Thanks for this advice - Dan Hemenway, Florida permaculturist also recommended to dig a pit and fill it with organic matter. It makes sense, a sort of flat land swale. Has anyone had any experience with a glie type mixture - cardboard and algae or other nitrogen element, that will become thick enough to slow the passing of nutrients and water through the sand? From what you all are saying, the organic matter alone is enough with maybe some clay added - I'm trying to find locally available solutions and there is no clay around that I know of for at least 100 miles. Some that I've talked to have had problems with the nutrients washing right into the sand, even with a thick layer of organic stuff.
We are currently trying mounds of organic matter on top of the sand with the cardboard/seaweed barrier (it was way easier than digging
pits and we just wanted to get started), and so far, the veggies love it. But we haven't hit the hot weather yet! We're going to try some of your combos in our garden, Marsha!
Hi, I have just joined the group so thought I would introduce myself. My name is Linda Shewan - my interests are mainly in permaculture and natural farming...
Thank you for accepting my membership application. A father of two sons, both of whom work in the public sector, allow me to take a wholistic view to the...
Hi, I'm a permaculture designer who recently relocated to Florida from LA. I had a food forest in LA that I was just starting to experiment with regarding...
Actually you are in my old stomping grounds! I was raised in Lakeland, and often went to Clearwater. Sorry to use the list- your permacultureguild address...
Hi, Those of you in the states of Washington and Oregon may be able to attend one of Sepp Holzer's lectures scheduled for February and March of this year....
Marsha!!! I should have guessed you would be on a list like this! Wow, I am going to be getting the best info here... Yes, I moved to Florida, had friends out...
Cory, Have you experimented with raised beds? Like Sepp? How big is you yard? My 5c worth is to hire a mini-digger for the weekend, dig big trenches and bury...
Thank you Eric for helping me elaborate on this point because I imagine others on this list also misinterpreted the situation as you have. We must be very...
Thanks for this advice - Dan Hemenway, Florida permaculturist also recommended to dig a pit and fill it with organic matter. It makes sense, a sort of flat...
We also had no clay until I bought another property with clay, so we used bits of bricks and broken clay tiles. But well-decomposed organic matter has its own...
Laf! I have heard more people complain about how hard it is to grow stuff here than anywhere I've ever lived. And I'm looking around, at the rainfall, the...
Hi Cory! Sorry! Don´t accept invitations any more- am too happy planting my own paradise... It´s now up to the next generation (you!) But if I should...
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