👍Pleased your back Marty! Fighting a seemingly never-ending battle with dry hydroscopic soil here, trench filled with compost to catch and retain the rain well worth a try. 😊
Good to see you back Marty. I actually do trench composting. I bury scraps in my raised garden bed. After 2ys of doing this I am starting to reap the benefits now. I want to get into worms. But I am moving very soon and in the process of winding everything back before the move north.
Hey Marty, great example and easy to understand about no tilling of the soil. Just wondering if they were Bin Chickens in the paddock with those cows? They looked like it to me. Blessings from South Australia 🦘🌏
Thanks for the comment. Yep, they have the bin chickens in that paddock which is okay as long as they stay over there! They walk on top of small crops and crush them.
I'm totally set up for that now that it seems my initial attempt to "cure" the 15 straw bales my more natural alternative way using plant based fertilizers failed (since I refused to use the recommended animal based fertilizers to do it). What it did grow immediately on its own were weeds or some sort of grasses - perhaps wheat since the bales were wheat straw. I added more compost and potting soil in places, cut holes in the straw and tried planting a few cantaloupe seedlings but it seems to be too wet for them as their leaves are yellowing- (the opposite problem straw bales are notorious for- being too porous allowing moisture to escape too quickly) . I don't know if I should try again just with seeds - maybe watermelon seeds, We get periods where a week at a time we get pounding rain (inches in just a few hours for several hours during consecutive days). Maybe I should just add some more potting soil and do the basil seeds like you have done or try a broadcast method with old seeds and see what grows. All the rain seems to be causing the bales to lean to one side in some places. I for one would LOVE to watch your activity with your straw bales.
Hi Emily try stacking three together side by side so you can layer more compost and manure on top. You can get it quite thick like that and the bales dont topple as mush in the middle. Tomato stake supports may help
@@martysgarden Thanks Marty. There is a fence behind so they won't fall completely over. I stacked one on top of the other so they are two bales tall and seven bales long stacked end to end of one another with the fence behind. A tall tomato stake or bamboo pole is a good idea.
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Are you DIGGING learning about organic regen?
👍Pleased your back Marty! Fighting a seemingly never-ending battle with dry hydroscopic soil here, trench filled with compost to catch and retain the rain well worth a try. 😊
Yes hyrophobic soils benefit from composting for sure!
Looking forward to learning more about regenerative gardening for sure!
👌👍👨🌾good to hear from you again hope all is well God bless you sir
Thank you kindly, God bless you also!
Good to see you in there giving more good gardening tips, Marty.
Thanks Dad
I love cows. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching
@@martysgarden :)
Good to see you back Marty. I actually do trench composting. I bury scraps in my raised garden bed. After 2ys of doing this I am starting to reap the benefits now. I want to get into worms. But I am moving very soon and in the process of winding everything back before the move north.
Yer best to wait until after the move and do it then for sure Matt
100% Marty. 20 bales of sugarcane mulch today, funny your talking about it. results are outstanding.
Nice, they truly work a treat! 20 Bales will grow a lot of food and build amazing soils!
Great video Marty ❤️🇳🇿
Thanks! 😃
Hi Marty😁✋
Hello 👋
Hey Marty, great example and easy to understand about no tilling of the soil. Just wondering if they were Bin Chickens in the paddock with those cows? They looked like it to me. Blessings from South Australia 🦘🌏
Thanks for the comment. Yep, they have the bin chickens in that paddock which is okay as long as they stay over there! They walk on top of small crops and crush them.
I'm totally set up for that now that it seems my initial attempt to "cure" the 15 straw bales my more natural alternative way using plant based fertilizers failed (since I refused to use the recommended animal based fertilizers to do it). What it did grow immediately on its own were weeds or some sort of grasses - perhaps wheat since the bales were wheat straw. I added more compost and potting soil in places, cut holes in the straw and tried planting a few cantaloupe seedlings but it seems to be too wet for them as their leaves are yellowing- (the opposite problem straw bales are notorious for- being too porous allowing moisture to escape too quickly) . I don't know if I should try again just with seeds - maybe watermelon seeds, We get periods where a week at a time we get pounding rain (inches in just a few hours for several hours during consecutive days). Maybe I should just add some more potting soil and do the basil seeds like you have done or try a broadcast method with old seeds and see what grows. All the rain seems to be causing the bales to lean to one side in some places. I for one would LOVE to watch your activity with your straw bales.
Hi Emily try stacking three together side by side so you can layer more compost and manure on top. You can get it quite thick like that and the bales dont topple as mush in the middle. Tomato stake supports may help
@@martysgarden Thanks Marty. There is a fence behind so they won't fall completely over. I stacked one on top of the other so they are two bales tall and seven bales long stacked end to end of one another with the fence behind. A tall tomato stake or bamboo pole is a good idea.