5 1/2 Easy Steps to Garden Wild Land
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- If you've got something to grow but no garden bed to grow it, this video is for you!
Reclaim ‘wild land’ to get your plants growing using these 5 ½ easy steps . . .
STEPS:
1. Mow low - use the best tool to knock down all you can: machete, weed whacker, scythe, mower
2. Layout a drip line - make sure it’s working and straight. It’ll provide your planting template!
3. Prep planting sites + compost - dig thru roots & surface debris to get into soil and then add rich compost or rotted manure to ensure your veg will have a great place to flourish.
4. Plant - get roots in deep and in direct contact with the drip overhead.
5. Cover, cover, cover - don’t let any UV rays in. Block out all access to grow. Use what you have: cardboard, roofing, old lumber, mulch etc This should destroy ‘the competition’ and let your plants (only) flourish.
5 ½ Happy Dance - time to celebrate. Bust some moves!
I'm sure that if you try these 5 1/2 Easy Steps you WILL find success in being able to garden your own Wild Land!
Maybe equally dance-worthy news is that NEXT gardening season, the same piece of land will be a lot less wild and much more productive!
Your energy and enthusiasm is contagious!
Well done.
Thank you very much Roger!
The only issue is that the metal roofing will not break down (although it might rust and put too push iron in your soil), but when the wood chips break down, you might still have weeds growing into them, and it would be a pain to remove the roofing material. Better off just using cardboard, or if you have enough mulch, just use a 6" thick layer of mulch and nothing else.
Hey John, thanks for commenting.
I've a neighbor who grows several acres of veg this way every year but . . he just puts the roofing down (no mulch). He never weeds or tills once the veg are planted b/c the roofing suppresses all weeds and moisture. It works super well, but it's ugly!
Your thoughts are ones I ruminated on a long time before trying this approach . . .
My thoughts to your comments:
1. "When the wood chips break down."
What will break down wood chips? Contact with soil mostly. But, it has no contact with soil so I doubt it will break down. It'll take years to do so.
2. "A pain to remove the roofing material."
Well, you lift a piece of roofing (weighs less than 10 lbs) and shake off the mulch. Relocate and use again. It's no hassle to move the roofing material.
3. "Better off just using cardboard"
I've gardened for years with a focus on cardboard and coffee sacks as my ground cover. But, I know that when there's grass, weeds and built up matted material ( as I have in this video) they break down quite quickly and do only a so-so job.
4. "Just use a 6" layer of mulch"
My ground is full of buttercups. They push thru mulch in 2-3 weeks no problem and then start to spread. Mulch alone doesn't work against what I have in that space.
So . . . that's why I tried roofing!
That roofing will get rusty after a while of being underground?
Generally, galvanized will only rust where the galvanizing layer has been damaged. So, the point of a nail penetration OR where a rock drops/slides along the surface.
The roofing I used is already old. If it rusts some, I don't consider that a loss or problem.
The goal is : stop UV and moisture penetration into the areas surrounding the plantings. Mission accomplished, rusty or not!
Brilliant ideas!
Hi Kellie - I'm glad you like it.
I hope you have a great season growing!