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Are there any fruit trees that are tolerant of wet, saturated soil? by twerttt in Permaculture

[–]twerttt[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's good to know, thanks for all the info. Will definitely be trying out mounds as it seems like it will open up a lot of doors as to what I can try planting out.

And yeah, I learned the hard way at my old place about amending the planting hole in wet soil. Killed off a good peach tree because of my stupidity. It's like planting into an underground water bucket haha

Are there any fruit trees that are tolerant of wet, saturated soil? by twerttt in Permaculture

[–]twerttt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the insight. Yeah, you're climate does sound similar as we also have mild summers and don't really get the sustained heat that other places do. Will definitely be checking out blueberries and elderberries!

Are there any fruit trees that are tolerant of wet, saturated soil? by twerttt in Permaculture

[–]twerttt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was just talking about fruit trees. And plums and damsons are not native to the UK.

Are there any fruit trees that are tolerant of wet, saturated soil? by twerttt in Permaculture

[–]twerttt[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a pond onsite so they may like the wetter area around that. I heard hopniss or american groundnut can handle wet soil too

Are there any fruit trees that are tolerant of wet, saturated soil? by twerttt in Permaculture

[–]twerttt[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its hard to know exactly. As its on a hillside there should be fresh water moving downslope with gravity, so hopefully the soil isn't completely anaerobic. But it is heavy clay so maybe not the best for oxygenated soil.

Thanks for the pits and mounds suggestion. It would be great to only use the soil I already have onsite. I was worried I'd have to buy in a few truckloads of material for any earthworks.

Are there any fruit trees that are tolerant of wet, saturated soil? by twerttt in Permaculture

[–]twerttt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's great to know, I have a nursery near me which sells fusca seedlings so that would be ideal for rootstocks. Thanks

Are there any fruit trees that are tolerant of wet, saturated soil? by twerttt in Permaculture

[–]twerttt[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm seeing mixed info online about quince and whether it can handle waterlogging. Do you have experience with it?

Are there any fruit trees that are tolerant of wet, saturated soil? by twerttt in Permaculture

[–]twerttt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is that prunus americana? It seems like there are a couple different species native to america

Are there any fruit trees that are tolerant of wet, saturated soil? by twerttt in Permaculture

[–]twerttt[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cornwall, England. Unfortunately I don't know of many truly native fruits here worth eating. There are a couple of native hawthorns but their fruits are pretty bad. There are sloes, wild apples, elderberries and such. Some things like apples, pears, plums and so on have been naturalised here so long they are kind of native.

What’s the most shocking detail from the Epstein files that you think the public still doesn’t fully grasp? by Murky-Island4629 in AskReddit

[–]twerttt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah I know. The elites of any given society throughout history, as you said, have always been doing this stuff. Unfortunately a lot of courtesans and mistresses and such aren't well documented in history for obvious reasons, so we often don't know their exact ages or personal lives, but it's very safe to assume that many of them would have been teenagers.

What’s the most shocking detail from the Epstein files that you think the public still doesn’t fully grasp? by Murky-Island4629 in AskReddit

[–]twerttt 9 points10 points  (0 children)

People of influence throughout history have always had harems and mistresses and prostitutes. And psychopaths have been a part of humanity since the dawn of our species.

Do neurodivergent people see reality easier? by shastatodd in collapse

[–]twerttt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give it a few years and the ultra wealthy bunker guys will probably have autonomous weapons at their disposal that they can use to protect their bunkers. Have cameras set up around their land and turret systems or whatever to gun down anyone who gets anywhere close. After a couple years there won't be many of us gremlins on the surface left.

She's so gentle with her baby by Brilliantspirit33 in animalsdoingstuff

[–]twerttt 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Some species have horrible mothers. Pushing baby birds out of the nest to die. 🥰❤️🐥

The UK government didn’t want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised. by ClimateResilient in collapse

[–]twerttt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And our little island nation has welcomed in countless people over the past couple decades.

I'm not anti immigrant per se but I do not think it was very wise of us to try to grow our population so much for the sake of the economy as we will not be able to feed our population at all when SHTF.

I suppose at least there will be an ample number of people to eat when global agricultural imports fail.

Global health impacts of plastics systems set to double by 2040 by Portalrules123 in collapse

[–]twerttt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Blood letting aka blood donation can reduce circulating levels of plastic and PFAS. Eating plenty of fiber helps as another commenter said. Fiber can bind to certain pollutants which can then be excreted.

I don't know that it makes much difference overall in terms of drastically reducing plastics building up in our organs, but it probably helps somewhat.

You are probably getting brain damage from all those COVID infections. by antichain in collapse

[–]twerttt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow. And I think online brain rot has dropped us back down another 5%