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To flatten them, you can squeeze them between 2 metal plates, and heat them up in a normal oven. 200°C is enough, if I remember well. Then let cool down in shape, it should stay that way.

You could also use two flat stones, like leftover marble pieces from a countertop, weighing them down flat. But then it requires more time to reach the temperature in the oven.

Good to know, thanks for the message: Do you know the alcohol content of your grain mash? or do you ferment after filtering?
How much do they consume, and have you seen any adverse effects, eg. drunk ducks?

Jake Esselstyn wrote:I can't confirm that it is true, but a friend told me that a friend told him that bananas need to produce 31 leaves before they will fruit, so in a marginal climate you need to cut off the leaves to get the tree to the needed leaf count and then it will fruit. This is 3rd hand info, but I'm going to try it because I've been growing big healthy looking banana trees for a couple years now without any fruit.

Older trials (see link below) have mentioned pruning of leaves as a way to extend the time to flowering, I wonder how it will work for you?
https://sci-hub.st/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00221589.1992.11516265

I cannot emphasize enough: fertilizing! Especially potassium (available in wood ash for example), and in the early growth nitrogen to build up reserves.
Edit: and yes, there must be enough heat and a constant supply of water.

If you want to build half-moons on a large scale, and can afford the use of a tractor, the Vallerani system might be for you.
Below a really short video on the system, there are other documentaries, longer ones, also available.



The system is also described in the WOCAT database, where you can download it as pdf. Here the example from Northern Burkina Faso https://qcat.wocat.net/en/wocat/technologies/view/technologies_1528/

Hi Rufaro, are you able to watch videos?
if yes, here you can get quite some information on cavies, allowing you to produce meat without buying grains, especially since you had issues with dying chickens

[youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JWjrMOgQYo[/youtube]

Yes I know, that is where I first read from him, and this is also the reason I write on this forum, as maybe someone knows him personally.

Hi,

has anyone heard from Eric Koperek lately?
His website had nothing published in well over a year, and I know he was not that young anymore...

Here his website, which contains quite a few gems: https://worldagriculturesolutions.com/

Do you have any European source to buy them?

If you organize a party, and you know everyone, but not everyone knows each other, you can text everyone a word which connects you two.

Then, you print a list with all the names, and distribute it. Everyone must find out the word connecting you with each one. But: the people can only reply "yes" or "no" to the questions.

Sounds strange, but is a nice ice-breaker, as it gives the people not knowing anyone an excuse to start a conversation.

Example:
Is it an object?
Yes
Is it big?
No
Is it made of natural material?
No
Is it a common household item?
Yes
...
etc until they find the word, e.g. Bandage, and you can then tell the story of how you carried a plaster and bandaged his cutting wound on a hiking trip to mount Everest...