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I have creeping charlie in one of my gardens and im too lazy to try to eradicate it so I just let it go despite all the hate charlie receives. I inverted the soil in a 1.5′ diameter circle and put my transplants/seeds in and so far they are doing well with the creeping charlie as a ground cover. Perhaps charlie provides some level of companion benefit? Maybe just try and go with it?

So, 2 part question for anyone and everyone, in a disconnected/ off Grid scenario; what is the fewest amount of books in which you would be able to utilize the most information on permaculture, and what are those books?ie information about plants, insects, animals et al.

Hi all,

I live in Oakland CA, zone 9/10. I just moved to rent a new house that has a lot of garden potential and I’m looking into planting some fruit trees (pomegranate, peach, fig, and apricot) and some large natives (california buckeye, ceanothus, madrone). The rains stopped for the year in early April, so the clay parent soil is already baked into hard ceramic in most places. It’s a cool summer so far, though, and I have access to water.

Normally I plant bare root trees during the winter to match the tree’s natural growth cycles. I’m wondering what permaculture’s take is on planting trees in mid-June. I know I’ll have to be careful to water it for a while, but also wondering if planting trees at this point will damage the tree’s health longterm.

Warmly,

Brian

I live in colorado and have alkaline clay soil. I have a small pollinator garden of mostly natives. Im a beginner and want to attempt an in ground veggie and herb garden with some pollinator plants to mixed in. I am digging up the grass of an approximately 10 x 25 area, it doesn’t grow amazing there but I also haven’t tried to help it.

Once I get all the grass up I was going to till in compost, gypsum and read elemental Sulphur might help? Then top with a few inches of mulch (massive chip drop from a local arborist). I’m hesitant to till but I can get compost for way less than garden soil to fill any holes for veggie starts, and I dont think anything wouls grow with directly sowing seeds without tilling. I have limited funds but am trying my best to attempt not to destroy what soil I have and still make this work, without waiting years to slowly amend the soil. Am I just in a fairy-dream that I can possibly grow veggies in ground here? If I fail miserably I’ll just plant native seeds next year I guess.

We have a huge scotch broom infestation about 3-4 acres of pure scotch broom spread out among 10 acres. We were chopping it down and piling it while it was in bloom, hoping to eventually chip it and use it as mulch to prevent regrowth. Unfortunately we weren’t fast enough and now it’s seeded, any ideas on what to do with it? I cant transport it and I would prefer not to burn it. I was looking into making biochar but I don’t think that’d be able to get rid of the amount that we have.

I got a bunch of wood chips dropped off while I was out of town, and I have no idea who it was from. It was not from the two arborists I’d reached out to previously, and my getchipdrop account never notified me of anything.

Normally I’d be happy just to have them, but some of the chips seem “off”. They’re softer, almost spongey or something. Some of the “chips” are much longer and look like they could be from posts or something, but that could just be me being paranoid. They don’t appear green or brown like treated wood I’ve seen, but I wanted to be extra careful before I throw it all on my garden or fruit trees. The texture and size differences could just be due to different wood and a different chipper.

I don’t know if it makes a difference but I definitely have seen the pile steaming a little bit. Maybe that’s a good sign if the microbiology is doing its thing

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