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We all know mushrooms are super healthy for us and the soil. They’re also really easy to grow, and can possibly be sourced for free near you. These are growing from spent mushroom blocks I got free from a local mushroom farm.

If you have a spot with good shade and moisture, it’s worth looking into. It’s one way to address the challenge of producing protein for those of us who don’t raise animals.

I have an extremely steep (45° or thereabouts) rammed earth bank north of my annual vegetable garden, circa 1.2-1.5 m tall, currently covered in grasses. I have noticed that when we have a frost, it sits longest in the veg garden location – I sense that the cold air is flowing down the hill so I am trying to think of some plants I could plant to might be able to give a yield but also act as a shelter from that cold, frosty air. Sadly, I cannot amend the bank profile (it’s part of a flood defence), nor can I terrace it – it isn’t wide enough. It is an ugly feature in my garden that I have to endlessly work around.

Any plant needs to be compact (very much shrub and not tree), happy in the cold and able to live in such a steep location (which in turn means it is almost impossible for me to mulch the plant meaningfully). On the upside, it faces south/southeast, so it gets a solid amount of sun in the summer.

I wondered if anyone had any ideas. The soil there is poor, and stony, and we’re SW UK, circa zone 9.

Hi friends, I’m working on a little earth-tube retrofit (was a garden bed) to an old 70s home in Adelaide. Sounds like about a 2m depth will do the job. I am wondering whether it’s worth doing anything else whilst I’ve got a trench in the ground? Like insulation or anything worth consideration? Thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏

moving to a new place and looking for advice on removing all the grass to make way for a food forest! as it is, the grass is that really aggressive rhizomatic lawn that could quickly get out of control if some bits are left and it starts to regrow unnoticed for too long— any advice, especially based on experience, will be appreciated!

Hi guys,

I’m fairly new to organic/regen farming, nd very impressionable by whats presented online.

There’s this youtube channel called “breaking new roots” interviewing different regen farms across the country,

One farm in southeast US has 15 garden plots – he doesn’t till at all, just lays hay – and doesn’t have any bug issues. He saves his own seeds year to year.

Doesnt terrain and soil health factor in to how well no till will be?

anyone use a similar system?