Why I Prefer Leaves over Rock Dust to Remineralize Soil

1. What about mineral density? A pound of leaves takes up lots of space compared to rock dust.
2. LOVE this video. Awesome info.
3. I would choose to use both...John kolar has expressed great feedback regarding rock dust. I think it depends what rock dust your using, has it been activated into your soil...have you used enough of it...these tests sound a bit questionable to me personally.
4. my leaves are just picked up in my backyard... fuck i get to many its worse then snow ha. as soon as fall comes along its a never ending endeavor until winter while with snow last year i only had to clean the drive way 3-4 times
5. I live in the Pacific Northwest. We have TONS and TONS of trees. In my yard we have many invasive maple species, which can grow quite tall, and send down a strong tap root very quickly. Last year I used our leaves to mulch the garden beds and come spring- I had HUNDREDS if not thousands (yes, that's correct) of them growing in my garden. Ugh....
   This year we acquired a used wood chipper that has a leaf shoot. I'm hoping chopping them to bits will make fewer of the seed helicopters viable next year.
   Thanks again for the fine video Patrick.
   Sorry for all my comments. As the season winds down, it's when I process, plan and research. Unfortunately for you, you're one of my favorite examples. Lol. Good luck!
6. F my ass, there's more than one way to grow top shelf veggies.....carbon sequest. edibles in vermont will take the pepsi challenge with ANYONE ANYWHERE!
   "... a one-pound stone might have a surface area of 12 square inches. Ground to about 200 mesh, it would have a surface area of about 8 acres. One ton would therefore have a surface area of 16,000 acres. The significant thing about that 16,000 acres is that it is all freshly-broken stone with the useful elements exposed right on the surface. These elements are readily available for extraction by the microorganisms."
   
   - John Hamaker
   The Survival of Civiliza
7. Remineralization Revitalizes Living Systems: Remineralization is a global initiative carried out through local land management practices which revitalize biologic ecosystems. Increased nutrient value in food imparts health up and down the food chain. The sustainable local sourcing of mineral rich rock dusts for agriculture and forestry contributes to good health locally. Globally, it supports geo-therapy initiatives aimed at capturing atmospheric carbon, stabilizing the climate by reducing atmospheric greenhouse gases. SOIL HAS THE GREATER POTENTIAL TO CAPTURE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON THAN ANY MAN MADE TECHNOLOGY. ROCK DUST LOCAL SUPPORTS BIOLOGIC FARMING and FORESTRY INITIATIVES
8. http://rockdustlocal.com/index.html
9. I am not a rock dust fan, Other than I feel it makes my soil a little easier to work (and is superior to sand) I think its a little unfair to give it a F on distance. Its available, usually for free at many gravel pits everywhere as filings near grinders and crushers. Its not ultra-fine dust often however.
10. Depending on how much effort you put into collecting and processing leaves, you could factor that time and energy into the cost. If you have abundant free time to spend on it, it's not much of a cost but if you have to take time away from other things to spend it collecting leaves, the cost of dust could quickly become moot. I think the grading system needs more range too. The environmental cost of the dust seems more like a Z in comparison to the leaves being an A.
11. amazing video...iam kind of dissapointed there is no guitar solo tho
12. This video is amazing. Thank you.
13. There are vids up on you tube which state that rock dust doesnt work or that its not obvious to the observer running the tests that its worth the expense. For my personal composting I go to my local town park in the fall and gather leaves , its only 3 mi from my house so not much expense in the way of gas. Its just my personal labor involved using my own bags. I wish I could find a better way to mulch the leaves though. I have been putting them in a large tote and using my weed trimmer to mulch them. Im not sure what the investment would be for a chipper shredder but Im guessing it would rather expensive just for mulching of leaves.
14. Attention passionate defenders of rock dust... I somehow doubt this video was made with the intention of offending your sensibilities. Seems more directed at providing answers for someone more interested in lessening their impact on the environment while still adding some minerals to their garden.
15. I may try the green leaves as a composting agent. The trees are so invasive I'm not really concerned about harming them. Rather, this could be a great renewable free resource for this purpose.
16. Interesting point, the Russian Olive puts between 180 and 260 lbs of nitrogen per acre back into the ground every year! Wow
17. I was researching nitrogen fixing plants and the Russian Olive tree came up as one of the highest nitrogen fixers around. I saw evidence if this this spring.My folks have about 7 acres behind their house with mostly Russian olives. About 2 years ago they cut many of them down and where the stumps stick up there is very lush, green clumps of grass. My question is do Russian olive leaves also contain high amounts of nitrogen?
18. I think it is very tricky to compare leaves and rock dust, leaves as carbon source are already ready to break down, while rock dust takes beneficial soil organisms like microbes, bacteria, fungi, mycorrhizae and etc. to be broken down and incorporated. In other word, this process takes longer time than leaves but by no means is less effective, Anyway, time frame still does not decrease the great significance of the rock dust minerals, which over time becomes golden addition in soil. I would say, both of them would make a harmony
    And what about gaia green glacial rock dust? I do not think they use same methods which you demonstrate, to blast them out and they come from very pure source
    Also nature really designed in its best way, but humans depleted those recourses, so are those leaves as rich as they were many decades ago?
19. "nature" is a euphemism for God.
20. Yay leaves!
    My neighbors think I'm crazy when I take their leaves!