Soil Composition
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Nitrogen: the Double-Edged Sword
Dutch clover cover crop between cabbage rows Nitrogen is a component of protein and DNA and as such, is essential…
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Phayao Permaculture Center – Soil Building Strategies (Thailand)
The Phayao Permaculture Center (PPC) is a two acre permaculture design implemented to be the retirement farm for myself and…
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The Secret Of El Dorado – Terra Preta
In this documentary a legendary civilization thought to be too good to be true on the basis of the stories…
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Black Magic: The Secrets of Amazonian Fertility
The great Amazon rainforest. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Bones. Charcoal. Ash. Blood. Feces. Food waste. Pottery shards. Before I…
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Tiger Hill Permaculture: Phase 1, Water Harvesting Earthworks
In February 2011 I took over the farm, ‘Tiger Hill’, in Tasmania, Australia. The planets aligned at that time in…
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How to Increase the Rate of Biological Nitrogen Fixation
This short article is a chapter from my book “Fertilizer for Free: How to make the most from Biological Nitrogen…
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How to Prepare and Take Care of a No-Dig Vegetable Garden (Slovenia)
Welcome to no-dig gardening. This is a tutorial which is written in a form of questions and answers. Questions will…
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Oh, The Beds I’ve Made: No-Till Gardening in Tropical Panama
One of the most exciting parts of taking the reins to a hectare of lakeside land in Panama was planning…
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How to Permanently Improve Your Sandy Soil
Size of a pumpkin leaf: 42 cm, that’s 16.5″. Not bad for a sandy soil! One of the problems a…
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Low-Tech Natural Nursery Strategies (Washington, USA)
When most people think about nurseries and plant propagation, they conjure up rows and rows of black pots and the…
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How to Steal from Your Neighbors and Have Them Love You For It (Panama)
Stolen leaves over yucca plants with banana circle backer The first time I did it I did so on the…
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Soil Science Basics for Beginners
by Aaron Jerad It’s dark. You are surrounded by giant flesh eating amoebas. You can’t move very fast…. Welcome to…
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