Small Amounts Count

Pocket water: mimicking various types of geology that are generally non-porous and produce voids, noting lava flows that become ridges and peaks, some of those flows have large air holes. The air holes left in stones exposed at the surface create small “pocket water” pools […]

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All Veg Compost Recipe

All Veg Compost The Recipe: Collect materials – Grasses, *leaves, green stem shrubs, soft roots OK, generally any plant from a garden. *More diversity of leaf shape and size is beneficial *Make it less woody, too much wood in the stack can cause heat distribution […]

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Instant Gardens for high and dry climates

In Spring 2024 I started on a new garden site facing SSE at 5090 ft Elevation (1551m) on tailings and hillside sluff most recently used for footpath and barrow access. The dominant geology is degraded rhyolite, andesite and quartz that degrades into silty heavy mineral […]

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