Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>]

Bruce,

 

I had been meaning to try some of these techniques. However, so far this

has failed because both the use of herbal brews and planting according to

the calendar were originally designed for temperate climate zones, and so

far I haven't come across any way of adapting them to the type of

Mediterranean semi-arid climate I live in now.

 

Stinging nettles, comfrey etc. grow naturally in temperate zones, but here

it is very difficult to cultivate them even in the best of garden soils. Perhaps,

if I had more experience I could try and identify native plants that fulfil the

same functions. But, when it comes to planting according the calendar,

the difficulties are even worse, because when we get two or three days of

rain after 3 or 6 months of drought, I have got to get the seeds into the field

no matter what the moon phases or the constellations are like.

 

Dieter Brand

Portugal

bruce smith <cityhomesteader@gmail.com> wrote:

> Heck Guys I still use herbal potions and moon signs.. Comfrey, nettles, tansy, and quite a few more are proven to benefit the soil and plants.. The moon does have a direct influence on the earth and our bodies.. The signs are just the way to measure when these forces take place..  As when the Moon is waxing and in the sign of Cancer plant above ground seed bearing crops etc..
> It makes sense that when there is to be a full moon the tides are higher, people are crazier and pardon me ladies they call a woman's menstrual cycle her moon time for a reason..
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