Advice for dense clay soil - Similar Threads

Win a copy of The Biotime Log this week in the Permaculture forum!

permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies living kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education experiences global resources the cider press projects digital market permies.com all forums

this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...

master stewards:

Nicole Alderman
raven ranson

stewards:

paul wheaton
Jocelyn Campbell
Julia Winter

garden masters:

Anne Miller
Pearl Sutton
thomas rubino
Bill Crim
Kim Goodwin
Joylynn Hardesty

gardeners:

Amit Enventres
Mike Jay
Dan Boone

Other threads similar to Advice for dense clay soil

forest garden

Pigeon Peas -- can they inoculate themselves?

9 replies 1

projects

repairing soil - my post barley experiment

17 replies 3 3

forest garden

Planting Food Forests Over Multiple Years

10 replies 5

cover crops

Building soil and repairing compacted land.

27 replies 1 3

masanobu fukuoka

Natural Farming with Barley experiment

89 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 24 2

organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

129 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 2 133 27

cover crops

Overseeding lawn with Cover Crops

32 replies 9

lawn

How Do I Convert an Existing Lawn into a Soil Building, Nitrogen Fixing, Mow-able, Meadow?

3 replies

soil

Suggestions to remediate compacted soil?

6 replies

plants

Staple crops

255 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <5, 6, 7 ] 1 14 28

permaculture

Zone 8a Starting Permaculture Plant / Tree Suggestions?

3 replies 1 1

fruit trees

Help with Grapes and Pear

18 replies 1 2 1

permaculture

What do you use for walking paths?

21 replies 1

permaculture

using chickens to till?

13 replies 1

plants

Tardy seed planting

7 replies

woodland

Planted a thousand trees on my property this year so far

19 replies 1 6

pasture

Looking to begin to improve pasture

31 replies 5 20 3

plants

Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

593 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <13, 14, 15 ] 39 105 36

earthworks

Disc or Chisel plough a field with 10 years of no cultivation?

22 replies 1 14 3

soil

Edibles (feral Day Lilies) growing in sticky green clay

10 replies 5 1

masanobu fukuoka

Seedballs. Which vegetables can you grow from it?

6 replies 1

soil

the quest for super soil

111 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 26 21

grains and pseudograins

Corn and Inbreeding Depression: Want to Start Growing and Saving Seed

22 replies 2 3

trees

Growing quince from seed

12 replies 5 1

pasture

Wild birds or chickens for seeding?

3 replies

greening the desert

Need help with possible food forest in the chaparral desert with minimal resources

13 replies 1 2 4

cob

My first cob building

11 replies 1 5

organic

growing vegetables in CLAY

6 replies

wheaton laboratories

Making seedballs at base camp

11 replies 1 3 4

grains and pseudograins

Should I thin these oats?

5 replies 2

soil

Building heavy, acidic clay soil (ultisol)

7 replies 5 4

great white north

What have you grown or tried to grow up north?

12 replies 1

permaculture

New permaculture orchard/market garden need advice

8 replies

fruit trees

Rooting Hormone

3 replies

forest garden

building soil with cover crops

38 replies 4 3 1

soil

Human Health and Soil

20 replies 2

chickens

Feeding Chicks from day one to ready to lay

4 replies 4

gardening for beginners

Bit Gardening

18 replies 2

plants

Rhubarb

14 replies 3

soil

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

147 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 4 5 17

resources: seeds, plants, honey, consulting, etc.

Organic and non-GMO seed

0 replies

soil

Nature's Internet

36 replies 1 8

permaculture

The Prime Goal of Permaculture

52 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 1 14

soil

Sunken beds in hardpan caliche?

17 replies 7 24 2

greening the desert

Replacing topsoil new permaculture farm

78 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 6 10

hugelkultur

Tricks to Keep the Dirt from Sliding off a Hugel?

56 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 18 7

forest garden

Drought resistant legume shrubs

21 replies

soil

Looking for advice for preparing soil for seed mix brocasting

18 replies 1

decision making

How do you guys feel about prepping/ survivalist culture?

51 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3

pasture

Bermuda to pasture?

