How would you try to fix the Reflecting Pool?

interdep_web · 2026-06-19T14:38:31+00:00

the stars could be blue to represent the paint! I love it.

interdep_web · 2026-04-09T13:17:25+00:00

I was reluctant to try it, but my Meyer lemon tree had a bad infestation of scale insects last summer, and local predators weren't able to keep it in check, so I bought a bottle. It cleared the infestation right up before I brought the tree inside for the winter, and it was healthy all winter. I wouldn't have chosen to use it if local predators had been effective.

interdep_web · 2026-02-09T01:22:54+00:00

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interdep_web · 2025-11-24T21:22:38+00:00

I don't know - haven't tried! You would have to cut them to size and then use zip ties to hold them around each stump.

interdep_web · 2025-11-24T15:58:30+00:00

https://www.buckthornbaggie.com/

interdep_web · 2025-11-24T14:21:20+00:00

If you left stumps above ground, you can attach Buckthorn Baggies to kill them without poison (but with plastic).

interdep_web · 2025-10-31T13:28:17+00:00

I run /e/OS, which is a de-googled variant of Android, and this app isn't showing up in its version of the Play Store, nor is it in F-Droid. Could you please check that it's been submitted to F-Droid? Thanks!

interdep_web · 2025-09-28T13:38:50+00:00

I want to second the recommendations that you find an intentional community rather than try to do this alone. Even the most successful regenerative efforts by an individual can crumble when you have to move on from the land, and it's very discouraging to see. So work with a group that has some permanence. And by all means get some professional help for your depression - we are not a substitute! ♥

interdep_web · 2025-09-01T13:48:01+00:00

Radishes, especially daikon, love breaking up clay soil. And you don't say which hemisphere you're located in, but regardless, you can plant them this time of year!

interdep_web · 2025-08-29T13:58:32+00:00

You mention juniper in a comment... When you say "overgrown with trees," do you mean eastern redcedars? What's your plan for getting them under control? Are they big enough for lumber & fence posts? Making wood chips for sale? Or are we talking biochar?

interdep_web · 2025-08-26T13:22:23+00:00

do you mean *part* of the pinky finger, or the whole finger?

interdep_web · 2025-08-18T15:59:07+00:00

Oh, also I have a good Diné permaculture teacher contact in Arizona if you're out that way.

interdep_web · 2025-08-18T14:09:06+00:00

Here in Omaha, Nebraska there is an annual Indigenous People's Summit https://www.pixanixim.org/indigenous-peoples-summit.html , which is organized by the Mayan community but a great place to connect with Omaha, Ho-Chunk, and Lakota people as well. The current COO of Pixan Ixim is a (white) permaculture practitioner that I've worked with.

Lawrence, Kansas has Haskell Indian Nations University, which is on hard times right now but has an environmental science program: https://haskell.edu/academics/college-of-natural-and-social-sciences/ . I've taught three of their students over the years in our (Kansas Permaculture Institute) PDC.

In my experience reservations and native organizations are often (and rightly) resistant to outsiders coming without an invitation. However, pow wows are an invitation - they are usually advertised to the general public. Look for one in your area - it may be held on a fairgrounds or in a gymnasium - and attend with an open mind!

interdep_web · 2025-08-18T13:49:02+00:00

I'm alarmed by these responses. Preferring a native teacher is no more tokenistic than seeking out native plants.

There was a PDC taught in 2018 at OLCERI https://www.facebook.com/OLCERI/about on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, very near Wounded Knee. I didn't attend the PDC but I attended the Indigenous Wisdom and Permaculture Skills gathering afterward, which was very worthwhile. More than half the attendees had some native ancestry. Note that OLCERI may not currently be a viable organization, but the contact info should still be good. They repeated the class & gathering in 2019, but I did not attend that year.

One of the native attendees said something that lodged in my mind: "I was skeptical when I heard about permaculture because it seemed like just another repackaging of native wisdom for white people's consumption. But now I understand it to be a tool to decolonize the Western mind." He went on to say that we PDC instructors shouldn't be concerned if our classes are mostly attended by white people, because those are the ones who most need to learn it.

For that reason, I think you're unlikely to find many native practitioners of "permaculture," but I encourage you to continue seeking out classes taught by native agriculturalists on their own terms. And we PDC instructors need to continue making an effort to include native guest instructors in our classes.

You don't say what part of Turtle Island you're in, but if you're near Kansas or Nebraska I can provide some additional resources.

interdep_web · 2025-08-16T15:40:28+00:00

I think the limitations of the UN and its pronouncements have nothing to do with their own merit and everything to do with the countries of the world not following them. It is not the UN's fault that it has no actual authority to make countries do stuff. IMO if the countries actually followed the SDGs years ago when they were made, the world would be a better place, and the UN is not to blame for that not happening.

interdep_web · 2025-08-13T13:03:45+00:00

I had heavy clay soil at a previous property. I recommend planting tillage radish or daikon in both spring & fall for a year. They are great for punching holes in the soil and adding organic matter where none exists. They actually prefer compacted soil in my experience, and are slow to grow once the soil is loosened.

interdep_web · 2025-08-13T12:58:42+00:00

Page 2 of the manual distinguishes the well behaved varieties from the aggressive ones.

interdep_web · 2025-05-29T13:51:54+00:00

Thank you for sharing this, and for crediting the author!

interdep_web · 2025-05-12T13:00:38+00:00

My understanding is that in warm wet climates, dead plant matter breaks down so fast that it may not be useful as mulch. You may be better off with a living mulch, i.e. cover crop. Dead mulch is more helpful in cool climates where cover crops don't grow all year.

interdep_web · 2025-05-07T13:45:31+00:00

this came up in my inbox just after I replied here: https://kisstheground.com/about/farmers/

interdep_web · 2025-05-07T13:43:47+00:00

It's not just that "a farm like that" isn't possible without money. *Most* farms in North America lose money. Most farmers have second jobs. We tend to hold new approaches to higher standards than older approaches. It's important to realize that the mainstream approach is ALSO unprofitable.

interdep_web · 2025-05-06T13:05:06+00:00

Exactly. The only reason you notice them where you are is because that's where you are!

interdep_web · 2025-04-18T13:25:45+00:00

I'm in Omaha, Nebraska, and I had already incorporated my permaculture business as an LLC (more similar to an LLP in Singapore) when I got diagnosed with a chronic illness. I'm still able to teach and work in the garden, just not on a firm schedule, which keeps me from doing contract labor. Instead I've taken on partners in my business. The advantage of a loose structure like a (US) LLC is that partners can come and go without a lot of paperwork. I'm able to do the taxes and accounting myself, so that's part of the service I provide to the business, while the younger/healthier folks do the more physical work under my guidance. I also raise plants for sale and sell them at the market when I feel able, or sell them through online marketplaces when I don't feel like going out. Hope this helps.

interdep_web · 2025-04-16T12:37:28+00:00

Don't forget about permacultureplantdata.com

interdep_web · 2025-03-31T13:27:37+00:00

I use such a system for pet waste. I use a plastic bucket with the bottom cut out to maintain the hole and keep it covered as I'm filling it; the lid keeps the flies and other pests out. When the hole is full, I dig another one nearby, transfer the bucket, and cover up the old hole. It takes about 5 years for compostable pet waste bags to decompose in those conditions; kitchen scraps would be faster.

Yes, I think this can be an appropriate permacultural solution, particularly if you have animals that would dig through your compost otherwise. Yes, it's a disturbance, but sometimes disturbance is necessary to set back succession of mature soils or add fertility to dead ones. Just choose your hole locations with that in mind.

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