Comments for Path to Sustainable Living http://pathtosustainableliving.com Our Path to Sustainable Living Through Frugality, Homesteading, and Permaculture Principles Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on Polyculture Results from 2011 by Kevin http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2012/polyculture-results-from-2011/#comment-384 Kevin Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:06:51 +0000 http://pathtosustainableliving.com/?p=105#comment-384 Thanks for reading John. I didn't realize that about sunflowers. I'll have to play around some planting them on border areas of my gardens. I'll be sure to add some radishes and probably some onions to that polyculture to see how they repel those guys. Thanks for reading John. I didn’t realize that about sunflowers. I’ll have to play around some planting them on border areas of my gardens. I’ll be sure to add some radishes and probably some onions to that polyculture to see how they repel those guys.

]]> Comment on Growing Ground Cherries and Making Ground Cherry Jam by Kevin http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2011/growing-ground-cherries-and-making-ground-cherry-jam/#comment-381 Kevin Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:05:29 +0000 http://pathtosustainableliving.com/?p=447#comment-381 Here is a link to a recent post on ground cherry toxicity. http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2012/ground-cherry-physalis-pruinosa-toxicity/ Here is a link to a recent post on ground cherry toxicity.
http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2012/ground-cherry-physalis-pruinosa-toxicity/

]]> Comment on Polyculture Results from 2011 by John Wheeler http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2012/polyculture-results-from-2011/#comment-376 John Wheeler Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:47:41 +0000 http://pathtosustainableliving.com/?p=105#comment-376 Thanks for the article. We need more people reporting their successes and failures with polyculture. My practice is a much less formal polyculture, I tend to just put plants together as is convenient. I do have a couple suggestions: "Three Sisters" is a bit of a misnomer; traditional Native American agriculture also used sunflowers. They're allelopathic, so they were planted as a border. For your squash issues, you may want to add plants that repel the pests. A quick search shows marigolds and radishes are good against squash bugs, and onions and garlic are good against squash vine borers. I haven't had problems with racoons, but I've read if you are fencing them out, for the top 18 - 24 inches have something that will bend over (e.g. woven wire) as they try to climb it. Thanks for the article. We need more people reporting their successes and failures with polyculture. My practice is a much less formal polyculture, I tend to just put plants together as is convenient.

I do have a couple suggestions:
“Three Sisters” is a bit of a misnomer; traditional Native American agriculture also used sunflowers. They’re allelopathic, so they were planted as a border.
For your squash issues, you may want to add plants that repel the pests. A quick search shows marigolds and radishes are good against squash bugs, and onions and garlic are good against squash vine borers.

I haven’t had problems with racoons, but I’ve read if you are fencing them out, for the top 18 – 24 inches have something that will bend over (e.g. woven wire) as they try to climb it.

]]> Comment on Starting Seedlings in Soil Blocks Using the Soil Cube Tool by Soil Cube http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2012/starting-seedlings-in-soil-blocks-using-the-soil-cube-tool/#comment-358 Soil Cube Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:59:10 +0000 http://pathtosustainableliving.com/?p=977#comment-358 I agree with the previous post! <a href="http://www.soilcube.com">Soil Cubes</a> are going to replace plastic in agriculture for sure! When making soil cubes with your <a href="http://www.soilcube.com">Soil Block Maker</a>you can use just about any soil... even soil dug from your garden. The only trick is to make sure it is really wet; like oatmeal, when you make the soil cubes! Using your own soil from your garden makes this the ultimate "no waste" way to start your seeds. Cheers! I agree with the previous post! Soil Cubes are going to replace plastic in agriculture for sure! When making soil cubes with your Soil Block Makeryou can use just about any soil… even soil dug from your garden. The only trick is to make sure it is really wet; like oatmeal, when you make the soil cubes! Using your own soil from your garden makes this the ultimate “no waste” way to start your seeds.
Cheers!

