Philippa Gaywood

so put in the seeds before the sheet mulch?

how do i plant seeds though mulch?? i get you can make holes for plants/seedlings but seeds??

I have been watching Jeoff videos and reading soooo much, i think maybe too much i need to put the computer down and get into the garden..

We live and learn...

Thanks for the video link!

the land is on a slight slope... just digging 'valleys' accross the slope? is this how to put in a swale.

maybe i should look to hiringing a permie person for an hour to show me the way - anyone live in Lake County CA??

thank you soooooo much everyone. so helpful.

So i was going to buy some compost as ours has not even started yet!! so if i put the compost on top with some leaf mulch and then seed??? or the seed first then the compost , leaft mulch... I am a complete beginner but have the passion and energy to do whatever it takes to get it producing.

thanks so much for your advice, Ken.

So it seems that the new on my property is dead, its like rock, red, no creepy crawlies - at all!! i need/want to plant a garden and friut trees, what would be the best thing?

i was thinking of getting hold of a lot of compost and tilling it in and then maybe putting wood chip and/or straw over the top... or green manure and not planting this season...

HELP....

HI Miles.

So we are in Lake County, Northern CA, its quite mountainous here - suppose we are on a 'small' mountain! we have chickens, a cow, getting goats...i have friends who have a yak farm so poo is easy to get!!

Thank you sooooo much for your help...

I would love to pay a permiculture person but our funds need to go into the land at the moment.

OK so i am the very luck owner of a 40 acre, to be, homestead. However i have soil issues.... its woodland with black oak, holly oak and pine and bits of shrub, mainly, the soil is super dry, very red and acidic and thick with oak leaves and pine needles... i want to recondition the soil and get it to work for us. how would i do this over a, say, 2 acre plot.....

Please help.... i'm a complete novice but living my dream, along with a husband, 2 kids, 2 cows, chickens and LGP dogs....

thanks for reading and your much appreciated time.