in this video we take a look at soil and where it sits in the scale of permanence.
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@paulcraft852411 күн бұрын
Fantastic common-sense groundwork, well done Rupert and Grounded mob luvyuz
@hippieacresnv19 күн бұрын
Love this and it is so true! We were told when we moved here that "You can't grow anything in the high desert" This region specifically, but here we are growing a food forest in northern Nevada!! Building soil was KEY!
@groundedpermaculture1360
16 күн бұрын
yes! I love hearing stories like this!
@HoneysuckleCreekWallangra18 күн бұрын
The irony, shit is exactly the excuse people need! I am working on laying all the fallen timber on contour and will be building up swales by adding manure and mulch when the finances allow. Time, effort and using whats available i found was the easiest way to get started.
@groundedpermaculture1360
16 күн бұрын
sounds like you got a good plan... time and effort are correlated... got more time? then you can spend less effort... got less time? then you are going to need to put in more effort.
@peterellis426227 күн бұрын
But, but - my soil is almost pure sand! Seriously, the well was drilled to at least 65 feet and it was sand all the way down ;) At the same time, on our low lying acres, the forest duff over the past hundred years or so has built to a depth of 18 inches and more. Where I am working to transition some of the woods into open space that will allow for growing annuals and sun loving perennials I've managed to get grasses established and am building up the forbs and actively adding nitrogen fixers. Taking a page from syntropic agriculture, I view the grasses I'm establishing not as the enemy of my "garden plants" but as part of their food supply ;)
@Adnancorner
23 күн бұрын
The most difficult soil is sandy and that too saline sand, which we have in desert in UAE Dubai. We grew purslane that mine sodium and potassium excess in one year our sandy soil started to come to life. Ofcz the water requirement was high but with purslane we reduced the amount of salt in the sand and by the time we left our garden in the home as we changed it was dark brown. WE do not rain at all just some showers annually. But you need different plants for different reasons. Sand is not an issue its the salt. Earthworms need grit in their guts and sand is the perfect soil for them to have they grit along with organic material to feed on decaying plant roots, the worms break down the sand in their guts to finer granules and it become loamy sand.
@groundedpermaculture1360
22 күн бұрын
Seems like you a beating your own excuses with good knowledge and actions! Keep going!
@ajb.822
22 күн бұрын
I'm newer to dealing w very sandy ( yet compacted... was very DEAD) "soil". I grew up on clay (tho I'm still in WI and not that far away). I haven't put a lot into this place bc I didn't have health & $ to and it's a rental. As much as I'd love to treat every property like my "permanent" ( til Jesus calls me home) homestead, I just can't right now. I did haul in some cow-yard dirt, hoping for a lot of spilled hay etc. in the mix as humus... but it ended up being just more manure-rich sand. Anyway, still learning and getting by, but along with all the no-till, no-dig "greats" and Dr. Elaine, KNF, permaculturists ( good ones) & so on, I highly recommend Pete Kanaris' vlogs of Jim Kovaleski down on his FL property. Now passed on to another's control ( a couple reasons incl. Jim got married and is gunna be full time in Maine now), but all the past vlogs of him there carry a wealth of lil gems & tips for anyone on sand, &/or salt water issues ( like seeping into the well). Another guy - also in FL - once wrote how that once he stopped working compost in, but left it on top, it started sticking around, building soil humus & life etc. . It had been always seeming to just vanish within a few months, without a trace it had been there... .
@flatsville9343
20 күн бұрын
@ajb.822 For sandy soil, shredded cardboard soaked in a vermicast slurry works wonders if placed on top as a mulch. It then becomes compost. Leaves for leaf mould is also good, but unlikely to be easily found if your environment is largely sandy. You might get to a point with a sandy soil that you can covercrop it to grow a green compost in place above & below ground with minimal fertilizer. Sorghum Sudan grass is excellent for above & below ground mass...but may not grow well in WI. Consult the SARE online cover crop guide. I'd rather bust clay than feed a hungry sandy soil, but you have what you have.
