In this episode I will show you how to set up a core garden bed using
the core gardening method. It is easy, fast, and truly a great way to
grow a garden!
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My raised garden beds are somewhere between 15 and 18 years old. I've had compost, composted horse and cow manure, and bought garden soil added to them over the years. I also top my beds with straw during both the growing season and in winter to keep the weeds, that the birds kindly drop on the soil, down. Because I can't reach any more than 18 inches into the beds I have made them only three-feet wide and about 35 to 40 feet long.
The rain here in NE TN has beaten down the soil to the point where it's almost impossible to "fluff" it up, and because of the narrow width and length, it's almost impossible to get even a small "tiller" in there. (I know! I've tried! Almost ended up in the hospital trying to do that!)
What I want to know is: How the HECK are you keeping the soil so fluffy?
Do wood chips work for this method ?
This is awesome I use straw for my chickens and ducks bedding and I just had a big bale get rained on numerous times and it got moldy. So since I can’t use it for bedding anymore I’m going to lay it in a thick layer at the bottom of my raised beds when I set them up. And since I live in South Texas and it gets above 95° constantly and into the triple digits for weeks on end on the bad summers this is going to be so helpful! I’m also using your compost method where it’s just the tarp and you use the sun to heat it up in our sun gets pretty powerful and it gets pretty hot so I’m gonna be making compost in no time and I really appreciate your channel because I’ve learned so much from you!
Trying my potatoes and might have room for some carrots
If I am doing this in a flower and perennial bed where I don't change out the plants from year to year how would I do this? My water bill in So Ca is insane.
I've been looking for a better way to water. I was considering Ollas and/or soaker hoses. I'm really excited about this and will give it a try this year. Thank you.
So, what if we didn’t buy straw and let it rot?
This looks great, however, I have heard that most straw is now sprayed with pesticides that will kill your garden and plants. Have you run into that problem? If you have an organic garden, wouldn't you want to make sure the straw wasn't sprayed with pesticides?
Wonder how old straw bedding from a chicken coop would do with this method? Love the idea, I'll definitely have to try it.
Great info but that droning annoying music and whiny woman is hideous!
from Knysna, Western Cape in South Africa – gone try this, thanks
I grow tall ornamental grasses as natural fences , seems like that would kill two birds with one stone for me
Hi Luke and thanks for your informative videos. Instead of rotting straw can hay be used or freshly cut grass? Thanks.
You should have put into the other video. ONE video with complete information would have been very helpful.
I'll be trying this. thanks
I'm using hay this year to cover my plants and I'm getting a lot of grass coming through. Is this just new hay growing and is it okay?
If you're adding "brown" straw or twigs, or other carbonaceous material, wouldn't you also have to add a "green" source of nitrogen?
From my experience root vegetables don’t really like this as there’s too much decaying matter near their roots and tubers. This works better with plants that don’t mind wet feet
Does anybody know if you can just use the broken down and shredded weeds to add to the core of the garden?
Do you have to reapply straw with each growing season?
I wonder if soaking the straw real good with water after putting it in the furrow would help keep the moisture in the ground even better.
I appreciate all your videos… I have learned a lot and have been able to confirm (so to speak) things I have already been doing… my only suggestion would be record your music in a lower volume… thanks
So this obviously doesn’t fit in with no till
Should you add water once you get the straw in the trench?
Early spring here in Melbourne, Australia. I have just moved into a new house and have top dressed the existing gardens with a garden/compost mix from the garden supply store.
I like what you say about building up a quality garden bed. I worked the beds at my previous house with compost, dynamic lifter and gypsum (high clay level) for three years and saw massive improvements every year. Pea straw mulch also worked wonders on the surface.
I am going to "experiment" with this soil make up for this season but will definitely try out a core technique in our autumn!!!