How To Get FREE Straw and Build Soil NO TILL Homesteading Vegetable Gardening for beginners 101. No till gardening with FREE straw mulch.
VIDEO: How To Get FREE Straw and Build Soil NO TILL Homesteading Vegetable Gardening for beginners 101
How To Get FREE Straw and Build Soil NO TILL Homesteading Vegetable Gardening for beginners 101. No till gardening with FREE straw mulch.
How many pounds did you have to use to cover the whole area
When you plant into it…what do yiu use? I see you have a tractor so do you use a seed drill attached to your tractor?any ideas on how i can do this and speed into it without iwning a seed drill attachment?
But the Winter Rye seed at 50 lbs, wasn't free….
How do U get FREE straw???
How do i grow that in hard clay, intial step??
Y dont u let rye go to seeds, harvest them to save seeds for next season, then use the straw to mulch? Then grow the crops?
I've heard you say that mycorrhizae need a living root in the ground to survive the winter. But, will the mycorrhizae survive the winter with dormant roots?
strawberries?
wise. im curious how u plant seeds into these straw.
Nice video and I enjoy all gardening videos. But there is one complain I always have. Mainly with YouTube may be. They should ask for every posters location and show the same in your profile details. For gardening it’s very important to know the farming zone. From central New Jersey I am not sure if winter rye will survive those few -15 degree temperature days. Thanks for the videos. It takes a lot of effort to shoot and edit these videos. Best.
I love this method, I'm pretty sure my grandfather use to do it this way. That's how far away we have come from then with the fertilizers and man made chemicals they use today. Thanks for the lessons much appreciated..
How did you seed the winter rye into the soil in November? What soil preparation did you do before you planted the winter rye?
Will the seeds of the winter rye grow back or you have to buy more every year
how do you plant new seeds into that matt of mulch? just sprinkle the seeds ontop or what?
I'm thinking of planting some winter rye in my zone, but I worry so much that my harsh winters will prevent it from getting anywhere to the height it need to be. I'm in Zone 5a just outside of Montreal.
I guess you don't always need a crimper. A front mounted crimper (or bucket) with a no-till planter pulled behind is a slick set up. Do your planting, fertilizing and weed control in one pass. Your front loader might crimp rye but maybe not hair vetch, field peas or clover.
Everyone of your videos I’m learning, always thought I knew a fair bit about gardening. But sure am getting a new education.
You should have made a crop circle first, and then you'd have the basis of another video!!! 😀
How did you plant the winter rye? Did you till prior to planting it? Thank you!
thank you so much
I've been following your series with wonder, and especially remember the demo where you had 2×4's and gumdrops, sprinkles and shaving cream…and then dumped water all over it. Now youre telling us to fill the garden with tall grass, smash it down, and then plant our vegetables. I'm sorry if I sound like an idiot, but are you for real or are you just messing with us?
If you can find one to borrow a 3 point sickle bar would be awesome.
Revisiting this vid, it's wonderful, thanks
You could use a scythe on that to do the same thing without tractor compaction right? Same result but more effort?
Do you add biochar?
Do u make a ditch to plant okra seeds
Hi can you talk more about how did you manage to get that soil from hard clay. I have hard clay in 6 acres and want to start planting winter rye, can you let me know if I have to cut it every year before blooming and replant every fall or Do i cut it once the seeds are dry so it can regrow and do it every year until my soil get better ? Please help me out.
Thank you.
To plant into the crimped straw, do you mow paths down soil level and plant into the paths?
Good morning Mark. Here’s a link that I thought you would find interesting. https://youtu.be/Aw16LPVnNco
I and many others appreciate you teaching us how to break the cycle and start growing soil.