Nostr notes by cpknerr

The past 2 months I've been working on a book on plant ...

2025-04-04T22:47:20Z

The past 2 months I've been working on a book on plant propagation. The working title is "Micronursery: How to grow a personal garden center in your backyard"

I completed my first draft of the body today: Preface + 7 chapters. I wrote it out by hand on about 2 1/2 legal pads.

Now to get this thing typed in and edited!

#bookstr #permaculture #garden #grownostr

I did some reading in The Almanac of Naval Ravikant today. The ...

2025-02-10T23:31:50Z

I did some reading in The Almanac of Naval Ravikant today.

The big take away for today was Leverage, which is define as using what you control to grow and maximize your influence.

In the not too distance past this was a Permissioned Leverage, meaning you'd have to ask for permission to use the resources. This could be in the form of capital (loans), labor (employees) or even following the rules (Twitter). This means someone or groups of people control you. Think the influence of the big investment banks or unions or other powerful interests. Look at what the state education systems are trying to do: leverage the minds of students to make good employees, not independent thinkers.

The other form of leverage is Permissionless where you can use the resource without permission of anybody or you own the resource. Think self publishing, code, distributed monetary systems (#bitcoin), protocols (#nostr). #homeschooling your children to be independent thinkers. The basis of a lot of these examples seem to be your mind.

My own little niche on the Permissionless Leverage front is plant propagation, and worm farming. Agriculture, #gardening and #permaculture. Biology and the systems we define and create can grow our wealth and influence. I do not need to trade time for money I can set up the systems and let them go and grow, I leverage biology to produce wealth.

You can look at what the "old guard" is trying to gain and maintain control over: education, crypto, food, nutrition, agriculture. Making these systems permissioned, under their control, to influence and leverage them out force you to use the established system. And this is often done under the guise of trying to protect you.

My thoughts for today!

#bookstr #grownostr

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Finished The Almanack of Naval Ravikant on the plane and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Got some good insights out of it, wrote a few notes down. Has anyone else read it?
#asknostr #grownostr

Just got it today!

2025-02-04T23:27:25Z

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Just got it today!

Attention Homeschoolers: Free IEW (institute for excellence in ...

2025-01-07T02:15:23Z

Attention Homeschoolers:

Free IEW (institute for excellence in writing) writing walls for the kiddos.

Usually available only one or two days!

https://iew.com/christmas24-portable-walls-for-structure-and-style-students-strengthening-structure-models-for-iew-structural-units

#homeschooling #homeschool #unschool #writing #bookstr #grownostr

Thanks! I'll DM you!

2024-12-31T20:16:03Z

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Thanks! I'll DM you!

Elderberry would be hardwood cuttings I'll stick in a ...

2024-12-31T20:15:43Z

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Elderberry would be hardwood cuttings I'll stick in a February/March.

Willow would be hardwood or softwood cuttings depending on the time.

Mulberry and blackberry I've had success under mist... but would definitely try your aquaponics system.

I had used that for previously for some shrubs, but got away from it when I got the mist system going.

Hello fellow #permaculture minded Nostr peeps. I'm exploring ...

2024-12-31T16:46:13Z

Hello fellow #permaculture minded Nostr peeps.

I'm exploring the idea of creating a book related to starting a home "micro" plant propagation setup and nursery with the knowledge I'm gaining working on our nursery at our property.

However, before I get too far, I wanted to chat with a few people who are interested in the same topic. It could be that you want to start your own "micro" nursery for a little extra money, or it could be that you're working on a food forest or a permaculture property and want to get going quicker, without spending money buying lots of plants.

If you have a few minutes for a DM conversation, I'd love to chat with you and I'd greatly appreciate your help!

I'd like to understand your background, needs, and current goals. I'd also like to understand any challenges or obstacles standing in your way.

My objective is to find a common thread in which I can help people using my unique skills and the expertise I've gained, so you can get started faster and with fewer mistakes.

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, please DM me and we can communicate there!

Thanks a bunch and I look forward to hearing from you!

#grownostr #plantstr #gardenstr

Just noticed our kids stockings: ...

2024-12-19T01:29:47Z

Just noticed our kids stockings:

#grownostr

Yesterday as I was listening to a sermon the pastor was ...

2024-09-16T15:57:00Z

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Yesterday as I was listening to a sermon the pastor was discussing Calvinism vs. Armeninism.

My take away is anything that puts the focus on man and not God will lead us in the wrong path.

We end up focusing on doctrine differences and comparisons and not seeing that God is awesome and that we need the relationship with Him.

Religions focused on man, where the aim is to categorize or focus on others are a distraction so we don't focus on ourselves, often because that may be uncomfortable.

Jesus' prayer reflects the focus on God the father.

Ever bite off more than you can chew? ...

2024-08-28T17:42:30Z

Ever bite off more than you can chew?

#grownostr #snakestr

Not to mention dependence on the bank for operating capital. Not ...

2024-08-22T03:57:47Z

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Not to mention dependence on the bank for operating capital.

Not to mention the chemical pesticides and fungicide are doing to their health.

Or government subsidies.

As long as they aren't in direct sunlight you can put a clear ...

2024-08-21T02:17:55Z

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As long as they aren't in direct sunlight you can put a clear plastic tub over them to maintain high humidity.

You want the high humidity so they don't dry out before they can root.

These I believe are red mulberry. From what I've learned over ...

2024-08-21T02:15:16Z

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These I believe are red mulberry.

From what I've learned over the years if you can propagate one member of the species a certain way, the others will work the same. Again there are exceptions.

Mulberry is dioecious meaning there are certain trees that are male and others female. Only female will produce berries.

I'm raising these partly for berries and partly for fodder, so if I get some male trees that's fine as the animals will eat the leaves.

I've read that white are great for fodder. High protein rivaling alfalfa.

@nprofile…h4n7 here you go sir 🫡

2024-08-20T22:51:48Z

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FlyoverJoe (nprofile…h4n7) here you go sir 🫡

Here's a Youtube video on aquaponics propagation of mulberry ...

2024-08-20T22:48:49Z

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Here's a Youtube video on aquaponics propagation of mulberry from IdahoPuma (npub1f2p…wt7n)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9qYinQVtRs

As promised: Mulberry #propagation via Semi-Hardwood Cuttings ...

2024-08-20T22:45:23Z

As promised: Mulberry #propagation via Semi-Hardwood Cuttings under mist in your #nursery.

Here is the final result: 61 mulberry cuttings from 5 branches collected a couple days ago. Intermittent mist 10 seconds every 10 minutes.

