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Re: [soilhack-announce] Questions and thoughts on gathering
by robert duke 11 Jun '17

11 Jun '17

Hello to you all! It was great to be at the Soil Hack's first gathering and meet you. I have an apology to make for my lack of talk whilst demonstrating the "cone pit" demo - this was my first "quicky- micro pit" and my thoughts were taken up with achieving a complete burn to char! and I should have covered much more information. To Brian, "the role of tree roots in soil- good thing or bad thing? Do the trees rob nutrients from the soil?" The trees form a sybiotic relationship with the soil organisms with exchanges of nutrients from photosynthesis in the form of exudates from the roots. It is said that up to 40% of the plants total nutrient production from photosynthesis is sent via the phloem to form root exudates. This video link of Joel Williams presentation has some great info on the soil/microorganism/plant relationship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvFrm-wst8c Warm Regards Robert From: Brian Hughes <brian_hughes45(a)hotmail.com> To: "soilhack-announce(a)lists.ourproject.org" <soilhack-announce(a)lists.ourproject.org> Sent: Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 18:23 Subject: [soilhack-announce] Questions and thoughts on gathering #yiv6068675373 #yiv6068675373 -- P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}#yiv6068675373 Thanks to all involved for a memorable weekend- if only because it highlighted what a complex issue soil science is. To a degree, I've been focusing on the combustion engineering side of charcoal making, and the next big learning curve is about how biochar works in the soil- to a degree, I gloss over this angle, and just say that it retains water and soluble nutrients. I've lots of questions -good- but the one in my mind at the moment, that I don't remember being touched on, is the role of tree roots in soil- good thing or bad thing? Do the trees rob nutrients from the soil?_______________________________________________ soilhack-announce mailing list soilhack-announce(a)lists.ourproject.org https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soilhack-announce

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A great article on what weeds tell us about soil conditions
by Chris Warburton-Brown 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

http://bcfarmsandfood.com/weeds-that-indicate-soil-conditions/ -- Chris Warburton Brown Research Coordinator The Permaculture Association *Join the network* of people and projects using permaculture to create a better world - The Permaculture Association Britain: https://www.permaculture.org.uk/join

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SoilHack gathering 2017
by Darren 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

I had a lovely time at the SoilHack gathering thanks for everyone who came and made it a great weekend. I took photos of the interesting notes to which many people contributed that were stuck to the wall in the classroom and I've just uploaded them to archive.org I noticed that audio of some of the sessions has also already been uploaded and would encourage anyone with photos, videos or audio recordings to also upload them to https://archive.org The stuff thats already been uploaded has been tagged with the topic soilhack, which makes it nice and easy to find. https://archive.org/search.php?query=soilhack I also added the tag shg2017 to make it easier for people to find media from this gathering if other soilhack content is added later. To upload media goto https://archive.org/create If anyone needs help to figure stuff out feel free to email me

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Questions and thoughts on gathering
by Brian Hughes 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Thanks to all involved for a memorable weekend- if only because it highlighted what a complex issue soil science is. To a degree, I've been focusing on the combustion engineering side of charcoal making, and the next big learning curve is about how biochar works in the soil- to a degree, I gloss over this angle, and just say that it retains water and soluble nutrients. I've lots of questions -good- but the one in my mind at the moment, that I don't remember being touched on, is the role of tree roots in soil- good thing or bad thing? Do the trees rob nutrients from the soil?

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Visit to Somerset next week --- open to suggestions
by Miguel Ribeiro 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Hey everyone! It was really great to share the Soil Hack weekend with everyone of you! So great that I'm coming down again from Newcastle next week hehehe I'll be staying in Martock and am planning to visit some places around the area. If you have any suggestions on places to see or stuff to do, please inform me ;) I've already spoken to Adam, Sally and Patrick to visit their farms/businesses and get some first hand knowledge on what their doing there. I'm also thinking about visiting Plotgate CSA, what do you say guys? ;) I'll be waiting for replies! Thanks peepz! Miguel from Portugal ;)

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Hello
by Niels Corfield 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

Hi from Niels, Nice to be added to this group. Look forward to hearing your chat on soils in the future. All the best, NIels Corfield -- Phone: 07858 300668 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Niels-Corfield-129883137555737/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/niels_corfield

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