vermicompost – 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=4.7.3 44677425 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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Sowing Seeds and Compost http://sustainablesmallholding.org/sowing-seeds-and-compost/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/sowing-seeds-and-compost/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:08:31 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=3823 Like many people here in the UK I’ve been sowing seeds. I give myself extra work by growing almost all of my early plants inĀ  modules. This keeps my plants away from slugs, voles, birds, and the worst of the weather, and allows me to give the optimum tmperature for germination using electric propagators. In […]

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Seed Sowing, Soaking Seeds, and Compost Tea http://sustainablesmallholding.org/seed-sowing-soaking-seeds-and-compost-tea/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/seed-sowing-soaking-seeds-and-compost-tea/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:23:15 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=3618 I like to use compost tea to soak seeds, and to water seeds in when planting, especially in modules. At this time of year the temperature is too low to create a decent compost tea, so how do we achieve the same results? Soaking Seeds I pre -germinate all of my larger seedsĀ  by soaking […]

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Soil Fertility. Learning from the Past. http://sustainablesmallholding.org/soil-fertility-learning-from-the-past/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/soil-fertility-learning-from-the-past/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:40:02 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=2815 I have been reading books on Traditional Indian Agricultural practises, in order to improve the way that I maintain my soil fertility. Combining this knowledge, with what I already know, and what I’ve read about Chinese methods, should see another boost in fertility, and hopefully plant health. What I am learning, and the way that […]

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Busy, Busy, Busy…..Again http://sustainablesmallholding.org/busy-busy-busy-again/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/busy-busy-busy-again/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:36:36 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1345 It’s that time of year again, where everything needs doing now, and I find out all of the things that I didn’t get done over the Winter. Having not posted for about three weeks, there is also a log jam of things to write about, but rather than try and catch up with everthing in […]

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