First we start off with our branch. Choose this year's wood. It will still be somewhat green at least in our area. You also want it to be over 6 weeks old should you do this earlier in the summer.

I chose this particular cutting because I loved the leaf shape. I chose some others because of the leaf size and health. Some leaves where I were had a fungus growing on them as well, only choose healthy ones since they will be growing so close in the nursery.

Mulberry is a "2-node" plant. Each leaf node will either be a leaf or roots so we make a cut leaving 2 leaf nodes on each cutting:

Now to clean it up a bit. We need to leave a leaf on the part of the branch that was furthest from the roots. We remove some of the leaf to reduce the moisture loss, and on the side we'll root, we remove the leaf by tearing it off (to create some damage) and also scrape the bark. This will help rooting.

Dip in some rooting hormone. I'm using Dip-n-Grow liquid at Semi-hardwood strength this time of year. I get it off of Amazon: https://amzn.to/3YMXv9n (I'm an affiliate and this was an affiliate link. You can click here to support me and help a pleb buy more rooting hormone! 😉 ) $16 worth of the stuff has lasted me about 1600-2000 cuttings.

Now stick in the sand bed under mist and you're done! They should be rooted in 6-8 weeks.

I also snagged a juniper branch on our walk and stuck 15 of those cuttings as well:

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments!

#grownostr #plantstr #propagation #nursery #garden #permaculture

#carnivore Cinnamon Toast Crunch: ...

2024-08-20T02:15:06Z

#carnivore Cinnamon Toast Crunch:

Pork rinds, melted butter, salt, cinnamon.

We are calling it Skin-a-mon Toast Crunch.

#grownostr #porkstr #butter #foodstr

Awesome! You have a YouTube video on your hydroponics ...

2024-08-19T01:20:24Z

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Awesome! You have a YouTube video on your hydroponics propagation, right?

I'll do a note on mulberry propagation. :👍

2024-08-19T01:18:54Z

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I'll do a note on mulberry propagation. :👍

We spent part of the afternoon out on the Erie Canal with the ...

2024-08-19T00:34:37Z

We spent part of the afternoon out on the Erie Canal with the kids today. We were gathering mulberry cuttings to propagate.

Here are the gates they use to shut off the water for the winter to drain the canal:

A little closer:

The path is the old tow path the mules would use to pull the barges. They still is the canal to transport large items too big for the road.

Here is the mulberry cutting haul. We should hopefully get 20 trees out of these:

#grownostr #propagation #nursery #plantstr

#homeschool kids going to public school! #homeschooling

2024-08-19T00:10:01Z

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#homeschool kids going to public school!

#homeschooling

To censor words is to thought

2024-08-13T00:28:45Z

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To censor words is to thought

On #nostr, you define your own algorithm of notes you see by who ...

2024-07-30T02:42:55Z

On #nostr, you define your own algorithm of notes you see by who you follow and your filters, rather than someone else deciding for you.

#grownostr #plebchain

Welcome!

2024-07-30T02:00:41Z

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Welcome!

What is this?

2024-07-30T01:58:45Z

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What is this?

I've been organizing cuttings in groups of 10 in cell packs ...

2024-07-29T01:09:09Z

I've been organizing cuttings in groups of 10 in cell packs while propagating in the #nursery.

This helps keep them tidy and all going the same way for when I dip them in rooting hormone and stick in the sand.

Always looking for ways to make things more efficient.

These cuttings are variegated weigelia.

#plantstr #permacuture #propagation #grownostr

When taking cuttings for your #nursery, be sure to remove ...

2024-07-28T16:21:41Z

When taking cuttings for your #nursery, be sure to remove reproductive parts like these flowers so the cutting will put its energy into rooting instead of reproducing.

From Goldmound Spirea.

#propagation #plantstr #grownostr #garden #permaculture

A tale of 2 cuttings for the #nursery. Both of these are from ...

2024-07-28T16:17:35Z

A tale of 2 cuttings for the #nursery. Both of these are from Goldmound Spirea.

The one on the left is already well branched and will turn into a nice bushy plant quickly.

The one on the right will also root fine but will take some more time and care to prune into a nice bushy plant.

When taking cuttings I try to maximize the number of cuttings ready to produce the most branches the fastest.

#propagation #permaculture #nursery #plantstr #garden

Here are our Limelight Hydrangea about 3 weeks after sticking for ...

2024-07-27T15:40:00Z

Here are our Limelight Hydrangea about 3 weeks after sticking for #propagation in the mist bed.

Nice set of roots!

We will leave them in this bed for another couple weeks then migrate to cell packs.

#permaculture #propagation #garden #plantstr #grownostr

My neighbor set up an #agritourism #Airbnb this summer. He set up ...

2024-07-25T22:07:03Z

My neighbor set up an #agritourism #Airbnb this summer. He set up a camper on his property and built a deck, hot tub, and a shower around it

He has been doing really well with the bookings this first month. Really encouraged to see constant rentals.

Here is his update on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/orzn762hPzk

If you feel inclined, please watch the video, like and subscribe! I've told him he should get on #nostr so hoping to give him a boost to encourage him.

#grownostr #smallbusiness

#poetry posted on the fridge by my daughter: ...

2024-07-24T21:27:23Z

#poetry posted on the fridge by my daughter:

#carnivore #grownostr #omad

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2024-07-24T21:23:28Z

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YES!

That's great for you! In the book it said the vegetable oils ...

2024-07-19T01:50:45Z

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That's great for you!

In the book it said the vegetable oils have a 1-2 year half life in our bodies. It will take 4-5 years before they are replaced with good fats.

We are about 2 years in now.

Our latest change is consuming a LOT of minerals.

And by a lot I mean increasing dosage until you are running to the bathroom many times a day and then backing off a bit.

The magnesium is insane once it's dialed in. I feel so much calmer.

Funny enough we are trying to get the kids eating more meat and ...

2024-07-19T01:38:03Z

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Funny enough we are trying to get the kids eating more meat and off anything processed so this is part of that effort.

We listened to part of Cate Shanahans "Dark Calories" on our 8 hour drive back from New Hampshire and decided we shouldn't have any more vegetable oil, which is in everything.

My wife has been making all our own bread since we can't find any that doesn't have soybean oil so this experiment was an extension of that.

My wife made a sausage roll up today. I don't know what else ...

2024-07-19T01:16:58Z

My wife made a sausage roll up today. I don't know what else you'd call it.

It's a layer of bread dough covered in sausage, rolled up, and baked.

