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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

426 replies 7 18 17

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composting wood chips with chicken litter and fungi

244 replies 1 86 81

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All the Great Things about Wood Chips

192 replies 3 20 101

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Restoring soil structure and simple farming in a wet climate

99 replies 157 61

What we need to know about Soil

105 replies 2 3 27

the quest for super soil

123 replies 1 26 32

Most everything you need to know about Used Coffee Grounds

68 replies 2 2 40

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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

The urban myth about woodchips and nitrogen

55 replies 3 17

getting the biology we want into our soil

77 replies 1 2 26

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The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

66 replies 2 8 22

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To Till, or Not to Till, and WHY

77 replies 2 10 36

my personal quest for super soil

46 replies 41 14

What the heck is Humus?

92 replies 1 36

Coal and Soils

2 replies

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Incredible, Amazing....Leaf Mold

98 replies 2 4 22

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Bacteria, Fungi and Nematodes Oh My!

58 replies 14 9

Improving clay soil on the cheap

114 replies 1 34

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Helen Atthowe: goddess of the soil

93 replies 5 4

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How do I keep my soil dry enough to grow hardy kiwis?

22 replies 2 10

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Improving clay soil on the cheap

114 replies 1 34

Where Do Wood Chips Go?

22 replies 1 11

I have a bad situation

27 replies 22

Shattered Plastics in Soil

15 replies 1 9

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Nancy's adventures with a microscope

18 replies 3 14

How to do permaculture when you live in an actual forest ..

21 replies 1 5

Can you use humus for things besides gardening?

19 replies 1 2 13

Cover crops - something harvestable?

11 replies 2 2

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Extending The Growing Season In Cold Climates

16 replies 1 5

Soil vs Compost

14 replies 5

Nitrogen from weed tea?

5 replies 4

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Soil Erosion: looking to solve one problem with another problem

9 replies 7 4

Hard clay soil

15 replies 1

Fire retardants used on local forest fire - safe to eat wild food and garden vegi's?

8 replies 7

Soil Structure- is it important to add inorganic soil to balance out lots of added organic material?

21 replies 1 1

Saving my front yard

11 replies 5 6

Heavy Metals in Soil

15 replies 1

Guerilla Gardening project: Restoring the soil of a local park?

15 replies 1

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High calcium lime source in NY

12 replies 2

I got a load of big bones - how to use them for soil improvement?

5 replies 1 3

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Fire retardants used on local forest fire - safe to eat wild food and garden vegi's?

1 day ago 8 replies 7

adding ag acid to remove bicarbonate from well water

2 days ago 2 replies

Very old, buried railroad ties all over my garden--how dangerous?

2 days ago 15 replies 1

I got a load of big bones - how to use them for soil improvement?

4 days ago 5 replies 1 3

projects

Restoring soil structure and simple farming in a wet climate

5 days ago 99 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <7, 8, 9 ] 157 61

greening the desert

The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

6 days ago 66 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 8 22

How long before you saw results

1 week ago 8 replies 1 1

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Any ideas what’s digging this hole?

1 week ago 8 replies 1

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Creating soil where there isn’t any - transforming a pile of rocks

1 week ago 25 replies 16 14

Where Do Wood Chips Go?

1 week ago 22 replies 1 11

soil too dense, how to make soil fluffy?

1 week ago 22 replies

How to do permaculture when you live in an actual forest ..

1 week ago 21 replies 1 5

Soil Salinity

1 week ago 4 replies 1

How can I handle acidic soil in the short term?

2 weeks ago 12 replies 1

Vermiculture is acidic soil?

2 weeks ago 1 reply

WHICH TYPE IS THE BEST SOIL TEST KITS?

2 weeks ago 0 replies

composting

composting wood chips with chicken litter and fungi

2 weeks ago 244 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <5, 6, 7 ] 1 86 81

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All the Great Things about Wood Chips

3 weeks ago 192 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 3 20 101

Heavy Metals in Soil

3 weeks ago 15 replies 1

mulch

does anyone use Ruth Stout methods with success?

1 month ago 105 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 27 6

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How to improve clay soils and still be growing the first year

1 month ago 38 replies 13

Improving clay soil on the cheap

1 month ago 114 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 34

The urban myth about woodchips and nitrogen

1 month ago 55 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3 17

Homemade Evapotranspiration Monitor

1 month ago 5 replies 1 1

kiwis

How do I keep my soil dry enough to grow hardy kiwis?

1 month ago 22 replies 2 10

10 inches of compost on top of clay. Should I till it in?

1 month ago 27 replies 10 1

Does dry upper soil hurt established vegetables if water is available deeper?

1 month ago 6 replies 1 2

How can I quickly raise the pH of my soil?

1 month ago 2 replies 1

plants

Powerful Penetrating Roots

1 month ago 14 replies 6

Root crops and soil biology

1 month ago 3 replies 2

Harvesting Garden Soil from the Forest

1 month ago 12 replies 10 3

Salt in the soil.

1 month ago 16 replies 3 6

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Turning sand into soil

1 month ago 16 replies 4

Brainstorm with me: barriers for bermudagrass

1 month ago 24 replies 6 5

Seeking input on my soil building plan (and answers to some questions)

1 month ago 3 replies

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Acidifying Soil Without Peat Moss

1 month ago 31 replies 22

sheet mulching year-by-year: triumphs and failures

1 month ago 2 replies 6 3

gardening for beginners

Have you ever wondered what happens to nutrients when plants break down?

2 months ago 14 replies 1 4 5

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New veg garden on clay soil

2 months ago 22 replies 1 1 6

gardening for beginners

Breaking up clay is hard to do

2 months ago 48 replies [ 1, 2 ] 35 16

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improve heavy clay quick, cheap?

2 months ago 39 replies 7

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Soil-First Gardening Extended Edition by Anna Hess

$29.99

2 months ago 3 1

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How to safely use chicken manure in my garden?

4 months ago 11 replies 2

My First Bone Meal

11 months ago 10 replies 6 5
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