Permaculture and Homesteading Q and A Series No3
This post is Permaculture and Homesteading Q and A Series No3. Topics covered include; Food Forest Garden Update, DIY Cheap Greenhouse, SureCall Fusion4Home Cell Phone Signal Booster, Hardwood Cutting Propagation, Planting Paw Paw Seeds, Kombucha brewing, groundhog repellent, free fruit trees, and more.
This is one of a series of Q&A sessions that I will be holding over the next few months. These questions come from our YouTube channel, email, blog post comments, Facebook and even a few face-to-face questions. If you would like to submit a question you can do so in the comments section of any of the above medium or you can email your question to me directly. My email address is [email protected].
YouTube – Food Forest Garden Update WV April 2017
Background – I did a food forest garden update where I walk through the garden, show various plants, and also show some of the supporting equipment. One of the supporting devices is a solar charge controller for an electric fence. I use this to keep deer out of the food forest.

Permaculture and Homesteading Q and A Series No3 – Solar Charger
YouTube – DIY Cheap Greenhouse
Background: This video is about building a 8’x7’ greenhouse for about $250 with material you can find at your local hardware store and Tractor Supply store. One of the items used are cattle panels. The cattle panels need to have the cross-section pieces on the inside so you don’t poke holes in the plastic when you are pulling it over the top. When we were putting this system together in a classroom with a lot of people, we missed that detail.

Permaculture and Homesteading Q and A Series No3 – DIY Cheap Greenhouse
YouTube – SureCall Fusion4Home Cell Phone Signal Booster Product Review
Background – This video was a product review of a cell phone signal booster. Several viewers commented on the length of the cables and how to get an even better signal.

Permaculture and Homesteading Q and A Series No3 – SureCall
YouTube – Hardwood Cutting Propagation | Winter Plant Propagation
Background: This video shows you how to do hardwood cutting propagation. This method is done in the winter time when the plants are dormant, with all of their leaves having fallen off.
[Q] Tom asks: Does this work for fruit trees (apple, peach and pear)? Or just a particular class (berries) of fruits? I know planting seeds of fruit trees are 1 in 100 of a chance for fruit, but did not know if hard wood cutting on fruit bearing trees worked just as well or in place of grafting. [A] Hi Tom – the answer to your question is yes and no. You can root cuttings from fruit trees, however, they are usually grafted for a reason. First, you really want the tap root that you get from a seed and you will not get a good tap root from a cutting. More important is the other qualities that you get from the root stock on a grafted variety. That may be cold hard, disease resistance, dwarf vs. full size etc. You can certainly try it, but I’d recommend going to a place like raintreenursery.com and buying root stock. Get it started for a year and then graft on to it. There are loads of videos out there on how to graft and I’ll be doing some grafting videos in the future as well. Good luck.YouTube – Planting Paw Paw Seeds
Background: This video shows how to clean, stratify, and plant paw paw seeds.
[Q] JD asked: Is it the Coastal/Pacific Redwood that requires this process? (this question was referring to the stratification process) [A] Hi JD – I use the stratification process on a number of different plants. It helps the seeds break dormancy. I’m on the East coast of the US and not sure about the requirements for the Pacific Redwoods. Sorry.YouTube – Mortier Pilon Kombucha Brewing Jar Product Review
Background: Last fall in a PDC class I was in a class mate gave me a SCOBY for making Kombucha. I have been experimenting with this tea ferment for several months now and this particular YouTube video is a product review of the Mortier Pilon Kombucha Brewing Jar, a purpose built brewing jar.

Permaculture and Homesteading Q and A Series No3 – Mortier
Baltimore Orchard Project Spring Fruit Tree Fair
Background: This fair is an event run out of Baltimore City in the spring and fall. They give away a free fruit tree to each participant who attends. They also have a number of vendors that sell products, gives out information, and they also do workshops. This spring I ran the companion planting workshop.

Permaculture and Homesteading Q and A Series No3 – Festival
YouTube – Groundhog Repellent and Deterrent
Background: This video shows my attempts to keep a groundhog from getting under my deck. I’m only out at the farm on weekends and the groundhog is quite scarce when I am around, or I’d take care of him by “other methods”. But since I never see him and it has been quite persistent over the last three years, I’ve waged all-out war with him.

Permaculture and Homesteading Q and A Series No3 – Groundhog
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