Soil
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Manure: An Overview of This Shi…ning Addition to the Garden
Organic gardens really benefit from manure, and that is no mystery. However, it’s important to be aware of what kind…
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The Top Composting Toilet Designs
One of the most unsustainable aspects of our current civilization is related to how we deal with our own waste.…
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A Primer on Creating Soil
Good agriculture depends on good soil. The problem over the past 10,000 years of our human attempt to live off…
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The Truth behind Shivansh Fertilizer
In recent months, the internet has exploded with talk of Shivansh fertilizer that is supposedly revolutionizing agriculture in India and…
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The Health Benefits of Raising Reishi Mushrooms
If something is working, you might as well continue to use it, as the saying goes. Reishi mushroom powder has…
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Simple Approaches to Making and Using Foliar Fertilizers
One of our main goals in the permaculture garden is to foster soil life, and there are many methods we…
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Soil Mineralisation part 3: Why and How do we Remineralise the soil?
In part 1 (1) and part 2 (2) of this series I looked at some ways in which the different…
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Top Soil: A Catalyst for Better Health and Nutrition
Where We Stand Without Soil Everything begins and ends with the soil. Unfortunately, close to 70% of it has been…
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Soil Mineralisation part 2: Major Soil Elements and Where WE Can Source Them
In part 1 of this article, I discussed why you might want to change the chemistry of the soil you…
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Lasagna Gardening: Build Soil and Get Rid of Weeds
Healthy topsoil, or humus, is necessary for growing healthy plants. However, topsoil takes dozens of years to naturally accumulate through…
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Soil Mineralisation Part 1: What Do We Need To Add To Our Soils And Why?
If you want to grow plants effectively, one of the most fundamental things you can do is provide them with…
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Raising Shiitake Mushrooms: An Inexpensive Delicacy
The Chinese have been using shiitake mushrooms as a nutritional and medicinal food for over 6,000 years. One of the…
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