By: Doug Weatherbee

Doug Weatherbee — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:23:25 +0000

When I took my PDC from Geoff he pointed the group Dr. Elaine Ingham and to ASAP in Australia for their advanced work in compost and aerated compost tea. Since Geoff’s PDC I made a pilgrimage to Oregon to take a workshop with Dr. Elaine Ingham. The sophistication of her Soil Foodweb work and methods blew my mind and changed the way I approach permaculture. She also mentioned the great work of ASAP and Paul Taylor. I’m gonna make a provocative statement here not intended to insult anyone…many PDC graduates don’t really understand how to make high quality biologically active compost/teas for specific soil and plant combinations. I can’t say how many times I’ve heard people say that compost takes 2-3 weeks to make. Yes, a certain compost is made but is it the one for your project’s soil and plant combinations? THE fundamental “mainframe” patterns of permaculture that Geoff talks about are soil and water. If you don’t get them right, your permaculture work is disabled and working uphill. I live in Mexico, otherwise I’d be signing up for Paul’s workshop. I’d encourage permaculture folks in the Malanda area to take this workshop.

By: paul taylor

paul taylor — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:35:20 +0000

this is certainly a “not to be missed course” as it takes the mystery out of compost making and teaches how to make quality compost tea in a simple and effective way. This understanding gives you the confidence to use compost and compost tea as the basis of a sustainable management system, relying on soil microbes to be able to supply the nutrient needs of productive plants in a remarkably cost effective way. Every year the soil improves, every year the soil has more structure, and every year the soil has more organic matter…one of thje essential keys to sustainable management. regards: Paul Taylor

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