Thanks for this video! I live in North Fork, CA with so many deer, so I am going to use your tip of the rocks. I have started a terrace, but it was so helpful to see how you did your terrace. Thank you, please keep up the videos!!
I have a video on my spillways here too :) :) :) ruclips.net/video/EZltb84zhjo/видео.html Thanks for watching! How's my North Fork doing? I miss my district!!
I've just bought 39 acres of chestnut and beech forest in northern tuscany. It's mostly wild but has several areas which are terraced - now overgrown coppice which I've started to cut back for firewood and am SO excited to replant with cherry and apple and a mixed planting understory. If anyone knows of resources on restoring ancient terraces (mine are no longer flat!) it would be welcome>
If I were living in a place like you, I would be eating fresh from the garden year round. I started indoor gardening last winter. But I have a lot to learn.
ALL of your videos are AMAZING and full of real world info! I can't thank you enough!!! I hope to be able to take a full class sooner then later! I'm trying to find plants that are local to my region to use as cover crops, ferments and teas.
Thank you for your videos! Where can we source bioluminescent spore? I was taking advantage of the good weather to finish up a new garden bed that's in an almost solid clay area in full sun. Even the Mexican sunflowers struggled last summer. So I dug a pit and made biochar in it. Covered that with compost, then branches, then straw, then dirt. Planted favas today because I just can't wait til the "right" time. 😂😂😂
Looks good bro! I've been out in the yard building lot's of beds. Did about half with the lasagna method, layering with wood chips,leaves,topsoil and humus. I'll throw in a bunch of biomass as I make it to replace nitrogen and increase organic matter. I'm doing the others with just wood chips an humus on the surfaces. Will experiment with different tree materials then see which crops do best in each.
Hey just real quick while I'm watching this... You mentioned you wanted to make sure the compost was on top... What is the reason for that. I'm using your knowledge to start my gardening in my backyard
Top soil is on top, top 6-8 inches. The misguided double dig techniques of biointensive and others who put compost around bare root trees, etc. mix things up quite literally. I have a series of videso on soil on my channel that span hours so lots more to say on this :)
Shouldn’t we stay away from all hay or straw and even animal manure from live stock that’s diet is mainly hay because of the things being sprayed on the hay and straw fields to prevent weeds I just finished watching a video by David the good and he was talking about how he had ruined whole gardens because the tainted hay straw and manure.
That's so sad he didn't know how to remediate it!! You can use EM, biochar, and other tools to remediate your soil, straw, etc. The reality is when the pesticides are all in the well water, ground water, and rain water, the only way to be safe is to remediate everything as a practice on-site. This is why I just launched the Permaculture Soil Science & Solutions books and courses on Kickstarter: folks need to know HOW to deal with these things. Thank you for watching!!!
I know that this is an older video but I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your work Matt, never stop growing. Peace and Love from Colorado
Thank you!! :) :) :)
Thanks for this video! I live in North Fork, CA with so many deer, so I am going to use your tip of the rocks. I have started a terrace, but it was so helpful to see how you did your terrace. Thank you, please keep up the videos!!
I have a video on my spillways here too :) :) :) ruclips.net/video/EZltb84zhjo/видео.html Thanks for watching! How's my North Fork doing? I miss my district!!
I've just bought 39 acres of chestnut and beech forest in northern tuscany. It's mostly wild but has several areas which are terraced - now overgrown coppice which I've started to cut back for firewood and am SO excited to replant with cherry and apple and a mixed planting understory. If anyone knows of resources on restoring ancient terraces (mine are no longer flat!) it would be welcome>
The best terrace resource I know is Brad Lancaster's 2nd volume 2nd edition of Water Harvesting Earthworks
@@MattPowersSoil Thank you Matt!
I love this video. Thanks for making it. I guess I missed the point of placing the stones around the bed? Could you please explain. Thank you
Excess of stones = thermal mass = season extension :)
Matt Powers - The Permaculture Student wow, that’s amazing. I can’t believe I’ve never heard of that before. Thank you so much for explaining this.
If I were living in a place like you, I would be eating fresh from the garden year round. I started indoor gardening last winter. But I have a lot to learn.
ALL of your videos are AMAZING and full of real world info! I can't thank you enough!!! I hope to be able to take a full class sooner then later!
I'm trying to find plants that are local to my region to use as cover crops, ferments and teas.
Thank you for your videos! Where can we source bioluminescent spore?
I was taking advantage of the good weather to finish up a new garden bed that's in an almost solid clay area in full sun. Even the Mexican sunflowers struggled last summer. So I dug a pit and made biochar in it. Covered that with compost, then branches, then straw, then dirt. Planted favas today because I just can't wait til the "right" time. 😂😂😂
Looks good bro! I've been out in the yard building lot's of beds. Did about half with the lasagna method,
layering with wood chips,leaves,topsoil and humus. I'll throw in a bunch of biomass as I make it to replace nitrogen and increase organic matter. I'm doing the others with just wood chips an humus on the surfaces. Will experiment with different tree materials then see which crops do best in each.
Hey just real quick while I'm watching this... You mentioned you wanted to make sure the compost was on top... What is the reason for that. I'm using your knowledge to start my gardening in my backyard
Top soil is on top, top 6-8 inches. The misguided double dig techniques of biointensive and others who put compost around bare root trees, etc. mix things up quite literally. I have a series of videso on soil on my channel that span hours so lots more to say on this :)
@@MattPowersSoil yes I am pretty new to your Channel. I'm going to probably be binge-watching ☺️
This was Aug.? How does it look now?
This is from the advanced course - it was in WA. It finished up so nice!
Ahhh. That explains the lush greenery. Ability of soil to hold enough moisture for seed germination.
Awesome 😁
One man. One mountain. One lifetime. One Inca style stone wall at a time. Plant some coffee beans.
Shouldn’t we stay away from all hay or straw and even animal manure from live stock that’s diet is mainly hay because of the things being sprayed on the hay and straw fields to prevent weeds I just finished watching a video by David the good and he was talking about how he had ruined whole gardens because the tainted hay straw and manure.
That's so sad he didn't know how to remediate it!! You can use EM, biochar, and other tools to remediate your soil, straw, etc. The reality is when the pesticides are all in the well water, ground water, and rain water, the only way to be safe is to remediate everything as a practice on-site. This is why I just launched the Permaculture Soil Science & Solutions books and courses on Kickstarter: folks need to know HOW to deal with these things. Thank you for watching!!!
Case G - Also, you have to know how your source farms. Not all farmers spray the desiccants or weed killers. Good farmer, good product.
Really weird folks don't know this gardening, damn the highway is rolling