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[Michael Judd <campesinomike@hotmail.com>]

Neil,

Wonderful help, thank you. Good suggestions as I consider a potential 
machinery purchase. Also I've checked in with Keith Morris of NE perm network 
and he shared some good posting sites.

Getting a little low down from the folks at Fungi Perfecti re species and 
design. They mention that burlap can break down in 2-6 months and may be best 
off with just a wood chip bed of stropharia. Which makes sense as it is a 
terrestrial species but I'm looking for info on it's ability to break down 
run off, both biological and chemical.

I'm going to look into the construction wattles you mentioned and see if I 
can come up with a hybrid system that makes this easy to replicate.

Again, thank you very much for the support and time.

Hasta pronto

Michael  



On Aug 17, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Neil Bertrando <neilbertrando@gmail.com> wrote:

> I recommend contacting the Northeast Permaculture network, and hopefully
> some people with direct experience in your region can help you with the
> details.
> 
> http://northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com/
> 
> Re: earthworks, double check the designer's manual chapter, and here are my
> basic suggestions (with the caveat that I have minimal experience with large
> machine use and planning)
> 
> 1. shop around and talk to people to try and find a skilled operator
> 2. If access to site and slope are adequate, a slightly larger machine will
> often cover the cost in decreased time to move the same volume of earth
> 3. Consider slope of the land and shape and size of swale/drain that you
> want to create.  Three tools that could be used are a grader, a bulldozer,
> or an excavator (a hydraulic tilt bucket or ditching bucket are often
> useful).  each tool creates a slightly different cross sectional profile of
> drain.  I think as slope increafses you would shift from grader to bulldozer
> to excavator, although you might take some pictures of a site and a design
> detail to some excavation companies and ask what they would do.
> 
> I'm sure there are many details I'm missing that you will want to check on
> with machine operators, local farmers, local designers, etc.
> 
> for inoculum, you might consider the erosion control straw wattles used for
> BMPs on construction sites.  they can be made long and in a range of
> diameters.  Or you might look at long tubes of burlap from a manufacturer
> before they sew them into individual sacks, then fill it using a hopper or
> some type of chute.  growing the spawn then moving it may be difficult with
> this method.
> 
> hope this helps
> Neil
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:50 AM, michael judd 
> <campesinomike@hotmail.com>wrote:
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>>         Greetings Permaculturists
>> 
>>         Moving from Nicaragua to the Chesapeake Bay watershed of Maryland
>> has been a big translation. Similar patterns but different tools and scale.
>> 
>> Pollution to the Bay is huge. I'm looking into funding for
>> mycoremediation/mycofiltration that initially targets farm run off, both
>> chemical and animal, into streams. To design a replicable system.
>> 
>> I can figure how to go out and hand dig a bunker spawn swale with a hand
>> full of burlap sacks but it is scaling the process to farm and mega farm
>> that needs to be figured.
>> I am seeking support in brainstorming the components and investments needed
>> for each stage of the system, i.e. best machinery for swale cutting,
>> successful fungi species with easy propagation set up, stream edge tree
>> species that feed aquatic life, success and failure stories, maintenance
>> challenges, really any experience information or resources  would be 
>> greatly
>> appreciated.
>> 
>> En Paz,
>> 
>> 
>> Michael Judd
>> 240.344.5625
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