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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/snindsmonkeys on 2024-04-10 01:58:33.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/qofswords on 2024-04-09 20:01:51.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/pedropozoplumed on 2024-04-08 20:11:07.

I might have made a huge mistake.

I scattered a bunch of sunflower seeds on my food forest. I have 17 fruit trees, support trees, shrubs like blueberries, cover crops, comfrey.

Will the sunflowers hurt them? I just read that they inhibit the growth of other plants.

Did I screw up dramatically? My initial idea was to have them self seed and growing randomly in the food forest, but I realize that might not work…

I’m in zone 8b

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/K-Rimes on 2024-04-08 21:36:22.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/vid19 on 2024-04-07 05:17:57.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/douwebeerda on 2024-04-07 07:57:12.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/douwebeerda on 2024-04-06 11:36:08.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/DameonLaunert on 2024-04-05 19:55:29.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Own-Comfort8384 on 2024-04-05 15:44:17.

Original Title: We just had our sewer lines replaced, and now have a big chunk of dirt that’s going to be in full sun in the front of our house. We live in zone 6. Instead of planting grass, I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas of something unique we could do here!

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Dropstop7879 on 2024-04-02 19:54:52.

Hello everyone ,

A few years ago I was researching techniques to make the best use of rainwater in dry climates. I came across a youtube video telling the story of an african man who drastically changed his land using pits, sweles and other "similar" structures.

I've googled and keep coming across the name Yacouba Sawadogo, However after reading his back story I don't think this is the same man.

From what I remember the man the YT video was about had a decent living and job in the city, but was ran out the city was speaking out against the political system in power at the time and was ran out or lost his house/ job etc. and was only left with a deserted piece of property that I think was inherited from his father.

This was back in 2021 when I saw the video so my memory is a little fuzzy but thats the jist of it.

Anyone know who I'm thinking of?

Maybe it is Yacouba Sawadogo, but none of the articles I came across today mentioned anything about him losing what he had due to political problems.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/parolang on 2024-04-02 19:39:28.

I haven't seen this mentioned here, but I guess we are supposed to have trillions of periodical cicadas emerging this spring between late April and early September (?) in the Eastern United States. Wikipedia says that mature trees should be fine, but to wait before planting new trees and to cover immature trees with netting.

The Wikipedia article also mentions that there is reduced tree growth but more moles the year before emergence because of the number of cicada nymphs in their last stage underground eating on tree roots and, in turn, being eaten by moles. It says that the cicada nymphs are basically waiting for a certain soil temperature, so I guess that they might emerge earlier than usual with the climate warming.

So what do you think, are they good guys or bad guys? They are native, but I wonder how well the ecosystem is going to be able to handle them. But they are definitely interesting for having such a long life cycle, especially when we get used to annual or biannual cycles for most things in nature.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Typical_Ant5716 on 2024-04-02 04:07:07.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/dalek_gahlic on 2024-04-02 03:12:38.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/BerryStainedLips on 2024-04-01 20:01:11.

In South Park, Pennsylvania, a developer plans to cut down old growth forest and place a housing plan there. Here is the petition. Please sign and pray, ritual etc. The forest needs your help. Blessed be!

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Holiday-Page2313 on 2024-03-31 16:52:02.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/scraglor on 2024-04-01 10:49:37.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/doodoovoodoo_125 on 2024-03-31 16:32:07.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Aumbreath on 2024-03-31 14:10:55.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/habilishn on 2024-03-30 22:15:59.

ok, we are in western Turkey, in dry hills, we built a big natural rainwater harvesting pond that serves for irrigation and even holds a bit water through the whole year and we generated ourselves a frog and toad paradise...

is this good? it is thousands... we had ducks (domesticated ducks, but living there really wild), but the foxes, coyotes and birds of prey were stronger... there is snakes here too. the water is not clean enough for keeping fish that could feast on the frog and toad spawn. there was a heron once in a while but seems like he can't manage it. will nature regulate it by itself over time? or do we have to do something? so far i see no damage from the many frogs and toads except a noticable "disbalance" and their acoustic volume :D

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Material-Resolve-273 on 2024-03-30 00:48:47.

