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Permalink Reply by Kenzie Davison on September 25, 2008 at 12:33pm

The 18 Day Compost Song

(Sung to London Bridge) - A Permaculture Sing-A-Long by the Pagliaro Family

1.
Compost made in 18 days,
18 days, 18 days.
Compost made in 18 days,
The Berkley Method.

2.
A cubic meter you must stack,
You must stack, you must stack.
A cubic meter you must stack
To make it work right.

3.
Take some shit and heap it up,
Heap it up, heap it up,
Chicken, horse, cow or duck,
It doesn’t matter.

4.
Add leaves, cotton, straw or grass,
Straw or grass, straw or grass,
Add leaves, cotton, straw or grass
This is high carbon.

5.
An activator you must add,
You must add, you must add.
A fish or comfrey’s not too bad
Or some yarrow.

6.
Now bring the water, wet it down,
Wet it down, wet it down.
Now bring the water wet it down,
Make it moist all over.


7.
Turn the pile inside out,
Inside out, inside out.
Turn the pile inside out,
Days 4, 6, and 8.

8.
On day 8, stick your arm in,
Your arm in, your arm in.
On day 8, stick your arm in,
Does it feel right?

9.
If it’s too hot, cool it down,
Cool it down, cool it down,
If it’s too hot, cool it down,
Make a chimney.

10.
If it’s too cool, add blood and bone,
Blood and bone, blood and bone.
If it’s too cool, add blood and bone,
Perhaps a penguin.

11.
Every two days, mix it up,
Mix it up, mix it up.
Every two days, mix it up.
It’s almost ready!

12.
Day 18 has come at last,
Come at last, come at last.
We’ve made compost and made it fast.
That should please Geoff Lawton!

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Permalink Reply by Kenzie Davison on September 25, 2008 at 12:34pm

Winter is Coming to Town!!
Tune: "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". . .

OH! We better not wait, it's time to make plans,
Compost, mulch, put away the fans,
Winter time is coming to town!

Squash and turnips and carrot plants,
Season extension for the cabbage transplants,
Winter time is coming to town!

Let's insulate the attic!
Insulate the floors!
Insulate the walls so deep,
and don't forget the doors!

So! Make your list, and check it twice,
Solarize, weatherize, don't roll the dice,
Winter time is coming to town!

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Permalink Reply by C. Milton Dixon on September 27, 2008 at 2:55pm

Best original permaculture song I've heard.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Morin on January 24, 2009 at 6:23pm

Oil Junkies
By Mike Morin


What’s the matter with me
I’ve got too much to say
I used to be out there yellin’ at the top of my lungs
and no one was listenin’, anyway
Think I’ll go down by the river, by the highway
Via the busy streets
Where the cars and trucks are rollin’ fast
And say, “do you know how much noise you make
And that we’re runnin’ out of gas”?

Because we’re
Oil junkies, oil junkies
Waitin’ for our next oil change
Yes we’re a thirty weight wonder
Slowly goin’ under
I think it’s time we rearrange

Well, those drillin’ men
Blackening their seas and lands
They’ve got them over a barrel
And Chevron, Gulf, Shell, Aramco, BP and the rest
Those oligopolies over here in the west
They’ve all got us over a barrel

Because we’re
Oil junkies, oil junkies
Waitin’ for our next oil change
Yes we’re a heavyweight blunder
Slowly goin’ under
It’s well past time we rearrange

Now, you’re drivin’ here
You’re flyin’ there
You’re shippin’ everything every which way
And where
You’re ruinin’ he soil, the water, and the air
There’s only so much oil
Left underground
Very soon there will be none around
But we don’t seem to even care



Because we’re
Oil junkies, oil junkies
Waitin’ for our next oil change
Yes we’re an overweight blunder
Slowly goin’ under
It’s well past time we rearrange

It’s well past time we reassess
It’s well past time that we reform
It’s well past time that we reimagine
It’s well past time we reorganize
It’s well past time we restructure
It’s well past time that we reallocate
It’s well past time we relocalize
It’s well past time that we rebuild
It’s well past time that we reduce
It’s well past time that we reuse
It’s well past time that we recycle

It’s well past time we rearrange
It’s well past time we rearrange.

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