Back to Eden Organic Gardening 101 Method with Wood Chips VS Leaves Composting Garden Series # 7
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SOIL FOOD WEB. This is Part 7 of 12 Part Series that will help you understand the PRO'S & CON'S of Back to Eden organic 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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what courses have you taken with Dr. Elaine Ingham
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Mark: This was so helpful (wood chips vs leaves). Wish you were down here in NV or AZ. Would love to hear what you would have to say about growing things in this location. There's definitely a learning curve. I'm just about to start my second year. My daughter and I have totally transformed this place (with wood chips, raised beds, fruit trees, grape vines, etc). Would love to do more. My goal would be a block fenced enclosed acre in the desert that gets 13" of rain a year (here we get under 5" annually), doesn't freeze, and has year round growing. I found the area, I think I'm about 3.5 years away from that move. Linda
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I feel like I'm getting a college course in horticulture. :)
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If the idea basically is to do it as much like nature as possible, wouldnt it be better to mix large wood chips, small wood chips, leaves, and even sawdust together in your mound to better replicate the natural size selection that is found in nature?
Wood chips work, but work better and better as the years go on, because you are starting from scratch with the largest of ingredients. Wouldnt it be better to combine smaller ones that are used up faster and larger ones for future growth? -
Your plants look great. but I believe you have or maybe a lot of people have a misconception of the BTE method of gardening I watch a lot of Paul's videos and I heard him say that where he grows his plants such as lettuce carrots potatoes and such is grown in mulch which he gets from his wood chips another words very small twigs and leaves that he has screened from woodchips . he doesn't need to screen them for his orchards. the woodchips are chipped with the leaves so trees get all they need. Now saying this I will start to collect leaves for my garden and also for my lawn. how did you mulch your leaves .
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167 people like your microscope and 1 person remembers flunking biology.
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Why didn't you grow a cover crop in the wood chips to help build the soil there. Have yo ever had a problem with squash borers, and if so what did you do about it? They wipe out my crop.
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Really interesting video. The microscope bit just got me; that is exactly the kind of analysis I need to see to fully understand. Well done! Please keep learning and sharing!
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what is the name and model number of microscope that you are using ? thank you
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thank you for posting
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I've been doing the BTE method for over four years now. I have found that the leaves give much faster results because they break down so quickly. Once the chips thoroughly break down, they seem to deliver as well as the leaves. I think both are great at enriching the soil so I use whichever is readily available. ..from a former NJ girl.
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Brilliantly done!
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Mark, rookie here, and your videos have been very helpful to me. I do have a question for you. You use the Field Peas to help the potatoes grow. But I'm confused why then we can't just let weeds stay in the ground. Would they not also help? I get the field peas provide nitrogen but do not weeds do the same? I guess I'm just confused why some things compete for nutrients but other things help. any insight would helpful. THanks sir!
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Awesome mark!!! Love it. And to think when i lived in south jersey we would pile our fall leaves in the road and the town pocks them up and takes them to the land fill! Crazy stupid! If folks need leaves and live in camden county wait till fall and you can fine your hearts desire in front of peoples homes...for free!
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Fantastic video on the soil food web! It would be very interesting for my kids to see the microbial activity in real time under a microscope. Thanks for sharing!
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Do you think leaves are twice as good as wood chips for a back to eden garden? Kind of looked that way. Or is that leaves break down quicker?
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So glad you got some rain!
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thanks for taking the time to share. you are professor mark
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Did your dog go on strike? Cool video, love anything soil food web related. People think you're crazy talking about all that stuff..."just throw some NPK and forget it" they say. Have a good 4th!
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Interesting presentation, Mark!
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