Back to Eden Organic Gardening 101 Method with Wood Chips VS Leaves Composting Garden Series #5

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1. Thank you for all the helpful info!! Question, we have a new garden plot that has had about 6 inches of wood mulch on top for the past 6 months or so then lots of weeds we just cut short. We know we need to layer LOTS more before spring planting. My question is, do we deep mulch it right away then stop layering to plant a cover crop like winter rye or just keep layering and layering all winter. We have no tress at all in this area and awful soil. We appreciate your wisdom! The plot is not too large maybe about 20 ft by 20 ft.
2. Mark, one of your videos shows you planting squash in appear weed barrier after you'v e knocked down clover. Will you please tell me your source and name of that rolled paper?
   thanks
3. Your series is so informative, thanks so much
4. I learn so much from your videos. Thanks for answering my question and for the great info.
5. Do you cut the vegetable plant to the ground leaving the roots in the ground when it's season is over or do you pull out the whole veg. plant (ex. tomatoes ) at the end of the season?
6. what crops in your knowledge can survive frost so that I may keep a living root in the ground over winter....it's about 32°F night time temperature for three months in Johannesburg south Africa.... regards....thanks for your awesome channel
7. i dump whole leaves on mine in fall and then take lawnmover with mulching blade and shred very fine and then overwinter. in spring i lightly rake the top and whatever not composted i revisit with lawnmower and mulch to fine . then spring clean up in my yard gets all dumped into my beds and mulched. and i let my chickens process beds to even finer grain as i add chicken hay and waste.
8. when you put the leaves down, how did you keep it from blowing away
9. REally looking forward to seeing how this turns out this year. I'll keep you upated on my potato experiment. Cheers
10. love your videos Mark, thanks. ABout to plant some potatoes. I'm gonna try the back to eden method, I have 2 10 ft beds of wood chips put down last year. I'm also going to try a no dig method on top of a layer of cardboard and compost covered with straw. It will be interesting to see which does better
11. Very nice video thank you for sharing thumbs up👍😊
12. Hi there. What do you do with eg. tomato plants that have finished growing. Do you pull them out or just snip off the tops and leave the roots in the ground?
13. Great series. I have a much better understanding of how it works now. You are a great teacher.
14. Awesome Mark!
    I happened to come across some info on that Liquid carbon pathway you so well described in your last video in this series.
    
    http://amazingcarbon.com/PDF/JONES-LiquidCarbonPathway(AFJ-July08).pdf
    
    As you can see the LCP functions quite a bit differently that the labile carbon represented by the decomposing leaves and wood chips, yet both help each other. There are other benefits as well:
    
    http://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2013/08/mycorrhizal-fungi-the-worlds-biggest-drinking-straws-and-largest-unseen-communication-system.html
15. wonder how layers of wood chips and leaf mold combined would do?
16. Really enjoy seeing and hearing your Back to Eden organic gardening method. You do a nice job of explaining. Love the meat thermometer idea too. :)
17. Looks great Mark! Love the diversity of growing/mulch mediums. The speed of breakdown is really impressive for the leaf mold while the wood chips provide a more steady and longer term benefit. Your techniques are solid and appreciate your efforts!
18. Great stuff, Mark! Your leaves are much more decomposed than mine. Do you shred them in addition to tilling them? Have you considered adding some low tunnels to get an earlier start on the season? The soil under our low tunnels is around 60 degrees.