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I work in a spice factory and there ends up being a tremendous amount of spice that is wasted every day. For instance, we run a massive machine that takes things like paprika, pepper, oregano, etc and puts it into little bottles. At the end of a shift, there may be 20 pounds of whatever spice that has slowly spilled onto the base of the machine. This gets vacuumed up every day and thrown away. I have talked to management and am able to take this if I want. Assuming that I stay away from anything with salt, would massive amounts of pepper, garlic, turmeric etc be good to dump in the garden? Any thoughts?

I posted about my baby wheat a while back. Some folks were skeptical about whether it would reach maturity. I wanted to show y’all that it’s doing just fine. It was really easy to grow and doesn’t use much water. Would recommend growing.

My poor yard was thoroughly abused by its last owner, and the small front sliver of yard is mostly bare dirt, and I’m in a hurry to solve the erosion and the spring flooding issue there. Mostly sandy soil, we are pretty close to bedrock here. I spread some dutch white clover seed around right before a good spot of rain, but I am skeptical seeing it just sitting on top of the dirt still. Can I rake it in, or is patience the key here? It’s not overly wet, but not bone dry either. We have more rain coming in patches. I could also spread a thin layer of compost?

Thanks for your wisdom!

Is there anyway to apply permaculture design principles and practices in an urban no garden setting, like in a big balcony, patio or rooftop garden. Really interested in how soil micro biology and SFW works in this situation. I understand a big part of introducing the soil life is making compost, but from what I’ve been reading , the plants diversity and root exudates control and manage the micro organisms in the soil, since in potted gardens this interaction isn’t really an option on a large scale since every plant or small number of plants is isolated in a pot , is it still doable to improve soil overtime by reusing the same soil over and over and amending it with home made compost or any other practices, or is it just impossible to do in pots instead of in ground.

Any thoughts?