Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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

I've never seen the area but my partner visited Nova Scotia and she says it's 
beautiful country and the people are the best. Somehow I can't see good 
growing conditions tho. But growing in less than ideal conditions always 
interests me. Like where we are ...

paul tradingpost@lobo.net


*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********

On 11/20/2009 at 8:19 PM Tradingpost wrote:

>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
>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>
>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:
>>
>>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
>>
>>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>>
>>On 11/17/2009 at 6:14 PM Angus MacLeod wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Livingontheland mailing list
>Livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
>http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/livingontheland