The results from the second Book Club poll are in!
This post shares the poll results for the second installment of the Book Club series and also announces the extended time window for each book going forward.
First of all, for those that missed it. The winner for the second Book Club selection turned out to be “The Soul of Soil: A Soil-Building Guide for Master Gardeners and Farmers” !
The winner:
Secondly, I asked all you good people if you would prefer that the book club would have a two month window for reading/reviewing each book rather than one month and it turns out that 2 months is the preferred time frame at this point.
Thanks to everyone that voted and commented to provide feedback so we can enhance and optimize our book club adventure learning about useful topics together.
That means that the first book club selection ( The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds: 322 Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, Flowers, Trees, and Shrubs by Robert E. Gough) will have it’s time window for reading and reviewing extended until the end of May, making our next selection on the topic of soil the book that we will read during the months of June and July.
I am excited to learn about empowering, humbling, practical and inspiring subject matter along side of you in the months ahead.
Wishing you all abundant spring time harvests and excellent germination rates! :)
Happy reading everyone!
If you are a new subscriber or missed my past posts on Book Club and are wondering what I am talking about, here is a link to the post where I introduce and describe the concept and intent behind this series:
I'm about halfway through "The Living Soil Handbook" What a boatload of good information that is.
I have created soil lasagna. On the bottom, dead wood, around that, straw, backyard soil, ash, sawdust, peat moss. (every layer has some peat moss) Above that is soil from Bancroft that should be loaded with minerals, mixed with compost. Just under the top layer is some living soil that I didn't disturb any more than I had to. On top is a thin layer of backyard soil mixed with peat moss and on top of that is 3" of straw. All covered tightly with glass.
This is four 3'x8' raised beds, I will do a mound when I get these all done.
I have plants that could go in now but I want to let it stew for a bit. Compost tea brewing for the event.
I expect it all to die so I will not be disappointed with any eventuality.
Oh, 7 apple trees are alive and will probably make it. They were a little scrawny but I'm giving them outside sun every day if there is any.