http://www.ny133.com Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.ny133.com/681/#comment-5107 lolamichel Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:55:00 +0000 http://www.ny133.com/681/#comment-5107 The documentaI was si fortunate to be involve with people and cause are so worthwhile . We can make a difference for our vets and ourselves. It is a story of heart and change. Lola Michel (Scout) The documentaI was si fortunate to be involve with people and cause are
so worthwhile . We can make a difference for our vets and ourselves. It is a story of heart and change.
Lola Michel (Scout)

]]> http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5106 MARTIALLAWLESS Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:56:08 +0000 http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5106 i never comment on your channel but, i love you guys!...just wanted you to know... i never comment on your channel but, i love you guys!…just wanted you to know…

]]> http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5105 vention4wh Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:41:18 +0000 http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5105 That's Helen? I didn't expect her to be such a handsome woman. Your podcasts with her were awesome. I'm eager to see who's right in your nitrogen fixing plant, nitrogen sharing disagreement I have a little cucumber sprout here at the condo that just sat in my deck garden for weeks and weeks but when I planted alfalfa to cover the soil on that planter, the cucumber plant started growing. I'm kind of leaning toward some degree of nitrogen sharing, but I'm a diesel mechanic, not a permaculturist That’s Helen? I didn’t expect her to be such a handsome woman.
Your podcasts with her were awesome.
I’m eager to see who’s right in your nitrogen fixing plant, nitrogen sharing disagreement
I have a little cucumber sprout here at the condo that just sat in my deck garden for weeks and weeks but when I planted alfalfa to cover the soil on that planter, the cucumber plant started growing. I’m kind of leaning toward some degree of nitrogen sharing, but I’m a diesel mechanic, not a permaculturist

]]> http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5104 SuzyB1988 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:48:01 +0000 http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5104 Helen knows her stuff. This is great. Helen knows her stuff. This is great.

]]> http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5103 simonk512 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:19:43 +0000 http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5103 she needs some passive water harvesting, maybe a swale system? she needs some passive water harvesting, maybe a swale system?

]]> http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5102 arthurcnoll Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:43:13 +0000 http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5102 This would logically add nitrogen, to increase the clover. But for all the other vital nutrients, you will simply be mining the pasture to feed the vegetables, which isn't sustainable. This would logically add nitrogen, to increase the clover. But for all the other vital nutrients, you will simply be mining the pasture to feed the vegetables, which isn’t sustainable.

]]> http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5101 smilewait4flash Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:45:57 +0000 http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5101 Wow you all are some kind of pioneers. Very professional. I am soaking this up! Wow you all are some kind of pioneers. Very professional. I am soaking this up!

]]> http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5100 Appealsman Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:53:00 +0000 http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5100 An alternative nitrogen-fixing crop for the drylands might be tepary beans, which are pretty xeric - the Tohono-O'odham dry farm them in the mouths of arroyos in the Sonoran desert. An alternative nitrogen-fixing crop for the drylands might be tepary beans, which are pretty xeric – the Tohono-O’odham dry farm them in the mouths of arroyos in the Sonoran desert.

]]> http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5099 hatthowe Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:43:51 +0000 http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5099 @arthurcnoll The clover seems to add P and K as well as micronutrients. In our research it added very high levels of K and Fe, esp. mid to late season. But, of course, if you keep harvesting lots of veggies off of a piece of land (removing lots of biomass, even permanent living mulch won't keep up with nutrient replacement. Rotation out of production is also key. @arthurcnoll
The clover seems to add P and K as well as micronutrients. In our research it added very high levels of K and Fe, esp. mid to late season. But, of course, if you keep harvesting lots of veggies off of a piece of land (removing lots of biomass, even permanent living mulch won’t keep up with nutrient replacement. Rotation out of production is also key.

]]> http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5098 arthurcnoll Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:10:39 +0000 http://www.ny133.com/672/#comment-5098 Rotation out of production does not solve the problem. The volume of soil that plants have their roots in is finite, outside nuclear reactions matter is not created or destroyed. Nutrients may be chemically-physically locked up in soil particles, and given time may be broken free by bacteria, freeze- thaw cycles, but this just means depletion happens in steps. Either the nutrients are recycled after being eaten, or they must be added in from somewhere else, or the situation cannot last. Rotation out of production does not solve the problem. The volume of soil that plants have their roots in is finite, outside nuclear reactions matter is not created or destroyed. Nutrients may be chemically-physically locked up in soil particles, and given time may be broken free by bacteria, freeze- thaw cycles, but this just means depletion happens in steps. Either the nutrients are recycled after being eaten, or they must be added in from somewhere else, or the situation cannot last.

]]>