I'm interested in this method also. However, my 'garden plot' is actually a small section in a neglected 18 acre field. I realized that by tilling, we would be...
--One way to get rid of weeds and seeds on a relatively small area, is to cover the area with thick, clear plastic sheeting. When the temperature gets into the...
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minifarms@...
Jan 2, 2002 12:21 am
I am new to the server and I do not understand anyone posting anything about soil sterilzation here. Mr Fukuoka would turn over in his grave it he thought...
Spreading corn gluten meal in February will prevent any seeds from germinating weeds that are annuals. Of course new seeds won't grow there for a while...
martha It depends how small is your gardened area. I started marking 5 feet wide beds for vegetables. did the sowing or transplanting among the scrub and as...
We are converting our lawn to forest garden by laying out plots outlined with firewood. We then put down grass clippings and leaves, then several layers of...
Greetings All, I am new to this site, and have not searched your archives extensively, so if this is an old question then I apologise. I live in Terrace,...
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emilia
emhaz@...
Jan 15, 2002 9:51 am
welcome to the trial & perseverent crew... having rain often & not too cold: makes it easier the natural ag. practice...but vegetable plants are not easy to...
Hi! I am working for an agriculture magazine in India. I am looking for first hand information on natural farming. Anyone who is practicing natural farming,...
Curious! The more members this list has the quieter it becomes. If you've recently joined why not write a little about what you are upto, or what you would...
One of the things about Fukuoka's approach that has worried me before is that this is such an arid area unlike where he is in Japan. It is necessary to amend...
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minifarms@...
Jan 19, 2002 3:08 pm
For those of you who want or need to irrigate and do not have piped water, there is a solution. Richard Chapin, who installed the first drip system in the USA,...
Hello All, With Emilia hazelip's permission and help I have posted an article she wrote about her approach that appeared in a permaculture journal. She also...
Regarding your shortage of moisture for your compost, consider adding your household's wash water to the pile. As to additional vegetables for your climate, I...
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Brent Leggett
bleggett@...
Jan 21, 2002 6:47 pm
I visit Japan often and I was wondering if Mr. Fukuoka is still living and if his farm is still there. Also do you know where I might be able to get copies of...
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Brown Rice
bodhiryan@...
Jan 21, 2002 7:58 pm
The Road Back to Nature and the Natural Way of Farming are notoriously difficult to find; there are a few public libraries that sometimes have them available,...
Hello, I am responding to an earlier post about what are people doing out there by souscayrous (is that spelled right?) I have recently aquired 10 acres in...
In reply to Souscayrous' suggestion that we introduce ourselves, here's who I am: I live in Brooklyn, where I am designing a tiny little no-till perennial...
Hello Adam; I'm new to this board as well. I just wanted to say that it's nice to hear of your work in N.Y.C.. It is good to hear of a person with rural...
Let me just welcome the two of you as well, interestingly different though your projects are. May every stretch of urban concrete or suburban lawn begin the...
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Robert Monie
bobm20001@...
Jan 23, 2002 5:38 am
REPLY: "Fukuoka on the rooftops" is a great idea; it even sounds like the title of a song. Green plants on the roof should lower the temperature inside the...
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Robert Monie
bobm20001@...
Jan 23, 2002 5:38 am
REPLY: "Fukuoka on the rooftops" is a great idea; it even sounds like the title of a song. Green plants on the roof should lower the temperature inside the...
I was wodering if any of our European friends live near any of the "Green belt Southern Europe" projects. For people not familiar with this project. It is a ...
Please explain for those of us not familiar with this project. I was not aware there was a problem with desert spreading into So. Europe. Can you elaborate? ...
Gloria, and other fukuoka-ers, I'm not familiar with the southern European desert spreading either, but I don't know of any desert that is receding at this ...
... If I remember rightly Gloria, in the collection of links at: http://alternativ.net/landwirtschaft/neuland/fuko.html there is a lead to an overview of the...
The web site given by Mr.Teague has an interview with Mr.Fukuoka called "Greening the desert". I believe this web site is for a video group that has filmed the...
My ol' buddy here is also named Adam, and he told me one day about the meaning of the name. It means "dirt". So I find that you are being more respectful...
... a-ha, it's true. It's from the Hebrew, meaning "dirt" or "earth," but it's also the word for "man," as in any man or the Biblical first man. Tradition...