@FM-qm5xs16 күн бұрын
I used to think that but now I have soil that is hydrophobic sand no matter how much organic matter and goodness I add to it. It's taken 18 months to even get a few tennis ball sized sweet potatoes.
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Fantastic common-sense groundwork, well done Rupert and Grounded mob luvyuz
Love this and it is so true! We were told when we moved here that "You can't grow anything in the high desert" This region specifically, but here we are growing a food forest in northern Nevada!! Building soil was KEY!
@groundedpermaculture1360
16 күн бұрын
yes! I love hearing stories like this!
The irony, shit is exactly the excuse people need! I am working on laying all the fallen timber on contour and will be building up swales by adding manure and mulch when the finances allow. Time, effort and using whats available i found was the easiest way to get started.
@groundedpermaculture1360
16 күн бұрын
sounds like you got a good plan... time and effort are correlated... got more time? then you can spend less effort... got less time? then you are going to need to put in more effort.
But, but - my soil is almost pure sand! Seriously, the well was drilled to at least 65 feet and it was sand all the way down ;) At the same time, on our low lying acres, the forest duff over the past hundred years or so has built to a depth of 18 inches and more. Where I am working to transition some of the woods into open space that will allow for growing annuals and sun loving perennials I've managed to get grasses established and am building up the forbs and actively adding nitrogen fixers. Taking a page from syntropic agriculture, I view the grasses I'm establishing not as the enemy of my "garden plants" but as part of their food supply ;)
@Adnancorner
23 күн бұрын
The most difficult soil is sandy and that too saline sand, which we have in desert in UAE Dubai. We grew purslane that mine sodium and potassium excess in one year our sandy soil started to come to life. Ofcz the water requirement was high but with purslane we reduced the amount of salt in the sand and by the time we left our garden in the home as we changed it was dark brown. WE do not rain at all just some showers annually. But you need different plants for different reasons. Sand is not an issue its the salt. Earthworms need grit in their guts and sand is the perfect soil for them to have they grit along with organic material to feed on decaying plant roots, the worms break down the sand in their guts to finer granules and it become loamy sand.
@groundedpermaculture1360
22 күн бұрын
Seems like you a beating your own excuses with good knowledge and actions! Keep going!
@ajb.822
22 күн бұрын
I'm newer to dealing w very sandy ( yet compacted... was very DEAD) "soil". I grew up on clay (tho I'm still in WI and not that far away). I haven't put a lot into this place bc I didn't have health & $ to and it's a rental. As much as I'd love to treat every property like my "permanent" ( til Jesus calls me home) homestead, I just can't right now. I did haul in some cow-yard dirt, hoping for a lot of spilled hay etc. in the mix as humus... but it ended up being just more manure-rich sand. Anyway, still learning and getting by, but along with all the no-till, no-dig "greats" and Dr. Elaine, KNF, permaculturists ( good ones) & so on, I highly recommend Pete Kanaris' vlogs of Jim Kovaleski down on his FL property. Now passed on to another's control ( a couple reasons incl. Jim got married and is gunna be full time in Maine now), but all the past vlogs of him there carry a wealth of lil gems & tips for anyone on sand, &/or salt water issues ( like seeping into the well). Another guy - also in FL - once wrote how that once he stopped working compost in, but left it on top, it started sticking around, building soil humus & life etc. . It had been always seeming to just vanish within a few months, without a trace it had been there... .
@flatsville9343
20 күн бұрын
@ajb.822 For sandy soil, shredded cardboard soaked in a vermicast slurry works wonders if placed on top as a mulch. It then becomes compost. Leaves for leaf mould is also good, but unlikely to be easily found if your environment is largely sandy. You might get to a point with a sandy soil that you can covercrop it to grow a green compost in place above & below ground with minimal fertilizer. Sorghum Sudan grass is excellent for above & below ground mass...but may not grow well in WI. Consult the SARE online cover crop guide. I'd rather bust clay than feed a hungry sandy soil, but you have what you have.
I used to think that but now I have soil that is hydrophobic sand no matter how much organic matter and goodness I add to it. It's taken 18 months to even get a few tennis ball sized sweet potatoes.