pretty and edible is the goal.
My little garden is shaping up, planted a boy and girl Sea Buckthorn, with one pathetic yellow berry. We will see how they take.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippophae_rhamnoides
Found some bastard Peonies growing by the road on the remains of a demolished garden. Tore the roots out and planted them as well, they do say Peonies sulk for 3 years after you tear them out.
Some great ideas to replace decorative japanese garden plants with edible.
http://balconyofdreams.blogspot.com/
Replace Bamboo with Asparagus
Replace clipped pine with clipped rosemary
Water Wheel: this tiny hydroelectric turbine is one of four technologies that keeps Gaviotas off the national grid. It generates 30 kilowatts off a 1-meter drop in a low-fall dam.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/26/technology/village_saving_planet.biz2/index.htm
21-year-old student/inventor/entrepreneur Emily Cummins has designed a brilliant portable solar-powered refrigerator that works based upon the principle of evaporation. Employing a combination of conduction and convection, the refrigerator requires no electricity and can be made from commonly available materials like cardboard, sand, and recycled metal.
http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/12/solar-powered-fridge-by-emily-cummins/
I am interested in perennial plants, that live for years, have deep roots and require no maintenance, while producing food.
Naturally, I am atracted to permaculture.
Sepp Holzer and Fukuoka and
http://www.richsoil.com/sepp-holzer/sepp-holzer-permaculture.jsp
We have very little soil on our mountain, but we do have 7000 square meters of it.
One slope has accumulated quite a lot of oak leaves over the years, that have turned into mulched/ composted leaves.
I have made two raised beds, one out of wood and one by laying earth over a long dead and rotten birch.
Potatoes and
jerusalem artichokes / Helianthus tuberosus
and some beets, pumpkins and wildflowers to fix nitrogen.
are the start of our garden, planted in July so not hoping for any crop this year.
Need to find more local swedish tubers, but also thinking about the North American Ground Nut /
Apios Americana dutch seller
One can only learn anything by doing it, so this is simply starting now as opposed to waiting for the perfect conditions in the future that does not exist.
Anna got the potatoes for free, and the Jerusalem artichokes cost 12 crowns.
I bought a mix of heritage seeds on ebay for 17 dollars, and will try to get as many local permaculture compatible plants as possible.
Dont know if I should bring earth to the mountain for raised platform beds, as there is literally no earth, just rock covered with a thin layer of grass and roots.
Now I will go harvest some willow and plant it around our outhouse, if it takes, next year maybe I will convert it into a treebog.
http://www.ee7drs.org.uk/bog/treebog.html
http://permaculture.wikia.com/wiki/Tree_bog
So we got 8000 square meters of land. It is time to start growing some permaculture crops, and we have no idea how to do it. Contact us if you have experience in permaculture want to be part of a grand learning experiment- can someone with no experience and time grow food for themselves and their family?
Reading up on permaculture, diy and farming.
Lots of good info out there.
Natural farming is not just for growing crops – it is for the cultivation and perfection of human beings.
Fukuoka Farming Permaculture Grow more without agriculture.
Masanobu Fukuoka is a farmer/philosopher who lives on the Island of Shikoku, in southern Japan. His farming technique requires no machines, no chemicals and very little weeding. He does not plow the soil or use prepared compost and yet the condition of the soil in his orchards and fields improve each year. His method creates no pollution and does not require fossil fuels. His method requires less labor than any other, yet the yields in his orchard and fields compare favorably with the most productive Japanese farms which use all the technical know-how of modern science.
Instead of deciding which vegetables would do well in which locations he mixes all the seeds together and scatters them everywhere. He lets the vegetables find their own location, often in areas he would have least have expected.
Slow sand filter- filter your water with a simple sand filter to 99.7 cleanliness.
strange edibles
to end – this is wonderful
and some Swedish permaculture resources
swedish DN article on biochar
Sweden/ Sverige permaculture
Holy Scrap Hot Springs
One couple’s journey to independence with a green house and motel.
Papercrete, reuse and recycle, and a lot of great ideas.
http://blog.holyscraphotsprings.com/
Found via Ryan Is Hungry
http://ryanishungry.com/2007/04/26/green-acre-the-40-yr-old-mobile-gets-a-green-re-do/
Russian Evgeny Gvozdev sails around world 2 times in home-made boats, that cost him less than $200 – and endless hours- to build.
Continue reading Evgeny Gvozdev sails around world 2 times in home-made boats
Have a 2 night getaway for $30=20 euros= sek 250 – a person!
A well-loved pasttime with Swedes, taking a ferry boat allows one to not only enjoy astounding views of the Swedish Archpelago and seascapes, but to get drunk for much less than what it costs in the nanny state itself!
Since international waters are tax-free, alcohol retails for significantly less on the boats.
Continue reading Cheapest vacation in Sweden- take a ferry boat!
As a permanent resident in Sweden, I am lucky to recieve free SFI lessons in Swedish.
here are some quick tips to learning Swedish on your own.
Continue reading Quick guide to learning the Swedish language
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