My Dad was a teacher and had a PhD in biology. This is exactly how he would have explained it. And he would have borrowed Mom's biggest jar, too. Great job!
I have been watching videos about BTE gardening for a couple years. This is, by far, the best one I have come across. You did a beautiful job of explaining what to expect, and why! And the reasons for not tilling, and everything else. THANK YOU FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL VIDEO! God bless! SUBBED!
Oh I like the last part also, cleaning your wifes jar and putting it back like nothing happened, Then showing the video , and taking a video of your wife. Amazing ha ha!
Thank you for the common sense explanation and encouragement to keep going with it despite the mistakes that come along with the learning process. (I've made a lot). And don't worry, your secret about the oatmeal jar is safe with us.
Loved your honesty, about mixing composts and tilling your soil before applying the wood chips, big mistake. I dug mine, tilled, covered for 8 weeks, skipped the news paper/ cardboard and covered with 4 inches of bark mulch. 3 months later no weeds, outside temp 4' , ground temp 36'... 2in down. Nitrogen levels low but no weeds and soil under mulch is soft and moist. Looking good for March 2024,😅
Thank you for taking the time to share your insight and knowledge AND FAILURES with us 😊 having the visual representation sitting there really enhances your explanation. Well done, sir 👍 (AND, thank your wife for the jar, too😅)
Great way of explaining the whole method and the part about using other things really enlightened me as in my country we don't have chips like that I also like how u explained what each stuff does for your soil god bless
Instant subscribe! Clear and tomthe point. After watching soo many videos you finally gave me the courage to put down those woodchips. Also: I love your family. Well done, Mr.
Thank you for the tips! We removed our chips early on due to issues with no germination and earwigs eating everything. Now that we have chickens I am excited to give this another shot. We have a good base layer going already from the 3+ inches of compost that we had just piled on top of our tilled bed. I can pull weeds out with ease and digging requires minimal effort or tools.
I use mostly chopped leaves, mostly cuz that's what I get on my property. The leaves work much faster, you're getting the same result - organic material breaking down into your soul. My winter compost includes a leaf pile that's 25' x 15'. I've piled a 2" layer over my garlic, strawberries, and annual veggie bed. I still use wood chips around my annual flowers in front. Looks nice, no weeds. Seeds won't break through chips.
The Back to Eden video confused MANY gardeners. Paul Gautschi uses wood chips in his orchard, but NOT in his vegetable garden. He uses compost in the garden from his chicken run and purchased composted tub grinder chips.
Kia ora from New Zealand and thanks for a very informative tutorial. I am just starting to use wood chips on my garden and your video has cleared up much for me. I am wondering though - can I put fresh cow manure on top of the wood chips or does it have to be aged? Thanks again - I have subscribed.
@@amywalsh4006 I watched the Back To Eden video several times about 2 weeks apart. What was explained here and so much more is available there. Most people seem to get the idea that woods chips can be a good thing. Then they see Paul G.'s results from years of practicing BTE, and they seem to think all is well. Repeating a view of the film let's you get past the awe and wonder and actually listen to details.
@@waynetadlock9719 Yes I have a copy of that documentary. I'll need to watch it again. Sometimes Paul talks a bit fast for me to understand so i'll put subtitles on this time to catch the information that i've missed.
I couldn't agree more...Now when I watch the videos I dont pay much attention to the cucumbers or the basil, I'm listening carefully to the conversations to pick up on little details, thoughts, theories, etc.
I can't get to wood chips, so I buy bags of wood shavings that I also put into the chicken coop. Is that good? It seems like it did good last year and then I alco add a ton of leaves. We have an oak tree that sheds it leaves all the time and never goes dormant. So I have a ton of leaves. I just wanted to make sure the pine shavings were ok.
Amazing info! Thank you, new subscriber. I might mention the dangers of using hay in the garden though... "Grazon" & other persistent herbicides are nasty and do so much damage, but you'd think it's a nitrogen or watering issue
I have enjoyed high tech planted aquariums and I would recommend people who garden to do the same. The environment control that's needed to be balanced and obtained is so fine. It teaches you how plants grow from substrates to animal waste breakdown, water flow, lighting frequency, even running co2 carbon dioxide injection. A totally contained ecosystem that balances off the exact thing talked about in this video. Without beneficial bacteria nothing is in harmony.
