Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org>]

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Marty
Kansas City
On 2/16/11 4:15 PM, richard green wrote:

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I am expanding the size of my garden in my back yard. The work crew(two-piglets) were installed inside four moveable hog panels Sunday noon (easier to be forgiven by code enforcers,than to get permission.). And promptly escaped by means of breaking the zip ties holding the corners togather. Now held togather by bailing wire, Houdini and Houdini 2 have spent four nights and days tearing up the grass preparing the soil and gaining weight. I expect within ten days I will move them off the plot and divide it into three raised beds of equal size. In Bed 1 I will incorporate 40lbs of crushed charcoal I currently have soaking in a liquid solution(Magic Juice)of chicken manure and plant juices. Additionally compost and COF will be applied to bed 1. Bed 2 will have an equal amount of compost only. Bed 3 will have an equal amounts of COF and Compost only. I will plant each bed the same with equal number and type of plants. If I determine the need for liquid fertilization(magic juice )is needed it will be applied equally to all beds. All harvested vegetation will be weighed and recorded per bed. This test should determine if biochar increases yields. The photos record the future garden plot, the green mound is an old pile of grass covered with soil(bed 2 future location) that grew pumpkins last fall and currently planted in dakon radish the pigs ate. The compost used will be a pile I've made and is ready to use. COF is made following Steve Solomon's instructions. Any comments or suggestions, be nice....

Rick  

Bio-Char test

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