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Testing seed coating a success is a failure
We’re experimenting again. The first experiment is to grow a mix of grains and legumes as done for at least 2000 years in the Pamir mountains to be able to grow something edible on marginal land. So we’ve mixed Wheat, Oats, Barley, Fava Beans and Peas, we sow them together, harvest them together, mill them… Read More »Testing seed coating a success is a failure
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First Update Soil Microbiome Test
Our test to get the mycorrizal fungi back in the soil has now been going for 6 months. We were very interested to see what the impact of winter would be on our soil microbiome. As a reminder of what we did we’ll summarize our previous post After discovering that the mycorrizal fungi hadn’t returned… Read More »First Update Soil Microbiome Test
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First Soil Microbiome Experiment, a Success!
As we are focusing on using the soil microbiome to help store carbon I was really disappointed when I visited one of our mentor’s farms BoerinNatuur.nl and found out after 4 years of trees growing on his land the amount of fungi in the soil was still almost as low as in conventional soil. We… Read More »First Soil Microbiome Experiment, a Success!