Great info, Luke, and I totally agree with you about the no "one size fits all". I have tried the "Back to Eden" garden with wood chips twice now, and each time it just takes too long to get good soil quality with the clay I've got around here; so, I'm turning the wood chip garden area into an orchard, and I'm going to build raised beds this season and fill them with organic soil I'm having delivered. I feel it's a win/win because I get to keep the area I already worked so hard to turn into a wood chip garden area, but it will be repurposed into an orchard, and I don't have to deal with waiting now to plant into good soil for veggies. Also, all the seeds I purchased from your store this season are all germinated and doing amazing in my greenhouse. It's so exciting! The pea plants I planted from your seeds are well over 6' tall and gorgeous, too! They are filled with flowers and getting ready to put on pea pods. I totally recommend buying your seeds. My order of Trifecta is on its way and I can hardly wait to see the results of using it. Thanks for all your efforts to help so many of us with our gardening endeavors. You and Mrs. MIgardener are awesome! 😊
@StreetMachine18
6 жыл бұрын
Just bought blueberry bushes, an apple tree, grape vine and a raspberry. Planted them all around and was surprised some areas were heavy clay and some had a deep organic layer. I had to treat each area differently
@McNubbin101
6 жыл бұрын
Dad used to till ours every spring before he passed but we have forest right next to the space and by fall you cant even get into the dirt due to the web of feeding roots. Really makes it easy to adjust your PH first thing in spring cover with your lime, gypsum ,sulfur we also double dosed with chicken manure and tilled it all in. Mounded out the beds and tamp down the pathways then cover the pathways with grass/leaf clippings every time you mow. Never had an issue also good entertainment for the family when you catch a heavy root and the tiller takes you with it.
@darlene5982
6 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU LUKE for this episode. I'm in NE Alabama and the information you shared on clay is exactly what I have been dealing with at my parents' home. I have three beds there and two beds at my home. They have clay and I have dark rich soil. We live a mile apart. They live on the side of the mountain and I live in the valley. This year I noticed that the soil looks better than than it has in the past, and you just explained to me why. Now if I can just get rid of the crawling grass at my place lol
@dimitriyzolkin1609
3 жыл бұрын
Anyone else fixated on that clump of compost that's been stuck on his hay fork the whole video? I wanna kick it off so bad 🤣
@curtiscopeland7975
6 жыл бұрын
Love the intro music. Thanks for all of the help with gardening. I never considered not tilling. I thought it was supposed to be done. Buy what you said makes perfect sense. Thanks for breaking it down for us.
@PatrickLi-k4j
2 ай бұрын
Very logical, straight to the point, love it.
@LittleJordanFarm
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Luke. I am on of those southern states with alot of clay. My advantage for where my garden will be now that we bought more land is. We done alot of clearing in the area the garden will be and it had alot of organic matter from near by trees and is beside a spring/creek. So alot of the soil is black already. But we will have to plow next couple yrs. to get it all mixed in good and add more compost. I raise chickens and goats so I'm good there. I'd love to hear you talk and teach more on this subject though. Love to learn all I can. Anyways thanks again pray your family is good, blessings
@NS-pf2zc
6 жыл бұрын
After double digging through 1 bed 46 ft long by 3 feet wide through compacted, rock laden soil, I decided there was no way we could till. The best mistake I've ever made! We are going no till all the way. I'm still learning, but it's almost a no brainer for me. We layer organic matter on top of the field in beds, and let the worms go to work under a cover of old hay (with no broafleaf herbicides!) and leaves. They till for me, and they do a wonderful job! Love my worms!
@colleenwnek3404
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for both sides. The more I garden, the more I realize it's all a big experiment...hopefully with more successes than failures a.k.a. learning experiences...and every plot is different. It just takes observation over time to adjust. I thought my garden plot was in a horrible spot but over time I'm realizing some of its benefits. Also, can you believe it's spring?!?!? I was sharing your pain over here in MA. I have to keep reminding myself that I behind in my gardening goals only because I couldn't start any sooner.
