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Permaculture Q&A's From Quarantine Part 3

This video is Part 3 of a series. The series playlist can be found, here:    • Permaculture Q&A's From Quarantine  . Below are 1) a summary of the topics addressed by each question and a timestamp 2) Below each question summary are key takeaways from Geoff’s answer. Q1: (Geoff) Working on books, movies, and projects 00:19 Geoff is still working on a book, as well as collaborating on others. Videos are always on the go. We are always working on projects that are game-changers, opening up the potential for others to grab onto permaculture. Q2: Composting meat-related wastes 03:00 Books say don’t do it, but you definitely can. If it’s lived, it can live again. It’s a matter of being skillful enough not to attract vermin, putting attractants in the middle of the heap. Q3: Take on weed parthenium 04:50 It’s good for uncompacting the earth. If continually cut and mulch over again and again, the long taproots will rot. The seeds are viable but you’ve created the uncompacted soil where they won’t grow. Q4: Methods for harvesting climbers that are up a tree 06:00 The idea would probably be to wait for it drop then process it and preserve it. An organic kiwi fruit vinegar might be interesting and that might be used to create an herbal tincture. Q5: Thoughts on black soldier fly compost in the garden 08:55 It can be used, but it still needs more processing to be as beneficial as worm castings. The black soldier fly compost should go through the worm farm before being added to the garden. Q6: Mulching, feeding worms, blocking sun 10:04 Mulching is key to garden/orchard production because it keeps the soil life fed, the soil moist and the temperature moderated. Mulching is feeding earthworms below the surface and compost worms in the mulch. Mulch blocks the sun and makes weeding much easier. Q7: Water management in Mediterranean climates 15:47 Water retention in the soil can be built up with use of swales. It takes about seven years. At that point, it refills aquifers or comes back to the surface as spring lines. Micro-swales, swale footpaths and similar water soakage catchments can be valuable additions. Q8: A partnership with Peace Wadi/Children of the Valley 21:45 A partnership is a great offer, but we just need a plan: exactly what you want to achieve and how people on site will be managed. Q9: Loofahs as a vegan chitin for worm compost 23:00 Exoskeletons of crustaceans are the main source of chitin, a valuable as part of our diet for building cell walls. Loofah may have a chemical analog like chitin. There is a fungi that produces chitin. Check with Fungi Perfecti. Q10: What to do for restless leg syndrome 25:50 Adding magnesium to the diet, as well as working hard enough that the legs are tired, helps with restless leg syndrome. Eating good foods and stretching regularly too. Q11: Natural patterns to help with season extensions 29:20 The idea would be to create microclimate shelters, cutting off north winds, but allowing full sun. Shelterbelts that curve toward the sun will create little heat traps. Ripening increases with matte white walls or matte black thermal mass walls will hold more heat. Compost or chickens can give off heat in a glasshouse. Compost can also heat water to help or a rocket stove can help to heat the glasshouse as well. Q12: Making a Survival Collapse Part II 35:10 Q13: Swales in suburban backyard 35:39 Swales don’t need to take up much space. They can double as footpaths and should be a minimum of 60cm/2ft across, large enough for a wheelbarrow. Don’t worry about leaves and twigs. The swale can be filled up. The water will soak the same. Q14: Helping design a site in Tunisia 38:35 We have Tunisian students, and there is a great NGO called Acacia. We can put you in touch with the right people, and we do have the capacity to design online. Q15: Opinion on volunteerism 40:00 There is great opportunity. To get volunteers, explain the design and what can be offered in exchange for labour: food, shelter, etc. To find jobs, try out Permaculture Global for connections all over the world. Q16: Low-budget ways to retrofit a suburban home and lot 42:21 Take a PDC course and get the knowledge. Start blogging or vlogging about the site and layout the intention. Start implementing the project stage by stage—gardens, little ponds, worm farms, beehive, compost heap, compost toilet, solar hot water, passive solar, convert to natural paints, water tanks, etc—and people can come to volunteer or pay to participate. Support us in making more films by: ► Signing up to our newsletter and my curated collection of free videos: https://start.geofflawtononline.com/p... ► Liking us on FB:   / geofflawtononline   ► Subscribing to our YT channel:    / @discoverpermaculture   #permaculture #permaculturedesign #permacultureqanda