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natural plant community Terrestrial, Palustrine, Estuarine community types "The eyes of the future are looking back at us and praying we see beyond our own time" ~ Terry Tempest Williams

We like this soil map for getting an idea of what soils you should expect on your property.

TRF soils are:

1. 89% Malabon suborder: Xerolls The soils formed in loamy and clayey alluvium from mixed materials. Well drained; slow runoff; moderately slow permeability. These soils have wide use for growing orchard, berry, vegetable, small grain, hay, pasture, and grass seed crops. Natural vegetation is Douglas fir, Oregon white oak, blackberry, Pacific poison-oak, other shrubs, and grasses.
2. 5% McBee
3. 3% Waldo
4. 2% Chehalis
5. 1% Riverwash

- OR State Drought Conditions

• Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) watersheds - HUC 17090003 (PDF)
  • Average percipiatation: 39"-45"
  • The temperature regime is mesic (mean annual soil temperature is 8° C or higher but lower than 15° C) and the moisture regime is xeric (Mediterranean climates, where winters are moist and cool and summers are warm and dry).
• More USGS Watershed info
• TRF Watershed area
• Nearest monitored well
• Good breakdown of groundwater, aquifers, and wells here. Oregon well water handbook (PDF)
• OSU - Well Water

EQECAT - insurance brokers

https://empressofdirt.net/plant-cuttings-calendar/

Paper showing the effect of polyculture cropping (compared to monoculture) on Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) populations.

Building Soil Fertility and Tilth with Cover Crops: Free PDF from SARE

This section is for equipment we're looking at, to see if it fits our needs.

Equipment currently in use on the farm

Equipment used on the farm but ultimately discarded, with reasons why!

1. Plant densly to avoid exposed soil. Ground cover + herbaceous layer
2. Deep taprooted nutrient accumulators, large leaves, vigorous regrowth Can be chopped and dropped to spread nutrients from deeper in the soil profile
3. Nitrogen fixation N is used to grow green leaves Needs cutting to release N back into soil profile for others to use Coppice N-fixing trees
4. Pollinator attractors Should have pollen/nectar across the seasons to keep them fed
5. Confuse "pests" with smell-producing plants Most herbs suffice

1. Canopy - tall fruit and nut trees
2. Sub-canopy - dwarf fruit and nut trees
3. Shrub layer - berry bushes
4. Herbaceous - culinary and medicinal herbs
5. Ground cover - Edible plants and living mulch
6. Rhizosphere - Edible root crops
7. Vines and climbers

TL;DR: Removing animals from agriculture only decreases GHG emissions 2.6% while increasing malnutrition. Focus on the big emitters: Transportation, Industrial processes, and electricity generation.

From the paper: "US agriculture was modeled to determine impacts of removing farmed animals on food supply adequacy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The modeled system without animals increased total food production (23%), altered foods available for domestic consumption, and decreased agricultural US GHGs (28%), but only reduced total US GHG by 2.6 percentage units. Compared with systems with animals, diets formulated for the US population in the plants-only systems had greater excess of dietary energy and resulted in a greater number of deficiencies in essential nutrients."

TL;DR: The salmonberry plant has nourished and healed Indigenous communities of the Pacific Northwest coast for countless generations, but its significance goes far beyond its value as food.

TL;DR: Why avoiding uncomfortable conversations about equity, race, and access threatens to spoil a nascent movement’s environmental promise.

Let grow with minimal pruning first 3-5 years. Prune in deep winter. Prune back new growth for more

DIY Cider press setup

• Jesse Schutt Tiny timber frame build