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Small tan worm like, found a small batch of them and wondering if I should do something about it now or if they are not harmful. Beds covered in leaves all winter and uncovered today and found some! Thanks

I live in a wildfire-prone area and want to plant some windbreaks around the perimeter of my 30ish acre parcel.

I don’t remember where I got this info from, but I remember hearing that a good windbreak should be dense/evergreen, and should be layered so the canopies of the various trees make a 60 degree angle from the ground to the tallest tree.

Assuming that’s valid (correct me if not) wouldn’t that also be the ‘perfect’ fuel ladder in the case of a wildfire? I’ve heard windbreaks are good wildfire protection, but I don’t know how to square these two ideas.

I share a garden with someone who wanted to be all permaculture and collected a bunch of seagrass to use as mulch. Sounds great, right? Except instead of using it straight away, they left it sitting outside in plastic bags for ages. Now the bags have disintegrated, and there are tiny bits of plastic EVERYWHERE

I finally had enough and tried to clean it up—got as much of the plastic out as I could and spread the seagrass on the garden, but it’s still pretty contaminated. So frustrating when something meant to be eco-friendly turns into a mess like this.

Anyone else dealt with something like this?How do you even begin to clean up tiny plastic bits once they’re in the soil?

Hi,

My name is Ja, representing The CHI Homestead in Northern Thailand. The CHI Homestead is a homestead (learning how to become more self-sufficient and resilient), organic farm, and sustainability education/training center. We are seeking collaborators and partners who can help us fulfill our vision and mission. This includes people who might be willing to collaborate with us in the areas of knowledge and skills in regenerative agriculture, permaculture, biointensive farming, syntropics, etc, finance and funding, traditional and digital marketing, and possibly exporting.

I’m planning a row of fruit trees and bushes for my garden. I’m wondering can I mix blueberries as the shrub layer in the row, as it requires much more acidic soil than pears, persimmon, peaches, etc? They will be pretty closely planted together, and I am not sure if it’s feasible to acidify the soil for the blueberry while maintaining the rest of the row in a more sweet soil. Thanks.