I’ve been studying and practicing RA principles for a couple of years now in my own gardens, both food and pollinator, and I have much less work to do now that the worms, fungi, bacteria et. al do most of the work for me. I make microbial teas for soil drenches and foliars (my airlift brewer sounds like the boiling mudpots at Yellowstone, which prompts puzzled looks from my neighbors), and the manure from my ducks has helped too. Adding animals to my gardening efforts has been like closing a loop that I didn’t realize was broken. Anyway, glad to hear that (on the farm at least) you are ever-evolving toward more sustainable and Earth-friendly practices.
I’ve been studying and practicing RA principles for a couple of years now in my own gardens, both food and pollinator, and I have much less work to do now that the worms, fungi, bacteria et. al do most of the work for me. I make microbial teas for soil drenches and foliars (my airlift brewer sounds like the boiling mudpots at Yellowstone, which prompts puzzled looks from my neighbors), and the manure from my ducks has helped too. Adding animals to my gardening efforts has been like closing a loop that I didn’t realize was broken. Anyway, glad to hear that (on the farm at least) you are ever-evolving toward more sustainable and Earth-friendly practices.