|
|
Win a copy of Sourdough Without Fail this week in the Bread forum!"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
11
How Permies works: https://permies.com/wiki/34193/permies-works-links-threads
My projects on Skye: The tree field, Growing and landracing, perennial polycultures, "Don't dream it - be it! "
15
- Tim's Homestead Journal - Purchase a copy of Building a Better World in Your Backyard - Purchase 6 Decks of Permaculture Cards -
- Purchase 12x Decks of Permaculture Cards - Purchase a copy of the SKIP Book - Purchase 12x copies of Building a Better World in your Backyard
11
How Permies works: https://permies.com/wiki/34193/permies-works-links-threads
My projects on Skye: The tree field, Growing and landracing, perennial polycultures, "Don't dream it - be it! "
11
13
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin. "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
11
4
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin. "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
9
Walter Byrd wrote:In the worst of those beds, the soil is just inches about the ground. I am thinking: why not just tear down this excuse for a raised bed, and make a mound. Seems like it would be way less expensive, and less trouble, than these raised beds.
- Tim's Homestead Journal - Purchase a copy of Building a Better World in Your Backyard - Purchase 6 Decks of Permaculture Cards -
- Purchase 12x Decks of Permaculture Cards - Purchase a copy of the SKIP Book - Purchase 12x copies of Building a Better World in your Backyard
8
Celtic/fantasy/folk/shanty singing at Renaissance faires, fantasy festivals, and other events in OR and WA, USA.
RionaTheSinger on youtube.
Pop-up garden/vintage+ yard stand owner.
3
Riona Abhainn wrote:I've concluded that in order to grow directly in most of the dirt in my small yard I'd have to do a crap ton of mixing and physical work getting functional compost into the ground, the dirt in my yard has been covered by grass since I-don't-know-when and its very hardpacked. Growing in raised beds and containers is just a better method for me realistically as someone whose gardening on my own.
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
5
3
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
9
Celtic/fantasy/folk/shanty singing at Renaissance faires, fantasy festivals, and other events in OR and WA, USA.
RionaTheSinger on youtube.
Pop-up garden/vintage+ yard stand owner.
1
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
4
The First Axiom of Life: Don’t do dumb things.
8
Walter Byrd wrote: In the worst of those beds, the soil is just inches about the ground. I am thinking: why not just tear down this excuse for a raised bed, and make a mound. Seems like it would be way less expensive, and less trouble, than these raised beds.
Visit Redhawk's soil series: https://permies.com/wiki/redhawk-soil
How permies.com works: https://permies.com/wiki/34193/permies-works-links-threads
6
The First Axiom of Life: Don’t do dumb things.
8
Celtic/fantasy/folk/shanty singing at Renaissance faires, fantasy festivals, and other events in OR and WA, USA.
RionaTheSinger on youtube.
Pop-up garden/vintage+ yard stand owner.
9
However, one thing an edging of some sort does, is remind people *not* to walk on the beds, but only in the path.
One way I have found to improve my clay soil, is to dig a pit. 1 1/2 feet deep is about as good as it gets on my land, but I've seen people quote 3 feet, and only a foot to 2 feet wide. Fill it with punky wood and goodies that will attract worms.
7
Walter Byrd wrote: I have clay soil, and it tends to become "hard pan." I also have lots of wood chunks. At first I put lawn cloth under my beds, to keeps weeds down. But it did not stop the weeds, and limited how deep roots could grow. I took out the lawn cloth, but the "soil" was clay and became hard as a rock.
Visit Redhawk's soil series: https://permies.com/wiki/redhawk-soil
How permies.com works: https://permies.com/wiki/34193/permies-works-links-threads
11
11
'What we do now echoes in eternity.' Marcus Aurelius
How Permies Works Dr. Redhawk's Epic Soil Series
11
Visit Redhawk's soil series: https://permies.com/wiki/redhawk-soil
How permies.com works: https://permies.com/wiki/34193/permies-works-links-threads
7
Anne Miller wrote:So no free chip drop in your area?
I wish auto-correct would fix my car.
8
Country oriented nerd with primary interests in alternate energy in particular solar. Dabble in gardening, trees, cob, soil building and a host of others.
9
Jay Angler wrote:I am reading Patrick Whitefields, How to make a forest garden. He talks about taking topsoil off the top of paths and adding it to the planting areas beside the paths, and then using the path to double as shallow drainage ditches for heavy storms. So Joylynn Hardesty is not alone in her solution to this problem.
We've been trending towards bigger storms, so managing slopes and *choosing* where to send unexpected water is becoming more important. Slowing it, so it is stored deeper in your soil, is an asset also.
I wish auto-correct would fix my car.
|
this tiny ad is trying to guide you away from the dark side!
montana community seeking 20 people who are gardeners or want to be gardeners
https://permies.com/t/359868/montana-community-seeking-people-gardeners
|
