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3:25 – 'give it a go' … so Australian haha
Thank you for this advice. I am just starting out and this is awesome info.
You’re the Man!
The soil didn't look alive, did it? You are right. It's not so much a matter of 'ready product with all the right numbers' as a matter of living potential.
Iove your containers. Are they better than grow bags? What type of metal and where did you get the material? Is it expensive?
Thanks.
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Terrific advice. I have nut grass contaminated soil, any tips to get rid of it without chemicals.
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I must say, the worms down under are certainly active, here in the Northeast US they are slow and barely alive.
I love all your videos man, had a question on composting. Can you compost your used organic garden soil you buy at the plant store after you have harvested all your crops at the end of the year?
Adda a worm bin! Right in the middle or several containers for compost your kitchen scraps
Thanks Mark!
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Rock on mark. Great video
With Raised beds why not fill them half way with stone and gravel for drainage then put screened top soil on top
Why plant gourds when you can not eat them ?
I'm 22yrs old and i live in a city, i came from a small town and my mother kept a garden in the backyard every year. I never at the time stopped to consider how much i enjoyed fertilizing, watering, and tilling the soil until recently (due to my health seemingly getting worse over time, and connecting that with the realization that crops in the city markets are heavily poisoned, and lacking in nutrients) and watching your videos has made me want to buy land back where i was raised and start a garden, leaving the city life behind forever. Thank you for uploading so many crucial and helpful hints, you are an inspiration sir.
Someone told me that all our mulched down grass clippings were compost …so I put it on the garden …all that happened was we had grass grow like crazy in the garden bed 🙁 Love your videos …love the laughs …need that :):) Thank you lol
Omg that happened to me. The landscape place told me that’s the best soil, and my garden did not produce like it should of. Still new to gardening and was so disappointed ☹️
What is the style you use when setting up your beds?
Apart from organic.
Mark thank you so much for the valuable information you give us! You are an amazing gardener and teacher!
I think it's important to differentiate between different types of organic matter, especially when it comes to particle size, porosity and structure. Chicken manure and worm castings are examples of organic matter with really fine particles and very low porosity, and if used in excess they can make the soil too heavy or clay-like, forming a hard crust when watered and depriving the roots of your plants of oxygen. To improve those types of soils you should add organic matter with lots of fibrous material and larger particle size, like compost or cow manure.
Awesome thank You
Thanks for this information I am about ready to fill a large 3200 by 800 by 800 raised garden. Just love this channel one of my favourites.
Long shot considering how old this video is but can anyone tell me what was up with that chilli at 5:23 ? I recently got some seedlings as my intro into home gardening and one has leaves that are starting to curl like that, what gives!?