Here is a cross section:

I then turned it into a grilled cheese sandwich:

#grownostr #dinner

Proof of #kids: a little path into a clump of raspberries so they ...

2024-07-19T01:08:15Z

Proof of #kids: a little path into a clump of raspberries so they can reach more.

Little things like this will be missed when the kids grow up.

#parenting #homeschooling #kidstr

I added a couple supers onto the #bee hive. They have really been ...

2024-07-19T01:03:18Z

I added a couple supers onto the #bee hive. They have really been active these past couple days.

In the process of doing that I had to remove this comb so we got some honey.

#beekeeping #apiculture #honey #grownostr #beestr

Here's the 2nd part of #permaculture stacking functions with ...

2024-07-17T20:14:46Z

Here's the 2nd part of #permaculture stacking functions with the effluent from the anerobic digester: The worm bin:

Right now it's set up to produce worms more than castings in that I'm keeping it very wet.

I have it in an unheated barn that is open to the outside.

I dump the anerobic digester effluent in every few days and also mist the bed with the mist heads attached to the white PVC pipe a few feet above the bed.

The bin is constructed of PVC pipe and a Waste Management Bagster. I got the idea from Meme's Worms on YouTube.

The 1/2" hardware cloth keeps the skunks out. Before I had that the skunks would come in to eat the worms.

Here are some worms uncovered by scratching the surface a bit. They are a mix of Red Wiggler and European Night Crawlers:

They were overwintered in this bin just by stacking 18" of leaves above them... the temperature in the compost didn't go below 55 degrees F even though it was 5-10 degrees outside for a few weeks straight.

In addition to manure, straw, compost, shredded cardboard and shredded notices from the IRS, they are fed a mix of ground birdseed, ground corn, azomite, and biochar, all finely ground:

I throw a couple of handfuls on every day or two:

The plan is to expand the worms in this bin to the other bins in the background and set up mist systems above them all, as well as a gravity fed effluent distribution system.

Once up and running, I've read you can harvest 5-6 lbs of worms per square foot per year. Right now a pound of worms online is going for $40 and in the spring will be around $65 or so. Each Bagster bin is ~32 square feet so you can do the math.

To achieve this though I need to invest in some better separating methods like a trommel of some sort. The beds are also way to wet for any sort of automated separation right now. Right now I'm in production mode to grow out to the rest of the beds.

#worms #vermiculture #grownostr #plantstr #garden #valueprinting #moneyprinting

Yeah on vacation I feel like I should be doing something.... I ...

2024-07-17T00:32:45Z

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Yeah on vacation I feel like I should be doing something.... I know the feeling.

Will do. We are in zone 6. I drain about 1/3 of the water out in ...

2024-07-17T00:31:02Z

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Will do.

We are in zone 6. I drain about 1/3 of the water out in the winter. It will freeze the way it is exposed.

The eventual plan is to build a greenhouse around it so I can keep it running over winter.

I know there are 3 different families of methane producing bacteria that operate at different temperature ranges so the more consistency the better.

Here is one way I'm stacking functions here at our farm. I ...

2024-07-16T21:04:53Z

Here is one way I'm stacking functions here at our farm.

I finally got the #biogas system up for this year, and it's starting to bubble away and I'm finally got enough pressure to supply a trickle of gas. I haven't tried to ignite it yet.

This is the Homebiogas 4 anerobic digester.

I've been feeding it cow and pig poop.

The "main" output is biogas, but the other output is this effluent rich in microbes (in the 5 gallon bucket), which goes into the worm bin for production of worms and castings.

I'm hauling the effluent to the worms by hand every couple days, but I set up the anerobic digester purposefully uphill of the worms so eventually I can gravity feed the effluent to the worms automatically.

#grownostr #permaculture #biogas #vermiculture #worms

Glad to see nostr becoming a very rich experience and glad I can ...

2024-07-16T00:44:59Z

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Glad to see nostr becoming a very rich experience and glad I can be a part of that!

#grownostr

I've done some of that too.... Those were my first butterfly ...

2024-07-15T23:47:52Z

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I've done some of that too.... Those were my first butterfly bush and goji berry propagations.

All this propagation talk... I'm tempted to cut some branches ...

2024-07-15T23:45:36Z

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All this propagation talk... I'm tempted to cut some branches off that tree for propagation purposes....

Let's talk tree #propagation in your #nursery by hardwood ...

2024-07-15T23:43:23Z

Let's talk tree #propagation in your #nursery by hardwood cuttings.

Like Nunyabidness (npub1vwy…zugd) had mentioned... this is like printing money out of nothing, but we're printing value through biological processes and our own resources.

Hardwood cuttings are pretty simple.

You just cut a dormant branch into a size you want and stick them in the ground, literally. Make sure they are the right side up!!!

Trees such as poplars and willows can be propagated by this method.

Here are some basket willows planted from 8" cuttings to get you thinking. I use them as a wind break:

About a month ago, I planted some 1' OP-367 Hybrid Poplars.

Here they are planted into some landscape fabric to keep down the weeds, about a month ago:

Now here they are 1 month later, I'd say average 2 stems, each 18" to 2' tall:

Here are some Silky Willows (Steamco) I planted last Thursday. Already putting on growth. Planted in 3' wide landscape fabric with drip irrigation under the fabric.

That's a black walnut in the background. Printing more trees via propagation from nuts.

Now let's look at the economics. 1 month in I have 4x'ed my cutting length on the poplars, which I bought for $2.50. In the fall if they grow no taller than they are now, I have $10 worth of cuttings.

This is the 2nd year for those basket willows. I cut them down to the ground in March and they've put on 7-8' of growth already on conservatively 30 stems on each plant. Say conservatively we have 210, 1' cuttings. So now I have $500 worth of cuttings per year possible from that one plant.

Let's say we pot them up and sell them like "fastgrowingtrees.com" does for $86.95 a plant! Now we have our single "parent" plant making us $15,000+.

At this point it's a marketing game.

Or all you chicken and duck farmers, use these plants in your chicken and duck yard for cover for your birds as well as to soak up the nitrogen in their poop. The birds will weed the trees for you and help them grow faster. Stack functions in your businesses and life.

Also as an aside.... these cuttings should go in the ground earlier than July! But they still work. Pretty forgiving.

#permaculture #grownostr #propagation #nursery #business #plantstr #garden

Not at all... no offense taken whatsoever! I hope I didn't ...

2024-07-15T22:49:35Z

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Not at all... no offense taken whatsoever! I hope I didn't come across that way.

That sounds super awesome about your goji berries! I'm doing that with raspberries and elderberries.

