass onto my acres, I may have to get out the bow.
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Shannymara · Master Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 5389 Location: Oklahoma

Got another bucket of wheat, and some air potatoes from our food co-op (RSG, they turned up today! Very Happy

). I decided to try planting the air potatoes after reading about them in my new perennials book and researching them online.

My gardens this year are sucking, except for the potatoes. This is our first year here, so the soil isn't great yet, and I didn't really have time to get them set up right. Also I don't have enough time to tend to them because of my job. But the goats are doing great, and the new batch of chickens is doing much better than the last batch.

We will be doing some work on our cabin in TX next weekend.
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PeakOiler

mystiek

Peakoiler-I'm trying to copy a picture here (I don't know if it will come through or not )of the wild hogs we shot 1 year ago. This is my relative that they chased when he was out feeding the horses and both of the hogs attacked our horses and almost killed two of them due to blood loss. If you have wild (ferral)small pigs around, you will probably have large ones-get rid of them. (SCF-you wonder why I want a 12 ga shotgun--actually my husband is arguing that he wants a 30-06-we're still in the discussion mode)

mystiek

shucks, it didn't work....

CarlinsDarlin · Moderator Joined: Jul 02, 2004 Posts: 1394

mystie,
you didnt close the bracket on your end img tag... fixed that for ya Smile

Kathy

mystiek

oopppsss-I tried to reduce it to email size-oh well, they were really big hogs anyway!!! Point is-don't mess with these guys they are really dangerous-they're tusks are razor sharp.

mystiek

Thanks for your help!!!

Ludi

Husband killed his first varmint today, a young raccoon that was going after the Silkies in broad daylight. I tried to shoo it away but it went for me, so my husband shot it with his pellet gun. He's planning to get a varmint rifle soon.

So all that wasn't much fun. Sad

This morning I planted melons, basil, parsley, and cilantro.
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mystiek

Be careful Ludi-you probably already know, but watch out for rabies. I'm on call and working in the office and the hospital this weekend-can't do alot of PO stuff today except pick a few pitiful looking blackberries out back-they are really small this year, almost not worth the effort.