Wow, that was a fantastic webinar!! I was watching on a laptop, so a bit hard to see some of the info and numbers on the graphs and charts though. Covered a great deal of valuable information without getting bogged down with too much detail. Loved hearing what Nick was doing on the farms and the soil improvements he has seen. Just have to say that if anyone can inspire people/farmers to adopt better soil health principles.... Nick Padwick is the man. How can you not get caught up in his genuine enthusiasm! Hope to see something from him again. Thanks so much.
Many many thanks to Nick for sharing this and the hosts. I learn a lot. I like you prepare your information on slide, it help me to understand more. Huge respect from Cambodia, Voleak!
I’ve realized the longer I go without doing anything to a patch of soil the healthier the soil becomes. the fungi, the bacteria growth and the native insects species come into play. I do live in an area with thick hard red clay that turns to dusty soil if not covered with plant materials and have found mitigating ways to loam it out with layerings of quickly decaying green compost from cut plants and weeds and dried leaves. Certain leaves do better than others when it comes to layering on top of the soil. My once cracked and hard to plant-in clay soil, is now a gorgeous loamy and impressive soil with small birds nest fungi and other fungi, springing up all over. It looks beautiful. Certain plant leaves decay better into loam and soil quicker than others. I really enjoy papaya leaf decay the most. Aquatic pond sludge I made from a small water bin with a thriving ecosystem seemed to do wonders for bacteria and fungi growth after a year of decay in another small patch of soil. I loved that experiment the most. Plants and weeds and shrooms grew more vigorously and with more yields of both the flowers and vegetables within the small experimental area than my other growing areas in the soil. Right now I’m happy to neglect the area Because it’s fostering a lot of native insects and amphibians and birds in the summer to fall weather. 😊
Fantastic! I’m from the UK but ended up developing a permaculture farm in Thailand and now scaling up our composting too. I will try to contact Nick, I would love to ask a few questions as I have been contemplating how to do something like this with rice production. Could anybody help me with contact details please?
I love the enthusiasm and proven records of testing and nutrients - huge success and learnings !!!
Wow, that was a fantastic webinar!! I was watching on a laptop, so a bit hard to see some of the info and numbers on the graphs and charts though.
Covered a great deal of valuable information without getting bogged down with too much detail. Loved hearing what Nick was doing on the farms and the soil improvements he has seen.
Just have to say that if anyone can inspire people/farmers to adopt better soil health principles.... Nick Padwick is the man. How can you not get caught up in his genuine enthusiasm! Hope to see something from him again.
Thanks so much.
Very well done! Tons of great info packed into 2 hours of content. Soil Food Web gets great speakers.
Many many thanks to Nick for sharing this and the hosts. I learn a lot. I like you prepare your information on slide, it help me to understand more.
Huge respect from Cambodia, Voleak!
I’ve realized the longer I go without doing anything to a patch of soil the healthier the soil becomes.
the fungi, the bacteria growth and the native insects species come into play. I do live in an area with thick hard red clay that turns to dusty soil if not covered with plant materials and have found mitigating ways to loam it out with layerings of quickly decaying green compost from cut plants and weeds and dried leaves. Certain leaves do better than others when it comes to layering on top of the soil.
My once cracked and hard to plant-in clay soil, is now a gorgeous loamy and impressive soil with small birds nest fungi and other fungi, springing up all over. It looks beautiful.
Certain plant leaves decay better into loam and soil quicker than others. I really enjoy papaya leaf decay the most.
Aquatic pond sludge I made from a small water bin with a thriving ecosystem seemed to do wonders for bacteria and fungi growth after a year of decay in another small patch of soil.
I loved that experiment the most.
Plants and weeds and shrooms grew more vigorously and with more yields of both the flowers and vegetables within the small experimental area than my other growing areas in the soil. Right now I’m happy to neglect the area Because it’s fostering a lot of native insects and amphibians and birds in the summer to fall weather. 😊
Greeting from China. Very interesting indeed… and well done on your price to yield ratios.
Any further information?
Marvelous. Thank you very much for sharing such great information. 🎉🎉🎉
Fantastic! I’m from the UK but ended up developing a permaculture farm in Thailand and now scaling up our composting too. I will try to contact Nick, I would love to ask a few questions as I have been contemplating how to do something like this with rice production. Could anybody help me with contact details please?
Exemplary!