Observations from Ben Falk. (Ben Falk lives in a cold climate in N. America)
- A food gap occurs for him in late winter, early spring
- Lucky that can still get food at the store - means he has time to close this gap
- Planting carrots and arugula in the fall so they get a head start in the early spring
- If you let things go to seed, you will be able to just harvest food "everywhere"
- His example is turnips that reseed themselves and grow by his wood pile
- Soil Building
- Lets grass get tall and then composts it
- Plant turnips and daikon to break up soil and become a fast carbon path
- (I'm not a turnip fan - would carrots work as well?)
- Store wood for optimal burn
- Dry one year
- Keep rain off of it
- Let air circulate
- 2 years of wood stored and available at any given time
- Wood doesn't go bad if stored well
- Wood that wants to split well, make kindling out of it
- He observes the smell of the wood
- Food storage
- Keep 2 years of food at any given time
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