After twelve days of neglect, although 4-5 days were cloudy – there was less than a 1/4 inch of rain – and here is how the plants are responding to dry conditions with rich soil and a little bit of ferment fertilizer. The reduction of climax forests chances of a torching summer is increasing. Source
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Make Easy organic fertilizer from tomatoes/ Best diy liquid compost for any plants #shorts
How to make easy organic fertilizer from tomatoes/ Best diy liquid compost for any plants #shorts Source
Permaculture Design by Sectors
Sectors are a key design tool in the permaculture system. This is a brief overview of how to respond to sector forces with design. This is part of Oregon State University’s Permaculture Design Certificate Course. OSU’s Permaculture Design Certificate Course: https://pace.oregonstate.edu/catalog/permaculture-design-certificate-online OSU’s Advanced Permaculture Design Course: https://pace.oregonstate.edu/catalog/advanced-permaculture-design-climate-resilience OSU’s free Intro to Permaculture Course: https://open.oregonstate.edu/courses/permaculture/ Source
I Gave In And Bought Compost
Most seasons I don’t have enough compost for all of the vegetable growing spaces that I am managing and this season I had even less. I have always resisted buying in bulk soil amendment like this, preferring to produce my own, or get supplies from the local environment. But, this season I figured I would…
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Coco Coir Sterile Compost [Gardening Allotment UK] [Grow Vegetables At Home ]
Gardening Allotment UK join us doing Allotment Gardening Container Gardening plus more For me growing is a passion there is nothing more satisfying than a year round supply of home grown fruit and vegetables I have lots of useful hints and tips to help others sow & grow fresh fruit and vegetables’ all year long…
Preventing FLOODING with SWALES | Permaculture homesteading
Permaculture water systems really work – and here’s the proof! These small swales and retention ponds saved our barn from flooding during a Pacific Northwest downpour! Check it out! About swales: swales are a popular way to manage water in permaculture design systems. They are basically shallow ditches that direct water and allow for catchment…
10 Crazy Things You Can Compost
Go beyond garden waste and kitchen scraps in your compost and consider some odd, even crazy, things you can compost. There are many things around the house that are usually thrown away, but that can be composted. Just about everything organic can find a spot in your compost pile. (Video #112) If you want to…
Saving Seeds, Sustaining Our Communities
Kellee Matsushita-Tseng, UCSC Farm Garden assistant manager, and Adria Vidales of the Demeter Seed Library discuss seed saving as an act of decolonization and a tool for sustaining our communities. They share some political education around the importance of seed saving with case studies of food sovereignty and community seed saving around the world, and…
Back to the Core: A Compost Story
Follow the journey of an apple core as it travels through the composting process! Learn how compost is doing the most by keeping unnecessary waste out of the landfill, reducing landfill gas emissions, returning carbon to the soil, and helping farms grow healthy food and save water. For more information, visit Sustainability.Recology.com Source