I'm a computer guy by day. My job is easily replicated.

So I'm trying to build businesses that produce value that are "slow" value and not easily passed overseas or done via AI. Also things I can do with the resources I have in place.

Biological systems seem to fit that bill for me: plant propagation, bees, worms...

My overall goal is to create and share systems so others can replicate as a side hustle or full time work. Where you can manage and let the biological systems do their thing.

Thank you. I learned this from Mike McGroarty on YouTube. There ...

2024-07-15T22:13:39Z

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Thank you. I learned this from Mike McGroarty on YouTube. There are others who do similar things now as well... SaavyDirtFarmer is another.

He has a paid forum/ course you can join to discuss, learn more, and sell your rooted cuttings if you desire.

The one thing I need to do to improve it is put up some shade cloth covering to catch all the leaves/ pine needles in the fall.

I'm creating value (more plants) out of an asset I own. Turn ...

2024-07-15T22:06:44Z

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I'm creating value (more plants) out of an asset I own.

Turn your landscape plants from a liability into an asset!

I suppose I am making "something" out of "nothing", like printing money, only, I'm not devaluing anyone else's money, only trading plants for their printed money.

Then giving a large portion of profits to the government through taxes 😜

Once I figure out how to get that tax money back through Food Stamps/SNAP benefits or something like that, then I'll be on to something 😉

I do willow and poplar from cuttings, for forage like you said. ...

2024-07-15T21:49:33Z

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I do willow and poplar from cuttings, for forage like you said. Growing out now to get into that business, selling cuttings.

I'm also considering raising willow trees as plugs in forestry trays.

I also do pear, apple, locust, stonefruits and nuts from seed for pasture.

I have not gotten into grafting fruit trees yet for commercial sales, just experimenting.

Here are some more pics of the mist bed and hardware for the ...

2024-07-15T21:40:05Z

Here are some more pics of the mist bed and hardware for the #nursery.

First off here is the bed in operation. It's about 24' long and 3' wide and made of old landscaping timbers and filled with concrete sand. Concrete sand is chosen because it drains well.

Here are the wands. They have a pin that goes down into a hole in the head to create the mist. They haven't been cleaned in years.

I cleaned them up in some citric acid:

Here is the valve I use to control the mist wands. It's wired into a controller in the house, and connects to a piece of 3/4" PVC pipe with holes drilled in every 4' or so to accept the lines from the mist heads. The other end is fed by a 3/4" poly water line (not shown):

Finally, the controller: A Galcon 8056 AC 6S. This will control 4 valves and can be programmed down to the second which is useful for the mist system since I'm on from 8-15 seconds every 10 minutes depending on wind, temperature, etc.

#permaculture #plantstr #garden #grownostr #propagation

Here is how to take cuttings out of the mist bed in your ...

2024-07-15T21:22:19Z

Here is how to take cuttings out of the mist bed in your #nursery.

These are "Green Mountain" boxwood that I propagated from softwood cuttings last year. You can find out more details about how to do that in another recent post I made.

Here are ~100 cuttings from 2 rows in the mist bed:

First, pick out a small bunch and hold them at the level you'd like to plant:

Next trim off the tops and roots. It looks harsh, but it is good for the plant: it encourages branching both above and below ground:

Next plant them in some cell flats and put under intermittent mist for a few weeks:

After they've acclimated under the mist, they can be placed under daily irrigation for a few months. Their next step is into "Trade 1" (3/4 gallon) pots.

#permaculture #plantstr #grownostr #gardening #propagation

I've been getting ready for next year's #nursery by ...

2024-07-15T21:06:47Z

I've been getting ready for next year's #nursery by starting cuttings in our mist bed propagation system. We will be expanding into some flowering perennials next year.

I wanted to share some quick notes on propagation by cuttings in case there is interest. Many woody perennials are propagated this way, not from seed. We are "cloning" the plant so we get a copy.

This is just one technique for propagation.

Where a plant stem has leaves coming out, provides us with the cells needed to produce roots. This area on the stem is called a "node". Therefore, for most varieties of plants we need a set of nodes below the soil to provide cells for roots.

Here is a 2 node cutting from a butterfly bush called 'Black Knight', before and after making the cutting. The leaves are stripped from the bottom node that will go under the soil. The leaves are also cut back to reduce water loss from drying out:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

If we have some plants that would have a very short space between nodes, we can make longer cuttings. Again, one node with leaves cut back that go above the ground and then strip off the leaves on all other nodes. I also wound the bottom of the cutting a bit to encourage rooting. These are cuttings from a Korean lilac called "Miss Kim":

BEFORE:

AFTER:

One exception to the rule is hydrangeas, those you can get away with a single node above ground and they will then root from the stems. This is an Annabelle Hydrangea:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Regardless of the cutting type, I dip the cuttings in a rooting hormone called "Dip And Grow" and stick the cuttings fairly close in a bed full of concrete sand. This bed is in the shade.

The cuttings should root within a few weeks. I mist 8-12 seconds every 10 minutes from 8:00 AM until about 8:30 PM at night with an automated timer.

After they root, I can leave them in the sand bed until they go dormant, or if I dig them up and pot them up I just need to keep them misted until they recover from the transplant shock.

An other option other than the mist bed is to stick them right in plastic cell packs and mist them there. That alleviates the transplant shock but takes up more room.

It varies a bit, but you can figure you can get about $1.35 per well rooted cutting, or if these are grown out and sold next year I'll be asking $10 for them.

The last thing I'll say is you can only do this legally, freely,with plants that are not patented, or whose patents have expired.

Please feel free to ask questions!

#propagation #permaculture #grownostr #plantstr #garden

Bouquet of butterfly bush for my wife and our beef ration for the ...

2024-07-13T21:31:44Z

Bouquet of butterfly bush for my wife and our beef ration for the week: a 25 lb chuck roll.

https://image.nostr.build/c61ad03fd13d0af02a50205c228d660c99e260ef238f41f0b9c54db15ce07938.jpgon

#bloomstr #carnivore #grownostr #flowerstr

One of these signs on your car should keep would be thieves or ...

2024-07-13T15:00:38Z

One of these signs on your car should keep would be thieves or carjackers away.

#grownostr #beekeeping #bees #beestr

It's a Stihl BG 86 vacuum, handheld.

2024-07-11T23:49:01Z

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It's a Stihl BG 86 vacuum, handheld.

I'll get some pictures next time I do it. I just wait for the ...

2024-07-11T23:48:20Z

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I'll get some pictures next time I do it.

I just wait for the char to dry out then vacuum it up into the bag. The impeller breaks it up into 1/2 inch pieces down to dust.

