Soil Biology
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Soil
How to start composting
Making compost is the single best thing you can do for your garden because it adds organic matter to the…
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Plant Systems
Dynamic Accumulators Part Two
Dynamic accumulators are plants that actively accumulate appreciable amounts of useful nutrients. These plants are potentially useful for those involved…
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Animal Housing
Designed Soil Disturbance with Chickens
We’re moving the Chicken Caravan 30, aka ‘The Chickenator,’ into the main crop system which is a lovely new playground…
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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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John Todd Living Machines Lecture
I’m so blown away by the work of John Todd. He works on a huge scale cleaning horrendous toxins out…
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A Computer Geek Starts a Garden, Part I – Background, Design and Initial Implementation
The yard in winter, before work begins… A great many people today are living in fear. The future looks uncertain,…
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Permaculture at The Farm
Former stockbroker Brian Bankston now calls himself the “Keyline Cowboy” after a carbon farming course at The Farm’s Ecovillage Training…
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Soil Biology with Paul Taylor
One of the major global concerns we face today is the heavily depleted state and continued degeneration of our soil.…
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Six Ways to Save the Planet with Mushrooms – Paul Stamets
No, we’re not talking about your average portobello mushroom here, found on pizzas the world over. The topic of this…
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Wonder Weeds
PIJ #63, June-Aug 1997 by Linda Woodrow How to harvest weeds for their best nutrients Sometimes gardening seems to me…
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Greening the Desert Project Outcomes Profiled
Most readers will be familiar with the awesome, seemingly miraculous work Geoff and Nadia Lawton accomplished with the ‘Greening the…
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