We use this technique with great results around our trees. We also incorporate old poultry bedding as well as scythed off grass and weeds, it forms awesome soil at the base of each tree. Great system! 👍
This was one of your best videos. I liked how you went into the bush to show the natural process early on. I have to get out and cut my weeds and cover them soon before they set seed. It’s been wet in Hobart though (October 8th) so I’ll try to get it done next week.
John that was a fabulous video- interesting to be taken into the forest & learn new things. I am about to start a new compost bed & will re-watch this beforehand. Cheers Denise- Geebung
My question is that if you are growing grass around the trees, how to do fertilise the trees? Or you don’t mind if the grass takes up all the fertiliser because you chop and drop the grass anyway? I have always thought trees wanted a nice clear area around them with no grass for competition, and kept them mulched out to the drip line. Your way seems much easier!
Like you said, it doesn't matter that the grass/weed take up some of the fertilizer as they are going straight back as mulch. But mulching as you do is fine too - if you have the resource available.
John, I have become an avid watcher of your videos... they are really fantastic! Your down to earth approach mixed with the tips and tricks you have learnt over a clearly long experience of doing this is compulsive viewing. In am near Bega, southern NSW, but the methods you use are all very applicable here. Your videos have contributed to a major rekindling of my passion for fruit and veg gardening. Thank you, and please keep them coming! Cheers Alec
Hi John, thanks for providing your own experience with using lawn clippings as mulch directly onto fruit trees and other shrubs. My concern has been that this spreads lawn seeds where you don't want grass. I wait until the clippings have browned off, about 2 weeks, before mulching my trees with it.
I know you live in the bush but do you make leaf mould? In and around Hobart and Launceston there are plenty of deciduous trees. I have been doing leaf mould every Autumn 🍂 for the last couple of years
@@homesteading I don’t have a lawnmower or a chipper so I just put them in a chicken wire cage around 1 meter diameter by 1.5 m high. I always get impatient by this time of year as I’m keen to prepare my beds and the leaves aren’t fully broken down, but it seems to work okay. Breaking up organic matter always speeds up the process as you well know.
This is alright if you grow a garden full of Nitrogen rich Plants, But the soil needs much more carbon to grow good soil. Just like people layer compost piles. Carbon 4 - Nitrogen 1.. And if you keep turning over you soil after every crop in grown then that will break up microbe systems already established in your garden. I realize that you have been gardening for years, Maybe a little look at one of your countries Newbies might give you other ideas. " The Weedy Garden " Utube..
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The analogy of the wooden post to describe soil life beneath the surface is very good
Always enjoy watching you in your garden passing on some knowledge and wisdom. Thank you
I've used grass clippings for yrs. The wet mushy stuff as it decays is beautiful "tea" for the gardens and trees.
Its a very important part
Very Informative as usual John, reminded me of David Attenborough. Job well done mate!
Good day my friend, your place looks really good, nice and neat. God bless you.
Great tips!
We use this technique with great results around our trees. We also incorporate old poultry bedding as well as scythed off grass and weeds, it forms awesome soil at the base of each tree. Great system! 👍
This was one of your best videos. I liked how you went into the bush to show the natural process early on. I have to get out and cut my weeds and cover them soon before they set seed. It’s been wet in Hobart though (October 8th) so I’ll try to get it done next week.
Yes, it certainly has been wet so far this month - we had 65mm over the last two days - on top of already wet soil!
I’ve wondered for years how an entire city could be under 20 feet of earth. You’ve made the answer so obvious that I feel a bit silly now. 👍🌺
Of course sometimes other factors come in to play, floods, landslides or volcanoes. But mostly it is just vegetation at work!
Very good mate! Thank you
A very nice teaching video. Thank you, I really enjoyed this video.
John that was a fabulous video- interesting to be taken into the forest & learn new things. I am about to start a new compost bed & will re-watch this beforehand. Cheers Denise- Geebung
Thanks that was an excellent video 🥰
Great information. Thanks.
My question is that if you are growing grass around the trees, how to do fertilise the trees? Or you don’t mind if the grass takes up all the fertiliser because you chop and drop the grass anyway? I have always thought trees wanted a nice clear area around them with no grass for competition, and kept them mulched out to the drip line. Your way seems much easier!
Like you said, it doesn't matter that the grass/weed take up some of the fertilizer as they are going straight back as mulch. But mulching as you do is fine too - if you have the resource available.
Very nice 👍 I learned some things and reaffirmed some things I already knew thanks a lot!
John, I have become an avid watcher of your videos... they are really fantastic! Your down to earth approach mixed with the tips and tricks you have learnt over a clearly long experience of doing this is compulsive viewing. In am near Bega, southern NSW, but the methods you use are all very applicable here. Your videos have contributed to a major rekindling of my passion for fruit and veg gardening. Thank you, and please keep them coming! Cheers Alec
Thanks for the support. Glad to hear that these videos are of benefit to you. Happy gardening!
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Hi John, thanks for providing your own experience with using lawn clippings as mulch directly onto fruit trees and other shrubs. My concern has been that this spreads lawn seeds where you don't want grass. I wait until the clippings have browned off, about 2 weeks, before mulching my trees with it.
Thanks for sharing this. Cheers.
Another great video, thanks for sharing 💕
Brilliant video! IMHO Your best to date. Thanks!
Glad you liked it. Thanks for the encouragement.
Brilliant!
Great video mate 👍
Thank you.
Plus there are many edible types of what some people call weeds.
Absolutely! Some "weeds" have more nutrients than many vegetables we grow.
I know you live in the bush but do you make leaf mould? In and around Hobart and Launceston there are plenty of deciduous trees. I have been doing leaf mould every Autumn 🍂 for the last couple of years
Haven't really had a go a that yet - should try it soon as our deciduous trees are reaching a size that is starting to give a good fall.
@@homesteading I don’t have a lawnmower or a chipper so I just put them in a chicken wire cage around 1 meter diameter by 1.5 m high. I always get impatient by this time of year as I’m keen to prepare my beds and the leaves aren’t fully broken down, but it seems to work okay. Breaking up organic matter always speeds up the process as you well know.
This is alright if you grow a garden full of Nitrogen rich Plants, But the soil needs much more carbon to grow good soil. Just like people layer compost piles. Carbon 4 - Nitrogen 1.. And if you keep turning over you soil after every crop in grown then that will break up microbe systems already established in your garden. I realize that you have been gardening for years, Maybe a little look at one of your countries Newbies might give you other ideas. " The Weedy Garden " Utube..