Ludi's links and info

[Ludi]

I did, but I found it was really hard to use the pickaxe while wearing it!

[frankthetank]

I yell at my wife all the time for being on the computer. I say she does a better job facebooking then raising the children. I usually get yelled at and then sometimes have items lodged at me

Internets are addicting, but up here when you have to deal with crap wx for so many months, its easy to peel away and head outside during the warm months.

I guess you could take up drugs and alcohol or join a cult

[PeakOiler]

LOL at that picture! That could be me!

Today I updated my Garden Logbook after harvesting
a few more carrots and another radish.

This year's version of the logbook includes the costs of
seeds and/or sprouts so I can deduct those costs from
the savings vs. the grocery store for a net return estimate.
(Those calculations are not seen on the worksheet in the
image below.) So far this year, I've only used rainwater
for the garden and trees.

Many of the rows are "hidden" and will be unhidden when
and if that produce is harvested.



What you see in the image is just a partial list of things
growing around here.

[Ludi]

Videos:

Raised bed garden for wet climates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugFd1JdFaE0

Drylands permaculture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W15RRvKyJSk

Rainwater harvesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iQ-FBAm ... re=related

[Ludi]

I've been finding this forum helpful and full of ideas: http://www.permies.com/permaculture-forums#1

[timmac]

Deleted. Off topic. Please be civil.

[careinke]

I hope I'm not out of place posting a link here, but this is a good place to do it. Originally, Mollison prepared a handbook that covered what was supposed to be included in a Permaculture Design Course. a copy is at
http://www.permaculture.org/nm/images/u ... _book_.pdf

[Ludi]

Thanks!

There are a bunch of permaculture books online at

http://www.scribd.com/search?cat=redesi ... re&x=0&y=0

[careinke]

A nice perspective on Sustainability, and permaculture among other things. Ludi, this pretty much sums up what you have been advocating for a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nLKHYHmPbo

[ian807]

Ludi,

Thanks so much for compiling this list.

For those in Houston, I might also suggest this organization: http://www.urbanharvest.org. They teach gardening classes and promote a "permaculture" point of view.

[SeaGypsy]

Ohhh, Ludi! Did some nasty person take offense to your quipmiestering? I didn't catch this 1st time through.
I find it amazing how with the vastness of the net, most people can fit all their regular sites on a corner of a desktop or short scroll on favorites. Even those with forsight enough to become 'neo master's on peakoil.com while there are still fish in the sea and unbottled air to breath are human and creatures of habit who need a routine to maintain some sense of normality.
I'm not going to tag sites on here, just note the potency latent in this fragment of time.
Ludi is a doer, which is nice on a sometimes intellectually dominated and heavy topic as our host's.

[Ludi]

Thanks, SeaGypsy. I'm afraid I totally fail in the realm of "intellectuals." I can dig a mean hole, though!

[Ludi]

Sorta pointless though since we're doomed and shit. Nobody really gives a rat's ass.

[SeaGypsy]

Being @ acceptance is cool. The grief stage is not pleasant, but is mandatory in the cycle.
Thinking, like eating, is a mandatory choice; bon appetite!

[Ludi]

http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/

[yeahbut]

http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/

What a great link, thanks Ludi. Lots of fascinating stuff, I really enjoyed the article about human-powered cranes and lifting devices. Should be compulsory reading for those (and I know there is at least one here at PO!) who think that our forebears couldn't possibly have built stuff without the help of aliens and anti-gravity devices In the 1580s the Italians, using the same systems employed by the Romans, moved obelisks around Rome at the decree of the pope. Some of them weighed over 500 tons, which only the most powerful of modern cranes today could handle- all done with human and draught animal power.
It was also interesting to read just how complex and powerful human-powered cranes got, particularly treadwheels:

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, however, just before steam power took over, human powered lifting devices became so elaborate that one man could lift a 15 tonne truck in no time, using only one hand.

I liked the last line:

We could lift anything without fossil fuels. Nevertheless, apart from their use by some hardcore ecological architects, human powered cranes have completely disappeared, even for the lightest of loads. We prefer lifting things with power machinery and we run (not walk) on a treadmill in the gym to keep in shape.