PAPA BEING B.L.U.E.R. – Part 3 – ROCKS
There is great wisdom is being bluer.
For those of you who do not know what “BLUER” means, it is an acronym created by @bluerthangreen which means “Building Legacies Utilizing Earth’s Resources.” You can delve into his understanding more in these posts:
As I continue to work my land and prepare an area for a driveway and house site, a lot of raw materials need to be removed. Far too often these valuable resources are discarded and seen as waste or junk. I'd rather use what I've got! In the first two videos I shared about the logs and branches of the trees, so now I am moving on to the ground level, starting with the rocks.
PART THREE - ROCKS
To check out the previous post in this series, click below:
Stay tuned as I share more about this mindset in the final part of this series.
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-rock
Until next time…
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I love rocks for making raised beds and berms. I have my driveway lined with riffraff and it looks like a park. You are so right about utilizing the natural materials that are already on our land.
When you were talking about rocky soil, I thought about a documentary film I watched a few years back called, BACK TO EDEN. It detailed the gardening practices of Paul Gautschi, who lives on a dry, rocky farm. He simply followed the lead of mother nature using wood chips to improve and build rich, humus soil on top of the rocks.
Another pioneer of no till gardening is, Ruth Imogen Stout, who authored the NO WORK GARDENING books in the 60s and 70s. Necessity was the impetus for her technique. One year she grew tired of waiting for the man she had hired to plow her garden. She just planted and mulched with hay and never plowed again!
I'm looking forward to the final part of your series @papa-pepper!
Love the no till gardening and am familiar with BACK TO EDEN. Great stuff!
I do to, I thought Ruth Stout used straw for mulch until I watched an old movie of her. She had some rotten hay that was on her farm and just like you papa-pepper she put what she had to use. Paul Gautschi is just amazing, and really has the right mindset.
Thanks as well for your REAL COMMENT!
No, thank you for an informative and interesting post!
Papa bless.
I like the idea of the mortar free stone wall. It reminds me of Japanese construction methods where they use joinery or lashing instead of nails or fasteners. Natural earthquake defense! It moves with the shaking instead of snapping.
Very cool!
So true. Making the best of what you have rather than what you would like to have is key to successful homesteading.
We live on the side of a Welsh mountain. We don't really have soil just a layer of slate with a dusting of dirt and sheep droppings.
But rocks are always useful for all sorts of projects.
My dream is to build a traditional Victorian walled garden but out of the granite and slate from our land rather than clay bricks. Then in that I will have a tropical greenhouse heated with the wood from all our trees.
And one day when that is all ready I will grow bananas. That is my dream. I dream of bananas.
Sorry, couldnt help myself, every time is see bananas i think of this
That sounds very cool! I was thinking of a wood-heated greenhouse too!
You are a nice researcher, i'm looking up to you now @papa-pepper
It's great how your using what is already on your land. Never waste what your land provides for you.
Great way to use the natural resources. I like the idea of the water barrier wall. I think that would be so pretty along with your flower beds. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.
I think so too. Thank you!
My fiancé and I are going to homestead that's really neat what your doing.
Que buen post
Gabions!! Yes. Many different applications.
We learned about gabions last year!! They are great and can build fertility. When water slows down, all the nutrients and silt drop out. Years later, the upside of the gabion is a super healthy soil spot.