Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

We're all learning, Kathy. I've altered my own approach to soil building
since starting this list, thanks to some of the experience and research of
others. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 9/12/2006 at 10:40 AM Kathy Moore wrote:

>Hi Paul,
>Thanks for the wonderful resources you post!  I know Leslie (2nd link in
>the 
>e-mail you sent) from her presentations at the US Composting Council's 
>conferences in January. Haven't seened the document you sent previously 
>though.
>
>Started the OK Composting Council with the focus on diverting organic
>wastes 
>form landfills for on farm composting to rebuild the soil, etc.  Am a
>small 
>farmer and use only organic inputs.  Learning by the seat of my pants with

>losts of assistance from this list (contributors) and ATTRA's website.
>
>Love your list!
>Thank you,
>Kathy in Oklahoma
>
>
>From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
>Reply-To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing 
><livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
>To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [Livingontheland] soil building links 09-04-06
>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:05:04 -0600
>
>
>Student Handbook Chapter 9: Soil Building, Fertilizer, Composting,
>Manuring, & Mulching
>http://www.cook.rutgers.edu/~studentfarm/HandbookCh9.html
>
>Building Soil Organic Matter with Organic Amendments
>http://www.cias.wisc.edu/pdf/soilorgmtr.pdf
>Despite its small percentage, soil
>organic matter is the foundation of a healthy and
>productive soil. Fertility, water availability, susceptibility
>to erosion, soil compaction and even resistance to
>insects and disease all depend on soil organic matter
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>
>as we've been saying all along ...
>
>paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>
>