@chef_plant_grow_cook_eat5647
5 жыл бұрын
Heyvthanks gor this one! Im working on my first year in my current garden and i have it tilled! I live in the south and we have so much sand! Been working stuff into the ground for a while now so that eventually i dont have to till it!
@heatherreis7839
4 жыл бұрын
Hows it going for you? I live in south florida and the sandy soil is horrible. I have raised beds but its still a nightmare with trying to keep the soil pests out of them to a point that after doing a little research, traditional tilling is better to do on our sandy soil.
@chef_plant_grow_cook_eat5647
4 жыл бұрын
@@heatherreis7839 last year sucked! We ended up building raised beds for this season. So far its turning out amazing!
@berri5769
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great explanation! I’m learning more about what no till actually is. We literally just used a rototiller on Sunday, I wanted to change the row layout of the garden and some areas were hard due to walking on it. I do have compost, manure and seeds ready to go.
@kimwhelan7941
5 жыл бұрын
I have tried, and wish I could use the no till method, however, with neighboring orchard and shade trees in the area, my beds get filled with small roots that strangle my garden. Yes, I place a protective fabric down on ground prior to creating the beds and in spite of all my work, I still have major roots. When I till, my tines rip out hundreds of tree roots. Without this technique, my garden plants cannot successfully complete!
@silente1945
5 жыл бұрын
This is a awesome video great things to know I looked up till vs no till gardening. Thanks for a simple answer. Stay growing I’m from Michigan Let’s Get These Trees 🌲
@jackiehorsley9263
6 жыл бұрын
I understand what your saying luke and no till garden sounds really like something I might try sometime I have allways did it the other way thinking that your plants are getting more of what your plants need I know one thing Its less stressfull on your back to know till
@veggiejacksgarden2630
6 жыл бұрын
I've given my tiller to a friend and I've sworn I'll never till the earth again ;) I do love my broad fork though. Great exercise!
@lieselemay
6 жыл бұрын
Broad Forks! So awesome.
@Rankin103
6 жыл бұрын
Love your blogs Luke.
@mindtheleaves9914
4 жыл бұрын
Informative and helpful. Thanks for the great video!!!
@GaryStark
6 жыл бұрын
Very important topic, thanks for covering it!
@nc28144
6 жыл бұрын
awesome video! thank you Luke
@ericbrown691
4 жыл бұрын
You always got the slaps on your videos.great vid
@Nillaferilla
6 жыл бұрын
Woo! Loving the Chill-Hop like instrumentals! Love your other intro too though. Another great and informational video. We might get some beds in this year but they won't be ready to use until next Spring. So I am in buckets right now.
@amyceritelli9800
6 жыл бұрын
What about having grown red clover as a cover? Do we just pull it out? I filled some of it in because it is supposed to be a good additional nitrogen source. It seemed to have continued to grow after tilling. Any suggestions?
@ParadiseLily
6 жыл бұрын
What about for root vegetables that need loose soil? Potatoes, carrots etc
@mathewcompton2532
4 жыл бұрын
I tilled an area in my yard do I got to dig that up and put fertilizer down to plant ?
@valeriehowden471
6 жыл бұрын
I like no till cause it is a lot less work👍. I am putting wood chips down to prevent weeds around my raised beds. I ran out of cardboard to sheet mulch so to what depth do the wood chips have to be if it is directly on grass/weeds? Thanks and also glad it seems to be spring finally!
@jenniferspeers2453
6 жыл бұрын
Valerie Howden depends on what weeds you are battling. But 6-10inches of mulch only- no cardboard- will smother grass no issue. I am also sheet mulching my plot and I found a warehouse cardboard recycling bin to find the cardboard I needed. Many pallet shipments will have a flat thick cardboard free of tape, stickers, and staples between layers. "Pallet cardboard sheets" they are called. They aren't easily shaped but for large flat-ish areas they are perfect
@realbladeguy8873
6 жыл бұрын
I had 4" and grass still came through. I would suggest 6-8".
