See for more themes. |
Q2: Amish Style Gardening. Updates on growing so far from May - six weeks towards winter time in Queensland Australia - an arid subtropical region near Emerald
The snow peas growing in straw. Growing slowly - to be expected. Due to bacteria and fungi on the straw robbing N as it breaks the C down into composted soil. Need more N to help snow peas grow and help straw decay.
Rodeo potatoes coming up !! wow... Red lady in the background.
Imperial blue potatoes coming !! nice...
Sebago spuds growing thickly
King Edwards nearly 700mm high
Other Kings growing in "grow bags"
The straw beds ready for next Feb. Potato beds, giving time to break down from straw to compost soil.
View in veggie shed with beds of straw becoming compost soil.
CARROTS coming in special sandy soil
Broccoli growing in winter This is kindergarden so far The straw is not compost yet So the real soil is not used in this style. The plants pull the minerals from soil, making organic matter and this material is broken down into compost which becomes the soil for the veggies. This means in time the veggies live and grow in community based compost, not real soil. Will be interested in how this goes in time?
On U Tube Videos, an agronomist noticed a sapling growing out of the ground after fixing a flat tyre. He embarked on a program to stop people destroying trees and allowing them to grow back. He changed millions of acres of desert into productive land. https://youtu.be/unRvlSe2lDY https://youtu.be/yAx9NtwPlyg The zaï technique (called tassa in Hausa) represents centuries of indigenous innovation in the Sahel region of West Africa, particularly Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali. https://youtu.be/WwcKQXH-umo Botonists filed it among the acacas as acacia albida, but it was eventually judged distinct enough to deserve a genus. all its own. Furtheria, named after a 19th century French colonial governor of Sagal. It is the only species in that genus, a one-of-a-kind tree in its name as much as in its habits
Now I bring "application" to those like me growing vegetable gardens in a desert land in sub tropic Queensland. I call the technique copricing management. You harvest the organic matter once per year, and than all the roots to grow the vegetation back. Leave the ground alone, do not allow animals to over graze it. What you do with the organic matter is place it into metal bozes to break down using cold compost methods into Soil, for growing crops. Simple. Thanks to the U Tube Videos for application insight.
Micro sprinklers water beds of organic matter straw collected from the acres of bush grassland. Notice snow peas trying to grow in the decaying straw/ cold compost methods of decaying organic matter / making a community for microbes to live and release nutrients to the roots of crops. You feed the microbes in the straw/compost/soil not the roots with minerals. You need to add biochar or sand or pumice, to stop old compost becoming too hard as it turns into soil. You want light rich fluffy compoest soil.
What the harvested land of organic matter looks like. You harvest the land ONCE only per year. Do not allow animals to over graze it.
A shot showing the chinese cart that holds the cut straw for the garden.
The lawnmower catcher with original un cut grassland (see red arrows) near by, about 3 feet high. First the land is cut down with a slasher, raked by hand. Than cut lower, again by a lawn mower catcher. After that you allow the roots to grow back the organic matter for next year. You do NOT allow animals to overgraze and stress the roots growing back the tops you removed. The is how you care for the land in a desert region on not much rain.
The lawnmover and the chinese cart among the vegetation harvest (red arrows).
How the land looks once harvested ONCE per year. You cannot harvest more than once, otherwise the grasses will become extinct. Lack or rain, too many cuts. Too hot. Not enough root growth to put the top vegetation back. Having goats or cattle left to graze and graze and graze will turn your desert land into a permanent desert. You have to harvest ONCE and allow the vegetation to grow back. Notice the mulch left behind to protect the soil from the hot sun.
Where the vegetation matter goes - into metal boxes. The boxes hold the material and using cold compost methods turn into rich light fluffy soil ready for potatoes next year.
|
Created by Rob Thompson. Hosted since 10/01/2012. Visitors HOSTED by Prologic, my Son. A thin website.
