Gardening, cooking and FIRE as a byproduct ;)

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VilcanicAsh
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Gardening, cooking and FIRE as a byproduct ;)

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Hi all, pleasure to be a part of this community.

I first came across ERE shortly after beginning my first graduate job about 6 years ago. I took to the ideas immediately and have sought to move in a stepwise manner towards the ERE ideal ever since, favouring skill acquisition as a means to build slack into the work->spend->consume cycle with resilience and healthy savings as a byproduct.

Right now I'm very interested in gardening and permaculture ideas, cooking and baking as well as general health and fitness. In the future I am keen to explore tiling, plumbing, carpentry and various new sports.

I'm currently based in the UK until mid-summer when I will be relocating to the US Midwest. This should take my savings rate from >30% to >50% based on better remuneration and lower accommodation costs.

Right now I am babysitting some seedlings indoors waiting for the weather to warm up here in the UK. There are roughly 20 capsicum peppers, 12 alpine strawberries, 25 tomato plants and an uncountable number of perennial salvias. Some of the salvias will shortly be making their way to a local community garden.

I am also an INTJ, unsurprisingly!

Looking forward to the discussions :)

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mountainFrugal
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Re: Gardening, cooking and FIRE as a byproduct ;)

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These are both great skills. Welcome.

Jake
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Re: Gardening, cooking and FIRE as a byproduct ;)

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I have a small side garden and have been utilizing hugelkultur techniques that I've found work great for water management and preservation. I'm in zone 9b, but would say you'll have plenty of old tree trunks and branches around to help after you move. Brings down the need for top soil tremendously and I cover with about 2 inches of dead oak leaves while planting densely. That seems to be the best here where we don't need hoops, although I hear in the Midwest they are almost a must for early spring starts.

I try to stick to the thrive on neglect method, which works great on peppers, not so much on tomatoes. My next goal is to capture rain water, plant natives for extra pollinators, and implement garden landscaping that blends into what we have currently. So far have successfully grown loofahs, tomatoes, jalapenos, rosemary, cilantro, zinnias, bell peppers, lavender, and starting avocados. Best of luck!

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