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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?
- From: "E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>
- To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:55:06 -0500
Of course, Harvey is right, but don't forget that
you have to return as much (hopefully more) as you remove in the form of
crops. Edible forests can provide a lot of their own mulch in the form of
litter, but it takes a long time to achieve stasis that way. In the
mean time you have to atone for past sins against the environment. Also, a
perennial/tree garden makes more sense for a (youngish), landowner than for a
older gardener and/or renter.
The work of Ecology Action provides more
information than you can ever fully implement.
No-till is less labor-intensive, but works better
if your soil is in pretty good shape and, to a degree, it trades labor for space
- a trade-off that makes sense to me every time I try to
double-dig.
E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz
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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?
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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?,
Ken Hargesheimer, 05/29/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?, TradingPostPaul, 05/29/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?,
E. E. Mitchamore Jr, 05/29/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?, TradingPostPaul, 05/29/2007
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[Livingontheland] land,
BirdWalk, 05/29/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] land, Ken Hargesheimer, 05/29/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?,
Ken Hargesheimer, 05/29/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?,
E. E. Mitchamore Jr, 05/29/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?, TradingPostPaul, 05/29/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?, Dieter Brand, 05/30/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?,
E. E. Mitchamore Jr, 05/29/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?, E. E. Mitchamore Jr, 05/29/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?,
Harvey Ussery, 05/31/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?,
E. E. Mitchamore Jr, 05/31/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?, TradingPostPaul, 05/31/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?,
E. E. Mitchamore Jr, 05/31/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?,
Ken Hargesheimer, 05/29/2007
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