one or two more days and the first round of major plantings will be done.
strawberries are coming along nicely with a few dozen already appreciated by me, the birdies, and a mystery critter probably related to a chipmunk (but i didn't get a good enough look at it to know for sure).
today was a rain day, ran a few errands and picked up the inter-library-loan of _the Rebel Farmer_ by Sepp Holzer. quick read.
it is much more of the history and various wrangles with regulators and people (including his father). i'm rather amazed the guy stuck with it through everything (Chernobyl being only one of those). i liked it better than the later work cited before (_Sepp Holzer's Permaculture_).
still i think the two books have gaps that are rather large if you are someone trying to figure out what he means by his descriptions of aquaculture and a few other things. they are only covered in passing (the second book is stronger on describing the various animals).
a real systematic description with more diagrams would help.
still, overall, and even if i think some of his ideas are a bit odd, i like his appreciation for plants and animals, diversity, trying things and generally just doing it, including being willing to help others (even in far off lands).
oh, and while at the library i was able to check out google earth engine which uses landsat images from 1980s to now to show how land uses have changed around the planet. the series of images of clearing the rainforest in South America reminded me of the growth of bacterial cultures on a petri dish. and the drying of the Aral Sea... wow...
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