Back to Eden Organic Gardening 101 Method with Wood Chips VS F.L. Deep Mulch Gardening Series # 9

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FIXING 1st Year Problems. This is Part 9 of 12 Part Series that will help you understand the PRO'S & CON'S of Back to Eden organic deep mulch gardening method with wood chips to composting just Fall leaves. Great start for beginners Tour our secrets for organic soil & growing gardening vegetables 101 documentary with pest control. Looking into soil food web & soil health in a no till organic garden. diy garden. Organic gardening and farming.

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Love your videos, /thanks for sharing. I live in Central Kentucky I have a large single family garden. Its 100' x 100'. We grow our typical items in rows such as corn,beans,tomatoes,peppers,squash,potatoes,and so on. We do till once a year during the planting time and have a great harvest yearly. But i want to get away from tilling and I want to put leaves on my garden to assist with weeds. We are not certified organic but we dont use weed killer or pesticides. Its now January and because of health reasons I did not get my cover crop on and I have an abundance of leaves still on the ground in my woods. Can I still put leaves down now and be ready for spring,

what about a wood chip/leaf/compost mulch that is tilled 2-3 inches into the soil and piled a max 8 inches high.

wouldn't that increase worm activity to break the soil up faster...for the compost will add organic matter quickly drawing worms, and the leaf will add a long term source of food and the wood chips an even longer source of food all supporting the food web and immediate growth because you can plant right into the compost you just laid, gain the plant building and the worm tilling benefits?

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How is then that Paul has transformed his clay into over 24 inches of soil

I will add to my comments about my clayzone changing. I live in Texas and during the summer the soil in my raised beds crack with very deep cracks. No amount of watering will get rid or the cracks completely. When this does happen, my compost falls into the deep cracks. Maybe this is what has conditioned the clayzone.

I beg to differ. I have been applying compost twice a year in a raised bed for seven years. Before, a pitch fork could not penetrate the clayzone in a dry time. Now my pitch fork easily penetrates the clayzone during the driest of times. And when I dug down to where the clayzone is, the top two inches have changed.

I didn't think mychorrizal fungi could grow without perennials. Also do the macro organism (worms, bettles) not bring organic matter into the soil? or compost fall through spaces in the soil aggregates.

What about tillage radishes? That is what I am going to try in my cover crop mix on land that has never been tilled or farmed, the ground is very hard.

U r spending a lot of time and energy trying build your soil n hopes of eventually it will be up to standard. Y not just start with a location that had great soil to begin with and spend your time growing great veggies?

when you plant cover crops, does that create "weeds" next year when your trying to grow something else?

So I love your videos! I am experiencing some on those same BTE challenges. I planted a winter cover crop (hairy vetch, winter peas, winter rye) for the first time in one area with bindweed. I was wondering what cc you would consider if there were a lot of thistles? TIA!

As always: It's a pleasure watching. I wish these kind of videos would have views in the millions... World might be better off!

Thank you so much for posting these videos. I've learned a lot already and can't wait to see more. I just started with a back to eden garden this year by laying down my wood chips, and will be going to find some cover crop seed for the winter. Any suggestions for someone in southern Ontario Canadian as to what to plant for a cover crop?

I love your approach, Mark! I look forward to seeing your results next year.

Hey man...still enjoying the videos. those sunflowers look mighty healthy. My cover cropping is coming up soon. Trying out premium soil builder mix that OneYardRevolution uses. Look forward to the rest of the series.

You emphasize that it is living roots and mycorrhizal fungi that create soil structure. But is it only specific plants that generate mycorrhizae? The reason I ask Is that have come across vacant fields or lots that haven't been cut for perhaps 10 - 15 years or longer, often growing 3 or more ft high, and their soil is still pretty much hard and claylike. They are loaded with grasses and all sorts of plant life I couldnt name. These are a permanent soil cover and I imagine there are lots of living roots throughout the cold northeast winter. Why isn't this soil really good?

You have got to love the mulch from leaf and wood chips for keeping the moisture in the ground.

Thank you i feel like i am listening to a professer at a collage only better the info is shared freely and you make it so understandable and give awesume word pictures i am a true dyslexic and love your content please don't stop my veggie gatden is going to benefit greatly jannie oceans of love from florida

thanks for explaining the difference between soil building and compost.

I'm slowly grasping the soil vs mulch concept, thanks to you! I've been sowing a winter cover crop around my allotment, though it's a bit slow to germinate in this late UK heat. Would you recommend sowing the same cover crop around my winter vegetables, eg swede, turnip, kale, or is that unnecessary?

I bought some clover seed to add to my raised beds. Would falls be a good time? Or add in Spring with sunflower? Planting winter rye in a box seems cumbersome. I assume you til your rye when you need access for your seedlings?