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This is my first time doing cutting propagations right and I was so happy to have been able to come into the warehouse today and seen what seems like success

Hello all, I’ve posted on here before and have been met with the utmost kindness and compassion. I truly feel as if this community of people has an understanding of the importance of reciprocity. I feel safe here and I have each of you to thank for that.

So here’s what I need to know, I’m starting a permaculture micro nursery and am planning to offer plant plug starts as one of my core offerings. The plan is to have air prune tray flats of seed starts and offer build your own six packs.

Question one: does this have value, would you be likely to purchase a six pack of three?

Question two: would you pay $7 for it? That’s my price point I’ve settled on for now. It’s $6 for the plants, $1 for the bootstrap farmers 6 cell air prune plug tray that I give them to you in. When you visit my location again, you can refill for $6 and use it as a reusable propagation tray again and again in the future because it’s quite literally designed for that. I see it as selling you two products of value instead of one product of value and one piece of guilt you have to add to the landfill almost immediately after you get home

Question three: what kinds of plants do you want to see? So far, off the top of my head is: -tomatoes (three kinds) -eggplant – jalapeño -scotch bonnet peppers -purple and orange bell peppers -amaranth -squashes (pumpkins, cucumbers) – milkweed -two types of bee balm -herbs (lemon basil, Mediterranean basil, sage, thyme, rosemary, dill, etc) -cilantro -marshmallow -comfrey -pigeon peas -calendula -scallion (though I can’t EVER seem to get alliums to sprout for me) – more that I’m forgetting atm

So here’s a discussion topic for you.

After Hurricane Helene, many people in Western North Carolina are still displaced, and many small farms and homesteads are still struggling to recover. But I believe we can salvage an opportunity from the devastation—maybe even build the foundation for… well, a new civilization?

The Homeseed Project is a long-term regional recovery initiative designed to re-create our region and guide our path forward. We’re offering safe, secure micro-housing opportunities for displaced individuals in RVs, campers, or tiny homes, and pairing them with small farms and homesteads that need labor to rebuild. There, they’ll gain valuable employment skills and heal as only Nature (and good, hard work!) can provide. Then, we’ll connect these revitalized operations with the local community garden network, business improvement groups, and agricultural support systems.

This is about sustainable community rebuilding on a grand scale. We’re creating replicable work/trade models that not only address immediate recovery but lay the groundwork for thriving, interconnected, long-term regional resilience.

And that’s how we’ll survive. Through compassion. Through working together.

Thoughts?

Hi all! Moved to a small city lot in Michigan, so not tons of lawn to convert to a food forest. I do have a screened in patio, however (not insulated). It gets only a few hours of direct sun in the winter (not a ton of sun in MI in the winter anyways). If I hung up thick plastic over the screens do you think I could get it to act somewhat like a greenhouse?

Can I collect a sample of water from my pond and nearby lake in jars and wait 1-2 days to test for DO? Or, does the test need to occur immediately after collection? I’m looking to buy this kit for my classroom.