Thank you. It's only when I'm in the creative zone that I feel life is truly meaningful. But I'm slowly getting to accept that an endless to-do list of 'chop wood, carry water, fix stuff' is also meaningful.
Super ultra impressed... :) (I like your beds and magical gardens)... I am a big fan of composting also. Have you ever heard of the Johnson Sue Bioreactor? You put wood chips in a circular wire structure so it gets the most air. Being that it is wood chips it creates a fungal dominate compost in about a year. You could also take the compost and feed to worms, soldier flies or creatures like that to break it down further... A bioreactor, six feet high can generate 20k$ worth of compost in a year. I was thinking too, you could inoculate with microorganisms, for example, that would generate phosphorus, where you could have it be compost specifically for flower. In any event. Way cool.
Not heard of the Johnson Sue Bioreactor. Sounds interesting - we have 4 'biomass collectors' for longer breaking down of biomass material. And sometimes I get fungal bits ... but it's a bit random. I hadn't thought of wood-chips - but I have a shredder - though not powerful enough for wood-chipping. Cheers, Josh.
Another cool thing I discovered was Korean farming, using anaerobic microbes like bokashi. I have two holes filled with material I buried last summer gonna dig up n see how they look. I buried and sprinkled bokashi not sure if I used enough. I had a bunch of bird seed I had 2 get rid of I buried w bokashi kinda excited 2 dig up. :)
Wow wow wow. Josh what do you have for breakfast each morning?! You are just glowing with creativity. These projects, my mouth is watering. I want to live in your Jasmin & Wysteria cave! What spectacular angel wings. She is going to fly away! The creative grow boxes!
And yes the strap complements the bag. How special for your daughter. So love what you do Josh. I echo Jamie: You do make the world a better place! ❤️
Thank you. Err ... I don't eat breakfast - we do intermittent fasting, and 'lunch' is the first and main meal of the day.
Even though I say it myself, the 'flower cave' is amazing this year. Makes me want to build another one - but I've run out of space. However, I'm "holding the question..." and maybe the universe will come up with an option I have not yet succeeded at, or thought of, regarding land nearby.
😀 Neither do I Josh! Lunch is my first and main meal of the day too. Love eating and living this way. Anyway, that was all besides the point really. Your creative spark is inherent - food or fasting.
Just an idea: How about a gift to the community. A "flower cave" for people to enjoy, a non religious church for the soul. Or at a local school, or for those who are struggling with mental health, physical health. Outside a hospital, homeles shelter etc etc? ❤️
Thank you. I've already thought along these lines. And I do see it as a 'temple' where Nature and simple technology-construction come together, enhancing each other as it were. I like the idea of a "non religious church for the soul" very much. I know a community nearby where the original owner whom we knew, gifted her quinta in a trust-fund for people to look after it, staying on and developing the land in perpetuity. I think it can work when no-one owns it.
And I also like 'gifting it' - I don't need to own it - I have plenty already. And the way you put it adds flow to this thought. I've also thought of "guerrilla temples" and angels, placed at random in the countryside - like sacred wells/springs, rocking-rocks, and so on. Thank you for another 'push' in that direction.
Josh, I can only say you’re fucking brilliant and you make the world a better place! 🙏❤️
Thank you. It's only when I'm in the creative zone that I feel life is truly meaningful. But I'm slowly getting to accept that an endless to-do list of 'chop wood, carry water, fix stuff' is also meaningful.
Jamie - you said it. Josh is fucking brilliant! And so are you by the way. :-)
Thank you. A copy of Mary Oliver's "Upstream" arrived this afternoon in the post. I can't put it down - except just to write this comment 📚
I guess that makes three you fucking brilliant kiwi
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Super ultra impressed... :) (I like your beds and magical gardens)... I am a big fan of composting also. Have you ever heard of the Johnson Sue Bioreactor? You put wood chips in a circular wire structure so it gets the most air. Being that it is wood chips it creates a fungal dominate compost in about a year. You could also take the compost and feed to worms, soldier flies or creatures like that to break it down further... A bioreactor, six feet high can generate 20k$ worth of compost in a year. I was thinking too, you could inoculate with microorganisms, for example, that would generate phosphorus, where you could have it be compost specifically for flower. In any event. Way cool.
Not heard of the Johnson Sue Bioreactor. Sounds interesting - we have 4 'biomass collectors' for longer breaking down of biomass material. And sometimes I get fungal bits ... but it's a bit random. I hadn't thought of wood-chips - but I have a shredder - though not powerful enough for wood-chipping. Cheers, Josh.
Another cool thing I discovered was Korean farming, using anaerobic microbes like bokashi. I have two holes filled with material I buried last summer gonna dig up n see how they look. I buried and sprinkled bokashi not sure if I used enough. I had a bunch of bird seed I had 2 get rid of I buried w bokashi kinda excited 2 dig up. :)
Wow wow wow. Josh what do you have for breakfast each morning?! You are just glowing with creativity. These projects, my mouth is watering. I want to live in your Jasmin & Wysteria cave! What spectacular angel wings. She is going to fly away! The creative grow boxes!
And yes the strap complements the bag. How special for your daughter. So love what you do Josh. I echo Jamie: You do make the world a better place! ❤️
Thank you. Err ... I don't eat breakfast - we do intermittent fasting, and 'lunch' is the first and main meal of the day.
Even though I say it myself, the 'flower cave' is amazing this year. Makes me want to build another one - but I've run out of space. However, I'm "holding the question..." and maybe the universe will come up with an option I have not yet succeeded at, or thought of, regarding land nearby.
😀 Neither do I Josh! Lunch is my first and main meal of the day too. Love eating and living this way. Anyway, that was all besides the point really. Your creative spark is inherent - food or fasting.
Just an idea: How about a gift to the community. A "flower cave" for people to enjoy, a non religious church for the soul. Or at a local school, or for those who are struggling with mental health, physical health. Outside a hospital, homeles shelter etc etc? ❤️
Thank you. I've already thought along these lines. And I do see it as a 'temple' where Nature and simple technology-construction come together, enhancing each other as it were. I like the idea of a "non religious church for the soul" very much. I know a community nearby where the original owner whom we knew, gifted her quinta in a trust-fund for people to look after it, staying on and developing the land in perpetuity. I think it can work when no-one owns it.
And I also like 'gifting it' - I don't need to own it - I have plenty already. And the way you put it adds flow to this thought. I've also thought of "guerrilla temples" and angels, placed at random in the countryside - like sacred wells/springs, rocking-rocks, and so on. Thank you for another 'push' in that direction.
🙏❤️🌳🪷🌻
Creative resourcefulness! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you too Gavin for having a look.