Compost Tea Ideas from Permaculture list message
Thank you Ben: I hope this might be useful to some of our readers/farmers in Nepal–or wherever since this is cyberspace, anyway!
G’day Marisha and Lawrence,
I’m following an established method of brewing that produces an
excellent diversity of soil microbes, so the goal is as you say
Marisha, to “pump up the populations”. I’m also looking for precision
in this effort. I intend to verify the presence of the desired soil
life under the microscope, leaving little to chance.
Bill Mollison at his best bytes!
How well said. I have been trying to come up with something like this. Here you go, Bill, as always, you are the pioneer and it really takes guts to leave the beaten tracks and pioneer the paths–while gently walking! “…the greatest change we need to make is from consumption toproduction, even if on a [...]
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