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- From: Keith Morris <earthsurfing AT yahoo.com>
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Clearing Land Cost?
- Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 18:57:59 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Nan, All, While clearing land is always a tough decision- with very site-specific answers- there's one touchstone you can use to determine the impact I might recommend. That is: 'how well represented is that community in your region?' If the forest community you are considering clearing is 'commonplace'- surrounds your land, is everywhere else throughout the area, etc. then I'd suggest looking up the NRCS Web Soil Survey which will tel you soil type, depth, pH, suitability for ag, etc.. If you have a community that isn't well represented in the area, is rare, or otherwise special- then I'd think twice. The way you ask your questions makes me feel like you value the ecological services of this area and find it a special place as is. While a permaculture class may or may not help you
answer these questions- it certainly will help you come up with ways to make your already cleared space (and forested space) more intensive and productive. While I have no direct experience with the Permaculture Visions course- I highly recommend taking a physical 'face to face' course if possible. Ask around and find out others' experience with instructors in your area. They are not all the same by any means. But hopefully- any permaculture course should be a valuable and potentially life-changing experience. Snow in Vermont today! (Glad I've been slacking on 'getting a head start'!) Happy Mother's Day to all the momma's on the list! Best, Keith Keith Morris Prospect Rock Permaculture Design and Education for Ecological Culture * Whole Farm Services * Whole Systems Design * Presently running Educational Programs through: * UVM * Sterling College * Yestermorrow Design Build School * * Paul Smiths College * Burlington Permaculture * P.O. Box 426 Jeffersonville, VT 05464 earthsurfing AT yahoo.com (802) 734-1129 "If we do not do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable." Murray Bookchin (1921-2006) Message: 6
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Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?,
Willie McKemie, 05/09/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?, Richard Stewart, 05/09/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?, Barking Cat Farm, 05/09/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?, TxBeeFarmer, 05/09/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?,
clearviewfarm, 05/09/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?,
Mike Rock, 05/09/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?,
Richard Stewart, 05/09/2010
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[Market-farming] Red pine [was: clearing land cost?],
Richard Robinson, 05/10/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Red pine [was: clearing land cost?], michelle rome, 05/11/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Red pine [was: clearing land cost?], Nan Hildreth, 05/12/2010
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[Market-farming] Red pine [was: clearing land cost?],
Richard Robinson, 05/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?,
Richard Stewart, 05/09/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?,
Mike Rock, 05/09/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Clearing Land Cost?, Keith Morris, 05/09/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?,
clearviewfarm, 05/09/2010
- [Market-farming] Hail Damage and Broccoli, Radishes, Jay Sleichter, 05/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?,
KAKerby, 05/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?,
Nan Hildreth, 05/10/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?, Barking Cat Farm, 05/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?,
Nan Hildreth, 05/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] clearing land cost?,
Willie McKemie, 05/09/2010
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