Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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

Thoughtful of you to be so concerned about me but they can speak for 
themselves and have. Quit whining; I don't tell them what they can or can't 
do. Life will go on. Comprende? And I saw Growing Power some time back and 
know of Will Allen. A fine effort but grants and volunteers are soon going to 
be in short supply. And there are a hundred just talking about it for every 
Will Allen who's doing it.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 1/15/2011 at 10:19 AM Pego Rice wrote:

>Paul, you admitted a strong bias there.  I'm just pointing out that this
>bias is making you get a bit short with the Aquaponics people, whatever
>was meant.  That can get in the way of our easy communication.
> 
>I like aquaponics because it replicates a natural system and I can grow
>the one meat my HOA can't kvetch about.   Like Paul, I am already growing
>the fish foodstuffs, duckweed and BSF, and that again in a teeny typical
>back yard..  What did you think when you looked at the Growing Power link
>that was on the Wiki? http://growingpower.org/  I use of such a small
>place to feed such a large community impresses me every time and I
>certainly voted for Will Allen when he was up to become
>"Gardener-In-Chief"  Feeding the masses Organically is what he is all
>about, not to mention getting the kids in some pretty rough neighborhoods
>occupied and educated in food production and nutrition. 
> 
>I'm not sure if anyone has brought up this up yet but this, I think, was
>also the source of the new tech on Chem-free sewage recovery, being the
>basis of Living Machines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_machines 
>running it through constructed wetlands.  Both replicating the natural
>water cycle in an intensive area.  I REALLY like that it can be done with
>few re purposed and recycled materials.  Travis Hughey is doing that with
>his "ponics missions in Africa (heh, spreading religion with food)
> 
>Yours, <waves> Pego