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Living organic soil from start through recycling
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Tassie Devils are unfortunately on the decline. Mostly because dumbfuck farmers and forestry workers use 1080 poison which is banned everywhere else in the world!!! This kills all the native critters one way or another and is highly likely to blame for a cancerous face tumour which is wiping them out specifically. There are colonies setup which are disease free and isolated on islands etc so they wont go the way of the Tasmanian Tiger and there are still vast areas of the NW which are almost free of human fuckateering.
But yeah back to char that is MrFista's recipe and i dug it back up out of my Terra Preta thread... the real stuff being a living organism that grows and bounces back if left alone after harvesting.
Terra Preta really is the ultimate living soil. No-one yet has been able to replicate it as far as i am aware.
But the blend of bones, pottery and char is the base recipe as well as indigenous knowledge. Kinda like baking your bread. I bet there has to be some critical mass of microbes and fuel that allows this ancient man made soil to actually really become alive!!!
There's a lifetimes work if anyone is game?
But yeah back to char that is MrFista's recipe and i dug it back up out of my Terra Preta thread... the real stuff being a living organism that grows and bounces back if left alone after harvesting.
Terra Preta really is the ultimate living soil. No-one yet has been able to replicate it as far as i am aware.
But the blend of bones, pottery and char is the base recipe as well as indigenous knowledge. Kinda like baking your bread. I bet there has to be some critical mass of microbes and fuel that allows this ancient man made soil to actually really become alive!!!
There's a lifetimes work if anyone is game?
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Heliopolis
Got a pic of the plant the day after its first application of sprouted seed tea. It's a little difficult to tell from the angle the picture was taken, but the leaves are a bit more "prayerful". Before application, they were completely horizontal or slightly droopy.
Beautiful color and structure on your plant, Helio!
Very nice!
Very nice!
Clones Of Long-Dead Redwoods are Being Planted in Southern Oregon
It sounds like they really had the important ratio down to a gnat's ass - lumen | ppm and knew enough to to use "the bestest cloning product I've ever used" - I'm pretty weepy right about now....
Too early and too weird to digest everything. Pure tragedy and a painful time for many families in this community.
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greenmatter
crazy world ............ not much you can do except shake your head and wish some peace to the folks who were/are effected by things like this
Yep, you're 100% correct.....
In an insane world only the sane are considered insane
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greenmatter
"when the going gets weird the weird turn pro" is one of my favorite lines from Hunter Thompson.
the level of weird that we are seeing every day would probably make hunter nervous ....... and we all know he was hall of fame material
the level of weird that we are seeing every day would probably make hunter nervous ....... and we all know he was hall of fame material
Living in 'Bizzaro' world these days eh....on line..off line..."holy mutations Superman"
Who remembers this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpaazJvCZBE
Who remembers this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpaazJvCZBE
IncredibowlBoss
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Wow - so I'm 50 pages back and have to catch up this week, but wanted to share this email I got this week from the Cornell University online extension:
Hi folks,
I wanted to let you know of our upcoming online classes, 'Plant Propagation', which will run January 21- March 15, 2013 and Organic Gardening which will run March 25- May 17, 2013.
Plant Propagation covers one topic during each of the 8 weeks, including propagation by seed, cuttings, division, grafting, layering, and micropropagation. We send a kit to every student filled with propagation supplies, for completing the hands-on lab activities.
For more details and registration info, go to:
http://hort.cals.cornell.edu/cals/hort/teaching/distance-learning/plant-propagation.cfm
Organic Gardening covers one topic during each of the 8 weeks, including vegetables, fruits, flowers and ornamentals, and lawns. With a strong foundation in soil health and its impact on plant health, we then explore tried-and-true and cutting-edge techniques for all different
kinds of garden plants – annuals and perennials, food plants and ornamentals.
The classes are entirely online, we do not meet in person. You log in at your convenience. We have daily discussion boards, quizzes, readings, and some activities to do at home. They are non-credit only, and take between 1 and 4 hours a week according to your interest, experience, and availability.
For more details and registration info, go to:
http://hort.cals.cornell.edu/cals/hort/teaching/distance-learning/organic-gardening.cfm
I hope you can join us! If you have any questions, email me.
Marguerite Wells
Hi folks,
I wanted to let you know of our upcoming online classes, 'Plant Propagation', which will run January 21- March 15, 2013 and Organic Gardening which will run March 25- May 17, 2013.
Plant Propagation covers one topic during each of the 8 weeks, including propagation by seed, cuttings, division, grafting, layering, and micropropagation. We send a kit to every student filled with propagation supplies, for completing the hands-on lab activities.
For more details and registration info, go to:
http://hort.cals.cornell.edu/cals/hort/teaching/distance-learning/plant-propagation.cfm
Organic Gardening covers one topic during each of the 8 weeks, including vegetables, fruits, flowers and ornamentals, and lawns. With a strong foundation in soil health and its impact on plant health, we then explore tried-and-true and cutting-edge techniques for all different
kinds of garden plants – annuals and perennials, food plants and ornamentals.
The classes are entirely online, we do not meet in person. You log in at your convenience. We have daily discussion boards, quizzes, readings, and some activities to do at home. They are non-credit only, and take between 1 and 4 hours a week according to your interest, experience, and availability.
For more details and registration info, go to:
http://hort.cals.cornell.edu/cals/hort/teaching/distance-learning/organic-gardening.cfm
I hope you can join us! If you have any questions, email me.
Marguerite Wells
@ Incredibowl - Thanks for this link!!!!! Stoked
IncredibowlBoss
Member
Here's a little additional info I got after emailing the prof:
There is a certificate provided to everyone who completes either course. There is nothing additional to purchase- all the readings are online on the website, which you are welcome to print out if you like. All the supplies needed for propagation are included in the kit- the extra $50 for that course covers the cost of the kit materials.
As for seed breeding, we link to materials on the subject, but we don't get into it unless you want to. The daily discussion boards are the place to start conversations about anything you want to learn- we try to let the students direct what we cover in greater depth. Every year I start a conversation on the subject of hybrid and open pollinated seed. Some year's it turns into a giant discussion thread, sometimes I hardly get a response. It's all what people make of it!
Attached here is the syllabus for OG- a screenshot of the home page, basically, showing readings, quizzes, etc...
There is a certificate provided to everyone who completes either course. There is nothing additional to purchase- all the readings are online on the website, which you are welcome to print out if you like. All the supplies needed for propagation are included in the kit- the extra $50 for that course covers the cost of the kit materials.
As for seed breeding, we link to materials on the subject, but we don't get into it unless you want to. The daily discussion boards are the place to start conversations about anything you want to learn- we try to let the students direct what we cover in greater depth. Every year I start a conversation on the subject of hybrid and open pollinated seed. Some year's it turns into a giant discussion thread, sometimes I hardly get a response. It's all what people make of it!
Attached here is the syllabus for OG- a screenshot of the home page, basically, showing readings, quizzes, etc...
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