7 replies 2

Top Forums

building

electrical 305
earthship 1215
earth bag 2124
rainwater catchment 2820
aquaponics 1995
greenhouses 5485
finishes 1071
stone work 972
fencing 1872
straw bale house 1983
grey water 2690
wofati and earth berm 4366
cob 4105
composting toilet 3744
earthen floor 870
roundwood and timber framing 3141
passive solar 2002
natural building 15872
woodworking 2840
tiny house 2227
nomadic housing 672

digital market

paul wheaton 651
digital market 935

permaculture artisans

education

pex / pep 501
permaculture voices 1098
pdc 1521
workshops 1228
conferences / convergences 694
teachers' lounge 1036
homeschooling 543
pdc artifacts 167
online learning 879
kids 1073
science and research 812

monies

agile work 136
buy it for life 678
frugality 8788
residual income streams 789
financial strategy 5343
cottage industry 1404
crowdfunding 4829

critters

guinea fowl 288
butchery 619
chickens 13131
ducks and geese 2196
pigs 4286
cattle 3266
goats, sheep and llamas 5814
rabbits 2355
predators 1453
honey bees 5519
pollinators 1431
dogs and cats 2957
horses, donkeys and mules 728
nibblers 2348
bugs 6450
fish 843
critter care 7723
beavers 224

growies

fruit trees 3643
pasture 1076
cover crops 1640
seed saving / exchange / plant breeding 5460
hugelkultur 11462
forest garden 14048
trees 15865
woodland 8173
plants 35585
fungi 6249
soil 11534
mulch 4651
greening the desert 6534
lawn 4935
composting 8687
biodynamic 1593
permaculture 45899
organic 16267
gardening for beginners 9642
urban 3033
small farm 4016
large farm 2157
market garden 2143
biochar 1453
dynamic accumulators 487
grains and pseudograins 1486
biointensive 262
energy crops 100
carbon farming 852

kitchen

bread 713
charcuterie 266
cheese 667
food preservation 4589
fermentation 3288
food as medicine 5006
medicinal herbs 5872
cooking 12268
vegan 1401
paleo 1115
food choices 3629

ungarbage

repair 933
recycling 2125
zero waste 894

homesteading

ponds 4480
earthworks 5610
gear 7147
homestead 21727
farm income 6958
wells and springs 1304

living

toxin-ectomy 73
ergonomics 1490

energy

conservation 3697
wood burning stoves 9220
rocket stoves 25520
rocket mass heaters 22709
solar 5407
hydro 1476
wind 821
biogas 800
biodiesel 354
transportation 1362
bicycle 940

community

intentional community 7521
city repair 345
ecovillage 824
transition towns 149
communication 3780
decision making 805
permaculture singles 2982
urban 652
suburban 202
village 286
rural 1248

wilderness

wild harvesting 4607
ancestral skills 3070
hunting and fishing 1092
survival 2087

regional

cascadia 5524
rockies 3115
missoula 5206
great white north 2362
ontario 664
southwest usa 2841
midwest usa 2223
eastern usa 2121
appalachia 677
southern usa 2424
ozarks 1419
california 698
oklahoma and texas 1421
europe 1939
iberia 1076
uk and ireland 442
scandinavia 478
australasia 402
pacifica 277
south america / central america / mexico 913
asia 420
africa 735
tropical climate 551
mediterranean climate 340

permies.com

projects

projects 9973
wheaton laboratories 16633
permaculture design 4469

global resources

staff reviews 38
books 5359
dvds, movies, videos and documentaries 4113
web sites 1725
appropedia 180
products 1373
paul wheaton's permaculture podcasts 2763
resources: seeds, plants, honey, consulting, etc. 3056
permaculture a designers manual 640
edible forest gardens 192
geoff lawton's online pdc 599
blatant advertising 2157
permaculture real estate 2033

experiences

wwoof hosts 273

the cider press

ulcer factory 1991
ethics and philosophy 850
social justice 578
politics 800
religion and spirituality 198
toxic gick 494
spiffy 36
parenting 204

art

art 4858
music 1170

fiber arts

natural fibers and materials 3071
animal fibers 1317
plant fibers 1142
dyeing 556