[MonashCommunityGarden] soils prac in the Monash Permie Garden

[Tim Scott]

Here's the latest back from Jono.
The prac outline/background I sent is attached.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jonathan Brown <jonathan.brown at arts.monash.edu.au>
Date: 15 February 2010 15:26
Subject: Re: soils in the Monash Permie Garden
To: Tim Scott <timscott97 at gmail.com>


mate,

that looks as good as anything i could have hoped for - we are a go with the
prac - i will get back to you in the next little while with more confirmed
details.

Well done

Jono


On 12/02/2010, at 4:31 PM, Tim Scott wrote:

Hi Jono,

Hope this is enough to go off for the unit guide at the moment.  Will write
up some specific Qs to tease out the issues & comparisons better.  Putting
together a prac from scratch is quite challenging!  I'm not sure whether
there's far too much in there for a single prac, whether it's a
comprehensive enough for this stage (or whether you wanted a fully written
prac).

The dryland salinity prac seemed a lot less 'technical'/hands-on than the
others, so I wasn't sure to what degree we should go down the 'permie-theory
in the permie garden' path, as compared with the 'soil testing' to ascertain
soil health & illustrate the impact of specific management techniques.  I
think I've pretty clearly gone down the latter route, and hopefully the
different ways and amounts the beds and surrounds have been managed will
provide for some interesting comparisons & indications of how compost, mulch
& raised beds, in particular, are helping improve soil health & our growing
prospects.

Comments, queries, 'hurry up and get me something on ______', you know my
email & phone number.
Thanks a lot for the opportunity to put something like this together.  Hope
it's ok.

Cheers,

Tim


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Tim Scott
timscott97 at gmail.com
0411 345 983
<Soil Science (2nd year) Prac brief, notes.doc>


Jonathan Brown

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-- 
Tim Scott
timscott97 at gmail.com
0411 345 983
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