Mineral & Nutrient Enrichment:
You will undoubtedly want to enrich your growing area with Nutrients & Minerals from time to time.
Everything in this section is applicable no mater how you are growing plants, be that aquaculture, permaculture or conventional gardening at home or in a field. For this reason we have put these topics in there own dedicated area.
Everything in this section is applicable no mater how you are growing plants, be that aquaculture, permaculture or conventional gardening at home or in a field. For this reason we have put these topics in there own dedicated area.
What are you going to add, where did it come from and what does it do?
Are you only thinking about what it does to your crop or to the rest of the land around you?
What about all the other plants, animals, your self and your family?
Are you only thinking about what it does to your crop or to the rest of the land around you?
What about all the other plants, animals, your self and your family?
sustainable organic farming products:
Having access to large amounts of hi-quality plant feeding supplies is the foundation on which successful agriculture is built. Because of this we are investigating a wide set of organic based additives, some you will be familiar with while others will be new to many people.
Having explored each independently, one must combine the components in a holistic manner if one is to achieve anything meaningful.
Having explored each independently, one must combine the components in a holistic manner if one is to achieve anything meaningful.
The Key word there was Holistic.
Meaning "A collection of interconnected parts that operate as a whole".
Commercial farming and medicine tends to look at the "whole" as overly complicated...
People like things simple and its human nature to try and figure out what various parts of a system do and then only use the bits that seem important.
The important bits that are understood singularly are then listed as ESSENTIAL..
Essential means "We know what this bit does and we can make a product around it"
Everything ells goes out the window, as its almost impossible to sell something if you cant tell people why they need it...
Meaning "A collection of interconnected parts that operate as a whole".
Commercial farming and medicine tends to look at the "whole" as overly complicated...
People like things simple and its human nature to try and figure out what various parts of a system do and then only use the bits that seem important.
The important bits that are understood singularly are then listed as ESSENTIAL..
Essential means "We know what this bit does and we can make a product around it"
Everything ells goes out the window, as its almost impossible to sell something if you cant tell people why they need it...
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Have you ever tried to assemble a flat pack cupboard with out reading the instruction?
You open the box and see all the screws, boards and odd looking fixings, then throw away everything that you don't understand. What happens? You can bodge things together but for sure you don't end up with a "whole" cupboard. |
You are looking at a massively complex eco-system that has taken millions of years to evolve.
You have no manual and a lot of things that don't look that important because you don't know what they are, and 99% of it is not directly related to your aim of growing a carrot. If you only deal with the 1% that's left what's going to happen? |
A wholistic approach requires one to look at the whole picture and very very carefully assist the environment to maintain it natural balance, while providing for our needs. It should be obvious that if you do anything ells, your going to end up with a lot of broken cups.
