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    Plant root crops in sheet mulch

    Hi Ib, This can also depend upon the depth of the sheet mulch, whether you want to grow the root crops in the mulch or under it, and what kinds...
    Post by: alfamick, Jun 10, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Swales- A tree planting Mound

    sweatpea, that diagram appeared really small - but it looks like Sepp has the trees right in the low point of the swale. Perhaps that works in...
    Post by: alfamick, Apr 16, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Fixing Nitrogen... and what else?

    I didn't expect there to be boron in the atmosphere, but I googled "atmospheric boron", and it would seem that there is :) But I think the issue...
    Post by: alfamick, Mar 9, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Permaculture emergency Help needed

    Peter, That sounds like a really tough predicament - sorry to hear about it! You don't seem to have mentioned leguminous trees - generally...
    Post by: alfamick, Mar 8, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    TV on the 8th of march

    Forget TV and watch it over the Internet?
    Post by: alfamick, Feb 28, 2010 in forum: The big picture
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    Biochar

    Looks great, although it doesn't mention what they do with the heat produced - I hope they find a good use for that.
    Post by: alfamick, Feb 26, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Biochar

    Hi Baz, nice photos on the website - looks like an excellent biochar maker! Cheers, Mick
    Post by: alfamick, Feb 15, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Biochar

    Thanks Jan, Yes, I watched the Anila video. I've read a bit about the Anila - if you were building something that size, I'd recommend looking at...
    Post by: alfamick, Feb 14, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Stoves and Biochar

    Hi eco, just a drill and some tin snips should be OK. My tin snips weren't too good so I used a jigsaw to do the hole in the lid. The 4mm holes in...
    Post by: alfamick, Feb 12, 2010 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    Biochar

    ppp, thanks for the feedback. Regarding firelighters, in most of the developing world they have paraffin or similar and can soak sticks in it....
    Post by: alfamick, Feb 10, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Biochar

    Hi Jan, I made the EverythingNice stove and put up a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ys5IUE2Xg0 Cheers, Mick
    Post by: alfamick, Feb 9, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Stoves and Biochar

    I had a go at building another kind of stove recently - an EverythingNice Stove, which is a design freely available from WorldStove in Italy....
    Thread by: alfamick, Feb 9, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    Hi from Brisbane Australia

    Hi dexxl, I'm in Brisbane too - and yes, there's been some great rain here this week :)
    Post by: alfamick, Feb 7, 2010 in forum: Introduce Yourself Here
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    Biochar

    Yep - I've got some photos from my earlier attempts here: https://backyardpermaculture.blogspot.com/search/label/TLUD I've got that one burning...
    Post by: alfamick, Jan 29, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    urine in the garden

    Yeah, but a great option during this rainy weather we're supposed to have this week!
    Post by: alfamick, Jan 29, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Biochar

    I'm interested in biochar, primarily as a possible by-product from clean-burning stoves. I've been running a bunch of experiments with a TLUD...
    Post by: alfamick, Jan 27, 2010 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    growing and harvesting mulch

    Re: growing and harvesting mulch My main sources of mulch: - We have loads of palms - previous owners of this place put in way too many, and...
    Post by: alfamick, Nov 29, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Sick Artichokes

    Re: Sick Artichokes Where abouts are you gardening? I've got a couple of artichokes in this season in Brisbane, but I'm not expecting them to...
    Post by: alfamick, Nov 19, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    where to get a lot of mushroom compost?

    Re: where to get a lot of mushroom compost? I found one of those $1.50 plastic drop-sheets from Bunnings protected the back of the car pretty...
    Post by: alfamick, Nov 3, 2009 in forum: Buy, sell, trade, give away & exchange
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    Costa's Garden Odyssey

    Re: Costa's Garden Odyssey Hi Mark, I thought you did a great job on Episode 10 - it really came over very positively, and was an excellent...
    Post by: alfamick, Oct 31, 2009 in forum: General chat
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