To till or not to till....
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- Hubs loves to till. I do not. I've watched too many videos and studied the effects. But, here we are....in this video I will go over our decision for this small garden in our side yard. HINT: it's full of chickweed! #appalachianmercantile #gardening #sustainable #homesteading #growyourownfood #permaculture
I am currently fighting a very large patch of poison oak in my daughter’s backyard. I am spraying it with 45% vinegar, natural herbicide, then tarping until spring, southwest Ohio. The patch is that bad and she is highly allergic. I hope to make it to your shop someday. I have a king size quilt on my long arm waiting to be quilted today. Stay cool!
It`s everywhere around my yard and it`s eating me alive. It got on my foot, right hand and legs. Covered in scabs. My toe was itching and I scratched it and chunks of the skin came off. I bought "poison ivey/oak killer." It does NOTHING!
I have some poison ivy in the front of the shop. I will be fighting that one alone - Hubs is allergic. *sigh* The shop used to be in Fairborn, so I am familiar with that area. Hope to see you soon! Are you doing the state shop hop?
I add layers of forest soil, chopped leaves, grass clippings, pine straw, rotted logs, green mimosa leaves etc. If I need a row I get soil from a drainage ravine in the woods where piles of sediment are four feet deep and I use this and a mix of the other stuff to make mounds for melons and squash. I add my green grass clippings to my garden under plants to cover the ground and there`s a lot less weeding to do. My compost is made in the garden constantly. The most "tilling" I do is digging small holes for some transplants or seeds. There are huge earthworms everywhere.
That was what we did at the old farm. We still haven't had time to construct the compost bins and haven't been able to source the same way we could before. Slow and steady wins the race. I do wish we had a woods. I am NOT a proponent of tilling. This year it was done out of necessity - time and funds. Thanks for watching and commenting!