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What are your favorite permaculture practices? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/permaculture

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Hello! Thank you for creating this community. I hope these sort of text discussion posts are okay.

I'd like to know - how do people here practice permaculture? What sort of habits have you created? What sources do you learn from?

I'm a suburb-bound person who is constantly trying to bring more permaculture practices into my life, and spaces that show me what others are doing really help.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've definitely tried to compost and failed. I think I tried to go too big and I think maybe I didn't account enough for the dry air in the sonoran desert. Whats your compost process like? Does it take much watering?

I do have a local worm farm that lets me pick up compost for super cheap, which is nice - but I'd still like to make better use of my kitchen scraps.

[–] mesamunefire 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I made that mistake a couple of times. I know most guides say that worms can eat a lot, but I found another that stated worms can go without fresh food for a week. So what I do is have a huge bucket and just put in a very small amount of everything and a tiny bit of dirt. Then once a week, I'll give them food scraps cut up, some leaves, and turn the pile with a spoon. I put a water bottle in with them to help with the temperature. I live in a desert as well so I water them once every three days ish but on one side, that way, if they feel like they have too much water, they can migrate.

One thing I did notice is once the pile got established, the pile itself got easier to self regulate. It seems the best way to get a compost pile started is to literally get some from someone else and start there. I wish more people around me would do composting so we could share.

[–] NanoTriffid 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I neglected my worms when I had my third child and was so sure they had died. 18 months later my worm tower was full to bursting with alive worms ready to be fed. It amazed me. 18 months without food and they continued their lifecycle without any inputs from me. It was a very happy day for me.

[–] mesamunefire 2 points 2 years ago

That's awesome to hear. We may need to move them indoors soonish because of the heat.