I have a question. If I have cardboard between the wood chips and soil, how will the wood chips deplete the nitrogen? Actually 2 questions, would it be better to use saw dust from lumber yard instead of wood chips? Seems to me like saw dust would break down faster. Plz help.
You could just pile it up, and you certainly could add other organic matter to it as well. Probably the most important thing is to turn it every 2 or three weeks to get oxygen into the middle of the pile.
I've done both. I notice my chickens dig up the cardboard if they have access. Cardboard does a good job suppressing weeds, especially grass, if your wood chips aren't very thick. I, personally, prefer to do it only when there's grass I want to suppress.
BTW if you don't use wood chips and more leaves, grass and so on, don't add a lot of fertilizer. Wood chips contain a lot of cell substances and microbes need nitrogen to decompose them. But leaves, grass and so on already contain a lot of nitrogen and if you add a lot of fertilizer you will end up with soil that's full of ammonia. Nothing will grow in that either :)
The nitrogen deficiency only happens in the 1-2mm (+- 1/16in.) where the wood touches the compost layer. When you plant in the compost, the roots will easily go below that and not be a problem. Also, it's the soil micro biology that makes the nutrients available for the plants, so that is the main goal. Build soil microbiology. Edit: Worm tea is a great way to add the bacteria to the soil to kickstart this process. If you aerate it, it will be even faster.
Can I use coarse saw dust instead of wood chips? And also. I have black walnut sawdust and white/red oak sawdust. Can I use the black walnut? Some YT have said no but never go into detail and I can't find any info on why, other than while growing, BW roots expell juglone that is toxic to closely growing plants. But no evidence this is in kiln dried BW.
Juglone is pretty much gone by the time the wood is gone and it’s only primarily in the root system. So if you give it time to start breaking down and composting it shouldn’t be a issue at all especially if combined with other organic matter
Great video. back to Eden is great for transplant. but and big but how do you grow parsley or other herbs from seeds in wood chips. ( like 30 sq ft of parsley) impossible you have to dig . I have been doing garden of eden method for 10 yrs now. the conclusion I came to . when it comes to seeds. YOU HAVE TO DIG
I agree that in some situations using this method can be a bit challenging. I show how I do my seed planting in tip number two of this video m.ruclips.net/video/oQwm3x5Fu5M/видео.html
New sub here. I can't begin to tell you how many times I've used similar logic to try and explain why what works does work- and why what doesn't, does not work. Thanks..
Thanks Wayne, glad you enjoyed it and for what its worth, I'm just getting started in discussing my thoughts and theories on the benefits of undisturbed biologically active organic soil!
No Wayne, I,ve never actually done strict vermicomposting but I do specifically do things to attract earthworms into my garden and Ive done a ton of research on the subject of vermicomposting to help navigate my attempts to draw them to my garden. I feel that they are an amazingly important asset to a strong living soil ecosystem.
Yea, in the beginning I used mostly woodchips but now I really try to be more diverse as far as mulch goes. I use leaves, grass clippings, hay from my chicken run, etc. I try to get the bulk of my mulching done in the fall just before winter.
I wish I could. There is no one with wood chips for over two hours. I've tried going to get wood chips from landfill and they said they use them and don't give or sell them to others.
Merrie, you don’t have to use woodchips. You can utilize this method using leaves, grass clippings, straw etc. in fact, I’m now purposely trying to utilize more of the above listed mulches along with ashes from my wood stove, left over coffee grounds and pine needles to try to add a bit more diversity to my gardens structure. Happy gardening, and keep looking for those chips as well!
My Dad was a teacher and had a PhD in biology. This is exactly how he would have explained it. And he would have borrowed Mom's biggest jar, too. Great job!
Thanks.
This is the best explanation of BTE gardening that I have found.
Very true
Still laughing about the oatmeal ender. Brilliant, great info and beautiful focus throughout!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
Love the humor on the oat jar haha! Thanks for the thorough explanation!
thank you very much for this video. Now I finally have the courage to implement it. Warm greetings from Germany
One of the most beautiful videos I have seen. Thanks. Merry Christmas ❤
I have been watching videos about BTE gardening for a couple years. This is, by far, the best one I have come across. You did a beautiful job of explaining what to expect, and why! And the reasons for not tilling, and everything else. THANK YOU FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL VIDEO! God bless! SUBBED!