I got that idea from Michael Wittman.

Will do.. I'll be sure to post when I make more.

2024-07-11T23:46:03Z

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Will do.. I'll be sure to post when I make more.

I wanted to share a little on the potting soil we use for the ...

2024-07-11T22:03:06Z

I wanted to share a little on the potting soil we use for the plants in our #nursery:

What we are looking for is a medium that drains easily, yet retains moisture. The cost is also a factor.

Since we pot mostly perennials, I also am looking for a fungally dominant potting mix vs. bacterially dominant as you'd have with fresh compost.

Wood chips around here are easy to get by the truckload, and I use well rotted ones for the basis of my compost mix. And by "rotted" I mean "rotted": They look like soil and are completely broken down by fungus, it takes about 2-3 years.

On top of the wood chips I add about 5% by volume charged biochar. About half of this is sifted to 1/4" + and the other half of the biochar is right out of the leaf vacuum I use to crush it up. The biochar is charged with azomite, sea minerals, worm casts, and effective microorganisms (EM-1). We make the biochar right here on the farm. It serves both to provide and retain nutrients and moisture as well as provide drainage:

Then worm castings sifted to 1/8" and finer at around 5% by volume. I also raise the worms for the casts, the current system involves growing them in 4'x8' Waste Management Bagsters:

Finally about 1 quart of activated EM-1. This is 1 oz Terraganix EM-1 mixed with 1 oz blackstrap molasses in 30 oz of water:

This all gets mixed up by hand, and then we use it to pot our plants.

I mix it in a gorilla cart which will provide enough for about 25-30 trade gallon pots.

#grownostr #permaculture #fungi #plantstr #garden

Fabio

2024-07-11T00:39:45Z

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Fabio

Yeah. You have to call the number and talk to someone to order ...

2024-07-03T20:14:57Z

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Yeah. You have to call the number and talk to someone to order it.

They go through your application, flow rates, etc with you to help pick the right size.

So when I'm watering full out it's 3‐5 gallons a minute, so that is how they sized it.

If they got some better marketing I think they could do a lot more business.

Water spots on your plant leaves? Clogged mist heads? Fertilizers ...

2024-07-03T19:58:40Z

Water spots on your plant leaves? Clogged mist heads? Fertilizers don't seem to go far as you think they should? Let's talk calcium carbonate!

I spent some time today cleaning out my Fre-Flo water conditioner and I wanted to share a bit about irrigation water and fertilizer utilization in #garden and #nursery situations.

This device here takes the calcium ions in our water and carbonate ions in the water and combines them back together into a form of calcium carbonate crystals called vaterite, which is like talc powder when dried.

Since the ions are combined into the crystal and remain crystalized in the water, they won't bond with other ions in the water or soil.

This helps prevent a few things for us in the garden:
- the calcium and carbonate ions from bonding with other fertilizers, helping to lessen the amount of fertilizers needed and improving the efficiency of microbes in the soil getting needed nutrients to plants
- helps us from getting water spots on our plant leaves in the nursery and clogging irrigation parts with minerals. The vaterite will wash off in the rain rather than form crystals on the plant surfaces.

Incidentally we're using this to treat all the water in our house/farm since it's in-line with the line from the well. So this helps with clogged shower heads and sinks and water spots as well as making soap go farther.

Inside this device is a core which is coated with a catalyst to combine the calcium and carbonate ions into crystals. The rough surface helps add turbidity to the water to ensure the ions come in contact with the catalyst:

The core fits into a pipe which goes in-line with your water line, so it doesn't impeded the flow of water:

This gets cleaned out 2-3x per year with some CLR (Calcium-Lime-Rust) solvent just to clean up the catalyst. There are no filters or consumables other than the CLR cleaner.

Here is the website for the company describing the science behind it:

https://freflowater.com/the-science-of-fre-flo

I learned about the effects of calcium carbonate salts especially with respect to soil science (fertilizers) from John Kempf via Matt Powers Regenerative Soil Science course. Here's an article on the interaction of hard water specifically calcium carbonate in agriculture:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-chemistry-of-bumper-crops-excerpt/

#plantstr #gardening #permaculture #grownostr

Are you using any KNF/JDAM preps?

2024-07-03T19:20:00Z

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Are you using any KNF/JDAM preps?

I wanted to share some techniques and success I found with bare ...

2024-07-03T17:06:20Z

I wanted to share some techniques and success I found with bare root trees, specifically shipping for your #nursery or #garden.

I had dug up this catalpa tree for my mother-in-law a few months ago when she visited.

In order to pack it for her to take home, I had soaked some shredded cardboard in Terraganix EM-1 microorganisms. The EM-1 has some lactic acid bacteria, brewer's yeast, and purple non-sulfur bacteria in addition to other microbes. I mixed it 50-50 with some blackstrap molasses to activate it.

I then packed the roots in the cardboard, and left the top of the tree out of the bag.

This is a few months later; she hasn't had a chance to plant it yet, but the tree is doing pretty well in this cardboard-soaked-in-EM-1 mix:

Here's a closeup of the bag. Looks like the cardboard is starting to break down in here.

Not ideal that the tree isn't in the ground yet, but if you need to preserve some plants until you have time to plant them, this works pretty well for me.

I can share some other resources on Effective Microorganisms (EM) if you're interested.

The other thing cool about EM-1 was discovered after the Fukashima nuclear plant accident. At a nursery in Japan, they were testing the crops after the fallout to make sure that there were not radioactive elements present in the food.

One of the fruit nurseries does a soil drench and foliar application of EM-1 to build up the biology in the soil and on the leaves.

They found that the fruit from this nursery had very little or no contamination from the radioactive elements.

My understanding is the EM-1 helps establish good fungal and bacterial presence in the soil and on the leaves which forms a sort of protection from the radioactive elements. Instead of taking in the raw element as ions, the fungi is preventing the plant from taking them in as the plants are relying on the fungi to provide them with what nutrients they need, and not just taking them from the soil.

#grownostr #permaculture #gardening #plantstr

Yes you can save it. This is what I'd do: First take some ...

2024-06-30T04:00:58Z

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Yes you can save it.

This is what I'd do:

First take some weight off by cutting off some of the branches that are putting the most stress on the tree.

Then I'd pull the wound close togetherwith a ratchet strap up a little bit on the 2 main branches.

Then wrap the wound together to get a tight fit with another strap, tight as you can.

Both of these straps will stay on at least until next spring if not longer. You want that wound to heal good. If anything leave the upper strap on longer so it can heal longer and release it slowly over a few months so the new growth learns to take the weight next year.

