[Terrapreta] Terrapreta Digest, Vol 5, Issue 17

[Sean K. Barry]

Hi DOK,

I ordered Bill Mollison's book from that site on the night I read that post.  I thought the same as tou , reagding of Rhisart's post and reference to this site.

SKB
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  On 6/1/07, Rhisiart Gwilym <Rhisiart at ddraiggoch.org<mailto:Rhisiart at ddraiggoch.org>> wrote: 
    Dave asks:

    "So, I wonder if someone could direct me to the newbie page that explains why
    the obvious things don't work and maybe some of the basic techniques?"

    Siwmae Dave,

    There's a very long, but just marvellously inspiring answer to this 
    question -- 575 A4 pages, in fact. It's called 'Permaculture', by
    BIll Molllison; the copyright-1990 edition of his work. Bill has had
    soil under his fingernails all his long life. One of the basic tenets 
    of his great, global vision is that you can make good soi, pretty
    quickly, out of any substrate, no matter how miserable to start with,
    so long as the ground isn't permafrost, or as dry as the Atacama.
    Anything between these extremes can be made to bloom -- copiously. 


  Thank you for this thoughtful post! I've heard about 'Permaculture' before, but the descriptions I was given made it sound like some kind of new-age mumbo-jumbo. Your inspiring description makes it sound much more engaging and I shall endeavor to obtain a copy. The price is a bit staggering, but it sounds worth the investment. Unfortunately neither the local library nor the interlibrary loan system have copies. 

  Thanks again!
  DOK
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