Love this. I recently discovered BTE and your videos are a welcome input. Love your scab video. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing. Love hearing more of these stories.
Great advise...Greetings from SERBIA 🙂
Thank u for the clear and simple explanation...made so much sense...
love the oatmeal jar humour!
Awesome stuff here! Thank you for sharing in a way to understandable!👍🥕🌾
Oh I like the last part also, cleaning your wifes jar and putting it back like nothing happened, Then showing the video , and taking a video of your wife. Amazing ha ha!
I loved this video! I felt like I was sitting at the table with you and we were just chatting. Thanks for the great info!
Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for the common sense explanation and encouragement to keep going with it despite the mistakes that come along with the learning process. (I've made a lot). And don't worry, your secret about the oatmeal jar is safe with us.
This is the first video of yours that I have seen. I hope this message encourages you to make other videos. You are a natural teacher. I subscribed.
Thanks for the encouragement, I just put together another video!
Great video
Loved your honesty, about mixing composts and tilling your soil before applying the wood chips, big mistake. I dug mine, tilled, covered for 8 weeks, skipped the news paper/ cardboard and covered with 4 inches of bark mulch. 3 months later no weeds, outside temp 4' , ground temp 36'... 2in down. Nitrogen levels low but no weeds and soil under mulch is soft and moist. Looking good for March 2024,😅
She was a great sport for sure!👏🏼🤣 Great info as well!
Where is my big jar? You used my big jar? Priceless...
You did a really good job explaining this.
Thanks!
Thank you for taking the time to share your insight and knowledge AND FAILURES with us 😊 having the visual representation sitting there really enhances your explanation. Well done, sir 👍 (AND, thank your wife for the jar, too😅)
Great way of explaining the whole method and the part about using other things really enlightened me as in my country we don't have chips like that I also like how u explained what each stuff does for your soil god bless
This is an awesome video, I really enjoyed it. The best explanation I have heard.
Thanks Micky, glad you liked it,,,Congratulations on your 100th sub. hopefully I'll get there one day.
such a great and thorough explanation...Bravo!...
Thanks
Instant subscribe! Clear and tomthe point. After watching soo many videos you finally gave me the courage to put down those woodchips. Also: I love your family. Well done, Mr.
Glad it was helpful
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Linked from the Back To Eden Facebook Group. I really liked this video. I like that you talk about the science behind it and love the oatmeal jar.
Thanks Michelle, it was a fun video to make!
Thank you for the tips! We removed our chips early on due to issues with no germination and earwigs eating everything. Now that we have chickens I am excited to give this another shot. We have a good base layer going already from the 3+ inches of compost that we had just piled on top of our tilled bed. I can pull weeds out with ease and digging requires minimal effort or tools.
I use mostly chopped leaves, mostly cuz that's what I get on my property. The leaves work much faster, you're getting the same result - organic material breaking down into your soul. My winter compost includes a leaf pile that's 25' x 15'. I've piled a 2" layer over my garlic, strawberries, and annual veggie bed.
I still use wood chips around my annual flowers in front. Looks nice, no weeds. Seeds won't break through chips.
The Back to Eden video confused MANY gardeners. Paul Gautschi uses wood chips in his orchard, but NOT in his vegetable garden. He uses compost in the garden from his chicken run and purchased composted tub grinder chips.
I like to use straw around my vegetables. I cut it from my own land. 😊
Nice explanation! Also, Nice idea of clear glass for layering presentation! Keep inspiring thru your amazing sharing!
Thanks, I figured that the jar would give a good visual of how it works.
Priceless 😃
New sub here. I love the use of wood chips. Free resources where I’m from.
thank you for washing the glass jar
Kia ora from New Zealand and thanks for a very informative tutorial. I am just starting to use wood chips on my garden and your video has cleared up much for me. I am wondering though - can I put fresh cow manure on top of the wood chips or does it have to be aged? Thanks again - I have subscribed.
