Back to Eden Organic Gardening Secrets 101 Method with Wood Chips - Leaves Composting G. Series # 10

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1. Some grasses can be invasive, do you ever have a problem with the grass spreading and taking over?  Is it a certain type of grass you can use or avoid?
2. It's December today as I watch this video for the first time.  I'm going into my 2nd year of BTE gardening.  I've spread horse manure, then leaves, then wood chips.  I've been told horse manure can hold a lot of seeds and produce weeds in the next season.  Is this good for promoting the fungi and agrigates in the soil, or does it depend on the type of seeds in the manure?  Just wondering if I'm lucking out by not getting a cover crop in for the winter.  Thanks for all the advice!
3. I finally got around to watching Part 10. Great video! What you're sharing here makes sense. It will be interesting to see the results!
4. The best gardening videos on the tube!  I have a question and apologize before hand if I missed it in the video.  My wife and I recently purchased a new house with some acreage.  It has a large number of Black Walnut and Pecan trees on it so I have been looking into plant gilds centered on these trees.  There are some severe limitations as to what plants are compatible with these particular trees but in my research I have come across a number that will work.  In looking at the above list some are in the  endo list while others are in the ecto category.  Is that a problem or an advantage?
5. Hi Mark Thank you for for great detailed explenation. I am starting this fall by putting wood chips in my garden,
   my question to you is... How Do you plant seeds into the woodchips like parsley, celery etc?
   
   Thanks For The Help,
6. GREAT VIDEO! I learned so much.. now to get back to the garden!
7. What are your thoughts on container growing? I don't imagine you'd have a ton to say in your position, but in-ground planting isn't feasible for me. I don't like the thought of using inorganic fertilizers, but I'm not sure compost has much place over the long term in a container garden as quickly as it breaks down structurally.
8. i am super OCD about weeds. i don't want a single one in my garden because i'm afraid they'll take over (i fight bermuda grass all the time). we have a lot of 'volunteer' clover. do you suggest i leave it? or will it 'take over? i'm nervous to leave it :) thx.
9. I have been watching your videos and this is starting to make sense to me. Thank You for sharing
10. Thanks for the list and information. Its interesting to watch you learn before our eyes. I am somewhat confused, after preparing to do the sunflower, winter rye thing, what I should do now. Skip the sunflowers? Plant the native grasses etc? I have hostas that could be moved to the garden area. TIA for anything you can do to help me understand.
11. Yeah Mark! No more sharp shooter to dislodge the 9' okra plants or hand cramps from pulling stuff up. A quick machete chop should get 'er done.
12. I've heard a lot of people recently talking about legumes not being nitrogen-fixing for the soil in general, because they form symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria on their own roots, so the only way that the legume's nitrogen will get back into the soil is if you chop-and-drop. However, based on what you've said throughout this series, would the endomycorrhizal network help to distribute the nitrogen throughout the soil root system? Especially if the legume has more nitrogen than it needs. Thanks for all your hard work producing these videos!
13. Sorry, I don't understand why you're digging up your soil to make a raised bed. Wouldn't it be better just to move the wood chips aside and plant everything into the soil?
14. I've really enjoyed this series, your attention to detail, observations and explanations were fantastic.
15. What a great video, thank you. That list is awesome. The concept of monoculture has never resonated with me, and now I understand why! Looking forward to adding more from the list next year. Quick question for you, in zone 3b, will the clover die off over winter or be more like dandelion and come back stronger next year? Thanks again, I appreciate you effort and information.
16. Your comments reminded me of a question that I have had for a long time...should I leave the root system in the ground of the vegetables I grow like tomatoes, beans, etc? Should I just cut the plants off at ground level when I finish the season and they die back?
17. Great video again. Thank you. A question to see if I did get it right:
    If you plant in the wood chips, You remove the wood chips from the area to be planted in and then bring in additional soil to bring the soil up to the level of the surrounding wood chips? You do not cover the planted (elevated soil) part with wood chips again?
18. Thanks for sharing. You are great man.
19. So today my wife and I agreed to no longer pull plants out of the ground. Where always in the past we have done what you see everywhere; pull the plant and roots out and shake the soil off.
    We no longer do that. We have a planter bed around our porch which was loaded with impatiens flowers which are now spindly as fall approaches. I used a retired kitchen knife to just cut the plants off at the soil level or slightly below. It worked great. We then planted mums from 4" pots in the same bed. There was no issue planting them with the roots of the impatiens still there. It's so obvious now how leaving the roots in the soil leaves behind lots of organic matter and soil improving highways of goodness.
20. awesome and thanks for the list.