In the spring prune the larger branches back so there is not so much weight out so far. Knock some of the fruit off too as it is healing so it isn't so heavy.

It's a good looking tree! You have a good start to shaping it.

Yes.... I buy wholesale, pot them up and sell. I get the ...

2024-06-09T00:09:09Z

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Yes.... I buy wholesale, pot them up and sell. I get the blueberries from Hartmann in Michigan.

https://hartmannsplantcompany.com/wholesale/shop/

I got them for $2.90 each, with shipping it came to $3.92 each from Michigan to New York. 6 boxes of plants total. I got the 1 liter 6-12 inch size. They come in 4 inch peat pots and I pot up to trade 1's.

The smallest ones were 8 inches... some were 18"!

I do prune the larger ones for the customers too as I pot them.

You have to order 100 plants minimum to shop their wholesale site.

Plants. $10 each or 3 for $25.

2024-06-08T17:55:49Z

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Plants. $10 each or 3 for $25.

Blueberries are GONE! Time to get some more in! Next year ...

2024-06-08T17:53:26Z

Blueberries are GONE! Time to get some more in! Next year I'll get 200 at a time.

Made just shy of $400 so far today in about 3 hours. Most people spent $75 or so. A couple people were driving in from an hour away.

Also got compliments on the plants, info sheets, knowledge and organization.

#nursery #permaculture #plantstr #business #grownostr

I have 8 people coming at one time tomorrow.... should be fun!

2024-06-07T20:00:28Z

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I have 8 people coming at one time tomorrow.... should be fun!

In the spirit of keeping you all up to date with what I'm ...

2024-06-06T19:25:06Z

In the spirit of keeping you all up to date with what I'm working on in the #permaculture #nursery, I wanted to switch it up a bit and talk business, specifically, advertisements: What the ads look like and what they are doing.

My goal was to sell some plants with berries on them, to show that they will give you berries this year.

The next ad (Early Summer rather than Late Spring) will hopefully have ripe berries!

Here is my ad: <BEGIN AD>

Plant Your Berry Garden Now: Final Spring Sale on Blueberry, Blackberry, Strawberry, and Raspberry Plants!

Don't miss out another year! Come now and get some plants so you can enjoy fresh, home-grown berries from your backyard in just a few weeks.

These blueberry, blackberry, strawberry, and raspberry plants need to be in the ground in the next couple of weeks. Act fast so you can choose from our selection of plants with berries ready for this year!

I checked the big box stores, and berry plants this year are $15 each. Honestly, they don’t look too hot.

Why pay that when you can get ours for just $10 each, or even better, 3 for $25? The exception is strawberries, which are cheaper: 6 plants for $10.

Invest in your garden this year and enjoy the rewards for years to come! These berry plants will pay for themselves with delicious, fresh berries in just a year or two. Plus, they're easier to care for than most vegetables and come back year after year, making them a perfect addition to any garden.

And if you have a problem with any of our plants in the next year, just bring them back and get a new plant.

We have different varieties of each plant to keep you in berries from mid-June until frost.

Arrange a time to come by and pick out your plants today… limited stock available. We’re open by appointment in Scottsville, NY. Please DM or text me for more information!

<END AD>

I'm trying to use the 4U's framework for copywriting.

(From ChatGPT): The 4U's of copywriting are a framework used to create compelling and effective marketing copy. They are:

Urgency: This creates a sense of urgency that motivates the audience to act quickly. Phrases like "limited time offer" or "while supplies last" are common examples. (i.e. Plants need to go in the ground in the next few weeks)

Uniqueness: This highlights what makes your product, service, or offer different and better than the competition. It emphasizes the unique selling points that set you apart. (Cheap plants - $10)

Ultra-Specificity: This involves being very specific about the benefits, features, and outcomes of your product or service. Clear and detailed information helps build trust and credibility. (Specific about our pricing)

Usefulness: This focuses on how the product or service will be useful to the audience, solving their problems or fulfilling their needs. It highlights the practical benefits and advantages. (Plants will pay for themselves in a few years).

I posted the ad to Nextdoor, Craigslist, and Facebook.

Facebook got by far the most number of replies (and the most number of questions) Most people are interested in 1-3 plants.

Craigslist has always had fewer customers, but less "handholding" and they tend to get a lot of plants. They are looking for a deal.

Nextdoor is like a mini-facebook: Not a lot of plants wanted, questions, but closer neighbors it seems.

Hope this helps! Any critique/comments welcome: Would you buy plants with this ad?

#grownostr #plantstr #gardening #propagation #nursery #marketing #business

Nursery reboot update... getting my mist beds set up again to ...

2024-06-05T00:33:36Z

Nursery reboot update... getting my mist beds set up again to take cuttings.

They are about 6 inches deep filled with concrete sand. 3' wide by 24' long.

I can fit about 4500 -5000 cuttings in here.

After it is cleaned out, I'll set up the intermittent mist system, which is made from 4 misting heads, a propagation water controller, and a water valve I can control from the controller.

The controller will turn on about 15 seconds every 10 - 12 minutes to mist the cuttings.

The cuttings are cut with multiple lead nodes. The bottom leaves are stripped off and only the top left on, and those are trimmed as well. They are then dipped in rooting hormone and put in the sand. The mist keeps them from drying out until they root.

#plantstr #gardening #propagation #nursery #grownostr

I saw this #bee swarm today so I put it in a hive. I haven't ...

2024-06-02T02:10:55Z

I saw this #bee swarm today so I put it in a hive.

I haven't had bees for 15 years and never captured a swarm before. They were mostly peaceful.

For other bee keepers... I have no idea what I'm doing so this is what I did:

Cut the swarms branch into a 27 gallon bin. My wife filmed me. She said "this is so I have something to show them at the hospital".

Put the branch and bees into a hive.

2 deep supers... didn't have foundation so there are just frames in them. I figure the bees know what to do.

Then a medium super in top with no frames... the bees were on a branch so I dumped the branch into the medium on top. Should I fish that branch out in a few days?

Anyway... nice surprise ending to the day!

#beestr #beekeeping #grownostr

Yep! Goods from Pennsylvania. I grew up on those! ...

2024-05-30T00:46:12Z

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Yep! Goods from Pennsylvania. I grew up on those!

https://www.facebook.com/GoodsPotatoChips/

I've not heard of that. I had not described pruning them but ...

2024-05-30T00:41:01Z

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I've not heard of that. I had not described pruning them but every year you are supposed to prune off the floricanes.

