permaculture

[camille cimino <camcim@yahoo.com>]

Hello,

I am going to be using vetiver for soil erosion control for a landscaping 
project here in Los Angeles.
Does anyone have any experience with it in Southern California?  
What about for general landscaping applications?
Any notes or observations would be appreciated~!
Thanks,



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Fwd: [SANET-MG] Organic matter around the world  | increasing soil OM
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Subject: [SANET-MG] Organic matter around the world
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:05:44 -0600
From: Peterson, Doug - Gallatin, MO <doug.peterson@MO.USDA.GOV>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone knew of information about Organic matter
around the world?  There were a few posts about OM a few weeks ago.  I
do a lot of work with high density grazing.  This is concentrating
livestock on a very small are for a few hours.  We allow the plants to
achieve their maximum amount of growth and then we get a lot of
trampling by the livestock as they move around foraging for their needs.
  Over a fairly short period of time we can significantly increase SOM.
  It has been done in many places in the world.  I am looking for
information that might give us an idea of what the maximum SOM we could
get in a given area.

Doug Peterson
State Grassland Conservationist
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
209 Ash Street
Gallatin, MO 64640
660-663-3703 x124 office
660-425-4894 cell
email:  doug.peterson@mo.usda.gov