Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

Aonghas, others here have done hugelkultur but not I. I also do the garden 
all by hand, mainly to keep costs low and market profits above 90%. Started 
with thin, anemic soil and arid climate. We have four months frost free, 
probably about like yours (minus the rain). Newfoundland?

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
--Henry David Thoreau
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On 11/20/2009 at 5:27 PM Angus MacLeod wrote:

>I'm in eastern Canada and I grow the usual crops for this area: carrots,
>turnips, potatoes, etc. I have a good crop of tomatoes in cold frames
>every year, trying peppers with somewhat less luck, trying to expand the
>growing season, and recently read about hugelkultur. Having the remains of
>an old barn on hand and a ready made hole to start with, I thought it
>would be easier to bury the old timbers in a hugel pile than to dispose of
>them in other ways. I've done that this fall, and was wondering if anyone
>had a few years experience with the method.
>
>I'm lucky to live on an old farm that has never had anything unnatural
>sprayed on it, or near it, fertile ground but rocky and hilly. I'm
>building toward being self sufficient in veggies and several fruits, but
>doing all the work by hand so it's a slow process. Very enjoyable though!
>
>-Aonghas ( Gaelic for Angus )
>
>--- On Tue, 11/17/09, Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:
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>From: Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net>
>Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Wood does belong in the soil?
>To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
>Received: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 9:40 PM
>
>
>Welcome, Angus, and what do you do with growing in your climate?
>
>paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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>On 11/17/2009 at 6:14 PM Angus MacLeod wrote:
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>>Has anyone tried hugelkultur? It uses big pieces of wood in various
>>stages of decay and, according to what I've read, promises a payoff for
>>many years to come.