here are the sleeping gardens, went out and did a row of beets yesterday, down on the lower garden, lettuce and radishes will go next month come snow or shine. The garden closet has only been tilled under and not ready for planting yet. These gardens were beautiful over the summer.

Looks great thanks! You have more space then me you could do some cool Sepp Holzer style raised beds there How many acres do you have?

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I just found this farmer on youtube and was blown away. I wanted to immediately make a post about him but of course did a search.

The updated video posted a bit later in the thread is the one I was going to post.

What an absolute genius this farmer is. And for those people preparing to live off the land when all heck breaks out?.. you have to at least glean a few bits of his wisdom.

I think this man's philosophy could really shed light on a broken agriculture system while preparing us to think for ourselves (which I gather we like around here).

There is a segment about using rocks as heat beds for plants while the roots of those plants keep the rocks from tumbling off the hillside. It is absolutely brilliant and probably stuff our ancestors would have taught us if not for gov interference.

So grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and give the video a look. The man is inspirational.

I keep thinking of the hillsides along the highway in Oregon that have boulders falling on cars during the rainy season. I wonder of they could plant something there that could benefit the region while yielding a crop that could be sold at farmers' markets.


(See the post above mine for the video.)