My favorite gardening channels are the ones that experiment, and show the results! Thanks for all you do.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
I fully agree. It is nice to see what happens. If it is either good or not so good. THANK YOU
@RubberDuckStyle
3 жыл бұрын
You sounded like a 5 year old on Christmas morning when you were pulling the soil out 😁😁👍👍👍
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
I am ! And fully agree with you. THANKS
@dogslobbergardens6606
3 жыл бұрын
Soil like that truly is a gift that keeps giving.
@craiganderson3952
3 жыл бұрын
Who else felt like Mark was opening up the best Christmas presents ever when he dug down on the winter rye? You can see the effects of glomulon ( spelling) holding the soil and organic matter together. This is purely enjoyable. I'm not fixing the USA dust bowl ( sorry ) but I am doing a small piece of land. I put winter rye in plant dishes ( what a pot plant sits on ) the rye comes up quick and believe it or not I can slip it off just like a pizza. I can talk forever when I'm this excited. Thanks Mark for my third lease of life i😊😀😁😂
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
AWESOME to Hear. THANK YOU for you insight.
@aliciabaird7525
3 жыл бұрын
Great idea for starting winter rye! I think I’ll try that!
@lorannharris9034
3 жыл бұрын
Mark sounded so excited. A child excited to see a pretty bauble. Contagious.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
YEAH..
@dogslobbergardens6606
3 жыл бұрын
We just moved a couple weeks ago, and that meant that I had to tear apart the raised beds at our old place. Some of them were made with cattle panel and hardware cloth as you taught us in your videos. I never dug into them except to plant a seedling. I just kept growing things in them and adding some mulch, compost etc on top as I went along. I was *very* pleased to find that when I pulled the metal structure away, all the roots from growing covers and veggies in there for a couple years held the soil together... a person could easily put seeds or transplants right into those mounds and keep right on gardening. Because the soil itself has structural integrity but also good drainage and richness, and healthy populations of worms etc all through it. The dead roots from seasons ago serve a purpose much like peat moss or coco coir. The number one "secret" is leaving the roots in there! :)
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC. THANK YOU for sharing this.
@GinaSiska
3 жыл бұрын
You’re like a ‘mad’ dirt scientist, lol 😂!!! Love it!! But seriously Mark I always learn so much from your channel, I can’t thank you enough!!
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
LOVE IT. Mad Dirt Scientist. You are the Best. THANKS
@GinaSiska
3 жыл бұрын
@@iamorganicgardening 😉
@juneshannon8074
3 жыл бұрын
I now see why you are in love with winter rye Mark. What a positive result! Good on you.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! Thank you!
@robc2536
3 жыл бұрын
That's some good looking soil Mark. I love your excitement when pulling the soil out and finding roots down deep. Like a kid on Christmas day.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
It was a great surprise to me. Thanks
@growshakephil
3 жыл бұрын
Love seeing your experiments, Mark! Cheers!
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@chachadodds5860
3 жыл бұрын
"I need a more powerful microscope." Spoken like a true science nerd...lol. Love it! Fascinated to see you've cover-cropped your raised beds. I've been wondering about whether this would be worth the effort. Following this experiment closely. I'm definitely doing cover crops, including Horseradish, in my new yard this Autumn. The ground is bare at the moment, silt in the top 10-12", compacted clay below that, and completely devoid of life. Something must be done, in this new and foreign-to-me, arid high desert wasteland. I've got my work cut out for me. Thank you, Mark, for being out there with your scientist mind, and teacher's heart, sharing your discoveries with the rest of us who are toiling in the soil, and secretly fascinated with the nerdy stuff. Appreciate all the extra effort it takes to do a yt channel. 💚
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
You are on the amazing right track in your bare soil/ garden. THANK YOU for sharing
@DSmith-ix1xf
3 жыл бұрын
Enthusiasm is a great transmission signal! It's the fun way to learn!👍
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Love what I do. THANK YOU have a great week,.
@samuelmjlfjell
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a student of the no till. You are my guide. Along with Elaine Ingham and Jeff Lowenfels , James Prigioni , Paul Guacchi. I am going to use the grass shears to terminate my cover. I got a microscope 🔬. Thanks Mark. Very good. I'm so enthusiastic about my backyard garden.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
So great to hear this and awesome other people to follow. THANKS
@dogslobbergardens6606
3 жыл бұрын
The first year I grew winter rye in my beds I had nothing but a plain scissors to cut it down with. It was a bit tedious but it was all worthwhile :)
@williamwalter8554
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark, 8:04 that laugh of discovery so great. As if you just created Frankenstein's monster. Cheers Bill
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Someone just wrote to me that I am THE MAD SOIL SCEINTIST . I can live with that. THANK YOU.
@4RTigers
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video! That bed will just get better and better each year!
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
I fully agree with you. THANK YOU so very much.
