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Takota & Rob answer a wide range of permaculture questions in this live Q & A.

By noon May 14 (MDT, UCT-6) a Review this list of questions/topics and click on the link for the topics that interest you, if you don’t hve time for the whole video today!

09:35 Start: Rob

12:20 How can you tell how low the ice level is going to go in a pond

14:10 Tips for house hunters to look for in a home in terms of green retrofitability

19:54 Finish of Takota’s answer to the ice depth question
Quality Farm Dugouts handout (PDF): https://open.alberta.ca/publications/9781460123508

26:02 What is a good ground cover forage mix to seed my chicken pens? –
(Hub and spoke system explanation)
Takota’s “Gardening with Livestock” video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbwuxybeb-4

31:35 “How is that greenhouse rocket stove hot tub dream of yours coming along?”

32:05 “Rob & Michelle worked for the oil and gas industry, have they looked at petroleum bioremediation using permaculture, particularly for tar sands areas?”

32:54 The wood gas fires that can bee used to run internal combustion engines with gas or diesel, can they also make bio char at the same time?

33:07 “Regarding the dugout question, do you run aeration year round?”

39:00 Permaculture community groups

42:30 “What species do you have in your green manure chop & drop veggie garden trail? Any recommendations for heavy clay?”

45:12 “Do you know any projects that have attempted petroleum bioremediation?
Dr Terry Hazen: http://hazenlab.utk.edu/
Deepwater Horizon Explosion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkpiXjIrmpE

46:48 Looking at buying land and worried about heavy agricultural spraying in Alberta
• Pesticide free Canada interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vn8ho1RYeQ&t=32s

55:57 “In your adaptive habitat process, any ideas on where to get started on your values and vision?”

59:55 “are you familiar with Mann’s Organics?” They apparently use added microbe critters in with their crops and greenhouses. Do you have any comments about using microbes etc?”

1:04:00 “I was told I should look into ‘Hairy Vetch’ as a cover crop, any insights on this suggestions?”

1:05:00 “Can you recommend a realtor? Looking for a cheap, small 2-10 acre parcels

1:06:43 “Can you tell us what we should do if we are interested in creating food and space for animals now”

1:15:00 “I am burning food waste straight in trenches in my garden beds. Are there any problems with this?”