@valeriehowden471
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips. I also pick up cardboard boxes from our local habitat for humanity restore. Hope your garden and lawn transformation work out well.
@realbladeguy8873
6 жыл бұрын
Valerie Howden You too. I'm doing back to Eden style, so might take a few years for great results, but finally warmer weather should allow me to plant.
@lz7637
4 жыл бұрын
great info, thanks man!
@gtrwndr87
6 жыл бұрын
Do you have any tips for preparing fallow ground for cultivation? I have an area of my backyard that is overrun with bermudagrass with a massive carpet of runners running all over the place. It's just prohibitively difficult to pull out.
@wearbear732
6 жыл бұрын
Load on the hay or woodchips..even cardboard will work. Smother it and grow on there corpses lol
@billalshadin7306
6 жыл бұрын
thank you so much brother I am from Bangladesh you are so much helpful about cultivating various type vegetables like I wanna work with you if you give a chance I would be to you
@karla-wi2oh
4 жыл бұрын
Wow i have huge cracks in the ground when its dry Ill try tilling compost into my dirt Thanks
@petalandposeboudoir
6 жыл бұрын
Not feeling the intro music, but love the info... Thanks for great videos
@silvergarcia9897
6 жыл бұрын
So if you added trifecta it would help convert clay soil and turn it more lively?
@karnaag
5 жыл бұрын
The only way to achieve true soil health is through no-till. I started double digging in 1989 and finally gave up on it in 2012 once I finally got it through my thick skull that topsoil formation is impossible in a tilled garden. Since going no-till my soil is constantly improving and is in far better shape than it ever was double digging.
@carpentryfirst3048
5 жыл бұрын
I double till and mix everything together like peat moss, vermiculite, compost, sand, clay, manure, and whatever else catches my eye while I'm loading up on soils. Grow a season of peas to help bring nitrogen to the soil. And then second season plant something else I want. Mulch and no more tilling. Just what I do. Plants look like I give then steroids
@faithevrlasting
6 жыл бұрын
Luke, What do you think about no till w broadforking to loosen soil and continuing to layer?
@alexsurprenant8448
4 жыл бұрын
wouldn't the compacting year over year create a bad environment for roots to grow? noobie gardener here
@chaoswarriorjorgensen749
6 жыл бұрын
The spring is the same in minnisota exept ummmm...... its minnisota so ya
@ThinkingBiblically
Жыл бұрын
Forest floors are sterile. And this guy's opinions are based on??? Look at the neighborhood. Go ask some farm wife that has been gardening for 60 years.
@MookieCards
6 жыл бұрын
My plot 4 years ago you could make pottery there was so much clay. With a 45 by 34 foot garden each year added 2-3 yards of compost, 20 bags of manure. This is year 4 and noticed the soul is improving alot. Also I have added earthworms (in spring after the first few rains the street is full of earth worms which my little son who is 3 years old pick and bring into the garden) There were no worms in our plot when we started and now after adding a few hundred each year and this year 1000! There are many earth worms enjoying the garden doing their job instead of being run over on the street.
@jumpoffa5011
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your input Valerie. I have the same problem and I was hesitating putting in the worms out of fear that they would die without the proper soil conditions. I will be adding worms to my back yard this Saturday.
@athenaburrus7656
6 жыл бұрын
Three year old sons and grandsons are the greatest partners in grime!
@VaughnMalecki
6 жыл бұрын
What a great little helper!
@jumpoffa5011
6 жыл бұрын
Pinkenstein, I guess we will find out together how it will work out.
@MookieCards
6 жыл бұрын
Today is the day I will be adding the compost to our garden then a light rototill to help mix it into the soil then the fun part of sprinkling on the worms. After I make the beds and pathways. My 3 year old will love this part the most.
@AnikaRae10
6 жыл бұрын
Yay! It’s garden season! I always binge watch your videos coming into spring to get my garden gears going.
