I plan on moving to coast of British Columbia, Canada in August of this
year and there is on the coast an intimate and powerful connection
between the salmon runs and the fertility of the soil. The way it has
happened out there for thousands of years is that the salmon have come
inland from years out in the deep sea, up the streams and rivers that
they were born into to spawn and die. Their bodies then get washed into
the surrounding soil or they are killed and eaten by bears and birds
and their carcasses are dragged deep into the woods to be deposited at
the foot of old growth trees thousands of years old. If core samples
are taken of the trees you can actually trace back 2 thousand years to
times when the salmon runs were extremely large by seeing how much
growth happened in that year. You can also examine the samples for
trace elements that you can only be found in the deep ocean.
I plan on using this powerful connection between the soil fertility ,
sea, salmon and other critters when I am out there. As well as of
course sound biodynamic practice.
