Comments for Midwest Permaculture http://midwestpermaculture.com Mon, 07 May 2012 16:07:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Chickens for the Orchard (and for Dinner) by Hayden W. http://midwestpermaculture.com/2012/04/chickens-for-the-orchard-and-for-dinner/#comment-5285 Hayden W. Mon, 07 May 2012 16:07:15 +0000 http://midwestpermaculture.com/?p=7387#comment-5285 Hi Ryan! Luckily our orchard isn't public so we aren't hindered by restrictions such as those. However when we do harvest apples for cider and preservation we shake them out of the trees onto tarps and then proceed to wash them in water with added hydrogen peroxide. Again though this is for our own use so we're confident in our abilities to get a clean apple. Great to hear from you. Tell yourself I say hello back. Hi Ryan!
Luckily our orchard isn’t public so we aren’t hindered by restrictions such as those. However when we do harvest apples for cider and preservation we shake them out of the trees onto tarps and then proceed to wash them in water with added hydrogen peroxide. Again though this is for our own use so we’re confident in our abilities to get a clean apple.
Great to hear from you. Tell yourself I say hello back.

]]> Comment on Chickens for the Orchard (and for Dinner) by Ryan Sitler http://midwestpermaculture.com/2012/04/chickens-for-the-orchard-and-for-dinner/#comment-5033 Ryan Sitler Wed, 02 May 2012 18:41:28 +0000 http://midwestpermaculture.com/?p=7387#comment-5033 Bill, You're always one step ahead of me! Actually though I am trying to figure out a good design for an egg mobile for the orchard in the post-harvest through late spring seasons. Our organic certification restricts us from adding raw manure much past mid May, so having the chickens up there from June to early October won't work for us logistically. I am hoping though that they'll help clean up insect larvae and fungal innoculum during those "off-season" months - if there is such a thing. PS Tell Hayden I said hello. Bill,
You’re always one step ahead of me! Actually though I am trying to figure out a good design for an egg mobile for the orchard in the post-harvest through late spring seasons. Our organic certification restricts us from adding raw manure much past mid May, so having the chickens up there from June to early October won’t work for us logistically. I am hoping though that they’ll help clean up insect larvae and fungal innoculum during those “off-season” months – if there is such a thing.

PS Tell Hayden I said hello.

]]> Comment on Chickens for the Orchard (and for Dinner) by Bill Wilson http://midwestpermaculture.com/2012/04/chickens-for-the-orchard-and-for-dinner/#comment-4768 Bill Wilson Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:22:23 +0000 http://midwestpermaculture.com/?p=7387#comment-4768 Great to hear from you Suellyn! And very delighted to hear that things are progressing with your community initiative - Enright Ridge Ecovillage in Cincinnati. http://enrightecovillage.org/ And I understand about how permaculture has grown into your life. Permaculture is not about a set of skill or a bank of knowledge. It is about a way of looking and relating to the world around us. I'm loving my journey as well. Thanks for the holler Suellyn. Best Always... Bill Great to hear from you Suellyn! And very delighted to hear that things are progressing with your community initiative – Enright Ridge Ecovillage in Cincinnati. http://enrightecovillage.org/

And I understand about how permaculture has grown into your life. Permaculture is not about a set of skill or a bank of knowledge. It is about a way of looking and relating to the world around us. I’m loving my journey as well.

Thanks for the holler Suellyn. Best Always… Bill

]]> Comment on Chickens for the Orchard (and for Dinner) by Suellyn Shupe http://midwestpermaculture.com/2012/04/chickens-for-the-orchard-and-for-dinner/#comment-4759 Suellyn Shupe Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:07:01 +0000 http://midwestpermaculture.com/?p=7387#comment-4759 Bill and Becky, It's wonderful to keep up with your doin's in this way. I have a few backyard hens for eggs and enjoy them. Enright Ecovillage rolls right along with myriad projects. I am trying to establish an orchard/forest garden in conjunction with our CSA garden this year. Permaculture has become an important aspect of my life in many ways since I attended the course at Stelle. For life! Suellyn Bill and Becky,
It’s wonderful to keep up with your doin’s in this way. I have a few backyard hens for eggs and enjoy them. Enright Ecovillage rolls right along with myriad projects. I am trying to establish an orchard/forest garden in conjunction with our CSA garden this year. Permaculture has become an important aspect of my life in many ways since I attended the course at Stelle. For life! Suellyn

]]> Comment on Chickens for the Orchard (and for Dinner) by Bill Wilson http://midwestpermaculture.com/2012/04/chickens-for-the-orchard-and-for-dinner/#comment-4739 Bill Wilson Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:06:35 +0000 http://midwestpermaculture.com/?p=7387#comment-4739 I mean... be 'safe' and be well. I mean… be ‘safe’ and be well.