Hi everyone, i want to start a small permaculture garden (for now just 300m2) but i have a huge problem. The soil is very bad, alkaline, a lot of rocks, a lot of clay and without organic matter. Since i want to keep the “native” soil, without replacing it, i need to know if it’s possible to restore it in a natural way, for example green manure, or with a lot of mulch. I don’t like it either, but i will till it to decompress it just a little bit. Someone can help me? Thanks in advance

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/derpmeow on 2024-03-29 17:00:34.

We don't have a Saturday theme, I'm just goofin, mods delete if you gotta.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Unable-Train-8158 on 2024-03-28 23:30:04.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Transformativemike on 2024-03-28 22:08:29.

SHEET MULCH REDUCES PFAS RISK?!?!?!

This chart clearly shows that sheet mulching with cardboard and woodchips REDUCES contamination from PFAS—even under the worst-case scenario.

Wait, what? Isn’t this the chart that’s going around gardening subs to “debunk” sheet-mulching with cardboard? Aren’t people claiming this PROVES sheet-mulching causes unnecessary PFAS contamination of soil?

Yes, people are incorrectly interpreting the data that way.

This is why in credible communication, we shouldn’t pull stuff out of context from a study about chicken litter to make claims about sheet mulching, which that study did not intended to prove. It get’s really easy to make mistakes and draw wrong conclusions.

Don’t take my word for it, actually look at the numbers yourself.

It’s important to note that this study DOES NOT CLAIM TO DEMONSTRATE PFAS IN CORRUGATED CARDBOARD SHIPPING BOXES SUCH AS THOSE USED IN SHEET MULCHING. That’s a misrepresentation that’s really problematic and misleading in itself. This study tests a shredded mix that includes materials known to have much higher levels of PFAS than shipping boxes. We generally recommend avoiding those materials for sheet mulching.

But let’s use these exaggerated numbers, anyway, because they‘re a good worse-case scenario and still demonstrate that sheet mulching reduces potential PFAS contamination.

As you see, these numbers report chemicals like PFAS by the weight of the bedding material.

Many people are pointing out that the “shredded cardboard” material gets a 15, while the baseline, raw virgin wood chips, gets a little less than half that 6.3.

Now, the point of sheet-mulch is that it allows us to use a very, very thin layer of cardboard, and substitute in more home-grown materials like grass clippings, and to use a much smaller quantity of mulch overall. The sheet-mulch critics are now advocating for using a foot of chips to reliably accomplish the same goal as you can with 2-4 inches of chips in a sheet mulch.

Since we’d be using 4+ times the amount of chips, that means we’re getting nearly twice is much PFAS from our mulch, using the numbers in this study. By volume, it would contribute maybe <1-5% of the PFAS as the chips.

But the sheet mulch is even better that then, since this is by a whole-weight basis, not a volume basis. First, a layer of cardboard is going to require a much higher volume to get to the same weight as wood chips. For wood chips, Google tells me the weight per volume is 23.72 lbs per square foot. For cardboard it’s .026 lbs per square foot.

The PFAS contributed by the cardboard gets to be so small that we’d need a bunch of decimal points to even add it on. Worst case scenario using exaggerated numbers.

So, the sheet mulch roughly cuts the amount of potential PFAS in half, using these worst-case scenario numbers.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/TheMrGiz on 2024-03-28 11:36:35.

Original Title: Can anyone recommend uplifting and inspiring documentaries (or films) centred around permaculture, foraging, gardening, herbalism, alternative building etc? Needing a little boost of hope and motivation. Thank you!

Can anyone recommend uplifting and inspiring documentaries (or films) centred around permaculture, foraging, gardening, herbalism, alternative building etc? Needing a little boost of hope and motivation. Thank you!

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/jbags88 on 2024-03-28 02:58:54.