I found these three videos very interesting.
I suppose the most interesting statement in them to me was the statement that all soils throughout the world have enough nutrients to grow healthy plants without adding any fertilizers. That includes sandy soils, rocky soils, even desert soils.
I also found it interesting that almost any plant could be grown without the need to be "manually" (that word is used due to a lack of a better word by me) watered. Even melons in Australia where it has not rained for five years, just by using the dew moisture.
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Well there were more than I thought at first. Here are parts 4-7.
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I am still trying to absorb a lot of this information, the difference in the type of nitrogen needed for annuals and perennials makes me wonder if it is actually a good idea to mix the two?