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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?
- From: "E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>
- To: "Ken Hargesheimer" <minifarms2@yahoo.com>, "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 20:34:07 -0500
I'm inclined to agree about soil tests, but I'm a
bit uneasy with the idea of all of the organic input for the soil, and all of
our food, coming from the same piece of land. It was just
coincidence, but I read about this in one of Jeavons' booklets just
yesterday. That's why it was on my mind. If there is a deficiency in
a particular site, it would be exaggerated over the years. If it's not in
the soil, it's not in the food. Mel Bertholomew (Square Foot
Gardening) made a good point, I think,
in advocating compost input from multiple sources. In our diets
and everything else, diversity is good. If the diet for both the plants
and the people consuming them is lacking in something, it can't be
good.
Personally, I'm starting with purchased
compost. It's on a small scale, so cost is not a problem, but I
expect I'll need to "grow my own" as the scale increases. I guess I'll
attempt to bring in some Greensand and compost as long as I can, just to
cover the unknown.
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?, Mike, 05/28/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?, Michael Nevin, 05/30/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] What to do when the mulch runs out?,
Harvey Ussery, 05/29/2007
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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?,
Ken Hargesheimer, 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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