permaculture

[jedd <jedd@progsoc.org>]

On Monday 18 December 2006 12:08 am, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
 ] If at all, only use small amounts of wood ashes in
 ] gardens. A friend years ago put all the ashes from his wood
 ] stove on his large garden year after year. The soil became
 ] poisoned and very little would grow in it. It took him years
 ] to get it back to normal.

 How does this compare to applying charcoal (a la terra preta) ?
 Presumably TP is both safe and sustainable to soil biota, as they
 were doing it for years and ended up with good soil.  (Unless this
 is a new theory about why they died out? ;)

 Is there a concern with the kinds of wood that people bang into
 wood stoves, as opposed to the kinds of timber (trees you've just
 cut down) that would go onto a farm plot via a farm fire?

 I know there's all kinds of nasties in and on dressed timber that
 few people consider properly before putting into wood burners.

 Jedd.