Comments for Milkwood: permaculture farming and living

Comment on The central role of the Pikelet in slow living by milkwoodkirsten

milkwoodkirsten — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:18:43 +0000

spice-wise i usually go whole cumin and salt… not sure about blitzing, i’ve been assuming it’s partly the thread-like quality of the shredded veggies that holds the situation together? Give it a go!

Comment on The central role of the Pikelet in slow living by Jill

Jill — Sat, 25 May 2013 07:44:21 +0000

Hiya
I love this. We are scone people, but I’m liking the idea of the pakora, as I just bought besan flour hoping to sneak it into a bread recipe Im yet to find.
I realise you are busy, but could you elaborate on the ‘whatever spices and seasonings you like bit’?? I was thinking salt, pepper and turmeric, but would like to hear your favourites.
Also, do the vegies have to be grated, or would lightly blitzed ( thermomix, food processor) be ok?

Comment on TEDx Carrot suitcase followup… by milkwoodkirsten

milkwoodkirsten — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:09:17 +0000

Really? How awesome. And yes, a profound gesture indeed. Such a beautiful initiative it was

Comment on Market Garden Overhaul (now with added garlic) by Kyja

Kyja — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:49:00 +0000

Actually the plants are using the sun’s energy to make new organic matter primarily from the air! Maybe that’s what you meant by “converting sunlight to goodness” but I know alot of people think that plants build thir mass out of sunlight or soil, so I like to share when I hear stuff like that. (I’m a science teacher.) Thank you for your inspiring chronicles!

Comment on TEDx Carrot suitcase followup… by Kate

Kate — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:20:59 +0000

Kirsten, They were a key bit of all the veggie boxes given out at lunch- I certainly had a few in my delicious box! And I supplied snow peas- in a bag with a whole bunch of pimentos. When I recongnised those on a platter in the evening- the chef getting it all ready said to me ‘oh- are you the lady that put them in with a handful of snow peas’. Such a small thing- but made me blush with pride that he remembered my small offering in such specifics. I think from memory 70% of the food was crowd farmed. A really profound gesture to me as one of the organising team of the event and as an attendee and a small scale backyard farmer. Ten thumbs up to the amazing jess and jill for pulling it off.

Comment on TEDx Carrot suitcase followup… by Astrid

Astrid — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:46:35 +0000

Would have been good to also have some pics of the food that was produced… such an inspiring story.. have been sharing it with my Local Permie group..

Comment on TEDx Carrot suitcase followup… by milkwoodkirsten

milkwoodkirsten — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:24:30 +0000

I do know one person who got a purple carrot in their lunch… given that there were 2,200 peeps there and all those different food stations i’m not at all surprised i didn’t see them tho…

Comment on TEDx Carrot suitcase followup… by Urban GreenSpace

Urban GreenSpace — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:51:05 +0000

Did you find out what they did with the carrots ?

Steven Willis

Comment on TEDx Carrot suitcase followup… by Linda

Linda — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:33:16 +0000

Powerful! And, as you say, far removed from my daily life. It’s good to be reminded.

Comment on S is for sheet mulching (and spring) by milkwoodkirsten

milkwoodkirsten — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:06:51 +0000

you could cut the willows off at the ground and coppice them for stickwood annually – great source of hot-burning firestarters… re living mulch, i’d get in touch with your local permaculture association and find out what folks near you and in similar conditions use? I’d also look up Martin Crawford’s forest gardening resources that are all UK based – good luck!