Good video guy
Really good explanation. Thank you. From NZ
Hopefully it helped, even if just a little bit!
@@healthyhorticulture Yeah it's interesting. I'm a beginner so I have a lot to learn
@@amywalsh4006 I watched the Back To Eden video several times about 2 weeks apart. What was explained here and so much more is available there. Most people seem to get the idea that woods chips can be a good thing. Then they see Paul G.'s results from years of practicing BTE, and they seem to think all is well. Repeating a view of the film let's you get past the awe and wonder and actually listen to details.
@@waynetadlock9719 Yes I have a copy of that documentary. I'll need to watch it again. Sometimes Paul talks a bit fast for me to understand so i'll put subtitles on this time to catch the information that i've missed.
I couldn't agree more...Now when I watch the videos I dont pay much attention to the cucumbers or the basil, I'm listening carefully to the conversations to pick up on little details, thoughts, theories, etc.
Just had a company drop off 4 truckloads of arborist chips boy am I excited to get this going
Nice!! Don’t be afraid to add a bit of good organic fertilizer for the first year or two until things really start to decompose.
What are you doing on your phone?! You've got work to do. 😁
you used my big jar? I fell off my chair laughing!!! You folks from NY?
Not far from NY, north west CT.
Loved your vid. Thank you so much for sharing with us! 1st year of garden...we already boo-boo'd. We put the cow 💩 first before chips.
No worries, that hardly even counts as a “mistake”. Your garden will be amazing!
Im gonna kinda try to walk you thru this, A.K.A. IE, NICE GUY.
I can't get to wood chips, so I buy bags of wood shavings that I also put into the chicken coop. Is that good? It seems like it did good last year and then I alco add a ton of leaves. We have an oak tree that sheds it leaves all the time and never goes dormant. So I have a ton of leaves. I just wanted to make sure the pine shavings were ok.
Amazing info! Thank you, new subscriber.
I might mention the dangers of using hay in the garden though... "Grazon" & other persistent herbicides are nasty and do so much damage, but you'd think it's a nitrogen or watering issue
I use the straw that I cut from my own land, so I know nothing has been used on it. 😁
I have enjoyed high tech planted aquariums and I would recommend people who garden to do the same.
The environment control that's needed to be balanced and obtained is so fine. It teaches you how plants grow from substrates to animal waste breakdown, water flow, lighting frequency, even running co2 carbon dioxide injection.
A totally contained ecosystem that balances off the exact thing talked about in this video.
Without beneficial bacteria nothing is in harmony.
I have a question. If I have cardboard between the wood chips and soil, how will the wood chips deplete the nitrogen? Actually 2 questions, would it be better to use saw dust from lumber yard instead of wood chips? Seems to me like saw dust would break down faster. Plz help.
Whats the best wood chips to used in the garden.....oak ?
The end was priceless 🤣🤣🤣
I have access to all the cow manure I can pick up. But how do I compost it? Just pile it up and let it go? Or add kitchen scrapes and stuff to it?
You could just pile it up, and you certainly could add other organic matter to it as well. Probably the most important thing is to turn it every 2 or three weeks to get oxygen into the middle of the pile.
@@healthyhorticulture thank you
For the first year can i put box, cow manure and woodchips on top?
bravo!
Lol...love the part about the oatmeal kar.
Well done. Thank you.
So for first year beginners, would you still recommend putting cardboard or newspaper down first then compost then wood chips?
I've done both. I notice my chickens dig up the cardboard if they have access. Cardboard does a good job suppressing weeds, especially grass, if your wood chips aren't very thick. I, personally, prefer to do it only when there's grass I want to suppress.
loved that !
'Perfect, ...I just recorded that whole thing'
'No!..Okay you....' Cut 🤣
Nice flair for the dramatic👍
(would oatmeal work as organic matter?)
Wait until next week when I start mixing up manure tea!!
Yes, it can. It is often used in worm composting as a nitrogen source.
BTW if you don't use wood chips and more leaves, grass and so on, don't add a lot of fertilizer. Wood chips contain a lot of cell substances and microbes need nitrogen to decompose them. But leaves, grass and so on already contain a lot of nitrogen and if you add a lot of fertilizer you will end up with soil that's full of ammonia. Nothing will grow in that either :)
Absolutely, every fall I topdress with some manure from my chickens and some grass clippings!