That said... I don't do that, the wind and snow will knock the dead canes down after a few additional years. I'm kinda lazy that way. Some of mine have been in 15 years now with no pruning.

If I ran into that situation your parents ran into I'd mow them to the ground to rejuvenate them.

Additional for me, current employees: NY State: 251,700 (From St. ...

2024-05-29T20:55:16Z

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Additional for me, current employees:

NY State: 251,700 (From St. Louis Fed data)
County: 4,600 employees
Town: 56 employees
School District: 160 employees

What else am I forgetting? Contractors at each level are not counted.

Also, how many retirees are being supported at each level by taxes?

A little bit on the growth and fruiting habit of red raspberries ...

2024-05-29T16:30:30Z

A little bit on the growth and fruiting habit of red raspberries and #propagation in the plant #nursery...

Here we see a raspberry plant I have for sale. It's variety is Prelude and its first fruits will ripen in 3-4 weeks. This plant retails for $10.

If you look closely you will see 2 kinds of canes: The 2 older looking, taller, darker canes, and then a small plant that looks like it's sprouting from the base.

Those canes are from last year are called the "floricanes", and will bear this year's fruit. It's forming now, here's a zoomed in picture.

The canes from this year are the "primocanes". They will grow this year and will become floricanes next year. Here is a different angle so you can see the primocane forming at the base:

The plant spreads underground and will pop up new primocanes further and further from the parent plant. Some of my patches now are 20' long and thick with plants produced by only 3 parent plants. after about 4 or 5 years.

To propagate this type of raspberry, in the spring, I will dig up the plant around the floricanes coming into their second year and pot them up. The root base from that plant will then send out roots which will sprout into primocanes and continue the plant.

You may also see "bare root" raspberries, those are plants that have been dug up as I describe and sold prior to the plant putting on any growth. They are cheaper, but, as some of my customers have mentioned, when you get them, they "look like sticks" and so are not as attractive for retail customers.

#grownostr #gardening #permaculture #fruit #plantstr

Irrigation is very important when you have plants in containers ...

2024-05-28T15:06:39Z

Irrigation is very important when you have plants in containers in a #nursery. Even on a cool day, winds can really cause the pots and the plants to lose moisture. It's amazing how they can go from a soaking rain one day, where you're worried about too much moisture, and then in a few days without watering they are wilting.

I use Senniger mini-wobblers for irrigation, the beige nozzles I'm using put out 0.84 gallons per minute at the 25 PSI I run them at.

There is a 25 PSI pressure reducer in-line to reduce our house water pressure which tends to be around 40 PSI off our well.

I have the irrigation come on each morning for 90 minutes. I have a timer running off of our spigot at the house that controls the watering.

If I were to water just the plants I have now by hand it would take me at least 20 minutes, so the automation is a time saver as well.

I've found that with a hose and hand watering you just can't get the same deep watering as you can with a light overhead watering over the course of an hour. With hand watering, the water seems to just run through the pots whereas a light rain-like watering over the course of 90 minutes daily will really help the plants stay hydrated.

I have the wobblers up 5' in the air on 3/4" PVC water line risers. The PVC lasts about 3 years out in the sun before needing replacement.

You can really see how they wobble back and forth and spin when they are in action!

#plantstr #garden #propagation #permaculture

Time for weeding, fertilizing and top dressing the plants in the ...

2024-05-27T18:13:41Z

Time for weeding, fertilizing and top dressing the plants in the #nursery.

Pulled the small weeds before they become big, fertilize with 1 tsp of Osmocote 14-14-14 slow release fertilizer, and top dress with a generous amount of worm castings.

It's like a forest of raspberries!

The long term plan is to get completely away from the commercial fertilizer by fertilizing with compost tea, but I'm not there yet.

The more I interact with people, the more I realize what I'd consider common knowledge, is not common. Specifically worm castings, I sold some blackberries yesterday and mentioned that I had just top dressed them with worm castings, and the customer had never heard of using worm castings as a fertilizer, or even what they were.

Other things to teach is the seasonality of fruits, and that different varieties of the same fruit produce at different times. For instance, I have 4 different varieties of red raspberries that, when planted out, should produce most of the summer up to the frost. But people don't know that so you have to mention it.

Final thing to mention is this little garden scooter that I got a few months ago from AM Leonard. This thing is a back saver and puts you right where you need to be at eye level with the plants.

#permaculture #gardening #wormcastings #propagation

Is that an ebb and flow system for propagation? That is an ...

2024-05-26T00:29:15Z

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Is that an ebb and flow system for propagation?

That is an awesome idea!

We've visited a couple of sales this spring to sell plants ...

2024-05-25T16:47:45Z

We've visited a couple of sales this spring to sell plants for our #nursery and I wanted to share some of the mechanics that go in to that.

We have a landscape trailer, 10.5' long by 5' wide. I can fit about 180 to 200 plants in trade 1 gallon pots onto that trailer.

After we load, and this is KEY, I cover the plants up with a shade cloth tarp to prevent the wind from ripping all the leaves off while we are driving.

At the event, we've either set up the plants on low tables or on the ground. I have information sheets with me (DM me and I'll send you the PDFs!) as well as setting up a sign with our offerings.

My goal the more I do this is to create a more exciting and inviting booth. As I look at the pictures of our set up booth, I can see we need more color (as in flowering plants) as well as more abundance and variety of leaf shapes, plants, etc. So we are going to branch out a bit into things like lilacs, daylillies, hydrangea, etc.

#permaculture #gardening #propagation #grownostr

I went to a friend's house yesterday and wanted to share the ...

2024-05-24T01:43:10Z

I went to a friend's house yesterday and wanted to share the power of simple natural fertilizers and soil amendments like #biochar and #wormcastings.

He's growing #garlic in his #garden, it went in about a month late for this part of the country.

I brought over some worm castings and biochar mixed 50/50. We added a spoonful to the planting holes and raked it in after planting.

Here it is in late May:

#grownostr #permaculture #gardening

I'll work on it! Thanks for your interest! Anything in ...

2024-05-23T20:21:50Z

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I'll work on it! Thanks for your interest!

Anything in particular? Propagation? Potting? Sales? Planning?

The mechanics of producing are most interesting to me... but the marketing and sales are where the rubber meets the road.

Just looking for a good direction to go in first.

All locally, yes. Craigslist (made $175 on 2 sales) and Nextdoor ...

2024-05-23T20:16:18Z

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All locally, yes.

Craigslist (made $175 on 2 sales) and Nextdoor ($0)

$30 in sales word of mouth at church.

