Organic Gardening in a time of Climate Change
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"Since I launched this tribe it has done nothing but rain chez nous. Not that I am complaining mind you, we have had two years of drought and I can positively hear our well singing in happiness. However I am going to try an approach this summer called bois raméal fragmenté, which is basically a little like mulching soil with freshly shredded green wood to a depth of around 10cms. Its a Canadian technique that aims to try and recreate a forest floor and rebuild poor soil structure, and indeed create news soil and is particularly suited to dry climates apparaently. Anyway the point is that I haven't been able to do that because of the rain, so no new posts. Hopefully will start again when the sun comes out and the chipper can be brought out of the shed and used.
In the meantime has anyone every used the BRF method? Any tips. dos and don't dos?"
By: Natural Choices :: 3 years ago
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"Are you a really technical gardner? you come across as you are. My point is is it actually difficult to do this rameal fragemente"
By: Hess :: 3 years ago
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"Technical? Me? I have problems unscrewing a tooth paste tube.
But as they say I am learning, Caroline, the brains of the domaine and the more partical of the two of us, is busy doing a Royal Horticultural Society course and feeds me the details stuff, and I talk a lot with organic farmers and all the old fellas round here who have their vegetable plots. What I am trying to do is nail together a gardening strategy that suits our own particular circumstances- low water, intense summer heat, high winds at time and most importantly poor soil. So far we are using some ideas from Charles Dowding's wonderful organic gardening: the no dig method,(http://www.naturalchoices.co.uk/Organic-Gardening-the-natural-no?id_mot=2) which uses raised beds which are layered with manure/composted every year and weeded for the vegetables,and plant garden garden with local garrigue plants hich are hard coded, I hope, to survive our climate.
Saying all of that I am fascinated by soil, how it degrades, the enviromental history of our area, ie how we got to shere we are now in Les Corbieres, and how to redevelop soil to provide rich growing conditions in a harsh climate. So may be one day I'll master that tooth paste tube."
By: Natural Choices :: 3 years ago
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"But to answer your original question the basic BRF techique doesn't look complicated, chip up any fresh branches, any wood but pine, leaves and all, and lay a bed of 10 or more cms depth on the ground, it acts as a mulch, surpressing weeds, its also by covering the ground reduces evaportation, and slowly it breaks down bulking up the organic content of the soil- so lacking around the Med. However a friend who has been on a BRF course says that there are many more complicated options that can do wonders for vegetable beds etc. But I am planning to start with the most basic and work my way up to more complicated solutions if I feel it works.
If anyone reads french here is the ekopedia page http://fr.ekopedia.org/Bois_Raméal_Fragmenté"
By: Natural Choices :: 3 years ago