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soil

Healthy soil grows healthy plants
Using permaculture to transform dirt into soil

List of Bryant RedHawk's Epic Soil Series Threads

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women peeing outdoors

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Restoring soil structure and simple farming in a wet climate

137 replies 1 269 77

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composting wood chips with chicken litter and fungi

255 replies 1 89 84

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All the Great Things about Wood Chips

222 replies 3 23 105

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Most everything you need to know about Used Coffee Grounds

84 replies 2 2 48

What we need to know about Soil

109 replies 2 3 29

the quest for super soil

130 replies 1 26 34

Improving clay soil on the cheap

160 replies 4 40

The urban myth about woodchips and nitrogen

57 replies 3 19

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Incredible, Amazing....Leaf Mold

116 replies 3 4 34

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The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

77 replies 3 9 28

What the heck is Humus?

93 replies 1 37

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To Till, or Not to Till, and WHY

80 replies 2 10 48

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A story of microbes, how they can accomplish seeming miracles and how to culture or buy them

147 replies 4 5 20

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Bacteria, Fungi and Nematodes Oh My!

63 replies 14 13

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repairing soil - my post barley experiment

28 replies 3 8

getting the biology we want into our soil

77 replies 1 2 26

Do weeds rob soil of nutrients?

72 replies 2 44

Can Tilling be Sustainable?

41 replies 2 34

my personal quest for super soil

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Best this year

raining non-stop

15 replies 3 11

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please share ideas for growing BIG sweet potatoes, several pounds per plant

22 replies 1 37 18

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Experience with sheep wool pellets?

14 replies 1 3 8

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Which size mesh for sifting stones out of rocky soil dug 2 feet deep for biointensive garden

14 replies 1 4 1

HELP Sheep Sorrel/Rumex infestation in my edible garden!

17 replies 7

Permie alternative to NPK / Standard Fertilizer Mix

12 replies 4

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A stupid fear getting in my way

14 replies 1 7

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How to amend so I have artisanal, hand crafted soil for future orchard

13 replies 3 8

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Deep litter method

14 replies 7 13

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Poor Soil Plants - What can you get to grow?

21 replies 1 3

Peeing in the Garden

9 replies 2

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Trouble understanding how to design drainage ditches on sloping land

12 replies 1

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Potting soil involving biochar

29 replies 18 7

Is this a good plan for my super-clay soil...?

28 replies 2 8

Why does ash alkalinize the soil, when wood chips do not?

20 replies 4

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Do you use cover crops or mulch in a cold climate?

6 replies 9

Soil Test Help

19 replies 7 4

Low organic matter clay woodland - tree planting designed to increase organic matter under the topso

9 replies 2

Weed Soup or Compost Tea, which is actually better for the soil? And Mushrooms in steamed weeds?

14 replies 3 1

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Compost lasagna fail, how do I fix it?

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root crops

please share ideas for growing BIG sweet potatoes, several pounds per plant

2 days ago 22 replies 1 37 18

composting

composting wood chips with chicken litter and fungi

2 days ago 255 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <5, 6, 7 ] 1 89 84

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What chop and drop plants do you use?

5 days ago 10 replies 2

Free or cheap amendments?

5 days ago 19 replies

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A stupid fear getting in my way

5 days ago 14 replies 1 7

chickens

Chicken Manure

1 week ago 7 8 11

organic

help lifeless raised bed soil ?

1 week ago 12 replies 3

soil

Wood Ash - An Overview

2 weeks ago 3 9

forest garden

Free Fertilizer from Wildlife

2 weeks ago 8 replies 1 3

Transitioning Soil From Row Crops To Garden

2 weeks ago 17 replies 8

zero waste

What to do with all those eggshells???

2 weeks ago 14 replies 1

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Rabbit Poop in the garden

3 weeks ago 10 replies

mason jar soil tests

3 weeks ago 44 replies [ 1, 2 ] 24 3

Soil vs Compost

3 weeks ago 15 replies 5

How do we save and clean our soil from contamination and other sources of pollution.

4 weeks ago 6 replies

How to tell if soil's comtaminated and solutions.

4 weeks ago 8 replies 2

The wonderful world of water, soil and plants

4 weeks ago 28 replies 6

What was woodchips is now next springs potting soil

1 month ago 1 reply 2 1

soil

How to amend so I have artisanal, hand crafted soil for future orchard

1 month ago 13 replies 3 8

biointensive

Which size mesh for sifting stones out of rocky soil dug 2 feet deep for biointensive garden

1 month ago 14 replies 1 4 1

Gypsum

1 month ago 4 3 1

projects

Restoring soil structure and simple farming in a wet climate

1 day ago 137 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <10, 11, 12 ] 1 269 77

mulch

Experience with sheep wool pellets?

1 month ago 14 replies 1 3 8

Peeing in the Garden

1 month ago 9 replies 2

soil

Most everything you need to know about Used Coffee Grounds

1 month ago 84 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 2 2 48

What is worse?

1 month ago 3 replies

soil

List of Dr. RedHawk's Epic Soil Series Threads

1 month ago 14

Used brewing yeast for fertilizer?

1 month ago 5 replies

Red alder in the garden

2 months ago 12 replies 1

quail and pigeons

Deep litter method

2 months ago 14 replies 7 13

organic

Incredible, Amazing....Leaf Mold

2 months ago 116 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 3 4 34

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Nancy's adventures with a microscope

2 months ago 29 replies 4 3 16

raining non-stop

2 months ago 15 replies 3 11

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Compost is Magic!!!

2 months ago 7 replies 4 7

Wool in Soil

2 months ago 8 replies 1

Garden Paths, Mulch, Bare, or Wild Plants?

3 months ago 9 replies 4

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Compost lasagna fail, how do I fix it?

3 months ago 9 replies 2

Bulk Topsoil - What is it?

3 months ago 5 replies 1

plants

Poor Soil Plants - What can you get to grow?

3 months ago 21 replies 1 3

rabbits

Rabbit Manure

3 months ago 1 11

Why does ash alkalinize the soil, when wood chips do not?

3 months ago 20 replies 4

soil

Has anyone been through Elaine Inghams most recent course? Reviews?

3 months ago 4 replies 1

plants

does asparagus really need soil amendments?

3 months ago 6 replies

gardening for beginners

How to increase Soil Depth?

3 months ago 21 replies 2 12

Solar cooking alternative to Slash and Burn horticulture.

3 months ago 6 replies 1 1
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