My trunk full of Serendipities
Accumulating, growing building resource networks in the realm of Living LoBS.
(lifestyles of bioremediation & Symbiosis).
Saturday Productive Circuit;
Recycling: picked up egg cartons- 4 though I need 6 matching for Ann Lee’s Super Balls. Later I gave them as a gift to Kathy’s husband Ed who happily said, “yes we do need those”.
Noon: In a street side free box I accumulated (for the MoSLaB in the bus) : ceramic mixing bowl, two wooden goblets for celebrating.
12:30pm recycling: picked up (always something dabukous) This time four matching cartons.
1pm Soil Fest:
– brought 4 property soil tested from around the house. I already tested at Newburgh Farm with Urban Soil Institute which found high arsenic and copper. Now there is very high lead. USDA testing doesn’t test for arsenic because it is shadowed by lead. The lead levels were less in the Bokashi area. I didn’t measure that area before for lead. The over all property goes from 103 to 515. Terrible. Though it looks beautiful— plants don’t seem to mind.
– I caught the end of the compost tea, soil building demo. After which I spoke to the brilliant Amanda Vaughn, farmer & artist. She offered to help with the Tidewater Residency.
Also Bill at White Feather Farm, who taught biochar. He’s also very active in moving biochar from the farm and out to larger potentials. Working with town projects to bioremediate with biochar.
Perfect overlaps to MoS Loving LoBS!
The farmer instructors could participate in MoS Collective to add their skills. Bill was happy to give me some biochar. He was discussing potentials with a FeMA participant. Also charcoal for drawing. It’s made with grape vine and willow. Great for the Microbes to Metropolis Chronicle 4: Story Mapping. Writing drawing experiences.
Driving I passed a weeping willow – pulled over to request some vines.
3:00 Fungi Fest at Ashokan: I met Justin who mentioned a connection which could lead me to a resource. There is a group in nyc using fungi for bioremediation. No name so I have to find them. The project was possibly around NJ and Staten Island.
I did meet a person making lamps and other objects who was knowledgeable about the material side of fungi. And another artist knowledgeable about art adaptations with fungi,
Cracendo Serendipity: on my way out I passed Ashokan Building Maintenance lead – an acquaintance with whom I’ve hung out with others after the Hoot two yrs ago. He was showing his daughter the goats. I mentioned ”fleece” and boom, he opened the shed door. There were two packed full bags of fleece — clean. Seems a shame to use it to pull oil off surface water. Grateful.
6pm Kathy Puffer’s home farm CSA! I trimmed the over growing curly willow bush. And relieved them of all their dirty fleece. Two big bags. Car is now full.
7:30 pm: Checked out the other willow. Too high.
8:30pm: Freestyle Frolic dance DJ was house / electric.
