permaculture

["Scott Pittman" <scott@permaculture.org>]

That was the claim some 30 years ago, go to their web page and they should
have the specifications.

Scott Pittman
Director
Permaculture Institute
www.permaculture.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Tripp Tibbetts [mailto:slowfoodguy@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 12:04 PM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] garlic questions, roofs

Scott Pittman said:
"it is self healing up to 1/8
of an inch."

Scott, can you illuminate this statement a bit?  Is self healing what you
meant?  And if so, are you saying that it will close its own knicks up to
1/8"?  Surely that would be a useful thing in a roof liner!
 
Thanks,
Tripp


The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow.
-Chinese proverb
 

--- On Sat, 9/11/10, Scott Pittman <scott@permaculture.org> wrote:


From: Scott Pittman <scott@permaculture.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] garlic questions, roofs
To: "'permaculture'" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 5:42 PM


AS for roofs.  When I was building underground houses I used a product
called Bituthene from W.R. Grace co.(the company that patented and then had
to unpatent neem as an insecticide.  This is a sheeting that works much like
an old tire patch.  Coat the roof with a mastic and then roll out the
sheeting and it attaches and will not pull off, it is self healing up to 1/8
of an inch.

Scott Pittman
Director
Permaculture Institute
www.permaculture.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Tripp Tibbetts [mailto:slowfoodguy@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 5:39 PM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] garlic questions, roofs

I concur with the Wodraskas about the color.  Some of them are quite
beautiful, like the Ellensburg Blue I grew last year.  Should we be
selecting for colorful garlics, mineral-wise, I wonder?
 
About your second question, the bulbets, bulblets, bulbils, whatever you
want to call them are the way elephant garlic (which is really a leek)
propogates itself.  You can naturalize them in your garden by leaving those
in the soil.  My folks have had a patch of elephant garlic/leeks in their
garden for several years now without having to replant them.
 
On the living roof question, I'll defer to someone with more expertise than
I have on that one, although I am definitely interested in the answer.
 
Hope that helps some,
Tripp



The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow.
-Chinese proverb
 

--- On Fri, 9/10/10, Woody Wodraska <wodraska@mac.com> wrote:


From: Woody Wodraska <wodraska@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] garlic questions, roofs
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Friday, September 10, 2010, 6:09 PM


Hi Amy,
that blue on the garlic will do you no harm at all and like the purple that
naturally occurs in garlic bulbs it is simply another mineral in the soil
making the colour change or bacteria in the soil.
Kind of a beautiful blue if it is the same as the garlic that we grew in the
Wood River Valley in Idaho. Not sure about your other questions except you
probably want something waterproof on the roof.
Blessings,
Barbara
Woody Wodraska
wodraska@mac.com
http://www.soulmedicinejourney.com
    Deep Gardening: Soul Lessons from 17 Gardens, Biodynamic Memories  now
available at
http://www.trafford.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000138866



On Sep 10, 2010, at 8:30 AM, Amy Little wrote:

> Hi Perm friends,
> I am keeping foods for winter and some of the garlic I have pickled has a
blue tinge to it.
> I assume it is some bacteria. Does anyone know what it is and what
harm/good it might do?
> 
> Another garlic question.
> The elephant garlic I grew had small seed bulbets around the outside of
the mammoth cloves.  Has anyone cycled these bulbets through growing
season(s) in the Northeast? Advice?
> 
> Unrelated:
> Roofs:
> What would be the best material to put over a plywood then a living roof
on a slanted chicken coop?
> 
> Amy
> 
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