@michaelripperger5674
4 жыл бұрын
“Forest floor dosen’t have anything churning it up-“ earthworms leave the chat room
@williamsherry5009
Жыл бұрын
Right don't forget about fungi
@truthbebold4009
Жыл бұрын
Well they shouldn't be in the chatroom in the first place 😤
@JohnDoe_88
6 жыл бұрын
You should do a Cover vs No Cover gardening video. Possibly do an experiment of growing a tomato with trifecta in the wood chip path and not water it once it's established would be informative.
@sazji
4 жыл бұрын
I started a garden with a “back to Eden” no-till approach (not raised beds), but I did “jump-start” it the first year. There was lawn there that had seen a lot of chemicals. I went over the lawn with a hydraulic roto-tiller, then spread some chicken manure and steer manure over it, put cardboard on that and then 3-4 inches of wood chips. That was in October. The first year things were a little slow, but the next year things took off like crazy. I’m doing more perennial gardening. I still added some compost and steer manure here and there and it goes down through the chips with the rain. Now I’m starting again in a new area and I’ll be using raised beds for vegetables with city compost probably, but I will use the chip mulch over the top to conserve water. Our Seattle summers get very dry from July-September and the free chip mulch from the arborists is a godsend!
@noninoni9962
2 жыл бұрын
My Sister and husband live near Medford OR and need to BUY WATER for their grape orchard, for July, Aug through Sep and will cost them $2500... They are trying to get a well dug, but they need to jump through more hoops again this year, so it looks like the well won't happen until next year...hopefully.
@walkbyfaithfamily9177
6 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch a video I learn something new or something I’ve been doing wrong. 🤣 Maybe by the time I have gone through all your videos I will have some decent garden results 🤗
@gregwilusz5696
11 ай бұрын
I till my garden and then put my compost on top after I plant my new vehicle garden. What do you think ?
@vvolfsblood
6 жыл бұрын
Great video as always Luke! I just got my first big harvest of greens using your high intensity method so im a proud plant mom now 😊
@pammondejar7752
6 жыл бұрын
"A proud plant mom"... awww, I can relate! Just a couple of days ago I transferred my basil from a window container to a bigger pot. I only realized it had grown so much when I placed the pot on the floor. I thought, this is what moms must feel like when their little ones are growing up. :)
@ProlerSkyphet
5 жыл бұрын
Hey, I’ve watched a few of your videos and love your down to earth approach. One thing I think is worth mentioning in regards to this video is pioneer plants. You can within several months to a year of introducing pioneer plants to poor soil facilitate some pretty serious change. With a combination of deep rooted soil breaking plants, nitrogen/phosphorus accumulators, and the like the clay begins to loosen up in a big way without much hard work. The easiest way is to grow “weeds” first, and then cut or tarp/sheet mulch over those depending on your preference and it’s amazing how once inhospitable soil becomes so rich with life
@GreenWitchHomestead
6 жыл бұрын
Some great advice Luke. Thanks. It took us 5 years of adding compost sand and rabbit waist to get our clay into soil. But man it was worth it!!! Even worth listening to all the 'gurus' say we were wrong to till.
@VeganChiefWarrior
6 жыл бұрын
if you turn this channel into a trial garden you will officially have the best gardening channel on youtube i effing LOVE seeing comparisons between like, planted in the soil below vs planting in the compost above vs planting right on top of the soil in the compost and things like removing mulch to see if it makes a quicker spring start and compost mixd with drainage vs just compost and mulch vs compost and all that kinda stuff
@skittles9970
6 жыл бұрын
Do you ever have any problems with grubs? I wasn't going to turn my soil last year, but when I started transplanting, I came across dozens of grubs, so I turned all my beds just to remove the grubs.
@bradthomas6272
5 жыл бұрын
Grubs aren't automatically a bad thing, many beetles are actually carnivorous and will eat the slugs that are otherwise going to damage your plants, particularly your seedlings are very vulnerable to slugs which love to live in wood chips as I discovered this year.
@BrianNguyenBeehive
6 жыл бұрын
I don't garden at all (I have zero space to garden) but I just discovered your channel and have been going through HOURS and HOURS of your content.
