Off The Grid wrote:I musta spent at least several hours over the course of a day and a half before I posted my question for Geoff a few weeks ago. I spent a great deal of time just gathering my thoughts together to ask the dang question. Then the podcast came and the questions weren't asked due to time. Now from reading this I get the feeling we're supposed to increase the postings here, but no guarantee that Geoff will even see them let alone read them. I think I will get my answer one day, one way or another but it's likely not going to be this time around. Geoff is a superstar and likely there's all sorts of buzzwords and excitement going on about some things in particular but likely nothing to do with my query because not many people would choose to start a permaculture project in a salted landscape. I appreciate the gesture to set up the forum for this possibility but I think I will wait to ask Geoff in person, when I meet him one day, if that ever happens. Meanwhile I'm just going to study for clues and apply some scientific study of my own to get my answer because I have so far never heard anyone who has the answer. Geoff alluded to how the salt in the soil in Jordan in the Greening the Desert part 1 got transformed and desalted due to the fungii. Insert insoluable. He used those two words. I think he may have the most information on the planet related to that process.
Hi Off the grid!
if your question has to do with fungi you may want to address it to Paul Stamets of fungiperfecti.com . He literally wrote the book on fungi (Myacellium Running) and has several theories on how they can save the planet! (see TED conference video here: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5frPV58tY)[/youtube] Also, I purchased some edible mushroom growing kits from his web site and had questions...I called the telephone number on the "contact us" page and actually got to speak to a living breathing HUMAN BEING who was very helpful and informative! Good luck with you quest for info!
i have tried the grits and DE before and while it works great on mounds in the yard for some reason it just didn't seem to work in my potato rings (4 ft tall fencing wire formed into a 3 foot in diameter ring)...i put the seed potatoes down and cover them with loose hay...then as the plant grows i add more layers of hay until it reaches the top...it stays pretty moist in there and maybe that is why the grits and DE don't seem to work 
i will try your suggestion and make a more inviting environment nearby and hopefully that will help...thanks again
sounds kinda gross but it always seems to work
