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soil

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

448 replies 6 18 20

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Restoring soil structure and simple farming in a wet climate

141 replies 1 275 78

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composting wood chips with chicken litter and fungi

255 replies 1 89 84

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All the Great Things about Wood Chips

222 replies 3 23 105

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Most everything you need to know about Used Coffee Grounds

84 replies 2 2 48

getting the biology we want into our soil

78 replies 1 78

What we need to know about Soil

109 replies 2 3 29

the quest for super soil

130 replies 1 26 34

Improving clay soil on the cheap

160 replies 4 40

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To Till, or Not to Till, and WHY

82 replies 2 10 48

The urban myth about woodchips and nitrogen

57 replies 3 19

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Incredible, Amazing....Leaf Mold

116 replies 3 4 34

What the heck is Humus?

93 replies 1 37

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The Big Fat Thread of Dryland Farming Ideas!

77 replies 3 9 28

Do weeds rob soil of nutrients?

77 replies 2 46

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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

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Bacteria, Fungi and Nematodes Oh My!

63 replies 14 13

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repairing soil - my post barley experiment

28 replies 3 8

Can Tilling be Sustainable?

41 replies 2 34

my personal quest for super soil

46 replies 41 14

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Best this year

What is potash?

12 replies 1 17

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please share ideas for growing BIG sweet potatoes, several pounds per plant

29 replies 1 37 21

raining non-stop

15 replies 3 11

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Experience with sheep wool pellets?

14 replies 1 3 8

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

14 replies 1 4 1

HELP Sheep Sorrel/Rumex infestation in my edible garden!

17 replies 7

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Soil CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity)

17 replies 2 3 16

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A stupid fear getting in my way

14 replies 1 7

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

13 replies 3 8

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Deep litter method

14 replies 7 13

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Poor Soil Plants - What can you get to grow?

21 replies 1 3

What made the biggest difference in your soil over the long run?

28 replies 5

Peeing in the Garden

9 replies 2

Amendment of Soil

10 replies 2 2

Will it improve my soil?

6 replies

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wood chips: optimum depth over bare soil? over grasses?

10 replies 1 1

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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

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Restoring soil structure and simple farming in a wet climate

18 hours ago 141 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <10, 11, 12 ] 1 275 80

Can radon get into veggies or fruit?

1 day ago 7 replies 3

getting the biology we want into our soil

2 days ago 78 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 78

zero waste

What to do with all those eggshells???

1 month ago 22 replies 2 1

building soil year after year

1 month ago 45 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1

What made the biggest difference in your soil over the long run?

1 month ago 28 replies 5

Will it improve my soil?

1 month ago 6 replies

where do you get your soil tested?

1 month ago 8 replies 1 2

homestead

women peeing outdoors

1 month ago 448 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <10, 11, 12 ] 6 18 20

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wood chips: optimum depth over bare soil? over grasses?

1 month ago 10 replies 1 1

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Soil CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity)

1 month ago 17 replies 2 3 16

chickens

Chicken Manure

1 month ago 7 8 13

forest garden

Free Fertilizer from Wildlife

1 month ago 12 replies 1 4

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

1 month ago 5 8

Do weeds rob soil of nutrients?

1 month ago 77 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 46

Amendment of Soil

1 month ago 10 replies 2 2

fruit trees

satisfying soil test recommendations

1 month ago 9 replies 1

digital market

How-To Home Soil Tests by Leigh Tate

$3.99

1 month ago 3 replies 2 1

Low Dollar Long Lasting Homemade growing medium / potting soil

1 month ago 4 replies 1

root crops

please share ideas for growing BIG sweet potatoes, several pounds per plant

1 month ago 29 replies 1 37 21

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Wood Ash - An Overview

1 month ago 3 11

What is potash?

1 month ago 12 replies 1 17

Soil Compaction

1 month ago 5 replies 2

Gypsum

1 month ago 4 3 3

Solar cooking alternative to Slash and Burn horticulture.

2 months ago 7 replies 1 3

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Azomite

2 months ago 1 4

composting

composting wood chips with chicken litter and fungi

2 months ago 255 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <5, 6, 7 ] 1 89 84

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What chop and drop plants do you use?

2 months ago 10 replies 2

Free or cheap amendments?

2 months ago 19 replies

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A stupid fear getting in my way

2 months ago 14 replies 1 7

organic

help lifeless raised bed soil ?

2 months ago 12 replies 3

Transitioning Soil From Row Crops To Garden

3 months ago 17 replies 8

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Rabbit Poop in the garden

3 months ago 10 replies

mason jar soil tests

3 months ago 44 replies [ 1, 2 ] 24 3

Soil vs Compost

3 months ago 15 replies 5

How do we save and clean our soil from contamination and other sources of pollution.

3 months ago 6 replies

How to tell if soil's comtaminated and solutions.

3 months ago 8 replies 2

The wonderful world of water, soil and plants

3 months ago 28 replies 6

What was woodchips is now next springs potting soil

3 months ago 1 reply 2 1

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

3 months ago 13 replies 3 8

biointensive

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

3 months ago 14 replies 1 4 1

mulch

Experience with sheep wool pellets?

3 months ago 14 replies 1 3 8

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To Till, or Not to Till, and WHY

2 years ago 82 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 2 10 48

local source for elemental sulfur? (Pennsylvania, USA)

3 years ago 10 replies 1

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Pine needles - do they make the soil acidic or not?!

9 years ago 4 replies
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