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Bill Mollison, the man who coined the phrase permaculture and co-founded the permaculture movement passed away peacefully yesterday. R.I.P. (May 4th, 1928 – September 24th, 2016)
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“ Elaine Ingham composting method, Living Soil Lab, Sustainable Living Department, Maharishi University of Management. Shot and produced by Bill Dyer for his joint degree in Sustainable Living and Media and Communications. Elaine is a visiting faculty in the program. “
Building Soil Health for Healthy Plants by soil scientist Dr. Elaine Ingham
“A revolution in our understanding of soil has been taking place.
“Conventional” agriculture requires ever-increasing inputs and energy into the system to maintain production, while natural systems reduce the disturbances in the system, while increasing production.
Historically, soil science ignored or dismissed soil life as important, in large part because the methods used to study organisms in soil were mis-leading, inaccurate and missed about 99% or more of the species present in soil.
With the advent of microscope methods and genetic assessment of soil life, we are beginning to unravel the mysteries of the soil. A framework to help growers easily understand the differing specific sets of beneficial organisms required for healthy growth of different types of plants will be presented.
Understanding soil life is critical if we want to be sustainable; we need to work with nature, instead of waging war on natural laws as we do in our agricultural systems, to the detriment of people and the planet.
View the slides from this presentation at permaculturevoices.com/96 “
Earth-cooled, shipping container underground CA home for 30K
“As a kid Steve Rees played in caves and learned how the earth could cool. As an adult, he buried two shipping containers and created an off-grid retirement home for himself and his wife Shirley.“
How to Plant Trees - Spreading Roots Properly and Sheet Mulching - Part One
The Easiest Way To Grow Tomato Seedlings
My seedlings. I might have to thin them out soon?
