![]() ![]() ![]() I think it's easy to be dogmatic and judgemental, and takes far more effort to look at specific circumstances and details and assess real-world risk and consequences.įrom a practical standpoint, it is accepted practice that to get some systems up and running in some circumstances, less-than ideal measures, like earth moving with large equipment, for instance, or other large-scale measures to alter hydrology, are necessary, and that their long-term benefits far, far outweigh the slight, short-term, localised, and likely imagined, negative impact. I think their collective permacultural cred far outweighs mine. Bill unfortunately can't clarify for us any longer, but he left us his book, and Geoff Lawton, and a whole lot of people doing work in and thinking about this design philosophy. It is a design philosophy that includes your narrowed definition, but far exceeds it in scope. And on the off chance that anything unintended remains, that's what fungi are for.įor me, Jim, permaculture is a term that was coined by Bill Mollison. I would expect the amount of offgassing to have dropped off already, and if it is removed from the garden area and disposed of before the UV damage causes bits to flake off, the likelihood of there being anything nasty left in the soil is negligible. The materials being discussed, at least the rubber roofing material, as mentioned, is reclaimed from the waste stream, and has spent it's useful life out in the elements already. I would venture to say that reuse IS doing better. There are so very many posts on this site about reuse. The only part of reduction that we can reasonably engage in is as an active consumer, choosing to reduce the packaging that comes with our goods, by buying in bulk, for instance, or by reducing our overall consumption of goods. I think it's important to remember that, of the three R's, recycle comes last. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. I'm with Redhawk, Todd, and Mike on this one. You will still have some, but mosquitoes take a while to hatch and it's not hard to take a few minutes on the weekend and tilt the rubber enough to get the water off. The strips also let a lot more of the water run off and get down between the strips of rubber so there is less puddling. It works better for me because they are easier to move, and I can leave a 4 or 5 foot DMZ around my gardens to keep quack grass from encroaching on spaces I have already killed off. Very large pieces are very heavy and hard to move, so now I use pieces cut in 4 or 5 foot strips. I used to use the biggest pieces possible. I id change the size of the sheets I use. Any type of material I've ever used that water can get thru also lets weeds grow thru it and it becomes a nightmare to remove. It doesn't break down in UV light and is super strong. I have talked about my method several times on the forums but bottom line is I use black rubber roofing material that is reclaimed from commercial building sites. ![]()
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