Guest Post: Show Impressions

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02/26/09

By Susan Scheen Whidbey Island, Washington Starting off our day with Ciscoe Morris with stories from the seminar The Good, the Bad, and the Bloopers kept me laughing all day. I brought away the idea of pruning plants back to different levels. Not only does it add interesting dimensions in height, but the plants will [...]

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Charcoal to Improve Soil: What do you Think?

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02/26/09

I was reading recently in Mother Earth News about an ancient technique of using charcoal for soil improvement. Author Barbara Pleasant says that the technique is 3,000 years old and involves digging a ditch and burning the weeds (with woody matter) after weeds have gone to seed. They call it biochar. According to Wikipedia, “Biochar [...]

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