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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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composting wood chips with chicken litter and fungi

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All the Great Things about Wood Chips

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Most everything you need to know about Used Coffee Grounds

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What we need to know about Soil

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the quest for super soil

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Improving clay soil on the cheap

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The urban myth about woodchips and nitrogen

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Incredible, Amazing....Leaf Mold

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The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

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What the heck is Humus?

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To Till, or Not to Till, and WHY

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

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Bacteria, Fungi and Nematodes Oh My!

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repairing soil - my post barley experiment

28 replies 3 8

getting the biology we want into our soil

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Do weeds rob soil of nutrients?

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Can Tilling be Sustainable?

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my personal quest for super soil

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raining non-stop

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HELP Sheep Sorrel/Rumex infestation in my edible garden!

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Experience with sheep wool pellets?

13 replies 1 3 6

Permie alternative to NPK / Standard Fertilizer Mix

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

12 replies 1 4 1

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Deep litter method

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Poor Soil Plants - What can you get to grow?

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Peeing in the Garden

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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

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

9 replies 3 8

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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

Soil Stabilization in “No Man’s Land” high winds

11 replies 1 2 1

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Compost lasagna fail, how do I fix it?

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Wool in Soil

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Peeing in the Garden

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Most everything you need to know about Used Coffee Grounds

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What is worse?

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List of Dr. RedHawk's Epic Soil Series Threads

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Used brewing yeast for fertilizer?

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Restoring soil structure and simple farming in a wet climate

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Red alder in the garden

2 weeks ago 12 replies 1

quail and pigeons

Deep litter method

3 weeks ago 14 replies 7 13

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Incredible, Amazing....Leaf Mold

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

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Nancy's adventures with a microscope

1 month ago 29 replies 4 3 16

raining non-stop

1 month ago 15 replies 3 11

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Compost is Magic!!!

1 month ago 7 replies 4 7

Wool in Soil

1 month ago 8 replies 1

chickens

Chicken Manure

1 month ago 6 6 9

Garden Paths, Mulch, Bare, or Wild Plants?

1 month ago 9 replies 4

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Compost lasagna fail, how do I fix it?

1 month ago 9 replies 2

Bulk Topsoil - What is it?

1 month ago 5 replies 1

plants

Poor Soil Plants - What can you get to grow?

1 month ago 21 replies 1 3

rabbits

Rabbit Manure

1 month ago 1 11

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

1 month ago 20 replies 4

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

1 month ago 4 replies

plants

does asparagus really need soil amendments?

2 months ago 6 replies

gardening for beginners

How to increase Soil Depth?

2 months ago 21 replies 2 12

Solar cooking alternative to Slash and Burn horticulture.

2 months ago 6 replies 1 1

Exploring the Role of Magnesium Salts in Sustainable Soil Management

2 months ago 4 replies

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Barn Lime

2 months ago 1 2 1

projects

Starting Food Forest but... no soil, crazy winds, and little rain

2 months ago 36 replies 3 9 20

Is Azomite Rock Dust worth the investment?

2 months ago 27 replies 8

asian natural farming

Definition of Korean Natural Farming abbreviations

2 months ago 9 replies 3 9

The urban myth about woodchips and nitrogen

2 months ago 57 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3 19

Solar Powered Aerator for Compost Tea

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Have a lot of old woodchips and want to make potting soil for tree seedlings

2 months ago 3 replies 2 2

gardening for beginners

moss in garden

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Permaculture Potting Soil

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Acidifying Soil Without Peat Moss

3 months ago 35 replies 5 22

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using cover crop to repair barren alkaline clay soil

3 months ago 15 replies 1

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

3 months ago 9 replies 3 8

Killing Grass

3 months ago 15 replies 2 6

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Experience with sheep wool pellets?

3 months ago 13 replies 1 3 6

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

3 months ago 9 replies 2

composting

My Journey through Fermentation, LAB, Cheesemaking, Korean Natural Farming, Humanure and Bokashi

3 months ago 31 replies 9 1 10

Do woodchips acidify soil?

3 months ago 13 replies 6

gardening for beginners

9 ways to add nitrogen to your garden soil

3 months ago 21 replies 3 6

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

3 months ago 6 replies 9

homestead

women peeing outdoors

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