permaculture

[John Wages <jwages@earthlink.net>]

The upcoming issue of the Permaculture Activist focuses on weeds ("Weeds to 
the Rescue").  How are these exuberant plants best integrated into a 
permaculture system?  How can we deal with the more problematic ones (think 
rhizome-spreading Johnsongrass and bermudagrass)?  Articles on specific 
edibles, systems for making weed-ferment compost tea, uses of specific weeds 
in composting, weedy insectary plants, ways to deplete the weed seed bank, 
systems that use pigs, chickens, ducks, and of course, weeder geese, 
long-term weed control for broadscale farm management, novel applications of 
mulch, living mulches, nitrogen-fixing or tap-rooted weeds for regeneration 
of depleted soils, etc., are of interest...as well as more imaginative 
definitions of "weeds" (animals, insects, parasites, perhaps stretching the 
theme to invisible weedy structures).

If you have expertise, experience, or perspective, please consider writing 
for this issue.  The deadline for submissions is Dec. 1.  Contact the editor 
directly at wagesjm@gmail.com

John

John Wages
Editor, Permaculture Activist