Other People's Observations

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