Here's a video of Paul Stamets talking about composting wood chips.
http://www.realitysandwich.com/video/scenes_growing_edge
You can find a lot of info I've written up on the concept of living water a=
nd the Vortex Brewer at this link www.VortexBrewer.com/microbe
Tim's right, evidence of the benefits of allowing water to circulate is mos=
tly subject, but Nature is a mysterious arena. As is water. The Vortex Brew=
er doesn't make a vortex, it allows it, as a river meanders or eddies. This=
is how water wants to move. When you respect what water wants, as opposed =
to what we want to get out of it, magical things happen. That may be biased=
, and subjective, but it has been my experience.
By telling ourselves we can measure everything directly we set ourselves up=
for unnecessary frustration, and the potential of taking our potential for=
granted. The deeper and further we look the less we know.
The Vortex Brewer does create higher DO using the same air pump and volume =
of water relative to brewing stagnantly. Without using air diffusers.
As we say, Life is Motion. Motion is Life. The Vortex Brewer is Life in Mot=
ion. Stir it up!
Evan
www.VortexBrewer.com/microbe
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Edward" <Rberge9640_at_...> wrote:
>
> Concerning Wood Chips:
>
> The soilandhealth group recently posted a very good link to a video that =
is related to wood chips and compost:
>
> http://www.backtoedenfilm.com/
>
> The secret seems to be, not to work the wood chips too deep in the soil, =
because as has been stated it will tie up too much nitrogen. Just keep th=
em on top as a mulch, and let them break down slowly. It has been my exper=
ience that this takes several years. And as the microbes which break down =
the wood chips multiply they attract worms. It appears that they breakdown=
faster the second and and third year with the increase of microbes. Just =
as depicted in the video, I have been able to weed very easily where I have=
used the wood chips for three years. Not so in the same soils where I hav=
e used manure and compost.
>
> Dick Bergeron
>
Received on Fri Oct 07 2011 - 14:35:19 EDT