Comments by "Michael G" (@michaelg8642) on "Parkrose Permaculture" channel.

  1. I used to think I'll eventually be able to grow all my own food in the garden/my food forest... but this year its been a major bust for me... already about to hit record annual rainfall halfway through the year here in Louisiana. Fruit keeps splitting before its ripe, have all kinds of fungal issues, drowning plants, etc... the annual stuff that does alright with the daily rain has such shallow roots from not having to reach for water, that the moment it stops raining they want to wilt. My chickens have all died from a mosquito borne virus, my bees cant forage for nectar because of nonstop rain all year, and part of me is like thank god I have the grocery store lol.. Probably need to do some major earthworks projects or haul in a bunch of dirt to do big raised beds for trees.. Keep trying to just woodchip the hell out of everything and the stuff keeps floating off!
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  2. PDC’s for $ are in my view 100% against the ethics of permaculture.. if we have information that can benefit the world we should not withhold access to it from anyone
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  3. I made my iphone 6 last until this year. Still works, but got a hand me down when a family member got a free upgrade. It was starting to get pretty useless, though… most apps I used no longer supported the OS by that point. Forced obsolescence should be illegal
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  4. PDCs should focus more on the real-world practical application and implementation of design, math used in civil engineering/hydrology, use of drafting/mapping software, surveying, etc.. and focus less on the abstract and ideological. My PDC felt more like an elaboration on Intro to Permaculture principles and ethics with extra examples of other peoples designs, most of which were inapplicable to my climate and terrain… we did some very primitive surveying/mapping, but I would have liked to at least learn to use a laser level instead of fumbling around with an A-frame, which makes zero sense on nearly flat terrain in 2022. Also need to teach the drawbacks of some of the highly-promoted permaculture solutions… for example, using chop and drop/course mulch in the veggie garden in a wet climate can lead to insane slug and snail infestations.. had to learn that one the hard way after years of failure. I kept thinking “one day the predator bugs will come” LOL!
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  5. it is so hot here in Louisiana its like “why am i torturing myself doing this!?”.. i garden professionally and the “edge effect” for me has started to mean teetering on the edge of passing out lol
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