Preparing Garden Beds: Compost, Biochar and a Broadfork!
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- Опубликовано: 6 янв 2017
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Today you'll see how I'm loosening up the clay and preparing garden beds with some homemade biochar, compost, plus some Meadow Creature broadfork action from Rachel. I charged the biochar with seawater, compost and urine, so I'm hoping it doesn't take too many minerals out of the soil. The compost was made with my simple composting-in-place method of rotating garden beds between planting and compost creation. Check out my redneck compost sifter, too!
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The Champ working in the garden, nice lol.
Glad that you are going for it and making do with what you have where you are ... nothing worse for the spirit than sitting on your thumbs waiting to see if the rental sells. So happy you are sharing the adventure and continuing your experiments!
Thank you. I agree. This is more fun.
Compost in place. Great idea. Rachael Rocks too. Ya'll are great and full of amazing info!
Where'd you find a girl like her? It is really hard finding someone that enjoys truly organic gardening/composting.
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Nice!! Love the funny slow-shot up of Mrs. Good! Great ideas and I'm taking notes. Keep up the great work you two!!
She'll probably see this video next week sometime and randomly slap me for that edit.
Awesome 👌 garden tips and tutorial 😀
Oh the end, Johnny Cash... That was great David. Good to see you prepping the beds to plant things guys. It's very informative and fun to watch the two of you. Soouup.... LoL
🌾Merry meet 🌿
Heh. Thank you.
You need an aquaponics system. put the biochar into the filter of the aquaponics system to charge it. after a couple days you'll have the best charged bio char you've ever seen.
That's a lot of building work to get charged char... I can't even get the toilet to stop leaking. That said, though, I have a friend with an aquaponics system who grows amazing plants with the "waste" he pulls from the filters. Fish manure is fantastic. And nice to see you here again, friend.
actually I'm just suggesting adding a fish system will be a useful part of a permaculture system. It could be a very useful part of a system.
I like the idea but have never done it. Used to keep a few fish in my hot tub ponds for mosquito control, but never seriously.
I used to throw ashes and charcoal into my compost pile and now I am charging it with composted chicken manure and let it sit until needed.
Love the Johnny Cash yam riff, and I'm on tenterhooks to see what gets planted in those beds! Good on you for planting, and may the Lord grant you the perfect future homestead!
Thank you, Pat.
I think Mrs. The Good is packin' heat!
Love your videos David ,,you are the best
Love love love your videos!
Thanks D, i really liked that biocharge prep, great ideas on the epsom salt soakage.
Sure thing. We'll see how it works.
I've watched a lot of gardening videos over the years ... so much info on how to make compost, aerobic/anaerobic compost teas, epsom salts, beer, rock dust, azomite (I'm sure I've missed a couple of other approaches. One could spend months researching the best way to do veggie gardening and many seasons trying to figure out which approach works best.
I finally figured out the best way (based on "show me the money"): that is, how can you prove (objectively, scientifically) that something works. Someone once claimed, when I asked how they know their approach works, that "it works for me". Cool. Ever heard of "confirmation bias"?
So for me, I listen to the "theoretical" reasons why (for example) compost tea works but if I'm ever going to try it, I'll need something more - like some kind of a controlled field trial. Yes, I know that field trials are not necessarily conclusive, but they are a step above trying something for several seasons to see a measurable improvement in production - subjectively.
Now its a different thing if you're marketing gardening ideas ... especially if you're educated in the agri-sciences. You can explain the theoretical reasons of why something works then publish the idea. That frequently attracts "views". Just like some people buy snake oil and just like we now have clinical trials for pharma.
I find your videos entertaining and thank you for posting them but as far as "showing me the money" ... well ... no-thanks. Cheers.
Very excited to get going with some biochar. How long do you inoculate it? Garden beds are looking awesome after that treatment. One last thing, if I may, when your wife tells you that your broad fork is 18", you do not correct her down to 14". That is all. Have a great weekend :)
Wicked cool!
I am feeling like gardening now😃 biochar and a little Epson salt...nice...
since I have a lot of compost I have been using way more than you do-oops! I will sprinkle it on next time instead of shoveling it on so thickly. maybe that is why I had a terrible tomato crop this year - but the corn and pumpkins loved it!
You can't REALLY put on too much, but after a certain point I don't think it's really necessary, as I believe from my reading that the soil tends to drop back to a certain stasis level of organic material.
I discovered a way to break up the clay clumps and get a smother planting surface last year. I bounced a spring leaf rake on it. once it gets to bouncing it takes little effort to keep it going and you are standing up the whole time. Then to plant the millet and amaranth I just went over it again after sowing.
Good idea, Hans.
Hey David, is rhis place is PR??? Looks so much to island fincas..
How deep does a broadforg go? (The length of the tines.) So many great videos, THANK YOU!
14" on this model.
great video thanks. is compost better than mulch to put around plants.
The plants like it a lot, but it's not necessary to load up compost that thick. Mulch will break down over time into compost - I don't usually have enough compost to mulch like I can with leaves and wood chips anyhow.
The added ash should help control pests.
You're right - that should be good.
i FINALLY got my own tarp/wheel barrel. I have a huge compost pile I barely maintain. I have epsom salt and I know how to start fires. I just need you to email me some sea water and I'm ready to go.
No good dirty compost tiller..
im just starting a compost bucket at my house i have a lot of palm fronds from my tree would i be able to make a biochar out of them and add them to my compost?
Yes. The leaves will burn off but you could use the central stems. The trick would be keeping them from burning up too quickly as they're pretty light. If you use a biochar kiln method you'll probably get more material.
David The Good ok thank you for the response another question Ive never made biochar so I'm afraid I'm gonna burn it down a bit to much if it does burn down to an Ashe would it still b usable in my compost I did some research and found that Ashe from my chimney which is just tree wood is good for it so would all Ashe b ok for my compost?
Sitting on a good amount of biochar and also compost for my property size. Can I really just activate it with water, Epsom salts, and compost? Other videos have all sorts of stuff you need?
I have heard any nutrient solution is fine
looks like Costa Rica!