Biggest amendment that I could possibly suggest would be silica!!!!!!!!!
With silica you get stronger more durable plants that are able to withstand stress and drought way easier.
If you ever have a plant that is totally dehydrated and flat you can always give it some b vitamins and silica in the water and the thing will perk right back up. In fact I've actually had quite a few cannabis plants that I nearly killed that came back perfectly with no lasting damage or even any slowdown of growth.
Next up biochar!!!!! Yep start saving all of the Dead material. All of your stacks leaves and so forth just start drying it out. I noticed that since you were clearing land and all the rest of it just keep doing exactly that and piling up all that organic matter.
Then use it to make biochar which you are only going to partially burn it.
After that adding in some bone meal. Oh yeah you've got a ton of those mice that would work really well.
I'm not sure if you want to get rabbits and chickens but all of the bones skin feathers and waste material can be dried and then ground and used e soil amendments. As well chicken s*** is really hot and needs to be composted quite a bit for at least one year I believe before it can be used. However rabbit poop is phenomenal and can easily be used the same day. We used to have rabbit hutches and the bottom of the cage was actually a collection feed straight into bags. The hutches were inside however the poop would roll down a funnel and then outside into a bag that happened to be sitting in the sun. Drying it out and when the bag was about half full we directly applied it to the garden!
Let alone getting others chelated micronutrients.
After that you should only have to really have to sit back and enjoy. Hopefully you are doing companion planting and starting to look into more ground cover because as that ground cover continues to put in Roots grow and die it helps to start fortifying and building the soil.
Absolutely phenomenal job. There is a massive amount of effort however there is always the opportunity of you having known individuals come out for specified amounts of time to work on certain projects helping you get ahead without costing you a huge amount of financing for labor.
Work trade is important!
Personally I can't wait for me and puppy dog to finally get land as well!!!!
WOW these are great ideas. I did not know about silica, I am going to look into that. Cody and I were just talking about what kind of animals to raise out here, and we have thought about rabbits before, but being able to use their sh*t straight out of their asses is seriously a huge win. Great idea!
Yes, biochar! I was actually going to make a ton of it last year, and it slipped my mind. It is so easy to make, so I am ON THAT.
Thanks for the ideas and yes it is seriously a ton of work, what I like to call a labor of love. One day, you will have land of your own.
Absolutely love to help inspire others! And as well help out people I know that are doing good things in a good way.
Funny how many opportunities you have around you. You truly are blessed.
And the more you start writing about this the more you have the rest of us to float ideas by and get some idea of which direction to go.
Big projects require a lot of people. And you have a huge project here.