microbes – 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 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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Potato Blight and Compost Tea http://sustainablesmallholding.org/potato-blight-compost-tea/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/potato-blight-compost-tea/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2014 23:15:24 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4241 I hadn’t intended writing a post on potato blight and compost tea to end my posting drought, but I had the opportunity to record the effect of using compost tea on blighted potatoes, and decided to run with it. Please note that if you’ve found this blog searching for remedies or preventative measures to combat […]

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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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