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  • From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
  • To: aughinbaugh <jaughinbaugh AT centurytel.net>, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] alternative to fish
  • Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:22:14 -0400


On Apr 2, 2009, at 11:22 AM, aughinbaugh wrote:

<x-tad-smaller>Worm castings are not the worm itself, but their product of elimination.  The world has an innate 'order' and imitating that, or trying to, in your farming decisions will give you a 'leg up'.  If it is according to the natural order already in place, it works so well. . . .because it was created to do so.  Worms already fertilize the earth this way without any 'help' from man.</x-tad-smaller>
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So do animal carcasses, including in some cases fish (which are pulled onto land by bears, among others). Death is part of the natural system, and essential to its fertility.

However, Joel might be able to find soybean meal; which does have some P and K, but is significantly higher in N than in either. I don't know whether there are GMO-free sources, if that's also an issue.

If the land and time are available, I second growing nitrogen-fixing cover crops.

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale



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