Thursday, April 22, 2010
Hard rock
Our polyfarm isnt a farm per conventional thinking ,but has plenty of dirt and rocks (more of them) so it qualifies as a farm ,because it has life dwelling on it beside us.I wanted the rocks that are residing in view or still hidden ,because i learned that good soils comes from them.I would use the term permaculture to describe what i started doing here ,but i will stick with polyculture ,as the guy in the Austrian siberia started out ,before he joined the permie club , he started long time before Bill and David even came up with the idea. Anyway , i admire all 3 of the them and lets not forget Fukuoka and Jeff .Am sure there are many others that came up with the same concept in different parts of the world and we will never hear from them , but Mother Earth knows who they are .
As for our rocks ,well they are old as can be ,am finding fossilized sea shells and clams of all sizes in the clay individual ones and the big rocks have bigger pieces of shells in them.Have only maybe 6 inches of top soil including the rocks ,and below is red clay for who knows how many feet more ,i only digged one foot down with plenty more to go according to my long drill. Its hard work and have to take my time ,but will get done what needs to be done , one step at a time.
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteThe Oaks are remarkable trees. I have found evidence on my place that suggests that, not only do they develop connections with the other surrounding Oaks, forming a community, they also can make similar connections with other trees and shrubs.
Our soil is eighteen inches of leeched sand on top of anywhere from four to twenty-four inches of red clay (probably similar to yours). Further down we have at least twenty feet of compressed red sand and thin sandstone. Under that we have found Leonardite Coal. We're digging our own well for the garden and greenhouse and that really gives you a birdseye view of the geology.
Cloudpiler