Backyard Update 4.23.09

[Beardedyoungman]

what's it look like now? I bet it's looking good?

[ischnura]

Great work! You must have spent a lot of time and effort.

Really like your swales.

Looking forward to a updated video!

[Tidnull]

cool.. by scarring do you mean swales? i cant emphasize swaling enough if one wants to keep the water from running off the land.. swales are ditches on the dead level contour of a slope (all land has slope, you simply measure it with an A-frame), so the water flows into the ditch when it rains and percolates slowly into the soil.

[E1GHTY8]

Exactly, I think swales are the most constructive thing us humans can do to make a difference.

I am learning lots of variations on the theme of swales. Keep the water close brother. peace!

[Tidnull]

im about to upload a vid of my first swale after a rain.. ill put it as a reply.

[RavenStarChild]

Ah.... its the infamous garden.

It's looking good.

Much Love.

[songinwind]

All that you say here is so true...and when will humans relieze that what they destroy is so needed in the circle of life...

Like you showed here with clover--the earth is cooler under this..

But man destroys....

I really have enjoyed this..

thank you

~peace~

[racinkc]

companion planting? enlighten me.... are you a believer in slow releasing nitrogen? we should learn how to mix in our own fungus...

[racinkc]

Do you make your own insecticide?

[E1GHTY8]

Haven't ran into any insects I needed to kill yet, Companion planting seemed to work really well for me.

[racinkc]

im taking a wind energy class at shasta this semester. I guess i get a certificate or something.

[REXMARX003]

video get 1* your comment to right and talk on video get 5*

nice, 5* and in formative....

[Kirilltraceur]

why do your plants grow so well!!! ?

[E1GHTY8]

I think the fungal networking in the soil has a big part to play in the plants success.

[ItsFilthy]

very cool...very inspiring. bigrespect!

[kellaneric]

Great video man, This is the right way to go. Permacultre is great. I'm glad to see how many people are into this. It'll just keep growing

peace.

[Sojaofdapepo]

"to make the assumption that you know what the plant needs is retarded"  u can when u know enough

[E1GHTY8]

This may be true, but in all my studies I have found that few people understand how plants and ecosystems actually function.

For instance, A seed is very small yet a tree can weigh several tons. Where does the mass of the tree come from?

Then you have to look at fungal relationships and interactions, soil microbiology, plant relationships.

I have not found a human being that can really describe these complex interactions in depth, but the plants themselves seem to know all about it.

[mans0nh]

It has been tried to make an enclosed ecosystem. In attempts to put one on another planet.

However every experiment done was a failure, they don't know why.

So any attempt to help is better than none, as you said, no one knows what ecosystems need, we really just need to back of and let the big ones grow.

Obviously ones in our back yard need help to start.

Nice work man, wish I had a garden, but plan to do some indoor stuff.

[88simran]

12 paired leaves of Salvia Divinorum chewed on followed by proximity to plants~ all the plants needs will be brought to ones attention :-)

[E1GHTY8]

phycedellic!

[88simran]

Indeed, Entheogenic!!!

[timluns]

You Got A Good Soul Dude!

[UnfamousJames]

That yard is just going to keep looking better and better as the years go on. Great job! :D

[isforbliss]

aWESOME

[bbbleaver]

"...a crazy pile of craziness..." beauty

nice covercrop there.

got some small patches of clover in the yard.

it looks like your really getting into it. only man looks at a desert and sees 'nothing'

great vid

thank you so much for this.

[fckuvrymch]

beautiful.

learned a lot from this.

gonna get some nice rocks. :)

[dnHooligan]

bootiful

[dnHooligan]

f*ckin righteous.

awesome.

we need to plant some alfalfa...to get by till they decriminalize cannabis.

[E1GHTY8]

Amen

[dnHooligan]

thanks for the info, my man.

[dnHooligan]

hey, man...have you ever checked out urban scout's blog?

he's a cool cat.

[E1GHTY8]

I haven't read his blog, but I have been subbed to him for sometime now.

[dnHooligan]

i think he's more active on the blog...i ain't seen a new vid in a while.

[ozjthomas]

Thnx for sharing. I would be interested in doing more to the yard if I wasn't just renting. Some of your ideas are interesting. I put down some mulch and it made quite adifference. Some of the plants still need transplanting. At least the rabbits won't eat all my dandelions! hahaha!

[E1GHTY8]

waskely wabbits.

[themajikat]

Wow, so beautiful. The camp i'm working at this summer got one of the former councilors who studied agriculture at university to plan out all these gardens and got some grants to put them through. When I'm not out on trips (i'm one of the two trippers) I'm going to spend my time tending them with the kids and doing sessions on permaculture, deep ecology etc...

[E1GHTY8]

Awesome. I think kids are key. We need to teach and listen.

[tiroler537]

Sepp Holzer started way before Bill Mollison did ,and he doesnt call it permaculture but biotope.

Not that important who did what as long the result is similar.And am sure there are still people that need to be discovered.Great work and i too believe in rocks...see ya around

[E1GHTY8]

Thanks.

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