]]> Comment on Chickens for the Orchard (and for Dinner) by Bill Wilson http://midwestpermaculture.com/2012/04/chickens-for-the-orchard-and-for-dinner/#comment-4738 Bill Wilson Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:44:21 +0000 http://midwestpermaculture.com/?p=7387#comment-4738 Good to hear from you Sharon. So, 4-years in Cairo then get into the simple life. Sounds like a good plan. Be save and be well. Bill Good to hear from you Sharon. So, 4-years in Cairo then get into the simple life. Sounds like a good plan. Be save and be well.
Bill

]]> Comment on Chickens for the Orchard (and for Dinner) by Sharon Williams http://midwestpermaculture.com/2012/04/chickens-for-the-orchard-and-for-dinner/#comment-4734 Sharon Williams Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:17:37 +0000 http://midwestpermaculture.com/?p=7387#comment-4734 Thanks for sharing this, Bill. I want to do something very similar on Abundant Blessings Permaculture Farm. In June, I'm heading to Cairo for four years before I can become a farmer in earnest, but I will get a vicarious thrill from your chickens in the orchard in the meantime.---Sharon Thanks for sharing this, Bill. I want to do something very similar on Abundant Blessings Permaculture Farm. In June, I’m heading to Cairo for four years before I can become a farmer in earnest, but I will get a vicarious thrill from your chickens in the orchard in the meantime.—Sharon

]]> Comment on Chickens for the Orchard (and for Dinner) by Bill Wilson http://midwestpermaculture.com/2012/04/chickens-for-the-orchard-and-for-dinner/#comment-4711 Bill Wilson Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:38:00 +0000 http://midwestpermaculture.com/?p=7387#comment-4711 Someone asked about a concern about the small chicks actually worming their way through the chicken wire. For the first two weeks of their life they were all in a smaller enclosure and their little yard had a narrower fencing. At two weeks we had no problem. Thanks for asking... Bill Someone asked about a concern about the small chicks actually worming their way through the chicken wire. For the first two weeks of their life they were all in a smaller enclosure and their little yard had a narrower fencing. At two weeks we had no problem.
Thanks for asking… Bill

]]> Comment on Greenhouse Profit Potential by glen mcclughan http://midwestpermaculture.com/self-study-more/permaculture-greenhouse/greenhouse-profit-potential/#comment-3814 glen mcclughan Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:31:24 +0000 http://midwestpermaculture.com/wordpress/?page_id=964#comment-3814 Hello. I am the Executive Director of a non profit society on the Sunshine Coast, near to Vancouver BC. We provide services to people with developmental disabilities. Over the past 2 years we have been increasing the amount of food that we grow at a variety of our locations. All stakeholders from Board members through to the people we serve are keen to expand into growing on a commercial level. We are pursuing the use of some good, flat, south facing land to erect greenhouses. Any thoughts about opportunities and pitfalls? Hello. I am the Executive Director of a non profit society on the Sunshine Coast, near to Vancouver BC. We provide services to people with developmental disabilities. Over the past 2 years we have been increasing the amount of food that we grow at a variety of our locations. All stakeholders from Board members through to the people we serve are keen to expand into growing on a commercial level. We are pursuing the use of some good, flat, south facing land to erect greenhouses. Any thoughts about opportunities and pitfalls?

]]> Comment on Connect Africa Hub – A Permaculture Design by Bryce Ruddock http://midwestpermaculture.com/2012/03/the-connect-africa-hub-permaculture-design/#comment-3607 Bryce Ruddock Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:23:09 +0000 http://midwestpermaculture.com/?p=7090#comment-3607 Great to see the results here. I remember meeting with the students and discussing plant guilds with them. It was time well spent and I am happy to know them. Great to see the results here. I remember meeting with the students and discussing plant guilds with them. It was time well spent and I am happy to know them.

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