Tonya Hunte

Just asked. Mom says the ph is over 8

All she's said is "No cucumbers, peppers or watermelon this year."

I believe she buys starts, so maybe they died after being planted

The guy from "Maritime Gardener Podcast" does a sort of no-dig gardening, and uses seaweed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbOjNtoHlds

I've seen some videos of him just straight applying it to his beds. Seems to work for him.

It's what my mom said to me on the phone.

He added too much lime. You'll have to bear with me because I don't know anything about my parent's soil. Both my parents, and I, moved away from the home town they raised me in, and they now live 3 provinces over (I live in Canada). The things I do know about my parents soil is that it's in Alberta, and they do conventional/row growing. Chemical use might not be high, but certainly they wouldn't eschew it.

My mom is saying that next year they're just going to do raised bed gardening and buy all their soil. I think raised bed gardening is a great option, but I'm not into the bought soil. I think it's a weird industry, and must harm a lot of biodiversity by being stripped from the original site, and then sterilized.

Any advice I could forward to my parents?

So, I did do what I said I was going to do, and found this today...

randal cranor wrote: I enjoy seeing the wildlife, I am the intruder...

I absolutely agree with this sentiment. I understand wanting to live /with/ nature, but obviously not so much that it comes into the house.

I made an account on kickstarter specifically for this.

You're welcome :P

I saw a post from Rebecca Blake talking about  "Wish You Knews" which is a great thread, I think. It it she mentions how she only just started around a year ago, when covid hit, same as me!

I'm sure the staff would know more than I, but I assume there's a large amount of us who are in this situation. I mean, it's obvious in some more topical ways: rural properties are suddenly getting gobbled, preserving food now might mean waiting for a year for suppliers to restock, garden centers are running out of seeds AGAIN, and I even saw a news article that "everyone is growing mushrooms".

I'm not keen to know that I am one of many who found permaculture (and the many things associated with permaculture), but I do think it has some advantages: more neighbours who are in line with our unconventional thinking, meaning local communities. I also hope it means that learning experiences will be more plentiful because there's suddenly a larger group to teach.

I'm not particularly asking a question but I did want to know people's thoughts, if they have any, about us, the "covid permies".

Hey Rebecca, Im also new to permaculture, like yourself I started out just after covid struck. I'm sure there are actually many of us who put the pieces of the puzzle together right around the same time, in fact. I don't have anything of worth to add, just wanted to say hi, and let you know that there are likely quite a few of us starting out on this journey right now. In fact, I think I'll post a topic, pointing back to this one... :)

So I notice this house still has a conventional looking roof on it. That's actually where the largest cost is (roofing) from what I've looked up. I feel there are better, more affordable options than this might be, when considering WOFATIs, cob, wattle and daub, cordwood housing, etc. All of the ones I just listed are also more environmentally friendly, as far as I'm aware, and don't need a giant 3D printer.

Sorry to be such a downer!