As an organic vegetable gardener it is essential to build healthy soil over winter ready for spring to grow food. The nutrients of the soil come from free and organic ammendments we use. Soil fertility is the most important thing when it comes to sustainable vegetable gardening, and in this video we cover our method of ensuring that come next spring, the soil is ready for planting without having to worry about adding compost or weeding.
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Like your channel first time watching gonna try this next autumn
Hugh, could I use a black tarpaulin instead of black plastic? We live in a very exposed position on a south facing mountainside in North Wales, any natural mulches such as leaves would not stay on our beds for very long at all.
But you will eat a lot of black plastic particules and this is very healthy.
Oops, I put leaves first then compost on top with a sprinkle of coffee grounds in between. Will that still work?
Will this work if it's February and 3 months left tell planting? I also have access to alfalfa hay.
what about O2
Another great vid. Thanks Huw. 🙂
How about green manure? Cover crop
sorry – no plastic….use thick layers of leafs
I love your videos Huw!!
Wouldn’t landscape plastic work better because it would allow the rain to seep in for the soil life? Does the black plastic kill the soil life?
Great video and thank you for sharing
Wow, just want to go get my yard ready for next year but it's dark and snowing right now.
That much cow manure would cost me a small fortune
I do this
Thank you for that good tip . I will use it this fall. God bless you for sharing .
Gosh, this video is already three years old. Just found your channel Huw and can't watch the clippets fast enough. Really enjoyable and informative videos. Thank you. Great job! Keep it up Huw. p.s There are lots of questions in this section but I can't see many answers. Is there a link to another section somewhere that I've missed may be !?
I’ve found I need more sun in my raises bed for next year so I need to move the whole operation. Should I amuse manure now, wait until spring then move the entire thing?
Very interesting. If I'm starting a new regular ground level garden, could I add manure, compost to the top of my soil, and cover it with black plastic, and leave it until spring planting ?
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You sound like a chimney sweep, ya did, ya do!
Hi there, I have watched your videos for a while now and have been most impressed. Yesterday I showed my wife one of your videos and her comments prompted me to send this message. BBC take a camera down to this young mans garden and watch what a proper gardener does. You have a gardeners world program already made with the "know how" that gardeners really want to know, not just going to a garden centre and spending a fortune on plants to stick in your designer garden. Well done Huw this is what gardening is all about. Regards.
I can recommend using old and disused vinyl banners from festivals, truck sides or scaffolding. It can be hosed down and reused year after year. Often you can get it for free, or buy it cheap or find it in the skip.
hi
what is the thickness of the wood which is used here
Would it be ok to just add wood chips cow manure and compost all year round and during the winter?????
We dry our lawn (converted to white clover,) clippings and add those to our garden as mulch. We also have access to clean horse manure.
Can we add 3” of well rotted horse manure, then cover it with the dried clover?
OR
Would it be better to add 3” of home made compost covered with the dried clover or leaves?
Enjoying your channel.
Hi Huw, I am new to your fab chanel I also live in Wales what type of watering can do you use?
I do the same thing and the results are incredible. Little to no weeds either. Keep videos coming
Will covering the surface with leaves stopweeds growing – I don’t use plastic 🙂