permaculture

[Jeffrey Newman <jn@jnweb.com>]

Well, the flurry has died down. Every so often there is some sort of 
verbal wildfire on this list, usually arguing the merits of theory 
versus practice, organization vs spontaneity, etc. It's easy for me to 
be cool about it all as I didn't get involved and/or insulted. However I 
do find the flare-ups very helpful especially as so often some of my own 
irritations, prejudices and beliefs get aired and/or attacked.

For those who presently see little of "practical" value on this list, I 
want to tell you that I have been a mostly quiet participant over the 
years and consider it an impressive blend of  of vision and 
practicality. I've been helped here in simple ways so often, directly 
and indirectly. So, if you've found the past few days of posts mostly 
annoying, please do stay.  If you have more important things to do, 
please come back if/when that makes sense.

Now, I have a "trivial" question, important to me in the mindfulness of 
my little situation. My small piece of land is roughly half douglas fir 
forest, 20% house and 30% disturbed/recovering land. I've built a small 
vegetable/herb garden in a corner of of the gravel driveway.  I've been 
playing a gently active role in assisting this land to restoration and 
it has been able to give me a little back in the process - mostly wild 
herbs, rose-hips and my cultivated wild strawberry patch.  The "trivial" 
question is: in the midst of this set-up, where/how can I add/use the 
brine and olive oil left in a  large (Calamata) olive container?
Any takers?

-  Jeffrey
in the Cariboo region of central British Columbia.

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