Back to Eden Organic Gardening 101 Method with Wood Chips VS Leaves Composting Garden Series Part 3

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BUILDING SOIL/REAL FACTS. Part 3 of a 12 Part Series that will help you understand the PRO'S & CON'S of Back to Eden organic gardening 101 method with wood chips to composting just Fall leaves. Great start for beginners Tour our secrets for organic soil grow & gardening vegetables 101 documentary with pest control. Looking into soil food web & soil health in organic garden. diy garden Mycorrhizal link: http://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2013/08/mycorrhizal-fungi-the-worlds-biggest-drinking-straws-and-largest-unseen-communication-system.html

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Another great video!!!!!

Hello. I'm new to gardening. I just watched this video and saw your advise not to dig up the soil. I just dug up the soil of an old gardenbed, hoping to break up the thick clay. A few weeds were vacating the bed aswell but I dug them out. Now I'm having regrets about that. Do you have any advice on how I can amend my mistreatment to my soil?

Great video. Glad your Organic, and the earth is too.

I just mulched some new beds with fall leaves. I planned to let them sit all winter, and then dig them into the soil in the spring. Will that speed up the process or hinder it?

I think like you.....visual learner....well explained. Thank you

thanks for taking so much time and care in explaining how all this works!
Appreciated :)

HUMMMM. how about a combination of woodchips and leaves?

Awesome way to illustrate what's going on in the soil. Kudos...

Hi Mark, just got 5 yards of ash wood chips, now in a pile in the yard. Plan to spread them later in the fall over beds already mulched a couple of inches with hay and wood chips. Will raise the mulch to 4-5 inches with these chips. My question is whether to leave the chips alone till then, or would it be better to try to get the chips to compost as much as I can ahead of time, by adding some organic nitrogen and other compost stimulating substances. Your thoughts?

I am wondering if Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke) do the same thing as sunflowers? I thought that they were related. Do you know?

Thank you so much. This answers a lot of questions for me. I have one more: In one of your videos you planted clover with strawberries. Did that limit your yield?

Just found your channel. finished 1-3 videos and watching the rest today. I purchased an old farm that nothing has been grown on for over 12 years. I have a 3 acrea field thats has grass and has been mowed bi-weekly for all these years. I want to start prepping it for a garden next year 2017. the soil is a red clay-sand mix, I want to do organic. Question is should I cover it with wood chips, saw dust, leaves, card board news paper, etc.this yea?. do I need to lime it? any help will be appricated. p.s. all the farmers around here say spray it with round up and then till it. not asking any of them for anymore advice. you say organic they all just laugh and say good luck. Help me bust their bubbles, lol.

Hi Mark,
Great vid. I now understand the importance of a living root. Because of this, would u recommend allowing weeds/crabgrass to grow in a vegetable garden rather than pulling? I was thinking about pulling them once they turn to seed. Your thoughts? Thanks

Well done!

Keep making these videos!

is there a reason you are not doing a third area covered in a mix of wood chips and leaves? I tend to believe the results for the mix will out perform the other 2.

Is the initial fungi called mycelium? Do you use a brix meter to check the nutrient density? I'll bet your veggies are off the chart!!

Brilliant series!

i just sub'd. this series is awesome. Thanks for sharing!

Hi, I would like more information on how to use the Back To Eden Gardening Method in raised beds, from preparing to mainitaining the beds to planting, via transplants and seeds through to harvesting. I love these videos you have been doing explaining the soil food web. I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to the rest of the videos in this series! Your help is very appreciated!