Eventually I did find a state park that had one loop open for dry camping with no water, power or dump station. At the same time, there was an Octoberfest going on so the single road on the west shore was packed, and the private RV parks had no vacancy. October first was considered the end of the summer tourist season, so a large percentage of the public campgrounds were shut down for the winter. When I arrived in the South Lake Tahoe area, it became apparent that I misjudged the availability of places to camp. Street scenes here, especially near UC Davis look like something from another country. I was astounded by the thick packs of bicycle riders everywhere! It turns out that Davis California has the highest percentage of citizens that pedal to work of any town in America. Departing from Vacaville, I passed through the college town of Davis. In the meanwhile, we’ve chosen to include a favorite compost crop in the new 2010 Spring / Summer Organic Seed Collection so you, too, can start to rebuild your soil from the ground up.I’ve always enjoyed the beauty of Lake Tahoe, so I figured on spending the weekend on the California side. In the coming weeks, you’ll see more blog entries about the specifics of the workshop, with plenty of pictures. – I thought, “there’s no way in hell I’m giving up space for these crops.” By the time they were finished with me, I was so excited about it, I was actually dreaming at night about threshing wheat and other grains. When I first found out that in order to grow your own soil, you need to dedicate 60% of your growing space to growing compost crops – that is, wheat, corn, quinoa, vetch, fava beans, oats, rye, etc. avoid bringing in new materials for starters), and grow compost crops that will be cut down to feed the compost bin, which in turn will replenish the lost soil from the garden, we can actually reverse the damage that’s being done – at least in our own backyards. If we focus on our garden as a closed looped system (i.e. We might think that we can’t do anything about it, but we actually can. We’re losing top soil and deserts are expanding. Out of all the information I learned over the three day workshop, I would have to say that the main message I gleaned was that we have to grow our own soil. John Jeavons demonstrating soil conditioning on 1/2 of a 100 square foot bed.
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