@CelestialChef90
5 жыл бұрын
Brian Nguyen he’s quite soothing to listen to. Lol
@dmanc53
4 жыл бұрын
every morning this month. New Retiree, gardening is a great outlet
@sharicampbell9068
4 жыл бұрын
I couldn't till if I wanted to! Clearing my garden space, untouched for 15+ years, revealed way too many tree roots! So, raised beds it is for me & I appreciate all your info shared regarding the biology of the soil & plants and the techniques you employ & share!
@mattfantley9327
6 жыл бұрын
Mixing both is the best at least for me... Initially tilling in early spring gives me the ability to put in manure and other material... Then over season i putting layers of straw or leaves works very nicely
@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY
6 жыл бұрын
always good tips
@StoveandGarden
6 жыл бұрын
Love the vlog feeling to this. Please keep it coming.
@TwOnEightt
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for these videos, i'm a novice and the last 2 years i've had a bad harvest. I've learned that im making a lot of mistakes through watching your videos.
@noninoni9962
2 жыл бұрын
Yep, me too!! And here I thought I was pretty good at this miniature gardening thing, until I watched these videos and saw all the things I should be doing -- and shouldn't be doing.
@PrettyAliceNight
6 жыл бұрын
I’m doing both tilling and no tilling. I’ve had an in ground garden I’ve amended for 3 years now but the soil quality is still very poor because it’s naturally clay. This year I built my first raised bed so in that I’m doing no till.
@HomesteadersDiscovery
6 жыл бұрын
PrettyAliceMoon We have terrible soil and recently have had some success with our elevated garden.
@jennifern2805
6 жыл бұрын
PrettyAliceMoon I'm adding lots of mulch and it has totally transformed my Georgia garden. I now have worms and beautiful dark, moist soil. I'm not tilling or using raised beds, I'm mulching to 8" where I didn't use contractor paper (experiment). I planted fruit trees and berries 15' apart and am now interplanting with other annuals or perennials. So far, so good. Best of luck with this year's crops.
@MrClean-ix6jn
6 жыл бұрын
chicken manure will loosen your soil, bring it to health with nutrients, and life with beneficial microbes.
@wadenoble3333
6 жыл бұрын
Very informative vid, thanks! What time of the season do you add the layer of compost to your no dig beds, and how deep?
@svetlanikolova7673
4 жыл бұрын
I Have mountain sand rock soil. I put 2 feet of compost om top and the results are incredible without tilling anything! adding well rotten manure is the way to go instead of tilling. In the meantime, people can grow in containers until the soil is fixed.
@ohhowhappygardener
6 жыл бұрын
Great video! We did no-till at my backyard garden before we moved, only using a broadfork to loosen the soil when planting, but now that I'm in a larger space we are using both a broadfork and tiller. The goal is to build raised beds and go to more of a no-till approach.
@maryiorio426
4 жыл бұрын
Super helpful & informative video. I have 2 raised beds that do not need tilling. My in-ground bed getsreally hard by spring. Now I know I can just keep adding compost annually until it’s got better soil structure! Thanks so much for your guidance!
@maureenodonnell9600
Жыл бұрын
Hello Luke, I started out with hard packed clay in my 7000 ft elevation, Colorado garden. I could not get a shovel in the ground. I went with no dig no till beds and within the first year I had 7 inch long carrots and wonderful soil below my amended bed layers of organic matter.I would greatly discourage people to till. Layer up,not down and you can reap the benefits.
@CAMDEC1217
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Luke, good info. Question for you. I find that after soil prep but before planting the soil will dry out. Do you water your beds when they look dry even if they don't yet have plants in them?
