Category Archives: Cliff Davis

Sheila Sewell, Weekend 2, 2009 Hohenwald Permaculture Series

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Jennifer English

On Friday I learned about Soil Food Web Soil is either alive or dead Types of compost – fungus, Bacterial which si good for food, and teas made out of compost Soil texture is very important 30-50% sand, 30-50% silt, … Continue reading →

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Forestry – Cliff Davis

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Jennifer English

Agro-foresty – agricultural forestry• Integration of trees and plants with other farm systems• Mimics natural ecosystems• Good land management Five categories – • Windbreaks/shelter belts• Alley cropping• Silvopasture• Riparian bufffer strips http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riparian_zone• Forest farming + special forestry products Resources – … Continue reading →

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Mushrooms – Cliff

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Jennifer English

Types – • Shitake – very easy to grow• Grows on white oak logs (best 40” x 6” diameter maximum size) or wood chips• Chicken of the woods http://www.mushroomexpert.com/laetiporus_sulphureus.html• Oyster – forage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_mushroom• Chanterelle – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanterelle • Be aware of … Continue reading →

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Planting Dates – Cliff

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Jennifer English

Sources of information – • County Extension Agent• Online resource on planting, harvesting dates• Stella Natura – book that gives information on planting using the lunar cycle – it works http://www.stellanatura.com/index.html• Ask your neighbors

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Forest Gardens-Cliff Davis

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Jennifer English

Forest Farming/Gardening – “Forest Farming” Jeff Lawton at University of Kentucky research professor Special Forestry ProductsUnited Plant Savers – Richo Cech Growing At Risk Medicinal Herbs, Horizon Herbs, Timber, medicine, vines, basket craft material, berries, mushrooms, dye material, tree and … Continue reading →

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Aquaculture – Cliff Davis

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Jennifer English

Corporate world owns most of the fisheries in the worldSuccessful aquaculture is poly-cultural Examples of Aquaculture –• Growing Power” – Milwaukee – growing tilapia in greenhouses• If you plan to grow fish, start small. Fish grow very quickly• Chinampas – … Continue reading →

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Miller Site Analysis – Zones and Sectors

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Jennifer English

Working on the Site Analysis for our property was very enlightening. We had never thought about all the different elements, but it does make a lot of sense. Most of the Permaculture concepts we’re learning in this class make so … Continue reading →

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Companion Planting

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Jennifer English

Three Sisters- Corn, beans, and squash- Forth sister – tobacco or sunflowers asparagus with tomatoeslettuce, radish goes down deep, lettuce has shallow roots alternate the spacial companionscucumber loves beans, corns, peas For pest controlAfrican marigolds- keep nematodes awayyarrowwormwood flowers in … Continue reading →

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Mulching

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Jennifer English

• water retention, • weed suppression• microbial bacteria increases plant vigor• holds animals, and • holds ethylene,• hold bugs in soil, • down side slugs are a pain and are attracted to mulch, solution get ducksTypes of mulch  layer … Continue reading →

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Sheet Mulch

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Jennifer English

Natural System – leaf and litter from trees builds up on bottom of forest floorwak all grass and weeds down, eventually that will help to fee population of worms, then put a layer of compost or well composted manure, add … Continue reading →

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