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Hey Spuds,
Wanted to pop in and say that this has become a great forum to look forward to reading. Great info and energy.
Not that anyone should care, but my energy solutions are about to restart as I go and harvest about 6 cords of wood, give or take, for the winter. Fortunately there is no lack of wood, and high BTU type wood, close to me. Wood that does not have to be seasoned. So I can wait and wait until the snow is ready to start flying, read procrastinate. Actually, it is a bit better to go into this mode when the temps are a little cooler instead of mucking around in 100 degree temps. While snow happens year round here, we just got the first shot across the bow about 10 miles from here up on a high peak.
So, am always glad to talk wood. Wood stoves. Wood types. Wood anything that pertains to heating one's home. I had a neighbor tell me a couple of days ago that he pays upwards of $500 a month to heat his Victorian home in the wintertime. My fuel costs to heat this place... $20. And that is for the gas stove and water heater mostly.
Just spoke to a close friend of mine, Navajo Indian. He and his wife and three kids returned to 'The Res' recently. Going from modern conveniences to no running water, no electricity, nuttin'. Not that this is news since much of the world lives in these conditions. But hearing from a family who goes from one extreme to the other is pretty cool. Revealing. He said his kids are absolutely loving the wide outdoors. No more video games or fast food except when they go into a town, 2 hours away. It all sounded glorious. The kids are also learning the Navajo language too. The parents are fluent, but now the kids will be around their peers. The oldest child has just been nominated for a Native American Grammy award, the music awards. He is the youngest to ever have been nominated. I told my friend that this boy, all his children, will be forever thankful that they had to haul their own water, cut and split their own firewood for heat and cooking, and live by the rising and setting of the sun. How cool is that?
And this has little to do with the nature of your forum, except that even just talking to people who into alternative energy sources because that is how they live can be revealing, energizing, informative. Mebbe that is the lesson here....
Well done on your forum Spuds. A positive, uplifting, learning oasis.
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This is a reply to # 1,694,325Thank you sooo much Cisco, I'm also learning a great deal myself since beginning this forum :)
Feel free to talk wood, it is definitely part of a sustainable way of living, (in your area at least). I don't want this forum to be too narrow, so anything is welcome, even if its off topic :)
I'm into full gardening mode at the moment, its spring in Australia, so getting everything prepared for the long hot summer ahead, is a big job. I'm looking forward to juicy tomatoes, egg plants, spinach, lettuce, kale , broccoli, beans, and many more delicious, organic vege :)
Water is always an issue in Australia, so I will be posting a few ways in which we can store water, use water more efficiently, and harness water, if you have any ideas on using water sustainably please feel free to post them. Do you ever have water shortages in your area?
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This is a reply to # 1,694,381Dear Spudlydoo I'm seeing more Gang Gangs this year than for some time: delighted I am.
I just want to back up Cisco's comments. Well done spudly. It is a delight to follow your threads.
Wood for winter life yep deeply enjoy it all. I love looking at my piles of winter warmth before the cold begins. Thinking dried foods to produce and those evenings by a warm fire.
I am an inveterate drier, fermenter and storer of many different foods. I was amused to realise that recent shopping trips include little food purchasing. And none of the "regular" food items. Being able to store the food gluts the garden and bush give has been a wonderful development. Currently I am drying nettles, sow thistle, chickweed and making Gurduk with all the remaining winter greens. I am using a bran ferment for the initial process then layering the leaves and sliced root crops in a container with a little bran ferment, lemon juice and a touch of salt. Packing stones on top to compress and leaving it in a cold place. Makes a fine quick soup any time.
So delighted by it all. Spudlydoo I am following up your Compressed air car contacts/ideas. I am to see the "Engineair" motors next time I'm in Melborne.
Thanks T2
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This is a reply to # 1,694,838Hi Trimnut2, and welcome. I'm very glad your enjoying the forum, I have a lot of fun getting all this info together.
I'm really interested in the way you are preserving greens. I have not heard of bran ferment, is this a type of pickling mixture? Would you be happy to elaborate.
I often have gluts of leafy greens, such as kale, chicory, nettle and others, I usually freeze them into ice cubes, but I would love to know other ways of preserving them for winter.
I also make kelp chips and preserve them by drying, they are a delicious snack and full of Iodine and vitamins. If I get very thick pieces of kelp, I make them into chews for my dogs, they love them.
I would love to be able to find somewhere close to me that deals with the compressed air cars. Can you purchase them through Enginair?
Please keep us updated with your ideas :)
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This is a reply to # 1,694,838BTW, The little GangGang in my avatar photo, was one that was rescued from bushfire, and was released back into the bush. I love them, but we don't see them in the wild in Western Australia. We do get the beautiful Western Rosellas, Red Cap Parrots, and magnificent Black cockatoos, in my area.
Do you see other parrots in your area?
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Now this is something that I really want to participate in, soon. Gardening, canning, storing. Our neighbor started a garden this last year and the yields have been fantastic. We're just not set up for this kind of thing. But we have local farmer's markets and may go grab a couple of things and learn how to do this at the end of this growing season.
What we do have a plethora of is chili. Wonderful chilis that span from Colorado down into New Mexico. These do preserve well, so we acquire enough to eat them year round.
Anyways... super forum. Super energy. The brightness will attract bright people yes?
Oh, and I want an 'compressed air car'.