@TheSeasonsoflifefarm
4 жыл бұрын
Migardner, what are the pros and cons to growing in raised cinder block beds? We living in northern Indiana so you and I have about the same growing conditions so I'm curious to see if cinder block would work for us. Thanks
@ColinTonkasdad
5 жыл бұрын
why do i see so many raised bed gardens ! with super wide paths ? just a waste of garden growing space. unless you want to drive a truck down the path ! cheers
@Tyrack9420
3 жыл бұрын
I have a garden bed that had not been used for years...possibly 10 or more years....it is a bit hard, and has roots in it that make it hard to pull the dirt out as it is all held together by these roots..however, the garden is in the woods and has probably 10 years of organic matter fall on it, should I till to get rid of the roots keeping the soil compact. There is also 6-10 inches of free space to the top of the garden bed, so I could just add compost to fill it up. What would you or others suggest ?
@denniskeyes7713
4 жыл бұрын
Trying to find out what to do with no-till after harvest. Do you pull plants out by roots? Chop and drop? I have raised beds in SW Florida.
@emilmcculloch2941
3 жыл бұрын
Doesn't "core gardening" where you dig down to add a layer of decomposed straw and then cover it back up fall under tilling because you are disturbing the soil?
@kjamesjr
4 жыл бұрын
I add mulched leaves and cover crop my garden in the fall and till it in the spring. My garden has been hit or miss until I started doing this. Now I get a bumper crop every year. I’m mostly after adding more carbon as my soil is already nitrogen rich. I never seem to have any issues retaining the worm population either. Yeah some of the bigger worms get chopped up but all the little tiny eggs stay behind and hatch to a buffet of organic material turned into the soil.
@greeneking77
6 жыл бұрын
The one time I tilled my raised bed I turned up a bunch of giant size grub worms, 5+ inches and thick. Apparently they are not a harmful type but they look nasty so I let them be and no till for me
@gardeningchris2901
6 жыл бұрын
I straw bale garden no weeds no soil sustainable fun
@JOSEPH-vs2gc
4 жыл бұрын
Too many youtubers use that weird chimpunk Intro music.., i suppose its free to use, because it totally sucks!
@gacha___cookie7736
6 жыл бұрын
no till for me, grass clippings and leaves, and lots of wood chips is amazing and the longer time goes by the better it gets! makes beautiful soil like your compost you added to your bed.
@Revrett
6 жыл бұрын
This is the information I was needing. You posted this at just the right time. My uncle gave me a tiller and I was wondering if I should use it. I have recently moved and had to leave my no till garden. The soil to the new place isn't that good. I'll use the tiller now to get my garden going. Thanks once more for a great video.
@markharris5544
2 жыл бұрын
If you choose to till the soil best not to use a rototiller. A rototiller is like putting your soil in a blender. It totally destroys soil structure , and fungi. Double digging by hand is gentle yet thoroughly loosens and aerates the soil Farmers sometimes use chisel plows which rip the soil without turning. This is a good choice if your gardening on a large scale. I agree the choice of whether or not to till depending on what soil you are starting from. In a poor soil double digging is still preferable to rototilling because it loosens the soil to two feet.
@Robeerie
2 жыл бұрын
I’d love to see you look into knf (Korean natural farming ) and combine that with this
@jjcjoshuajohn20
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your balanced opinion. I was glad to watch this video.
@carltaylor4942
4 жыл бұрын
Why such ridiculously wide paths? You are losing most of your garden!
@livingonthemeadows7273
4 жыл бұрын
Been watching y your videos. Watch my no till video. Thanks
@jjpcat
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info. If you are no till, what are you going to do with Tomato or cover crops (beans, peas, oats) at the end of the season? Don't you have to till or dig to remove those plants?
@wearbear732
6 жыл бұрын
I personally just cover mine with hay and add beer and molasses it composts fast that way..I also just cut the larger stemmed plants down and throw them in my fire pit then just use the ash .
@wearbear732
6 жыл бұрын
Btw you gotta get on that early though ..like as soon as the snow is gone
@benpenner1216
2 жыл бұрын
Walk ways are way too big. Lots of wasted space. You only need 9" wide walk way.
@flowerpixel
4 жыл бұрын
I know this video is old but I tried to look up no-till no-dig on KZitem and I was sooooo confused. this really simplifies it. Thank you!
