Just learned about the concept of "green manure" - a mix of cover crops that can be grown and then mowed and either tilled into the soil or laid on top as a mulch. They can improve the quality of the soil by fixing nitrogen, aerating it with deep, penetrating roots, converting the chemicals in the soil into more available forms, providing home for beneficial insects, etc
A lot of these plants can be planted over the winter in plots where you don't have anything growing, and I imagine this would work well with other #permaculture techniques like Ruth Stout, lasagna gardening, hugelkultur, or maybe even straw bale gardening if it's gathered and bound together
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_manure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9b9oTZ7EK8
@body@mastodon.social I hope you know that upon reading this in a boost (thanks for that Florian) I literally leaned back in my chair and put both my hands over my face as I took a deep breath and sighed to try and recalibrate my brain after reading it.
then I boosted and fav'd it because it's glorious and fantastic and everyone else deserves to see it too and have similar reactions :3
@pettancow @legendaryjoeb *hoards the bears to keep them safe!*
Food, twitter link
Hey! I'm putting out new music next friday!
Here's the Bandcamp link where you can take a look and listen to the first track right now: https://endless-state-machine.bandcamp.com/album/human-error-limitless
@theoutrider i knoooowww, right? D: I mean if you get unmerged sets it can KINDA work but... even then there's some... Issues.
yeah i'm moving over to chitter.xyz now. Soooo go there! I'm there now.