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[saveasteading]

1 hour ago, SteamyTea said:

Would that be Bob Flowerdew

No it was a lovely man who collects locally, food, garden and forest waste,  gives an annual bag back to those people, and sells the rest.

He starts with an additive, then mixing drums, then a long pile.

As of today I am adding my breather hole down the middle.

 

Did you know that....no you must watch.

 

And Monty Don uses a 4 heap rotation (he has staff) plus a great big pile ( he has space).

[SteamyTea]

23 minutes ago, saveasteading said:

no you must watch

Well that would involve going out to the post office and buying a TV license.

Or waiting until it is available for illegal download.

24 minutes ago, saveasteading said:

As of today I am adding my breather hole down the middle.

That is a vision I care not to think about.

[saveasteading]

Ok. 59% of the worlds organism, by weight, lives in the ground.

We don't need fertiliser at all.

We are healthier from vegetables grown this way. ( alleged but i beleive it).

 

Only bindweed, ground elder and couch grass need keeping out of the compost. Imho couch grass breaks down too. 

 

[SteamyTea]

45 minutes ago, saveasteading said:

. 59% of the worlds organism, by weight, lives in the ground

Seems there is a large error bar.

 

There is a lot more to growing plants than just soil.

I remember reading a botany book at school that said soil was unnecessary for plants, all the needed chemicals could be delivered hydroponically.

Judging by the number of vertical farms that have gone bust recently, I suspect they were wrong.

An old girlfriend of mine grew up in the East End if London. She was fascinated, as a child, how plants would grow on the old bomb sites.

I have a self seeded echium that has grown in the crack between 2 paving slabs, probably 6 foot tall now.