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What is Hemp Biochar? “Hemp Biochar is made from the stalks of the hemp plant. Generally, the plant's stalk is a waste material as the seeds, leaves, buds, and flowers are harvested for their therapeutic and industrial uses. The use of hemp stalk for biochar reduces waste from hemp farming. In addition, it absorbs more carbon than any other plant from the air into the soil, where it is useful. Hemp stalks are organic materials subjected to a high temperature in the absence of oxygen to produce a black matter called hemp biochar. The Biochar Initiative defines biochar as the solid material made from the thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-deprived environment. A process called pyrolysis is used in making biochar.” Australia Resource —https://hempco.net.au/ A Biochar amendment in soil can prevent both water and nutrients from leaching while allowing them to be readily available to plants. @PLANTFORCHANGE #biochar #pfc https://t.me/plantforchange (Come Make Change With Us!🌱🌿🌳)

“Negative ions are one of nature’s unseen super healers. There to heal us unconditionally as we step outside and feel the earth beneath our feet. Found in places such as forests, waterfalls, ocean surf and mountains, negative ions are partly responsible for the uplifting experiences and a sense of wellbeing we normally experience in these calming places. As we breathe in negative ions our oxygen levels are increased, free radicals neutralised, cell metabolism revitalised, immune system function enhanced and a general sense of well being is increased. One of the reasons we always feel more relaxed after time amongst the trees. A typical bustling city street may contain a negative ion concentration as low as 100 /cc and an air conditioned room even less.. Whereas a forest ( particularly a pine or coniferous one) can contain a negative ion count of up to 50,000 /cc. Negative ions can be produced by plants when exposed to intense light during photosynthesis and by moving water. Larger trees are even able to draw up the ions from deeper pure groundwater and release them out into the ambient atmosphere. The negative ions will often become ‘trapped’ under the forest canopy creating a highly healing atmosphere than we are unaware of as we pass amongst these highly functioning ecological societies that do so much unconditionally to improve our quality of life. —James Godfrey Faussett 🌳 🌲 We are #humanshealingtogether @humanshealing https://t.me/humanshealing (Join Us! 🙏🧡)

Free online webinar on water harvesting and conservation. Link to register https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/water-conservation-and-harvesting-bruce-kay-tickets-885249032687?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

📚 Support For Living Soil —The Regenerative Grower's Guide to Garden Amendments This is our most recommended book for building thriving living soil ecosystems as a home grower, market grower or farmer, with a key important focus—using local organic materials. This book should be in every grower's toolbox. Beyond compost, these diverse inoculants will excite you to 'cook' up some goodness for your plants & soil biology with simple, practical soil amendments to make mineral, biological extracts and ferments to properly feed the grande ecosystem of microbiology & life for healthy living soil. Within these pages, Nigel discusses proper nourishment from the ground up, improving energy flow in soil (my fav) and the beautiful relationships of biology & plant root systems, vital context to innerstand for all growers. These step-by-step biological recipes filled with immense wisdom will help you improve the life of the soil food web near you while saving money learning on your own and gaining invaluable experiential knowledge in the process to cherish & pass on. Who has read and uses Nigel’s recipe’s? Share below your feedback, learnings and experience. @PLANTFORCHANGE #pfcbookshop #affiliate https://t.me/plantforchange (Come Make Change With Us!🌱🌿🌳)

The harvest has started for the year! We've just started getting our first zucchini, crook necked yellow squash, turnips, radishes, and some sweet beets. Collards, kale, and cabbage are also ready now! Woo hoo! We're pretty stoked about our first season of gardening since we moved from the Midwest to the Southeast!

Geese have a bad reputation because they are loud, can be territorial, and are very protective of their young, but we love them. They are larger poultry so they deter smaller predators and because they are loud and territorial they make excellent alarms. They are also easy keepers, needing very little feed as long as they have grass to graze on, and are masters at clearing fence lines. They are seasonal layers but their eggs are very large, rich, and packed full of nutrition. Their meat and feathers make them great all around homestead birds as well.

“Bare soil is an extinction maker. Building soil is the foundation. If you’re not actively growing topsoil, its not regenerative. when we focus only on the output of a system (food only for example) we miss the main resource base that we manage & that is the soil” —Richard Perkins #farmmicrobesandsoil #soilfirst #nodig No bare soil is a must for change in our growing systems. Small or large from micro in pots to large scale regenerative market gardens, you can incorporate natural & permaculture methods by starting here. #nobaresoil The best mulches are whats most readily available to you locally. Grass clippings, broken down leaf mulch, low growing cover crops (green manure) toxin free straws or hay. What are your favourites you have used and why lets share below, help inspire a change! Lets build up those sacred soils, all around the world. Pic—vetch & oats as cover crop @PLANTFORCHANGE https://t.me/plantforchange (Come Make Change With Us!🌱🌿🌳)