@brittanycantada1949
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. This helps a lot. I am in the south and we do have a lot of clay here. We just started gardening this year. Hoping to expand for a fall garden patch.
@MrKevMan
5 жыл бұрын
It's proven that repeated plowing and tilling destroys the soil. It should be demonized.
@bradthomas6272
5 жыл бұрын
If you're growing on a scale too large for raised beds or you simply can't afford the expenses that come with raised bed gardening you may have no other option. Demonizing should be demonized, open conversation is far more conducive to changing opinions.
@devoywilliams3956
4 жыл бұрын
not really its because in commercial garden they use chemical fertilizer and no add anything back to the soil. Tilling is fine and self sufficient than buying wood for raised beds and sourcing soil.
@signman9328
6 жыл бұрын
I was taken in by the 'no-till' wood chip gardening stuff a couple years ago and piled them on my own garden to try. I realize this method takes time to start to work, but the BIGGEST PROBLEM is more everyday and practical-------it's nearly impossible to keep from mixing the dirt with your wood chips as you are planting and working! (You are not supposed to mix the 2) Also, keeping the thick layer of chips away from the plants is a hassle. The argument is always made in the woodchip videos that you are simulating a 'forest floor'------OK, how many tomatoes, peas, beans, and lettuce have you found growing nicely on the forest floor?? I'm raising and cultivating vegetables, not trees. Think twice before you do this, people! It is a royal pain in the rear to work around the chips all the time. I'm taking a more 'middle ground' and got rid of the chips and am prepping my garden with a broadfork, which loosens soil deeper than any tiller, while still preserving the 'structure', and a small tiller just in the upper surface to prep for planting.
@faithevrlasting
6 жыл бұрын
Sign Man You don’t have to work around wood chips once your plant is large enough to push them back to the base of the plant.
@jbiebs1001
6 жыл бұрын
Norine Holland You dont understand what they are saying. When you are working with transplants you have to dig a hole to put them in. When i went outside today to plant my squash, chips naturally fell and intermixed into the planting hole and the soil that i scooped out. I find having a bucket to dump the soil i scoop out helps, but it is honestly not practical if you have a large space. The benefits to me in my backyard garden still warrant that initial extra effort, but for those with a large plot, i could see how this method would not be practical.
@mikemichaels4500
6 жыл бұрын
Sign Man as he said in the video, gardening is not one size fits all. There are people that have good results with wood chips.
@faithevrlasting
6 жыл бұрын
Chemistry Cam I get it if you are large scale. I have approx 300 sq ft of garden and now w year 3 Back to Eden, I don’t worry about some chips falling into the hole as long as it’s mostly soil. Had good results, but to each their own. I was just concerned about the emotionality of the post, demonizing chips as a horror. They work for me along with chipped leaves.
@signman9328
6 жыл бұрын
No question, it helps the soil over time. It's just more of a hassle to seed in soil that has a thick layer of wood chips on it and to keep them away from the seedlings until they can get established. Also, need to move them away AGAIN to work the soil, etc. Not for me in an intensively planted small space. I do keep them around 'permanent' plantings like blueberry and raspberry plants, shrubs, etc.
@SonsuzOlaslk
3 жыл бұрын
I found my answers in this video thanks a lot ;)
@parrishn5945
5 жыл бұрын
Agriculture is not natural...... so I use both based on needs.
@marcelburkholder752
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks I've just started gardening the last year and wanted to implement the core method and get to no till huge fan of your channel
@arianapitalua2082
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this information! My soil is all clay and since we just moved we are tilling this year and adding leaves and compost to our garden. Hopefully with the years to come our garden soil will get better. Thanks Luke.
@gobigrey9352
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Luke. Most of my beds are no till with lots of chop and drop and grass clippings to keep the weeds down and keep the soil covered. Easier is better for me.
@stephentomes2634
4 жыл бұрын
Let weeds that have deep roots naturally live there to break up the clay soil for a while then go from there
@parveens5685
2 жыл бұрын
How does one remove weeds or grass that has grown in the garden beds then ?
