In April of 1815 on Sumbawa Island in the area we know call Indonesia, an event occurred that influenced literary and movie history. Mount Tambora blew its top with such incredible force and spewed out so much volcanic ash that it continued to impact the world’s climate the following year. In North America and Europe,
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When it comes to survival gardening, it all begins with dirt. Once you’ve gotten yourself completely off the grid, you might be generating enough electricity to consider hydroponics. Until that time, you’re stuck with good old-fashioned dirt if you’re looking for a reliable medium to grow your veggies in good times, bad times, and worse times. For such an essential substance, dirt sure takes a beating in the English language. If you look the word up in your standard dictionary, odds are good that three out of four of the first definitions aren’t going to
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Once you know basic soil types and characteristics, as we’ve outlined in another article, you have several response strategies, and will probably end up using more than one: Harvest what already grows, and expand or reduce its extent as appropriate. Plant according to soil types and growing conditions you find. Till and amend your soil
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Volumes have been written about soil classification and competing systems have been devised for different purposes. The prevailing system in the U.S. includes some 13,000 “series”—roughly comparable to species in biology—grouped into 11 soil orders. You may not need to start with that level of detail if you want to go “back to the land”,
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