Thanks...I'm going to use leaves, so I am glad to see I won't need any fertilizer...
Haha! Nice one.... and good info
So... if mulch does such a great job of controlling weeds then why do I get some many weeds in my landscaped areas?
The nitrogen deficiency only happens in the 1-2mm (+- 1/16in.) where the wood touches the compost layer. When you plant in the compost, the roots will easily go below that and not be a problem. Also, it's the soil micro biology that makes the nutrients available for the plants, so that is the main goal. Build soil microbiology. Edit: Worm tea is a great way to add the bacteria to the soil to kickstart this process. If you aerate it, it will be even faster.
Can I use coarse saw dust instead of wood chips? And also. I have black walnut sawdust and white/red oak sawdust. Can I use the black walnut? Some YT have said no but never go into detail and I can't find any info on why, other than while growing, BW roots expell juglone that is toxic to closely growing plants. But no evidence this is in kiln dried BW.
Juglone is pretty much gone by the time the wood is gone and it’s only primarily in the root system. So if you give it time to start breaking down and composting it shouldn’t be a issue at all especially if combined with other organic matter
Great video. back to Eden is great for transplant. but and big but how do you grow parsley or other herbs from seeds in wood chips. ( like 30 sq ft of parsley) impossible you have to dig . I have been doing garden of eden method for 10 yrs now. the conclusion I came to . when it comes to seeds. YOU HAVE TO DIG
I agree that in some situations using this method can be a bit challenging.
I show how I do my seed planting in tip number two of this video
m.ruclips.net/video/oQwm3x5Fu5M/видео.html
You actually don't have to dig if you just move those wood chips aside.
New sub here. I can't begin to tell you how many times I've used similar logic to try and explain why what works does work- and why what doesn't, does not work. Thanks..
Thanks Wayne, glad you enjoyed it and for what its worth, I'm just getting started in discussing my thoughts and theories on the benefits of undisturbed biologically active organic soil!
@@healthyhorticulture Have you ever dealt with vermiculture? (Worm composting/farming).
No Wayne, I,ve never actually done strict vermicomposting but I do specifically do things to attract earthworms into my garden and Ive done a ton of research on the subject of vermicomposting to help navigate my attempts to draw them to my garden.
I feel that they are an amazingly important asset to a strong living soil ecosystem.
@@healthyhorticulture Would you be interested in Face-book friend status? I am there under the same screen name.
@@healthyhorticulture There is a You Tuber that visits with Paul and expands on the footage in the movie.. L2 Survive, he goes by ThatNuB
“You used MY big jar!!!!”
If you cover the top soil of your potted outdoor plants you won’t have to water them pretty much all summer long.
Wood chips take longer to break down . Where I live. We have very hot summers. Glass clippings break down to fast.
Yea, in the beginning I used mostly woodchips but now I really try to be more diverse as far as mulch goes. I use leaves, grass clippings, hay from my chicken run, etc. I try to get the bulk of my mulching done in the fall just before winter.
I wish I could. There is no one with wood chips for over two hours. I've tried going to get wood chips from landfill and they said they use them and don't give or sell them to others.
Merrie, you don’t have to use woodchips. You can utilize this method using leaves, grass clippings, straw etc. in fact, I’m now purposely trying to utilize more of the above listed mulches along with ashes from my wood stove, left over coffee grounds and pine needles to try to add a bit more diversity to my gardens structure.
Happy gardening, and keep looking for those chips as well!
@@healthyhorticulture Thanks. Sorry, I was still watching. I hadn't gotten that far in the video when I posted lol
Ronnie,
To be completely honest I think I’m gonna go to Willie’s house for grits instead of having a bowl of oatmeal at your place!
LOL
They say a peck of dirt is good for you now and again!
WE NEED FOOD NOW.
HOW MUCH TIME YOU TAKING ABOUT. 1234 YEARS YOU ORE TAKING ABOUT.
Don't forget to invite Jesus to your garden!
It doesn't. There, done.
I don’t think you put compost on top of wood chips. Just my opinion. Putting them into the soil is not the back to eden method. Just my opinion
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