This is EXACTLY what we adore at @naturalmedicine... not only do you describe in detail your stewardship of the earth (we support earth HEALING practices such as permaculture) you get very Zen about it (We love meditation posts too).
It's always a learning curve.. but you are right, starting is key. I get UBER excited if I happen to see the power guys nearby cutting trees free of lines, they will drop it at ours. In Australia though, these chips are mostly gums... we can't do woodchip gardening like Back to Eden unless its for natives. Straw, manure, paper etc is better for our food producing gardens.
Very encouraging to get this feedback @riverflows, as it was certainly not immediately obvious to me that content of this type would be of interest to your community. Now I know better! 😊
Interesting to “hear” your point about clearing the ROW for power lines, as I worked at an electric coop here prior to my retirement. It was a fascinating industry to be a part of at this particular time, given the tremendous changes underway to develop and employ the so-called “smart grid” …
Also a surprise to hear about the trees there. I assumed, given Geoff Lawson (and his mentor?) are Aussies, that wood chips are readily available. This whole new world is very humbling when all of the different types of plants are taken into account. And learning about all the “dos” and “don’ts” of it. I will be writing later on about what we are doing with vermiculture and the unhappy lesson we learned with just leaves in our back yard …
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