@Reixa
6 жыл бұрын
Really like the new music choice and style i know its "trendy" amongst other youtubers but it's calming.
@HomesteadersDiscovery
6 жыл бұрын
We can't wait until our composting bins get going. Our soil sucks...mostly sand. Thanks for your vids, we appreciate what you share.
@VaughnMalecki
6 жыл бұрын
Homesteaders Discovery It's brutal watching mine sit there the last month not heating up. I've just been adding urine like crazy and I think I might have some heat finally. Good luck with yours!
@VaughnMalecki
6 жыл бұрын
Ziminiar 83 I don't believe so.
@elainelight9286
4 жыл бұрын
What size are your beds? Thanks!
@sarahhollingshead6289
6 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing on video guys! As always! Thanks for the info on till/no till! 🌱
@simonebourgeois9544
6 жыл бұрын
Last summer my raise bed got this strange white mushroom that looked like someone poured plaster over it. After the season was done I tilled it in cause I was just so hard with compost & used coffee grounds & now its so healthy that I have hundreds of Earthworms breeding in it. I have yet once need to add fertilizer to my plant in the raised bed as long as I feed the worms organic yummies my plants are happy. #doingsomethingright
@asamusicdude
6 жыл бұрын
Simone Bourgeois mushrooms in soil means healthy soil
@simonebourgeois9544
6 жыл бұрын
asamusicdude ~ ture but not when it cuts the water supply to my plants
@simonebourgeois9544
6 жыл бұрын
It was 1 inch & a half deep & it was so tuff that a shovel couldn't break through it, never seen a mushroom like that
@howiedewitt_
6 жыл бұрын
Simone Bourgeois It was calcium from fungus. Great for veggies. Good idea to chop it up so you can plant through it.
@simonebourgeois9544
6 жыл бұрын
dungbeard ~ the worms love it
@WalkingScriptureWithShanna
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Luke, that was awesome as usual. I just moved to New Hampshire zone 5b and there is an established in ground veggie garden that currently has a black tarp over it (under about 10” of snow). I had a chance to look under on a rare day when the snow melted, and the soil is a gorgeous deep black. What is the best method for no till but getting the most out of the space?
@dmanc53
4 жыл бұрын
NH also. challenging on a wooded lot. I just bought a tiller, my yard is so lumpy from all the trees that we removed, that I have wanted to do this for years. My yard is 1/2 treed to take soil (maple, Oak, Cedar) from so I hope to not spend any more money on dirt. all these leaves...do I need to add nutrients?
@WalkingScriptureWithShanna
4 жыл бұрын
Diane Mancino I would get a diy soil test for your best answer!
@WalkingScriptureWithShanna
4 жыл бұрын
Diane Mancino where in NH? I’m in Sullivan County about 20 minutes South of Claremont
@dadrscrapbooking
6 жыл бұрын
Great info here, but I was wondering what do you do after the beds fill up? Do you take some soil out or raise your bed walls? Or does it never get higher then your walls cause it is compose breaking down?
@karla-wi2oh
4 жыл бұрын
How do you know that your soil has alot of clay
@randolphsloan2263
5 жыл бұрын
Do you think adding sand to clay is best then add compost on top.
@sweetvuvuzela4634
5 жыл бұрын
Randolph Sloan no it will create concrete like structure
@lieselemay
6 жыл бұрын
Soooo I don't like to till but I did just start the water core gardening that you posted ( I live in CO. Cores= Good) and I actually have to add some clay to my garden. They filled the beds here with potting soil (So much perlite and vermiculite). It has no structure and drops the water so fast. It is getting better though. How do you feel that effects the no till garden? How would you suggest minimizing soil destruction while maintaining cores every year? Out of curiosity. I square foot garden in 120sq ft. of raised bed. This year I have over 75 varieties. I feed 4 almost exclusively during the summer and into the fall out of it. Something must be working. :~D
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