Aww I'm glad you managed to get some traction on this. I tried yesterday to no avail
I promised a certain Pooka I would do a permie thread but I didn't want to do 'I'm a Permie guy AMA' type bullshit thing so I figured dandelions was a good start. This can now run into a few hundred pages really...lol. Plant people are odd!
We are odd, aren't we? I've always been glad to be "different" and I know my neighbors are now looking at all my white icing buckets wondering what on earth I am doing. LOL Well, we make use of what we can, don't we?
I hope this thread goes on as long as GLP exists - and permaculture is definitely the way to go if you have that option. I do not, unfortunately.
As an aside, today my larger dog was in a state of excitement and managed to knock over both potato buckets, which I did not appreciate. However, I did get to see that the potatoes are rooting, which was a delight. Now if they just do not become upset about being uprooted, and go back to taking care of business as they were . . .
Loved your comment, Lance, about your long-lasting potato bed! Did they not develop diseases in that length of time in one place?
Have you, Lance, or anyone else here seen the newish information about "grounding" or "earthing"? As many of you know, I am disabled and have an illness called lupus, which is not a very good thing to h ave. All winter I am very ill, hardly moving. When spring arrives with warmer temps and longer days and one can get hands into dirt, I feel much better. Always attributed this to the longer days and ability to be outside [even though I must avoid sun] but having learned recently about "grounding", my mind is changing. It has to do with electricity, in ways I don't quite understand. I'll leave a link here about it in case others are interested. Basically, take off your shoes and get into grass, dirt, sand, and see what happens. It's produced miracles in some people! No place here to put my feet on anything nice, but all my planters and buckets and the bags of soil in my garage let my hands get into it all spring and summer! It may be healing!
Just now watching something Marfoogle posted tonight and it turns out the movie, whichis about to have a red carpet opening, is still being offered free. This video at about 12:28 offers it again. I recommend this to every single person on this thread and in the world, for that matter! It can change your life!