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This is a reply to # 1,694,943Hey Cisco, I hope you do get into growing your own food, its one of the most rewarding activities, not only for your physical health, but for your spiritual health as well.
For me, growing my own food, is one of the greatest pleasures in life. Even just growing flowers (I do this to attract bees for pollination), is a intense joy.
If you get too much food, give it away, or swap it, I have never had anyone refuse home grown, organic vege :)
Thanks for your comments on the forum. We see so much doom and gloom on the internet these days, I wanted to show that as human beings we are capable of changing things, and we are able to use our brains to develop technology and generate ideas to help the planet and ourselves. We don't have to be held to ransom by the big corporations, and those that want to destroy the Earth we all depend on.
I'm optimistic about our future, and I truly believe we can change the way we think, and make a difference, even little changes can turn into big differences, if enough people get behind them.
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I am optimistic about our future too. All the gloom and doom stuff is.... nevermind.... that is not the tone of your forum. I simply choose to be awake and optimistic, not a victim.
Is why your forum is bright and topical. You've done a great thing by your persistence with information. So much easier to gather around this bright light than, well...
We have a decent growing season here. Just not the land. Am probably going to engage in a co-op into the next year. Am really wanting to get my hands into some dirt like you describe, like I do with wood. Good for the soul. We've become close friends with many growers around here. A major river feeds gobs of farms for many, many miles. We're about to go into the last of the fall harvest so may see what I can learn towards canning something.
Speaking of renewable energy, and wood, well, we weren't but am now. There is nothing more sweet than the sweet smell of pinon wood, cedar or juniper, mesquite. Am heading out shortly to start the cutting and transporting. I leave the logs to about 18-20" and only split them a week in advance. That substitutes partly for 'going to the gym'. I've seen some pics of some Saab enthusiasts who have built alcohol stills on wheels and power their older Saabs that way. That's a bit much for me, but I admire the ingenuity towards the use of wood.
All good for the soul. Not sure how to measure what's good for the soul in carbon footprint.
Your forum is a bright light.
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This is a reply to # 1,695,014Spudlydoo you wrote:
""I'm really interested in the way you are preserving greens. I have not heard of bran ferment, is this a type of pickling mixture? Would you be happy to elaborate.""
Most delighted to elaborate.
I could write a long detailed explanation but I shall keep it short to get you going.
Are you able to buy or gain access to the Bokashi Fermentation used for household waste? That system is based on a microbial culture called EM. (Effective Microrganisms.) Get a small sample of the culture. I started mine with a teaspoon in a film cannister.
To culture that sample I mixed up 2 litres (measurements are remembered guesstimates) of wheat bran (rice and oats also work well)with warm water (2/3 cups) to which I added 2 tbs of molasses and a pinch of good salt if desired. I then added the culture to the mix and left it in a sealed container at about 25 degrees for two weeks. Upon opening the container you are greeted by a slight vinegar smell. The sealing is critical. The culture dies if exposed to too much oxygen.
That culture can then be used to ferment/preserve any foodstuff. Great for all veg, delicious for fish, I have used bran as a substitute for salt in sauerkraut etc etc.
If you do not have access to EM, PM me with your address and I shall send you a full film cannister.
Bran ferments are common in Asia particularly Japan.
There are a number of good sites/ books which with a little more time I could get together if you wish to follow this up.
That is where I started. Recently I have been pursuing/developing the Nuka box idea from Japan. The long term maturity of the culture being developed by the subtle addition of various other fermentation cultures. Bread/saki being a well known additions. Particular Nuka boxs fermentations become justly famous within localities for the special qualities imparted to the ferment by the box culture.
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Thank you Trimnut2, a very timely post indeed, I am about to purchase a bokashi unit next week, so I am definitely going to try this method of preservation. It sounds very similar to a system that I've seen in use when I was growing up in Malaysia. I'm wondering if this is the method used to preserve chinese cabbage, that I am very fond of eating.
I would love it if you can post a couple of good sites or books to read on this method.
I will see if I can get EM in my state, if not I will let you know. Thank you for the offer to send some.
I've just been planting a great deal of spring and summer greens and vegetables, so I'm going to have a lot of fun trying this method out.
Thanks again, spud
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This is a reply to # 1,695,014I love the smell of pine cones in the fire, also some of the gum tree wood we have around here is very aromatic. A good slow combustion stove or heater puts out very little smoke, and a great deal of heat. The one we have in our hostel is very efficient and we only need a few logs to keep it going all night. We are lucky here that we never need to heat houses during the day. Add in good roof insulation and you have a very efficient heating source.
As for gardening, you don't need a great big garden to produce a lot of food, my garden is quite small, but jam packed with food plants and fruit trees. I grow my vege in fenced off areas of the chook pen (the chickens have already prepared the soil and fertilized it for me). I also grow a lot of things in pots, I recycle the polystyrene boxes, that shop bought vege comes in, and they make light weight easily portable vege gardens.
Even if you live in the city with only a balcony, you can still grow a great deal of food in pots.
We also have a huge resurgence of community gardens in Australia, this is due in part to immigrants bringing their culture of growing their own foods to our country. These are becoming so popular in some cities, that there is a waiting list for a garden plot. I hope this is a trend that will keep growing. Do you have community gardens in the US?
Thanks again for your kind words, and your great ideas :)
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