Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Zachary Domikez <zdomike@yahoo.com>]

As far as Living-on-the Land, there are very few
animals making news in this group.  I would try an
autistic kid with a domestic animal.

Last week there was a smidgen of interest in Goats for
Carts.  Coincidentally, I read that carts were
commonly towed by dogs, until made illegal in England
in 1885.  If you do NOT live in lands controlled by
the Queen, you might try using a dog cart.

Dogsleds are an apt example, as are folks that strap
their leashed dogs to their waists to help
cross-country skiing.  Dogs are much easier to train
than goats, and allowed in suburban zonings that
prohibit 'farm' animals like goats, chickens and such.

Best Regards,
Zack
ps - Rabbits might be a good silent option, and
produce the best guano fertilizer bar none.  Keep away
the dog.

From: Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Farming methods - no
till and others
To: "E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>,     Healthy
soil and
        sustainable growing
<livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
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How about making seedballs?  Some people seem to
create something
  of a social event around the making of seedballs. 
With people
 sitting 
  around and chatting while making them manually.  As
a kid, I always 
  loved to play with mud.  But you would need a bit of
land to
 broadcast
  the seedballs.
   
  Dieter 

"E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net> wrote:
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wife, an
 Occupational Therapist, suggested herbs.  The
fragrance might be appealing.
   
  E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz
    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: yarrow@sfo.com 
  To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing 
  Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:43 PM
  Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Farming methods - no
till and others
  

  Does he like counting? Sowing seeds might be
something he would
 especially enjoy. Placing the seeds at a specific
depth and spacing is a
 repetitive process, then waiting a certain number of
days to germination,
 and more days to first harvest.
  

  What does he like to eat? That would be my first
choice of what to
 plant.
  

  My garden is organic no-till. I use lots of homemade
compost, no
 fertilizer, and lots of mulch. For new seedbeds, I
use row cover to keep
 the squirrels and birds from digging up the seeds.
  

  

  

  At 11:48 AM -0500 1/18/08, Dave Adams wrote:
  I am a new member with an autistic son who is 12.  I
am exploring
 different vegetable farming methods to see which my
son is interested in
 and also which methods lend themselves to his
functioning level.  He
 loves watering things and tasks that have a definite
endpoint work well
 for him.   I am planning several different types of
gardens on small
 scales this year.  In addition to our tilled garden,
I will add a square
 foot and lasagna garden.   Any advice is welcomed and
I was just
 wondering what methods people on this list are doing
and maybe some of you have
 compared/tried different methods and I could learn
what worked for you
 and why.  Thanks!
   
  Dave Adams
  Sterling Heights, MI
   
   
    
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Message: 31
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:57:15 -0700
From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Gardens that Last for
Years - Raised
        Bed Gardens, a Technique that Works
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I'd agree, sides aren't usually required. Let me add
the only reason I
 use
lumber sides is I can't dig down enough without
digging impervious
 subsoil,
so I have to build up and need sides to hold the soil
and mulch in
 place.
Also my ground is sloping and level framed beds avoid
erosion. Once
 done
they're done and succeeding years are sooo easy.
Another factor is our
climate which is drier than most. Framed beds do
contain the irrigation
water better than beds without sides.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 1/19/2008 at 11:23 AM Ken Hargesheimer wrote:

>I have had a copy of the info from OK for several
years.
>   
>  I used boards [salvaged] for my first beds in 1982.
 When they
 rotted, I
>decided to not use sides of any kind. That is what I
recommend but if
 one
>wants to use sides, that is fine.   They are not
worth the time and
>trouble to me.
>   
>  Ken H
>


      
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