Adding in Facebook this week, need to finish that up.

Also sold at a yard sale ($565 over 2 days) and a local agricultural store spring festival ($365 over 4 hours)

So I guess it's more like $1135 all together! I was just thinking of the bigger sales.

I've been working on rebooting our plant nursery this spring. ...

2024-05-23T16:37:33Z

I've been working on rebooting our plant nursery this spring.

I had things up and running a couple years ago but had gotten busy since and things had gotten neglected.

The focus this year is on berries: Blueberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, sold in trade gallon pots.

I intend to keep more regular updates going forward 😉

I've sold about $800 so far over the last 3 weeks.

Some learnings thus far for our area (Western NY):
1.) I was trying to sell at $15 each or 3 for $40. This was too high, or, at least I wasn't making any sales, so I'm down to $10 each or 3 for $25 and things are selling.

2.) People typically don't know about plant varieties at all so there is a lot of education required. Even things like the fact that they come back, year after year. When you'd get berries, etc. People are far removed from seasonality.

3.) Having leafed out plants is important.... about a month ago it was still pretty cold so especially at early sales, people would exclaim, "Those are just sticks". Next year I'll keep them in our nursery area with the black ground cover to get leaves on them, earlier.

Economics/Cost:
Plants I bought in cost $4-$5 each (including shipping). Pots are around $0.44 each. The growing medium is well rotted wood chips, biochar, and worm castings, which just cost me time.

I propagated about 75% of my plants myself (Raspberries, Blackberries) so that cost is just my time.

If you have a green thumb, a little cash to invest, and some space and time, this would be a good way to make some quick cash.

That's the first post for now, I'll follow on with more specifics so you can duplicate or learn!

#permaculture #gardening #propagation #grownostr

Bitcoiners don't ask permission

2024-05-09T19:58:49Z

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Bitcoiners don't ask permission

Your

2024-05-06T17:32:11Z

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Your

Foss protocols not platform

2024-05-06T16:10:47Z

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Foss protocols not platform

We took some time about a month ago to stick elderberry cuttings ...

2024-05-03T02:20:07Z

We took some time about a month ago to stick elderberry cuttings along a seasonal stream on our property.

Here they are now!

#permaculture

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nevent1q…mfnw

We took some time this evening to stick elderberry cuttings along a seasonal stream on our property.

A natural gas pipeline went in here a couple years ago so I decided to take advantage of the disturbance along the edge.

#permaculture

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Yep. Just cuttings pushed into the soil. It's fairly wet in ...

2024-04-02T03:02:41Z

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Yep. Just cuttings pushed into the soil. It's fairly wet in that area so I hope they do well. I put in maybe 20 or 25.

With elderberry and most hardwood cuttings (currant, gooseberry, jostaberry) you want 2 "nodes" on your cutting. The node is the area where leaves and branches come out of the stem. They contain undifferentiated cells that can become stems if they are above ground or roots below.

I opened a slot in the soil so they weren't damaged when pushing them in.

Nice work on the guerilla grafting!

We took some time this evening to stick elderberry cuttings along ...

2024-04-01T22:28:09Z

We took some time this evening to stick elderberry cuttings along a seasonal stream on our property.

A natural gas pipeline went in here a couple years ago so I decided to take advantage of the disturbance along the edge.

#permaculture

Here's some sats for them.

2024-03-01T03:54:29Z

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Here's some sats for them.

Thanks to @npub1v0t…3m3e the kids have some fancy custom ...

2024-02-09T23:19:56Z

Thanks to Leathermint (npub1v0t…3m3e) the kids have some fancy custom wallets to keep their Goldbacks safe and in order! Custom leather for #bitcoin.

These are built to last them forever!

Thanks again! I enjoyed doing business!

#v4v #bitcoin #grownostr #leather

Masons and concrete guys.

2024-01-27T19:44:11Z

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Masons and concrete guys.

Yeah I do not know what happened to him but I wanted to rekindle ...

2024-01-23T02:25:04Z

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Yeah I do not know what happened to him but I wanted to rekindle the message.

Nope. I should have said "Curtis Stone's Video" ...

2024-01-23T02:24:11Z

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Nope. I should have said "Curtis Stone's Video" instead of the Ice Age Farmer. Apologies Curtis if you are reading this!

During the recent cold snap we've had in Western NY caused by ...

2024-01-22T23:34:58Z

During the recent cold snap we've had in Western NY caused by a "polar vortex", I remembered a guy by the name of the Ice Age Famer I ran across 3 or 4 years ago.

I wanted to share this in case anybody else has not run across this information.

He discussed solar activity as relates to climate on the Earth. During periods of weaker solar activity, there are more galactic cosmic rays that impact the earth. This leads to, among other things, a weakened jet stream, allowing cold air or warm air dive down (or up, as the case may be!) and more pronounced droughts and precipitation.

Now, the current solar cycle we are in (Solar Cycle 25) is more active than predicted, but not as active as cycles in the past hundred years or so. The last time the solar cycle looked like it did now was around the early 1900's. You know, dustbowl times.

Now, what to do about this? Resilience in our food systems is the key in my opinion. Here are 3 practical things we are doing:

1.) Plan for cold (and warm) snaps by planting resilient plants that can survive outside your zone. My grandfather said you should plant trees that can survive 2 USDA zones colder than you are in.

2.) Build soil organic matter and soil life with biochar, cover crops, and application of soil biology through composts. These allow the rain we do get, to penetrate the soil and can hold water and release it slow. jackspirko (npub1587…kv0n) just had a discussion of this on the Survival Podcast.

3.) Remineralize your soil (and composts) with rock dusts and ocean minerals to in turn build the nutrition content of your crops and animals.

I have not been able to find anything recently from the Ice Age Famer, but am leaving his video here for others should they find it interesting. The fascinating part of this was the Ice Age Farmer also tracked these solar cycles back to civilization failures and famine because of food shortages.

#grownostr #gardening #biochar #compost #permaculture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBwUQlHus7I

Will do!

2024-01-21T23:36:57Z

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Will do!

What question is that out of curiosity?

2024-01-20T12:50:17Z

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What question is that out of curiosity?

Yeah... it may just take longer depending on what the food is.

2024-01-01T14:35:06Z

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Yeah... it may just take longer depending on what the food is.

Reconstitution is putting the water back in.

2024-01-01T05:41:35Z

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Reconstitution is putting the water back in.

Your gnome is smarter than these gnomes who were not #hodling ...

2024-01-01T03:40:22Z

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Your gnome is smarter than these gnomes who were not #hodling #bitcoin