🌿 Discover the Perfect Plants for Your Space! 🌿 Explore our handpicked collection of cycads, aloes, seeds, and more to transform your garden or landscape. Shop Now Let’s dive into the fascinating world of Aloe rebmannii, a captivating succulent hailing from the southern reaches of Madagascar. Often overlooked due to its diminutive size, this small […]
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Does anyone have a good rule of thumb for spacing between swales? So far I have dug two by hand and the rough center between them is between 25-30 ft (can’t remember the exact amount) I wanted to add maybe 15 more at similar intervals. The slope on my property isn’t extremely steep and I haven’t thought of it made a good way to connect them.
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Hi everyone, my fiance and I have been reading up on this loan for a bit now- you know, the USDA zero down single-family rural land/home loan. I understand that farms are not eligible, and that the property cannot be used primarily for commercial or income purposes. What seems unclear to me is if we would be able to, while living on the property as our primary residence of course, produce sellable items- or does that disqualify us? I’m talking about crops, animal products, and woodworking products. Any insight would be of great help, thank you all! -Nick
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Just found this kon-tiki kiln on sale on Facebook marketplace and thought I’d pass it on to you like-minded folks since I know there are a fair amount of us from Michigan on here. Here’s the link: . Pic 1 and pic 2 if you (understandably) hate Facebook
I’d be interested in it, myself, but it’d probably cost me more than $250 to get the thing to my place. I don’t have a truck or anything that could lift this 1,000 pound thing.
I hope this doesn’t sound like self-promotion, but if the mods want to flair it that way (or delete it), so be it. Just a chance find that will hopefully help one of you. The people selling it don’t seem to know what they even have and I assume that’s why it’s at such a reasonable price.
Sorry to the rest of you who are uninterested.
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Does anyone have any recent experience with Seed Corner seeds? They have tons if seeds but they don’t have any social media presence. Can’t find many reviews
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🌿 Discover the Perfect Plants for Your Space! 🌿 Explore our handpicked collection of cycads, aloes, seeds, and more to transform your garden or landscape. Shop Now Aloe teissieri, a captivating succulent hailing from the unique island of Madagascar, stands out even among its aloe relatives. This rare species, named after the French botanist Guy
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Donner les graines germées aux animaux en complément de leur alimentation.
Vers une Ferme Écologique et Autonome En adoptant l’azolla et les graines germées, les fermiers peuvent non seulement réduire leurs coûts de fourrage, mais aussi améliorer la qualité de vie de leurs animaux. Ces solutions favorisent une ferme écologique autonome, respectueuse de l’environnement, et résiliente face aux fluctuations des prix des aliments pour bétail.
Ces techniques, accessibles et adaptées aux fermes de toutes tailles, sont des outils précieux pour bâtir un avenir agricole durable et prospère.
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Hey fellow permies!
Long-time lurker here and a big fan of permaculture and community-building! I’m a software engineer by day, and for the past couple of years, I’ve been tinkering with a project to make it easier for people to find local groups and connect around shared interests.
The idea came about partly because of the high organizer fees on platforms like Meetup.com and my own frustration with how clunky some tools feel for community building—especially for non-profits and grassroots groups.
Anyway, earlier this year, I launched a simple platform that serves as a directory for groups and communities. It’s still a work in progress, but right now, it’s focused on helping groups get discovered and manage events (basic RSVP stuff, nothing too fancy yet). And it’s completely free, especially for non-profit and community-oriented groups.
I’ve personally found environmental and sustainability groups to be some of the most inspiring and impactful communities, so I’d love to see more of them represented. If any of you run or are part of a group like that, I’d be thrilled if you checked it out or added your group: https://www.radius.to/
Here’s a quick example of a group which uses the platform – https://www.radius.to/groups/toronto-ruby
P.S. hope this doesn’t feel spammy — I genuinely want to help make it easier for people to connect and strengthen their communities. Thanks for reading, and if you have any feedback, ideas, or questions, I’d be super grateful to hear them!
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“This challenging project to automate nematode removal, called Nematode-Trim, aims to make the fishing industry more efficient and profitable,” says senior scientist Karsten Heia at Nofima. He leads the Nematode-Trim project, which is funded by FHF – the Norwegian Seafood Research Fund. “In this project we run a feasibility study to evaluate different relevant technologies for nematode removal”, says Heia.
The current method is time-consuming and inefficient
This project began when the white fish industry looked for novel technology to automate nematode removal. NMBU, Maritech, Marel and Lerøy Norway SeaFoods are working with Nofima to find solutions.
The current manual method for removing nematodes in fish fillets is both time-consuming and inefficient. Usually, each fillet is placed on a light table where trimmers manually remove the parasites with a knife.
“This manual method often wastes perfectly good fish meat,” the Nofima scientist states.
Two innovative solutions
Nofima, together with Maritech, has already developed a method for detecting nematodes in fish fillets using Maritech Eye. Maritech Eye is a new technology that makes it possible to evaluate fish quality by scanning it using visible and infrared light. Now this technology will be combined with yet another innovation to remove the nematodes in the same operation as they are detected.
“The Nematode-Trim project explores two innovative solutions for automating nematode removal: a water cutter from Marel and a robotic solution being developed by NMBU. These technologies are now being tested to see how effective they are, how much fish meat is saved and whether they can be integrated into existing production lines,” explains Karsten Heia.
Marel’s FleXicut is already used to remove bones in white fish and cut cod fillets into different portions. Now it may be adapted to also remove nematodes. The system uses water jets to cut through the fish fillet and divide it into different parts and sizes.
“The parts of the fillet containing nematodes will be sorted into a separate product flow for further processing, such as manual trimming or freezing. This ensures that only clean fillet parts continue in the production line. This leads to increased efficiency and reduces waste,” says Heia.
NMBU is in the process of developing a solution based on robotic arms equipped with specialised tools to remove the parasites.
“These robots will use data from Maritech Eye to locate and remove parasites with high precision. The system will be tested to ensure it can operate effectively on a moving conveyor belt,” says Heia.
Important step towards a more efficient and profitable fish industry
According to the researcher, costs can be reduced and product yield increased by automating nematode removal. He believes this will provide economic benefits for both technology developers and fish producers. In the long term, the technology can also be adapted for other fish species, which further increases its value.
“The Nematode-Trim project represents an important step towards a more efficient and profitable fish industry. By combining advanced imaging technology with innovative automation solutions, the project hopes to set a new standard for quality and efficiency in fish production,” says Karsten Heia.
For more information, visit HERE.
The Aquaculturists
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Thursday, January 9th I’ll be giving an online talk/webinar for the Hardy Fern Foundation (HFF) called—yes, you guessed it—#fernsarethenewsucculents.
When they asked if I would consider giving a talk I remember laughing at the idea, the only people I’d seen give talks for the HFF were (co-author of The Plant Lover’s Guide to Ferns, and past HFF President) and a handful of international scholarly type pteridophiles. In other words, people who know things about ferns. People who at the very least know the names of ferns, can identify them in the wild, and can even pronounce those names. Eventually they wore me down though (*they* being , she’s very persuasive).
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