permaculture

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

Marimike6@cs.com wrote:

> "...there needs to be at least one qualified entry, one with his feet, err 
> head that is, on the ground "
>
> I don't get it. I've got my shoulder to the wheel, my eye to the keyhole and 
> my ear to the ground. And I'm not getting anywhere.
>
> Furthermore, I'm feeling really clammed. I think I need some passion fruit.

Better than Willian S. Burroughs pushing that pea up that long hill with his 
nose, to the ground, of course.
Ah, for a not necessarily saner but more peaceful era. Hard to clam up these 
days, so much going on.

As for passion fruit they make juice from, where is that grown? And what are good ways to grow real watergress, the 
aquatic kind? Hydroponically, aquaponically, in a creek or pond? How clean does the water need to be and what rate of 
flow. I was thinking of setting up a watercress pool fed with water from my pond, purified with duckweed and cattails.
I would use one of those siphon pumps on a garden hose to make a flow loop from pond to pool and back to the pond, 
continuously.

In fact that might be a cool greenhouse or high tunnel project. Keep tanks inside filled with rainwater growing water 
hyacinth and duckweed then circulate it through a watercress pool then through vegetable beds on the ground and back to 
the tanks then back to the cress. I wonder if anyoe has tried this.

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