@emmabrunson977
3 жыл бұрын
I love your enthusiasm. I'm all about organic, so I'm drawn to your channel. Are we in the same zone? I live in Howell, NJ. In one of your videos, you showed a raised bed where you don't have to bend. I'm interested in knowing how you built it. I'm in my 70s, so too much bending bothers me.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
THANKS, I do think we area in the same zone. This is a link to that video just click on it. kzitem.info/news/bejne/moJmmYqckap1fW0 .
@aliciabaird7525
3 жыл бұрын
I filled my box beds with “box mix” that I got from a local landscape pit. Turns out it was sand and clay with very little organic matter. Everything I planted last year really struggled because it compacted so badly! This spring I added wood chips, wood compost and coffee grounds, but after watching this video, I’m SO tempted to just completely empty my beds and start over with leaves and a little soil! Your results are amazing! I’m still holding out hope for my soil. I’ll follow your suggestions in all your videos and hopefully I can turn things around!
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Organic matter is helpful. Just need that soil life to help you. Thanks
@iamorganicgardening
Жыл бұрын
@@incanada83 This video will help you decide : kzitem.info/news/bejne/wpyAtomCj3yAY2U .
@Treegrower
3 жыл бұрын
I get it now.. I understand the magic of cover cropping! AMAZING!!
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Here to help and share. THANK YOU.
@PermaPen
3 жыл бұрын
Such passion! Brilliant! Those are amazing roots and I love the microscope analysis. You need one of those archeology core-driver things, to bring up two metres of soil...! I saw one of my beds for the first time this year yesterday - broad beans + garlic + a cover crop mix including winter rye - they all looked so happy together! I also prepared an entire bed using my bread knife - all the weeds sliced just under the surface of the soil. No soil disturbed! I'm experimenting with sowing all my vegetables with a sprinkling of cover crops, to see what happens. I'll terminate the cover crops if they seem to be crowding the vegetables.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU. You have a great plan and technique for growing forward. It is always a pleasure to se how thing work in harmony in nature
@dogslobbergardens6606
3 жыл бұрын
Using a bread knife that way is a fantastic idea, thank you. I've let crimson clover keep growing tall through the flowering stage in beds with large plants like tomatoes and it worked out fine, I just thinned out the crimson clover a bit. Grasses seem to be more of a competitor in my experience. When the rye has gotten too tall, I've just cut it and laid the material down as mulch. It will come back through in spots but then I just chop and drop it again if it's bothering other plants. With both the crimson clover and winter rye I only put transplants in with them, I didn't try to seed into them. It gets pretty humid here so I try to leave room for airflow around my veg plants around their bases... it helps pervent fungal diseases. That might be something to keep in mind. I leave low-growing clovers and native purple deadnettle alone in my garden beds. That seems to work out well; they attract pollinators early in spring and when the weather heats up they just die back on their own as larger veg plants take off. Then they come back next winter/spring when the weather is right for them. I'm following Mark's example of trying to always have living roots going. I'm interested to hear how your ideas work out!
@jerichoeagle830
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, I love seeing the results and the in depth explanation, thanks for all of your hard work and research!
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
My True pleasure to share with great people like You. THANKS
@tegoblue
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for saying right off what growing zone you are in. So important to gardening viewers.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Always! And THANK YOU for watching.
@noelroga4593
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. I love seeing this kind of experiment and results. That root goes deep
@iamorganicgardening
2 жыл бұрын
Nature is awesome. Enjoy and THANK YOU.
@hermanhale9258
Жыл бұрын
The microscope at fifteen minutes - well! For years I have been watching gardeners preaching about fungi in the soil and I always wondered, do they really know what they are talking about? What if it is all bad science and myth? So, I appreciate this.
@iamorganicgardening
Жыл бұрын
I looked at it the same way you where. So I bought my own microscope to find out the truth. Soil has to have a equal balance of F:B of 1 to 1 in the vegetable garden. ( fungi to bacteria ) to be healthy. Thanks for sharing.
@toddvance4592
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your experiments! The rye roots are incredible.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
They are. And so is nature and YOU. Thanks
@tan2230
3 жыл бұрын
Looks like you lightly burnt the raised bed. Looks great Mark! Hope you like it! If not it will fade unless you waterproof/clear stain it. If you do like, you can burn it even more and it will last longer. My fence posts are still looking good after 3 years.
@dogslobbergardens6606
3 жыл бұрын
That's very interesting, I hadn't heard of that before. It makes sense to me.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry , I did not. I know of the reason why people do it. I line the inside with aluminum foil to stop the rot. Did a video on it. Thanks
@ElaineHorsley
3 жыл бұрын
Love your videos and I love that you say where you are located. I wish more people did that in their videos.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU so very much for your kind words. Happy Gardening.
@joannmaddalena1084
3 жыл бұрын
Great. Great video
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it and THANK YOU.
@decorateyouryard1773
2 жыл бұрын
Very impressive and good farming Sir!!
