permaculture

["Marsha Hanzi" <hanzibra@svn.com.br>]

Thank you all for the suggestions on sheet mulching.  Besides the mulch I
have distributed rock dusts, one rich in micro-elements ( and which is
available commercially here ) and a rock phosphate. . I hadn´t thought of
innoculating the material with micro-organisms, directly on the ground--
that would certianly be less work than spreading  manure-laden mulch.  In
fact  the "limiting factor" at the moment has been my backbone...But I have
just orderdd  a two-wheeled customed cart with capacity for 100 kilos, so
that should really speed up the process...

When the rains come, I will start with our drylands polycultures, actually
an agroforest system rich in mulch-=producing plants and legumes with a
heavy tree element-- but until it rains, germination is zero....

I was happy to know that the bacteria and fungi will remain available until
the rains come-- that was my biggest doubt.
Will carry through tomorrow-- am off to the land, returning end-October...

Best wishes to all of you!

Marsha