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Certifiable food forest gardener, free gardening advice offered and accepted. Permaculture is the intersection of environmentalsim and agriculture.
Tyler Ludens wrote:Yes, the plants absorb the chemicals but many chemicals are broken down to inert components by bacteria and fungi in healthy active soil, so it may take a few years of diligent mulching and composting to bring the soil to life again, after which things should do fine. I think things will be okay.
Nick Garbarino wrote:If no chemicals have been applied in over 5 years since you moved in, it is highly unlikely that any significant toxicity remains, imo.
Certifiable food forest gardener, free gardening advice offered and accepted. Permaculture is the intersection of environmentalsim and agriculture.
Nick Garbarino wrote:Len, You haven't mentioned anything about your soil. Is it mulched well? Do you prevent it from drying out? A good organic mulching and composting program will create a resilient microherd in only a few weeks, and plants will thrive. A strong microherd also breaks down chemical residues, and the more robust it is, the faster it breaks down toxins in the environment, and the more capable it is at preventing toxic effects from drift.
The good news is that things look better this year than they have in the past.
Certifiable food forest gardener, free gardening advice offered and accepted. Permaculture is the intersection of environmentalsim and agriculture.
Anyway, I will continue adding mulch as I find it... And make a bigger circle with it too.
John Polk wrote:
Not knowing where on Vancouver Is. you are located, I don't know which of the two major ecoregions pertain to you (actually, they both may, due to micro-climates), but here are two links to the general descriptions. (These actually are for western WA, but these regions extend beyond that man made line on the map).
If you are at sea level to +/- 460 metres: http://www.fs.fed.us/colormap/ecoreg1_provinces.conf?62,76
As far as native plants/pollinators go, these two guides should help you get a good start:
Pacific Lowland Mixed Forest
Cascade Mixed Forest
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