@iamorganicgardening
2 жыл бұрын
Many many Thanks
@valoriegriego5212
3 жыл бұрын
Cool...beautiful soil being built!🙂 I saw little happy works!🙂
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@maconbacon8215
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting lesson, Mark. You are a good teacher.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that. Always love showing how nature is awesome. THANK YOU have great week.
@vinc8ntl8r
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! Amazing video as always!
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU, Have a amazing fishing day soon. THANKS
@robinwhitlatch4497
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great video! Is amazing how deep the roots grew. Wow! Soil looks real good already. Can't wait to see how vegetable plants produce this summer and fall in that bed.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU, and me too. YUM.
@RiverPlaid
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome 🌸
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Hello, How is your land doing. Thanks
@bfulton7180
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark. I too have winter rye growing in my raised bed. I am in New Brunswick Canada so my spring season starts later than yours in your area but the principles remain the same.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! We are both on the same path. THANK YOU.
@daveswords2112
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. thanks for the knowledge greatly appreciated.
@iamorganicgardening
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! and THANK YOU.
@lenamccown5442
3 жыл бұрын
That was fun. Love your enthusiasm. Amazing experiment. Thanks for sharing.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@sher152
3 жыл бұрын
Once again, another fantastic video.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU. Have a great weekend.
@getplanted5730
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU so Very Much.
@danielfisch655
3 жыл бұрын
Great results, have you ever tried growing daikon radishes as a cover crop. I’m thinking of doing it to get deep root penetration in our hard Arizona soil. I do grow winter rye and alfalfa to build soil and it works well for the top ten inches and thank you for sharing.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I have. They grow very large. Mine would get to be also 2 feet long.. Thanks
@danielfisch655
3 жыл бұрын
@@iamorganicgardening I guess that settles it, daikon radishes will be planted in October.
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Here is a video on my Daikon Radishes : kzitem.info/news/bejne/16qDr5mhaoV-i4Y .
@MrKen-longrangegrdhogeliminato
2 жыл бұрын
Chocolate cake!
@iamorganicgardening
2 жыл бұрын
Well Said. Thanks
@donnacarter7781
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I need to d I this. My soil is like cement. My shovel will not go down in the soil unless l soak it first. This will take a while. l have to be patient. THANK YOU.
@iamorganicgardening
Жыл бұрын
You can do it. Nature will help you. Thanks
@chrisluehr3256
3 жыл бұрын
great content, many thanks!
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!!
@iamorganicgardening
2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU kindly. Have a great year ahead,
@donthompson4912
3 жыл бұрын
Very impressive !
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@kendellbarnes9346
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!!! Lots of information!
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Was very happy to make it for you. THANK YOU.
@TheEmbrio
Жыл бұрын
Rye is powerfull !!
@iamorganicgardening
Жыл бұрын
Yes, winter rye is a great cover crop.
@pawel19677
3 жыл бұрын
Did you try Sudan grass as a cover crop, or maybe you are planning to check it out?
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
May years ago I did this video on it. Sudan grass & pearl millet :kzitem.info/news/bejne/kWiNr6mcf6V5ln4
@tropicalco2339
3 жыл бұрын
I like it!
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
AWESOME... THANK YOU.
@MM-iy9xu
3 жыл бұрын
Would alfalfa not be a good additive before the rye?
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, you can use alfalfa. good choice. And it will grow back if not cut to short. Thanks
@cindypendleton7901
Жыл бұрын
It's already February in NC. What do I put in new raise gardens now? I'm expanding my growing area.
@iamorganicgardening
Жыл бұрын
Real soil( sand silt and Clay ) this is all minerals the plants need This a video on it. kzitem.info/news/bejne/wpyAtomCj3yAY2U
@antoniopietroniro2270
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark, what's your magnification ?
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
400x most of the time and one time 1000x
@allswildmmi6228
2 жыл бұрын
Question, how would on of these 50X - 1300X LED with an 8” 1080P screen do for looking at the soil samples and the roots?
@iamorganicgardening
2 жыл бұрын
I am Sorry I do not know. But I use 400 x so might be OK
@allswildmmi6228
2 жыл бұрын
@@iamorganicgardening thank you 🎼
@oddopops1327
3 жыл бұрын
👍👍😊
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU ALWAYS
@oddopops1327
3 жыл бұрын
@@iamorganicgardening 😎
@andreabelli6589
3 жыл бұрын
Layering leaves and soil didn't create nitrogen starvation for a while?
@pissrockdust5997
3 жыл бұрын
Turn the cut grass into nitrogen liquid fertilizer just in case
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
Nitrogen starvation only happens at the soil surface.. Not in the soil. Why? different microbes and fungi live live at the surface then in the soil.
@pissrockdust5997
3 жыл бұрын
@@iamorganicgardening interesting!!! How did you find this out?
@iamorganicgardening
3 жыл бұрын
@@pissrockdust5997 Search Dr. Elaine Ingham on KZitem or goggle. She holds every degree possible in soil science.
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