Your home and barn are beautiful, and what a great space!
Love all the space...
Those Plankets do work well; at least in Central Florida. I have been using them the last two years with success.

Thank you, David!

Actually, no- this is a very small (relatively speaking, obviously) part of our gardens. Dave was working with hugel swales, and he and some helpers put these gardens in almost 2 years ago.
The thread "Some photos of my hugelkultur swales" in Permaculture forum

It really does take advantage of that hill behind our house en-route to the barn!

You are both clearly busy multi-tasking types Trish. You have an incredible lot on your tables to maintain with family and life interests.

You are blessed, and I appreciate ATP.

Do what you can, when you can! You should see the weeds out back here!

I am very interested in how those 'swales will develop and am looking forward to seeing your new developments in 2014!

Keep up the good works Trish and Dave, and have a peaceful, reflective, and creative Christmas!

David

Thanks, David!

This will be the third year for those swales. I'm (we're) currently debating what to grow in them next year. We keep rearranging and expanding our production area, so there's no telling what will be next! They are in prime production now, so we'll likely use them for trial garden space. We're also looking at the possibility of moving the material out of one or two of them to put in a small greenhouse in that space.

It's always something new around here!

Keep up the good works Trish and Dave, and have a peaceful, reflective, and creative Christmas!

David

You too!!

Thank you for responding Trish, and I am starting to implement some of the 'swales ideas myself with the plethora of Oaks I have and falling branches. I will share when have more to show, and something is appropriate in the area regarding it.

I was looking for the responses that were posted in the category threads that were listed that we were supposed to respond to to win the book. Of course I was hopeful like everyone. I didn't know it also applied to new threads started under the list we were asked to respond to.

Well, rules are meant to be altered on occasion, and you both are the Masters of our ATP universe! I do like ATP very much and thank you for having me!

All the best your way, and if it weren't for this site, and your answer to this thread;... I may have never known of the 'swales.

It had me look to learn!

Again,
Merry Christmas from Florida!

David

David- I believe everyone who commented in either thread regarding the book review were entered into the drawing

Have fun with the swales. I'm sure you've seen the short video that we posted last year about maintenance with them. It's a fun adventure.

Your name was in the bucket David.

And now we know. Grow well.

It did say at the bottom of th December 18th post to respond to specific and set threads. I followed the plan and was the only one that did. I commented on a thread. My new thread was directed to Larry in appreciation of what I have learned from your introductional promotional thread letting me know who he is.

It did not say responses to created new ones would be included. Its over now, and I mean everything positive thought I've said in earlier responses I've made regarding the subject.

Be Well and create some new original ornaments with the kids this year!

David

DavidofDeLand said:It did not say responses to created new ones would be included.

Actually, if we want to get pedantic, my instructions were to post a reply to any thread. That would technically mean that only replies to existing threads would be counted. But what I ended up doing was grabbing the full list of all the names of all the posters to all the threads of the article and put each name once into the bucket.

Its your game!