Growing and going full tilt No Till

[Paracelsus]

Well the sad news is kinky is no more. Kinky got in an accident on the way home. It flipped over and it’s manifold blew u. I’ve got 8 kinky Junior‘s now that I’m going to try to clone. But I really wasn’t prepared to clone, as usual I’m going to have to improvise. I’ve got all eight limbs soaking in an 2 gallon 200x Aloe Vera/ Ful Power Folic Acid Sprout Tonicsoulution. Then I’m going to pot them in newly enriched Soil. I submerged them all and I am letting the Roots soak in the solution for 36 hours. It’s an emergency for sure. I want to get all the new guys in 1 gallon pots too.

 

[Chefbjy]

Oh no poor kinky. Hope your kinky juniors come along.

 

[Tika]

Ohhhhh sorrrrry for Kinky....Good luck with the little kinks.

 

[Paracelsus]

I’ve salvadged Kinky’s Soil and have a new order in with Build a Soil for 45 gallons (6 cu feet) Malibu Biodynamic Living Organic Soil.

 

[Paracelsus]

Rubbermaid to the rescue

 

[oldjarhead100]

thats sad indeed I have great faith that the little kinkies will do well lol

 

[oldjarhead100]

the girls are back the girls are back

 

[Californiakid]

Bummer man!
Hope you can save em. I have faith in you. If it were me, r.i.p. Lol But you can do it !

 

[GreenhouseEffect]

Ya Man! If anybody can do it, Paracelsus can!
Bet you get a couple plants out of eight cuts, that's really great odds for having at least a couple root. You should name her daughter Groot.
Sorry to hear about Kinky though

One of my Blue Dream cuts is definitely dead after leaving town for a couple days, the other looks like she may pull through. Hate leaving them cause they suffer while I'm away, but it's just the price I pay.

 

[Paracelsus]

I wish I had the same confidence as you
I trimmed them all down to nothing
And have them in a bucket of pure water

 

[GreenhouseEffect]

They'll go, at least some of them. Maybe try sticking a couple branches in the compost to, sounds like it worked on accident already, always seems like the plants that want to grow always take off in the compost pile, I've had more dam vegetables sprout in the stuff, cabbage and carrots and onions that I tossed just start growing there to.

 

[Paracelsus]

The prognosis is not good but tomorrow i will move the cuttings into some sifted Malibu LOS and home made worm castings/ soil mix. I just can’t look at Kinky all cut to pieces anymore, it is too depressing. I hope I get at least one to root.

On the upside I have finished my final Permaculture design for Genesis Community Garden Bronx and graduated the first semester with an honorable mention. I am going to share my work here along with the other honorably mentioned students Permaculture Designs from all over the world.

My “Nom de plume” in this case is Bicycle Joe.

Begin Quote
(“Hello all and thank you sooooo much for your participation in this class. It has been truly inspiring looking through your designs from all over the world and seeing all of the thoughtfulness so many of you have put into using permaculture for the betterment of your lives, your communities, and the Earth.

Many people are asking me about continuing access to the course and if they can have more time to complete the course. Although we cannot keep the course open past today, we do have all of the course content available as an "Introduction to Permaculture" downloadable ebook. This book contains all of the content and links from the course, but does not however give access to the design tools. I'm sorry if you would like more time with the design tools, but we will run this course again in the Spring of 2019 and you are welcome to take it again.

At this time we have just about 200 people who have earned their digital badges, which gives them access to a 10% discount on our online Permaculture Design Certificate Course. Congratulations to all those thus far who have completed every assignment in the course and earned their badge!

There were way too many amazing portfolios for me to highlight here. I'm really sorry if yours is missing from this list. It was just impossible for me to go through every single one, but this list represents some of those that I went through and wanted to share as examples of people who really put their hearts into their projects and came out with clear design concepts for their sites. Also I want you all to know that even after the course closes down, these portfolio sites will still be accessible so you can share and view them beyond the end of the course.

Melanie in Costa Rica

Anna-Karin in Sweden

Travis outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Kimberlee in Los Angeles, California, USA

Alberto near Ottawa, Canada

Andrea in Wyoming, USA

Cori in Oklahoma, USA

Bicycle Joe in the Bronx, New York, USA

Chloe in Halfway, Oregon, USA

Joy in the Philippines

Kaleb in Indiana, USA

Alice in Sydney, Australia

Detlef and Sally, near Dar as Salam, Tanzania

Teo Kok Kiang, Phui Village, Myanmar

Kai in Salisbury, UK

Guy in Bristol, UK

Chris in Zambia

Letitia on Martinique, Caribbean

Earth Harmony Farms, Wyoming, USA

Rishikesh in Jharkhand, India

Petranta on Kalimnos, Turkey

Sebastian near Brussels, Belgium

Christos in Greece

Leon in France

Nelson on the Gold Coast, Australia

Belinda in Canberra, Australia

Francisc in Romania

Mara in Belgium

Sumil in NW India

Meg in Victoria, BC, Canada

Beth in South Carolina, USA

Eli in Mali

Aaron in Southern France

Tami in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Tracy in Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Nadia on Malta

Veysi in Bursa, Turkey

Martin near Gothenburg, Sweden

GREAT JOB everyone!

This week I released a new podcast episode that you may be interested in. I spoke with Dr. Paul Yeboah who is located in Ghana, West Africa, about his truly impactful work there. Here is a description of the episode and a link:

Episode 017 - Dr. Paul Yeboah: Region-wide Permaculture Economic Development

"This episode looks at the successful and ongoing story of the Ghana Permaculture Institute and their work in creating region-wide economic development using permaculture strategies. Dr. Paul Yeboah has not only restored the fertility and the water table of his 30 acre demonstration site, but he has created a processing system for a number of local crops to add value that is then returned to the farmers, improving their livelihoods and basic standard of living." “) end Quote

 

[oldjarhead100]

WOW I read your plan well written , I found it hard to picture the garden from the description but thats me not you ,between what I've seen of the garden and your plan is going to be one fine garden

 

[Paracelsus]

Thank you OJH, a Work in progress is what they say. Who the hell are ”They” anyway?

 

[Paracelsus]

the only viable Kinkette the others are konks
We will see, we will see.

 

[oldjarhead100]

come on kinky come on kinky

 

[Deadhead91]

My cat eats all of my defoliate leaves he loves them, found out when he broke into the grow room last grow lol

 

[Paracelsus]

There all in compost soil but I think it’s too hot. Not a pretty picture at all

 

[Paracelsus]

Well it’s been a while since I’ve made a post, I’ve been lerking again, just nothing going on I’m that excited about or special to report to Y’all. Well another agency is doing another random inspection this Friday. That’s 4 in 6 months.
I am resigned to accept facts, I can’t really control this environment. I’ve put them all in a closet with 4 48”T5’s.

On a more positive note I have three possibly viable kinkettes still hanging on and looking like they might make it here are the visuals nothing to brag about

 

[Californiakid]

Glad to hear from ya buddy.

Next time them folks tell ya they're droping by, tell them you'll be away. Then "forget" they're coming and just hang around the house inyour birthday suit. They'll get a big surprise and not want to come over anymore lmao. 🤤🤣

Keep on keepin on little kinkettes.