permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

ontignano wrote:
> Hello everyone, I wonder if there’s anyone on this list experimenting with
> crop successions similar to those pioneered by Masanobu Fukuoka, I’m
> thinking particularly of his rice and winter wheat or barley succession. I’m
> sure there have been many North American, Australasian and European attempts
> to mimic his success using different cereal and bean crops, summer: soya,
> millet, sorghum, lentil, chick pea, amaranth, quinoa, maize, sunflower etc
> and winter: wheat, barley, oats, rye etc over the last 20-25 years. If there
> ’s no first hand information, has there been a book suggesting such
> combinations and the relative successes or failures? Alternatively, is there
> anyone experimenting with the Marc Bonfils Method of Winter Wheat, who might
> have tried some of these different crops within a clover cover crop? Is
> there someone experimenting with different cover crops, especially those for
> dryland conditions?
>
> Any information or pointers to further sources would be appreciated.
>
> To all those inspired by Fukuoka, the man and his work, there is some hope,
> health permitting (he is 93), that he will be in Europe this summer to speak
> at an International climate change conference. I’ll provide more details
> closer to the time.
>
> Jamie


Jamie:

There is a Fukuoka Frming mailing list on Yahoo. I have subscribed to it and 
will forward your query there.
This is the posting ID for that list:
fukuoka_farming@yahoogroups.com
search Yahoo lists for "fukuoka_farming" to find the homepage and subscribe 
location.

Isn't there an Amelia Hazelip list also? Do you have subscribe info.
Could you also tell us something about her life and accomplishments?

I finally got my copy of the French-made nature documentary "Microcosmos". 
Wonderful.
Do you know where the film was made?

I would like to try doing something like that myself on reduced scale but 
with more emphasis on
permaculture and installed permaculture systems.

Hoping to put in another small frog pool in a bottom area today. Have skid 
loader on site spreading yet more rock dusts,
building berms, grading areas to be landscaped and fine tuning drainage over 
a large area for garden irrigation and nutrient catchments.

LL
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L.F.London
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http://market-farming.com
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