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Hi Folks,

Mycorrhizal fungi are mushrooms that work symbiotically with plant life, eg. our crops, by exchanging nutrients, carbohydrates, sugars, and water. Plants can benefit from this relationship by receiving moisture and nutrients trapped in the soil too deeply for the plants roots to access. The mushroom network, aka 'mycelium' acts as an extension of the root system by bringing these materials to the plants roots.

Huglkultur is a technique for preparing raised beds and improving soil quality. The idea is simple: allow decaying wood to pile underneath your topsoil, and the woody materials will decompose into rich, fertile soil. Does anybody have experience with this technique? I've seen it implemented once while on a farm tour and was impressed with the improvement over traditional beds.

There's a lot on this Farm Hack Event Tool wiki. How about we start the documentation with a boiled down explanation of what a Farm Hack event is and the purpose/mission for these events.

A Farm Hack is...

... a two day brainstorming event that brings together people from all walks of life to collaborate as a community to come up with innovative ideas for problems that farmers are facing. It is the beginning of a community process of designing, building, and documenting tools for resilient agriculture.

Any other ideas on how to say it?

www.PickACarrot.com a seed comparison web tool

Hey, my name is Jason and I recently launched the website www.PickACarrot.com with a small team working out of Ithaca, NY and the New York City area. We are looking for farmers, gardeners and growers of any size and scale who are looking for help locating and/or placing their seed orders.

This New Cell Phone Electrci Fence Controller allows you to Switch the Electric Fencer Off and Back on using your Cell Phone

When you want to do urgent repairs or additions to the Electric Fence you can simply Call the Cell Phone Controller and disconnect the Power to the Electric Fence

When the Repairs are done you can simple Call the Cell Phone Controller and reconnect the Power to the Electric Fence. Cell Phone Fence Controller allows you to remotely Control your Electric Fencer from any Location.

I love this idea and would love to build one soon (ie. this fall), I need to start and finish the barrel washer first. I have two ideas I would like to add.

1. have the drip tape snake through a bucket of bleachy/vinagery water to help disinfect it.

2. add a measuring wheel so that you can mark how long each piece is....they get shorter and shorter with time because of holes and couplers http://www.amazon.com/Walking-wheel-Tape-telescoping-handle/dp/B0002JKBHG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1375704313&sr=8-4&keywords=wheel+measure

Hey, I found this cool concept to use a device that will detect pests, insects, fungi etc immediately. Also it could test the contamination of grain. I thought it was really handy.

What do you guys think? Would you use something like this? http://marblar.com/challenge/egnosis-chip/idea/1109

This is something I'd like to offer for submission to the almanac.

I am interested in creating a small scale edible hydroponic wall inside the new NOFA-NH office. It will be as much an art display as a demo for micro-farming, urban farming, education and do-it-yourself ingenuity. The new NOFA-NH office is a prime location to share Farm Hack opportunities, we have plenty of space and room to grow. It would be really cool to get a group of people together to design this fixture and to volunteer to implement it and teach others how they might be able to do the same thing in their homes, offices or shops.