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Now to to-day’s episode: Herbs!
When we think of gardening, we generally think: veggies. But what if there were other options?
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Small is beautiful!
In some ways this is a return to first principles and my own beginnings. A general rule of thumb is: we will always be able to grow more than we think.
If you’re new to the No-Dig thing, the productivity can be overwhelming. Remember we are planting more closely than a market garden powered by a four wheel tractor. The space needed for the machinery is available for growing. Equally we are not harvesting in exactly the same way as a market garden. The best mindset is that of a hunter-gatherer rather than an agribusiness. Continue reading →
Indeed folks, 250th episode. I must say it’s been a joy, a lifeline at times and an education. So many people are doing so many things to feed the world and make it a better place.
Over the last few episodes and to be fair, from the beginning of this podcast, there’s been a hint of darkness lurking within the words. Things are crook, global warming of the climate continues. We get colder snaps than we’ve seen for generations but they are the weather not the climate. Continue reading →
This episode is from the podcast RegenEarth where I co-host with Rich Bowden.
The big announcement for episode 250 is still on track for next week as we’ve had some IT issues this week.
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This episode follows on, in some ways from last week’s on roots and mycorrhizal fungi. Those things are, obviously, located underground. What we’re looking at this week is both underground and above.
There are a few systems out in the wilds of the interwebs that we’ll get to later in this episode. Continue reading →
The relationship between roots and mycorrhiza go deep, pun intended. From the site Mycorrhizal Applications comes the page “How It Works” [link in the show notes]. Continue reading →
From the NASA Earth Observatory site:
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Through a series of chemical reactions and tectonic activity, carbon takes between 100-200 million years to move between rocks, soil, ocean, and atmosphere in the slow carbon cycle.
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More than a third of farmland in the U.S. Corn Belt — nearly 100 million acres — has completely lost its carbon-rich topsoil due to erosion, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The loss of topsoil has reduced corn and soybean yields in the Midwest by 6 percent, resulting in a loss of nearly $3 billion a year for farmers, and increased runoff of sediment and nutrients into nearby waterways, worsening water quality.
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A little foreshadowing as they say in the trade, I have a partnership announcement coming in the next few weeks. They’re currently dealing with a small tech issue, as we all do from time to time. The fit is great, the people are wonderful and their vision, truly inspiring. But more when we have our links set up and the venture is visible. Continue reading →
Now this crops/climate thing is getting to be a little trickier as time passes. The last two years here in the North West of Tasmania have been 300mm down on the average rainfall. In Australia, as a rule of thumb, the average rarely represents any one year’s actual rainfall. It’s the midpoint between the drought and the wet years. Things aren’t in drought here but they are drier than they could be. And a month to six weeks without rainfall doesn’t do the pastures nor the crops much benefit. Continue reading →