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TOP SOIL BUILDERS KEN LAING ORCHARD HILL FARM ST .THOM AS, ON - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
TOP SOIL BUILDERS KEN LAING ORCHARD HILL FARM ST .THOM AS, ON - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
TOP SOIL BUILDERS KEN LAING ORCHARD HILL FARM ST .THOM AS, ON OHF UNFAIR ADVANTAGES WE ARE A RETAIL FARM EVERYTHING WE PRODUCE IS SOLD WITHIN 40 KM AND ALM OST ALL OF IT IS PICKED UP AT THE FARM KEN CAN NOT REM EM BER
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OHF – UNFAIR ADVANTAGES
- WE ARE A RETAIL FARM –EVERYTHING WE PRODUCE IS SOLD
WITHIN 40 KM AND ALM OST ALL OF IT IS PICKED UP AT THE FARM
- KEN CAN NOT REM EM BER WHEN HE LEARNED TO WELD
- ORGANIC –ELIM INATION OF PESTICIDES AND TOXIC
FERTILIZER M ATERIALS ELIM INATES NEGATIVE IM P ACT OF THESE M ATERIALS ON SOIL LIFE
- WE ARE HORSE FARM ERS –HORSES ARE HERBIVORES – THEY
ARE M ODULAR POWER UNITS –THEY REPRODUCE SO CAN BE REVENUE GENERATORS NOT JUST EXPENSE – M ANURE BECOM ES VALUABLE FERTIL TY TO GROW M ORE VEGETABLES
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- Horses are modular power units. One horse can scuffle the garden, but when you have
a heavier job you can hook 2, 3, 4 or more together.
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- They produce baby tractors to replace momma tractors and extras to sell.
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- They give you back most of your feed in form of easily composted manure
to feed your crops Have you ever found a use for diesel exhaust?
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OHF – UNFAIR ADVANTAGES CONT’D
- WE ENJOY SHARING OUR FARM ING EXPERIENCE WITH
INTERNS
- M Y WIFE M ARTHA IS A CLEVER, HARDWORKING, M ASTER
GARDENER WHO ENJOYS WORKING WITH PEOPLE
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RECENT DEVELOPM ENTS IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW SOILS WORK
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OHF earthworm counts M ay, 2014 in 1 cu.ft. soil
- Chicken pasture – 58
- Horse pasture – 28
- Hardwood forest -25
- Hay field – 20
- CSA garden -17
- Rhubarb field - 2
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GOOD AGGREGATION IS ABSOLUTEL Y ESSENTIAL TO A HEAL THY FUNCTIONING SOIL
- It provides proper aeration for root growth
and microbes
- Provides drainage of excess water
- Y
et holds maximum amount of water for plant growth
- Provides homes for microbes and space for
root and mycorrhizal hyphae to grow and access water and nutrients
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WHAT PROM OTES AGGREGATION
- CONTINUOUS LIVING PLANTS AS M UCH AS
POSSIBLE
- THESE LIVING PLANTS TRANSFER CARBON TO
THE SOIL VIA M YCORRHIZAL FUNGI – AS M UCH AS 30-40% OF THE CARBON FIXED BY GRASS PLANTS
- THE M YCORRHIZA FORM GLOM ALIN WHICH
GLUES THE SOIL AGGREGATES TOGETHER
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WHAT DESTROYS AGGREGATES
- TILLAGE
- BARE SOIL
- HIGH LEVELS OF INORGANIC N OR P WILL
INHIBIT THE M YCORRHIZA THAT WILL CREATE AND M AINTAIN THE AGGREGATES
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