soil fertility – The Sustainable Smallholding http://sustainablesmallholding.org Permaculture, and Sustainable practices on a Lincolnshire Smallholding Sat, 11 Jul 2015 21:43:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.11 44677425 Vegetable Growing -Update http://sustainablesmallholding.org/vegetable-growing-update/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/vegetable-growing-update/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2015 21:43:08 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4307 I am having to make changes to my vegetable growing areas in order to reduce the time that it takes to manage. I currently have two areas in which I grow vegetables and grains, covering over a quarter of an acre. This has been difficult to maintain whilst at college, and will be much more […]

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Studying Soil Science http://sustainablesmallholding.org/studying-soil-science/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/studying-soil-science/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2015 07:59:59 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4299 I’ve found myself getting more and more focussed on Soil Science, and wanting to research and test the effects of some of the ideas and systems that I am working on. Without access to academic papers, journals, expensive text books and laboratory equipment I am unlikely to be able to test my ideas sufficiently, so […]

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Fungal Compost http://sustainablesmallholding.org/fungal-compost/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/fungal-compost/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:01:34 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4272 Making a more fungal compost has been an aim of mine for some time. One of the ways that I do that is to not make ‘hot’ compost, keep the proportion of high carbon materials high, and to not turn unless it’s needed. However recently I set up a truly fungal mix of ingredients and […]

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UK Permaculture Convergence 2014 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/uk-permaculture-convergence-2014/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/uk-permaculture-convergence-2014/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:47:21 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4259 I will be attending the UK Permaculture Convergence 2014, where I will be giving a talk about my work on grain polycultures. The Permaculture Association organises a convergence every two years. The 2012 convergence was the first that I attended, and I spoke about grain growing there too. I have found the two year gap […]

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Rockdust, Glacial Milk, and Plant Nutrition http://sustainablesmallholding.org/rockdust-glacial-milk-plant-nutrition/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/rockdust-glacial-milk-plant-nutrition/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:57:20 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4208 I’ve been using rockdust as part of my soil balancing strategy, as well as an ingredient in my potting mixes. In addition I’ve been mixing rockdust into my poutry food, adding it to my wormeries, and compost heaps, but over the last couple of weeks I’ve been using the rockdust in a liquid suspension, to […]

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