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Best ever topics in soil

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Free or cheap amendments?

19 replies

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tilling vs. not tilling?

21 replies

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What chop and drop plants do you use?

10 replies 2

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Bulk Topsoil - What is it?

5 replies 1

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Does compost tea have to be high-tech?

12 replies 6

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The awesome fertilizing power of pee! Or not?

13 replies 5

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Why compost?

4 replies 4

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

21 replies 1 1

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How stones affect fertility of soils?

5 replies 1 2

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Help! Recovering after yard was rounduped by the helpful neighbor!

15 replies 8

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Soil horizons & sunken garden beds

10 replies 12 4

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Managing excess iron & acid soil

11 replies 1 3

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using cover crop to repair barren alkaline clay soil

15 replies 1

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Wood Ash - An Overview

3 11

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Fertilizing with human urine -- medication concerns?

18 replies 1 1

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Uncomposted horse manure for garlic and shallots?

16 replies 3

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Hard clay soil

15 replies 1

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In dry climate, what leads to better sustainability, more mulch or more irrigation

31 replies 8

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New here, need soil regen help/comfrey advice

10 replies 1 5

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Forest to garden

28 replies 2 8

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super compacted soil - wondering if I should break up a layer first?

25 replies 8

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Tips for getting soggy spring soil to dry out faster?

16 replies 6 1

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Soil Testing: Genius or Snapshot of the ever-changing?

18 replies 4

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Terrible fungus on Soil blocks killed most of my plants (hundreds)

12 replies 2 10

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No Till

17 replies 1 1 8

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Worm Castings?

5 replies 4

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Can we actually make soil the way mother nature does?

15 replies 5

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Heavy Metals in Soil

15 replies 1

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Garden Paths, Mulch, Bare, or Wild Plants?

9 replies 4

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

5 8

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How big does a container need to be to develop happy soil micro-biome?

8 replies 2

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Building soil over rock

11 replies 4 5

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Hard, compacted, dried out soil - what tools to use?

14 replies 1 8

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Where are the best soils?

15 replies 3 4

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Leaves---Good Mulch?

17 replies 1 6

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sea water and epsom salt

15 replies 1 2

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Five years to prepare the soil; what to do?

27 replies 1 6

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Growing in Compost

15 replies 8 4

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Does no-digging chaos still need crop rotation?

28 replies 7 5

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Help! We're almost out of potting soil/seed-starting mix!

19 replies 8

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Railroad Soil Reclamation

5 replies 1 2

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wicking beds; pros and cons?

10 replies 5 2

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perennial cover crop

8 replies 1 3

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Exploring the Role of Magnesium Salts in Sustainable Soil Management

4 replies

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Soil Testing

7 replies 6 8

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

15 replies 1

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Brush pile for garden bed creation

3 replies 3 4

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High chromium soil

14 replies 5

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High calcium lime source in NY

12 replies 2

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

15 replies 1

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The role of ants in building soil.

7 replies 4

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Soil ph

6 replies 1

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Need to Make Sand Into Soil

29 replies 1 4

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Next year’s garden

8 replies 2

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What Tool Is Used To Measure Soil Depth?

20 replies 2 7

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Growing Garlic: Using spent kitty litter pine sawdust and coffee grounds as amendment

9 replies 5

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

5 replies 1 3

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Slugs as compost tea --- the bouquet of fertility?

13 replies 3 5

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I made new garden soil!

5 replies 9

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Found layer of petroleum below my soil/horse manure in my barnyard

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