A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Jan White wrote:You've got a wide range of materials in your beds, probably lots of fungi and microbes, so this might not be an issue for you, but those ferns you're using look like bracken. Bracken has ptaquiloside which has allelopathic effects on other plants. It's a very tough plant. The ptaquiloside is released from rhizomes, stems, and leaves as they break down. Three years in, there are still some plants that just will not grow in our soil where bracken was cleared - mostly root crops and ornamental bulbs. Fruiting plants like tomatoes and squash were fine right from the start. Our irises struggled on pathetically and this year started to look okay. Our soil is extremely poor to begin with, so you may not have any problems. I'd go easy with it though :)
Jesse Ray wrote:
Jan White wrote:You've got a wide range of materials in your beds, probably lots of fungi and microbes, so this might not be an issue for you, but those ferns you're using look like bracken. Bracken has ptaquiloside which has allelopathic effects on other plants. It's a very tough plant. The ptaquiloside is released from rhizomes, stems, and leaves as they break down. Three years in, there are still some plants that just will not grow in our soil where bracken was cleared - mostly root crops and ornamental bulbs. Fruiting plants like tomatoes and squash were fine right from the start. Our irises struggled on pathetically and this year started to look okay. Our soil is extremely poor to begin with, so you may not have any problems. I'd go easy with it though :)
Oh dang... well I didn’t put a ton... only about an inch or two layer underneath the maple leaves. Hopefully the chicken compost and worms I’ll be adding can help to them break down into something more inert. 🤞🏻
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Jan White wrote:Bracken has ptaquiloside which has allelopathic effects on other plants. It's a very tough plant. The ptaquiloside is released from rhizomes, stems, and leaves as they break down. Three years in, there are still some plants that just will not grow in our soil where bracken was cleared
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