Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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

I've never seen different terms, Mike. The double digging type is labeled
Biointensive by Jeavons and others, but far as I know it could be applied
to my beds. We started this list as Soilmakers before rebranding it
LivingOnTheLand to broaden it with related concerns. Either method, the
important thing is always the structure and texture of the soil, and mix of
nitrogen-rich organic material, composted plant or manure material, bone
meal or fine rock phosphate, and - I have to say it - dirt. Certain other
organic materials can be substituted that play the same role in healthy
soil. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net


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On 5/5/2009 at 7:35 PM Michael Nevin wrote:

>Hi - following this discussion, I think I see two different types of
>raised beds:
>-one type comes from massing up soil by digging, double-digging;
>-the other type comes from building some kind of structure or container on
>top of existing ground and basically importing some planting medium or mix
>of soil, compost, mulch etc.
>Is there a term to distinguish these types of raised growing bed?
>Cheers, Mike
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