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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

448 replies 6 18 20

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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

What the heck is Humus?

93 replies 1 37

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The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

77 replies 3 9 28

Do weeds rob soil of nutrients?

77 replies 2 46

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To Till, or Not to Till, and WHY

80 replies 2 10 48

soil

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

Can Tilling be Sustainable?

41 replies 2 34

my personal quest for super soil

46 replies 41 14

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What is potash?

12 replies 1 17

soil

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

29 replies 1 37 21

raining non-stop

15 replies 3 11

soil

Experience with sheep wool pellets?

14 replies 1 3 8

soil

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

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Soil CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity)

17 replies 2 3 16

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

soil

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

13 replies 3 8

soil

Deep litter method

14 replies 7 13

soil

Poor Soil Plants - What can you get to grow?

21 replies 1 3

What made the biggest difference in your soil over the long run?

28 replies 5

Peeing in the Garden

9 replies 2

soil

Trouble understanding how to design drainage ditches on sloping land

12 replies 1

Amendment of Soil

10 replies 2 2

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

Will it improve my soil?

6 replies

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wood chips: optimum depth over bare soil? over grasses?

10 replies 1 1

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zero waste

What to do with all those eggshells???

2 days ago 22 replies 2 1

building soil year after year

4 days ago 45 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1

What made the biggest difference in your soil over the long run?

6 days ago 28 replies 5

Will it improve my soil?

1 week ago 6 replies

where do you get your soil tested?

1 week ago 8 replies 1 2

homestead

women peeing outdoors

1 week ago 448 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <10, 11, 12 ] 6 18 20

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wood chips: optimum depth over bare soil? over grasses?

2 weeks ago 10 replies 1 1

soil

Soil CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity)

2 weeks ago 17 replies 2 3 16

chickens

Chicken Manure

2 weeks ago 7 8 11

forest garden

Free Fertilizer from Wildlife

2 weeks ago 12 replies 1 4

Permies Poll: What kind of soil do you have at your homestead?

2 weeks ago 5 8

Do weeds rob soil of nutrients?

2 weeks ago 77 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 46

Amendment of Soil

2 weeks ago 10 replies 2 2

fruit trees

satisfying soil test recommendations

2 weeks ago 9 replies 1

digital market

How-To Home Soil Tests by Leigh Tate

$3.99

2 weeks ago 3 replies 2 1

Low Dollar Long Lasting Homemade growing medium / potting soil

3 weeks ago 4 replies 1

root crops

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

3 weeks ago 29 replies 1 37 21

soil

Wood Ash - An Overview

3 weeks ago 3 11

What is potash?

3 weeks ago 12 replies 1 17

Soil Compaction

4 weeks ago 5 replies 2

Gypsum

4 weeks ago 4 3 3

Solar cooking alternative to Slash and Burn horticulture.

1 month ago 7 replies 1 3

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Azomite

1 month ago 1 4

projects

Restoring soil structure and simple farming in a wet climate

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

composting

composting wood chips with chicken litter and fungi

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

soil

What chop and drop plants do you use?

1 month ago 10 replies 2

Free or cheap amendments?

1 month ago 19 replies

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A stupid fear getting in my way

1 month ago 14 replies 1 7

organic

help lifeless raised bed soil ?

1 month ago 12 replies 3

Transitioning Soil From Row Crops To Garden

2 months ago 17 replies 8

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Rabbit Poop in the garden

2 months ago 10 replies

mason jar soil tests

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

Soil vs Compost

2 months ago 15 replies 5

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

2 months ago 6 replies

How to tell if soil's comtaminated and solutions.

2 months ago 8 replies 2

The wonderful world of water, soil and plants

2 months ago 28 replies 6

What was woodchips is now next springs potting soil

2 months ago 1 reply 2 1

soil

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

2 months ago 13 replies 3 8

biointensive

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

2 months ago 14 replies 1 4 1

mulch

Experience with sheep wool pellets?

2 months ago 14 replies 1 3 8

Peeing in the Garden

3 months ago 9 replies 2

soil

Most everything you need to know about Used Coffee Grounds

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

What is worse?

3 months ago 3 replies

soil

List of Dr. RedHawk's Epic Soil Series Threads

3 months ago 15

Used brewing yeast for fertilizer?

3 months ago 5 replies
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