Secret of  Healthy soil : Carbon hoarding
Channel: Khandige Vikas Bhat
Date: 2011-09-11

Fertile forest floor soil dosent need digging .
Even  fingers r good enough for scooping out the soft porous earth in our forest farm
When rain falls it is soaked up by the carbon- mulch in the soil-no FLOOD causing flow off here.

Thanks to the HUGE deposit of carbon n mulch stashed away in the soil.
carbon =rich soil=real inflation proof wealth=real security-!!!!!!!!!



how to hoard,sequester or accumilate,save up, or squirrel away  this precious resource.???
How to recreate a semblence of a forest floor?

same strategy  adopted with sick patients-arrest deterioration,stablize existing reserves and gradually n steadily build up strength.

1)stop using urea,npk,and all other synthetic fertilizers- these dangerous chemicals will leach away what ever little carbon is already there in your soil.

2)stop soil erosion .this another way that what ever u already have is not washed away.u can  dig trenches,swales,pits n holes hedges n cantouring and all.c seperate videos i made on water harvesting and hedges for how to do.

3)plant as many trees as possible.as many species as possible.these trees will gather sunlight n atmospheric carbon n drop to ground as dry leaves.also wood  is compressed carbon. mostly. money grows on trees.its true.real money.

4)locate cheapest carbon source to buy or haul away to your land.make sure its not toxified stuff .like industrial sludge,heavily pesticided vegetable waste etc.
we used locally available stuff likecoconut husk,coir powder,dry leaves,dead wood,sawdust powder,groundnut shells-any plant origin stuff is ok.
When we started the organic farming about 25 years back,wood dust and shavings,coconut coir powder and groundnut shells were free.people would even pay to have it hauled away.
BUT those happy days are now OVER..
now it costs appeoximately rs 5 to 8 per kg for saw wood powder.other carbon rich 'waste" is also NO Longer available for free.u got to pay now a days.There
is plenty of demand devloped in last 2 decades .
This trend will only intensify as more people realize that they CAN NOT get(due to shortage) or afford(due to broke) their annual fix of addicting synthetic chemical inputs.


Get as much as possible of above and feed to your farmland.

This feeding the soil can be done by just spreading the mulch or whatever u got on the ground.Termites will then take it underground on your behalf.
 or u can feed this carbon rich stuff to  vermi compost pit or tank.-depending on the siteuation u decide.

This practise can be done till the earth turns dark brown -like in above video.usually needs 5 to 10 years depending on how degraded is the farmland.after it reaches an optimum level of carbon richness u can discontinue this practice.once trees come up they will do the needful by generating a nice free perenniel and renewable source of mulch in the form of dry leaves that they shed.
5)regularly prepare jeeva amritha or panchagavya soup with cowdung,cow urine,and all as shown by shri Palekar.OR u can buy EM concentrate(effective helpful microorganisms and apply.this micro-organisms fix atmospheric nitrogen and does other such beneficial work in the soil.there by enRICHING ur soil and wallet.
in conclusion
 SAY NO TO:::::::::::::::::::::::
soil ruining
ALGAL BLOOM causing,
fish killing,stream choking,
river clogging,
money draining,
soil acidifying,
Beneficial microorganisms killing,
micronutrient leaching

synthetic fertilizers.:can be avoided by skilled gardeners and easy to achieve in a healthy soil and a bio diverse natural farming system.
AND become  carbon rich .
this wealth can not b stolen,taxed or lost easily.its an asset to the owner,the country,the community even the ecosystem and our one and only home-this mother earth.
This type of rich and healthy soil is recommended for successful cultivation of organic vegetables.