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Wednesday, March 03, 2021 Little Ketchup Grittyville, WA

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Sunny day. Time to sequester some carbon and get rid of the excess organics. There is an idyllic balance here where the hay or straw protects the soil and loses its nutrients down into the soil during our excessive winter rain then the top burn will speed up the replanting and releases more nutrients and spreads the black carbon which is good for the soil and perhaps its better for the atmosphere too. Early March seems to be a good time. Because the soil should need less protection soon. I need to get the ground warmed up and not create habitat for the wrong bugs. The two main drawbacks of using thick straw or hay...
 



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