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  • From: Skye <skye@tortuga.com>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: raised bed organic gardening
  • Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 20:37:05 -0600

Me again!

Regards raised beds and suitable tools - two points

Firstly - I envy all of you that can use raised beds. Guess it rains
sometimes!!! Here in a drier climate, raised beds make it extremely
difficult to maintain moisture - especially in porous soils. So, just a
comment - lets not advocate raised beds everywhere - keep it relative to
your climate. And some of us don't get much rain.

Secondly - after you have finished digging and hoeing your beds, you
should get to the stage of needing to harvest all that produce. If you
want good quality scythes etc, suggest you look to Japan. Their "kama"s
are of high-quality steel (remember they have lots of practice making
samarai swords) and come in a size to suit every need. Their knives
(splitting bamboo etc) are excellent. For more information contact
Matsumoto-san, a PC activist in Japan with good contacts with many local
factories that make high quality tools, often by hand. His address is
Noboru Matsumoto, 402 Shiyona-Zho, Kasugai-Shi, Aichi, Japan. Can't find
an email address for him at present, but Catherine Pawasarat
(asaka@gol.com) should know it.

Good luck
Skye
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Director del Instituto de Permacultura de México A.C.
Talleres de desarrollo humano, planeación participativa y
economía comunitaria.


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