]]> Comment on Hugelkultur and Jerusalem Artichokes by Kevin http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2011/hugelkultur-and-jerusalem-artichokes/#comment-341 Kevin Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:58:52 +0000 http://pathtosustainableliving.com/?p=57#comment-341 Scroll to the top of the page and click on the Home tab. That should take you to the front page of the blog with the most recent posts. You can also go to the Tags section in the right hand column and click on the jerusalem artichoke tag and that should display all of the posts about them. Also here are the direct links. http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2011/jerusalem-artichokes-in-hugelkultur-raised-bed-update/ http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2011/jerusalem-artichokes-in-bloom/ Concerning Oikos, I had sent them a message through email in the fall asking some questions about ground nuts. It took them about a month to respond. Not sure why. I used this direct email customerservice@oikostreecrops.com I think I order my sunchokes from them around March last spring. Scroll to the top of the page and click on the Home tab. That should take you to the front page of the blog with the most recent posts. You can also go to the Tags section in the right hand column and click on the jerusalem artichoke tag and that should display all of the posts about them. Also here are the direct links.
http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2011/jerusalem-artichokes-in-hugelkultur-raised-bed-update/

http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2011/jerusalem-artichokes-in-bloom/

Concerning Oikos, I had sent them a message through email in the fall asking some questions about ground nuts. It took them about a month to respond. Not sure why. I used this direct email
customerservice@oikostreecrops.com
I think I order my sunchokes from them around March last spring.

]]> Comment on Hugelkultur and Jerusalem Artichokes by bill http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2011/hugelkultur-and-jerusalem-artichokes/#comment-339 bill Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:59:12 +0000 http://pathtosustainableliving.com/?p=57#comment-339 Ok. I guess I'm going blind. I'm on the page right now and the only post is your original one from April 5. Unless you're calling the videos posts? Aside from that, I've sent messages to Oikos thru their contact form and tried calling them several times with no answer regarding if they ship sunchokes this time of year or not. Does anyone know what's up with them? Do they hibernate for the winter and cease all communications? Ok. I guess I’m going blind. I’m on the page right now and the only post is your original one from April 5. Unless you’re calling the videos posts?
Aside from that, I’ve sent messages to Oikos thru their contact form and tried calling them several times with no answer regarding if they ship sunchokes this time of year or not. Does anyone know what’s up with them? Do they hibernate for the winter and cease all communications?

]]> Comment on Hugelkultur and Jerusalem Artichokes by Kevin http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2011/hugelkultur-and-jerusalem-artichokes/#comment-338 Kevin Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:26:35 +0000 http://pathtosustainableliving.com/?p=57#comment-338 Bill I've done a few posts on the progress of their growth through the fall of 2011. I need to follow up on a post on the ways I've tried eating them. I'll try to post an update soon. Thanks for your interest. Bill

I’ve done a few posts on the progress of their growth through the fall of 2011. I need to follow up on a post on the ways I’ve tried eating them. I’ll try to post an update soon. Thanks for your interest.

]]> Comment on Starting Seedlings in Soil Blocks Using the Soil Cube Tool by Dr. Dirt http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2012/starting-seedlings-in-soil-blocks-using-the-soil-cube-tool/#comment-336 Dr. Dirt Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:12:52 +0000 http://pathtosustainableliving.com/?p=977#comment-336 The soil cube tool is a wonderful tool. We've used the all-metal engineered Ladbrooke soil cube tool or <a href="http://www.pottingblocks.com">soil block maker</a> for years. The principles are the same for a free-standing cube of potting soil to germinate seeds and sell transplants. <a href="http://www.pottingblocks.com">Soil Cubes</a> are going to replace plastic in agriculture, doesn't everyone agree? The soil cube tool is a wonderful tool. We’ve used the all-metal engineered Ladbrooke soil cube tool or soil block maker
for years. The principles are the same for a free-standing cube of potting soil to germinate seeds and sell transplants. Soil Cubes
are going to replace plastic in agriculture, doesn’t everyone agree?

]]> Comment on Hugelkultur and Jerusalem Artichokes by bill http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2011/hugelkultur-and-jerusalem-artichokes/#comment-334 bill Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:03:53 +0000 http://pathtosustainableliving.com/?p=57#comment-334 You never followed up on how your Jerusalem artichokes did in 2011. I'm curious. You never followed up on how your Jerusalem artichokes did in 2011. I’m curious.

]]> Comment on How to Field Dress a Deer by Kevin http://pathtosustainableliving.com/2011/how-to-field-dress-a-deer/#comment-254 Kevin Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:43:01 +0000 http://pathtosustainableliving.com/?p=705#comment-254 No problem. Thanks for reading. No problem. Thanks for reading.

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