BUILDING SOIL/REAL FACTS. Part 3 of a 12 Part Series that will help you understand the PRO’S & CON’S of Back to Eden organic gardening 101 method with wood chips to composting just Fall leaves. Great start for beginners Tour our secrets for organic soil grow & gardening vegetables 101 documentary with pest control. Looking into soil food web & soil health in organic garden. diy garden
Mycorrhizal link: http://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2013/08/mycorrhizal-fungi-the-worlds-biggest-drinking-straws-and-largest-unseen-communication-system.html
Everytime I watch this series, i get more ans more nuggets of information. I'm so glad i found this channel. I have learned so much from Mark.
Thank you so much for making a video like this, I never knew this is how one should do an organic garden – I am grateful
Excellent videos, where I live in Thailand I am laying down leaves for my garden. The issues I have is that it's all red volcanic soil and in the heat the soil becomes like rock, so moisture is key, thus my use of leaves to help retain moisture and allow plants to grow. As a kid, I remember when I helped my mother to re-pot a plant that had grown in one small pot for around 3 years, my mother complained it did not seem to be growing anymore, the new pot was 3 times larger, so when the tight ball of roots had more room, it just sprang to life and I was so pleased, along with my mother! So my soil here is just like that old clay pot when its like rock it holds the roots and plants cannot grow! Therefore when I can keep moisture, the roots are no longer contained in their clay pot and are free to grow and produce, hence the leaves. I did not know about woodchips, so I am going to have to investigate where I can obtain some. Any advice on leaves or woodchips to avoid other than Eucalyptus, which I already avoid?
I started to see transformation of clay soil after 2 years (it was the worst kind of clay). It's not finished, though. Needs more time.
the training device looks like lungs
What do you do with five thousand sunflower plants ? Sell some? Sell seeds? Press oil? Wow!
Can you speak anything to using bamboo as a mulch, the effects positive and negative? Many thanks, love these detailed videos!
Yes, should be required viewing! Quite the teacher.
What's the difference between winter rye grass and annual rye grass?
I wish, as the only woman and organic gardener, in a male traditionalist allotment, I could make all the mocking. naysaying, egotistical, conventional old men gardeners at my allotment, sit down and watch your video, then they might not just think I am a silly girl they can mock – here's hoping
i love how ya make a guacamoley but still manage to explain it perfectly thanks for you efforts im subbed and stayin im an indoor organic gardener this is my first year with success vermicomposting its amazing what ya can do when you add such life to soil im sure those fungi and stuff is in my i hope they are ive already gathered half a bag of casting im going to sift the eggs out and rehatch them hopefully gather enough to make something.
I live in outback Australia and have endured many droughts. Thanks for teaching me how soil can heal itself if we let it.
Can I let my chickens go in there at the end of the season to scratch a little and get the end of the leaves/stalks/etc? Or will that disturb the soil too much if only done a day or two? (I only have 4 chickens and around 110 sq ft of garden).
How long does it take for the hyphae to get into your soil? I’m trying to convince my father that no initial till is required and that we just need to let God’s design do the work. We have a dense clay based soil in the Maritimes, Canada.
Great explanation! Well done thanks
Great job and great information. We’ve done some wood chip gardening but I had kind of forgotten why it works. This re-enforces what I need to do in a future planting area we are making ready for next season. I am very motivated now to get our wood chips down!!
Great info! New sub here. I plant sunflowers every year. Never new of the benefits to the soil. Pretty cool how it all works together.
Excellent! You have a teacher's heart for teaching! Thank you!
Thanks for this Amazing video. I wish that the farmers see this video en learn that exhausting the soil is not the solution to feed the increasing population in the future. Greetings from Holland.
Thank you for making this! You’re a born teacher!
Hello…i have a question that bothers me…is it ok to use decay wood from the forest near by and crash it to pieces together and use it together with the leafs or with the wood chips?
Enjoy your video. I am growing root crops in clay soil will your method be a success to my cropss?
WoW!! I just found your channel. This series is awesome! You do such an incredible job of presenting these scientific concepts, in the field.
Even an old gardener like myself, is excited to learn new information about soil building. I will be passing this on to my grandkids. Thank you!
Great explanation! Thanks!
Why single stem/flower sunflower and not multi stem/flower?
Fantastic! I agree with other commenters. This is great for kids as well.
Great lesson
sunflowers are allelopathic, so wouldn’t that damage soil if done repeatedly?