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Today’s video explores what I think needs to be our number one priority as organic vegetable gardeners, and outlines the 3 fundamentals that are needed to improve the success and health of the soil. If you take care of this one thing, then much of everything else you need will fall into place. This isn’t the secret key that solves every issue in the garden because that is impossible, however this will do an excellent job at improving the productivity or your organic vegetable kitchen garden or allotment as well as reduce pest and disease issues in your growing space.
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Having living roots in the ground as close to year round as possible is probably Gabe's most important fundamental, a little disappointing it didn't make it to this vid. Most of the organic matter pumped into soil comes from root exudates of living plants. Cover crops for the off season work just as well in the home garden as in the crop field.
Coul you give.the link to the collaboration video with Vera Greutink that you mentioned it is essential to watch.
Kiss The Ground has inspired me to be a permaculture farmer. I am so excited. I will be working on my father's hilly farm which dries up in the summer. It did not use to be like that when I was a kid. So my goal is to help nature heal, in this case, the soil in my father's farm, by applying the principles of Permaculture. Wish me luck!
I have always advised gardeners to feed the soil not the plants build a healthy soil with loads of organic matter and you will have healthy plants It is the unhealthy plants that attract the pests and diseases so feed the soil feed the soil as you advise.
THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! I NEED TO WATCH THIS TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE I CAN TAKE NOTES.. LOL
I added 100 of your slave-made hoodies to my soil and it's still terrible, what did I do wrong?
Hi Huw, I created two new garden beds by adding a mix of partially finished compost, paper, grass and leaves this fall. I covered it in plastic and my thought was I'd mix it come March/April. Should I not be turning that?
Hey Huw, have gotten an new high tunnel? All the best
Help! our vegetable plot is being overrun by Ivy coming from a Council owned park, next door, how can we tackle it, some of the Ivy is so big it has formed branches like a tree. Any ideas to get rid of it?
I totally agree with you.. healthier soil for amazing results..
I had a light bulb moment a few years ago when I thought about how the soil is never exposed in nature. It's always covered with either leaf litter or something growing and it never gets disturbed by anything more than a few critters digging burrows and such. It makes so much sense to practice no-dig and cover with mulch for the entire season.
Great info! Thanks Huw 🙂
soil was not "made" to perfectly support highly hybridized intensive growing of food. so while soil health is important, there's mountains of dis-information out there, and methods that waste a lot of time and effort for little if any return.
in the end, everyone should be able to make choices having a good idea of results. composting and singing hymns to bacteria are both wastes of time.
start seeds often. make the veggie patch efficient rather than aesthetic.
invest in seed starting setup, rather than wasting money making raised boxes.
almost all veggies must be started in trays, if you want better than miserable germination and plants to start.
So do as I say not as I do ? Coz the issue with your method is the compost. Compost, unlike what is claimed by some, does NOT feed the soil. It's already been degraded. All that lignin is gone. No more food left for the mushrooms (that eat the lignin) and the worms (that eat what's been degraded by mushrooms). The key is to put a thick layer of carbon rich mulch over your soil, not compost. So wood chips are best, but you can use leaves, straw or hay. And of course don't throw away green waste of any kind. But ideally you don't want to make compost piles any more. Compost should be useful for only two things : either feed the plants if your plants need it, like if you're growing a hungry crop like cabbage or squashes, or use it as a thin substrate to sow small seeds in, like carrots, turnips or parsnips. But compost does not structure the soil, and it does not feed the soil life. All its energy is gone. What's left is nutrients for the plants. Most of the carbon is gone as CO2, which is wasteful, and most of the energy gone as heat. You need to understand that. The best food for the soil is FRESH carbon. Fresh leaves, fresh cut/chipped branches, stuff like that. You feel like you add structure to the soil because your growing beds are full of organic matter. But it's all that it, organic matter. It's not soil. The soil is below, still as hard as before. If you were to leave that garden to your children, the soil wouldn't be in better shape than when you started, because it's all in raised beds full of compost. What would you do if that compost were to run out ? It's not a resilient system like permaculture teaches us.
Thanks! Diversity is one of the key !
AMAZINGLY HELPFUL TIPS EVERYTIME, GREAT CHANNEL.
Hi,
I just found your channel a couple of hours ago.
First I want to thank you for the easy practical instructions and getting straight to the point.
I only started gardening since March 2020. My tomatoes, bell paper potatoes carrot onions and garlic.
They all started well but I wasn’t prepared so animals ate most of them before harvest and I lost the last portions to the first frost in ontario, Canada by a day delay in harvesting.
Your videos are quite helpful and I am waiting for the end of February to start my seedlings again.
This is a long comment and I apologize.
I however have another problem.
I started planting orange, fig, apple and pomegranate also.
The seedlings grew well until it got cold and I brought them inside. I also moved them to bigger pots making sure not to damage the roots.
They have slowed down in growth.
Worse than that, they got infested with gnats.
I have changed the soil several time and used all kind of homemade insect control materials to no success.
I don’t overwater or vice versa and they are inside by a sunny spot.
Any suggestions if you please, I would be more than grateful.
I even talk to my plants. I just cannot find any solution. Besides the fig and apple plants, the other two keep losing leaves and sprouting new leaves and look very weak.
I am so sorry for such long msg.
Great video as usual Huw. We got out allotment last year and have been following as much of your advice as we can.
The soil we have is mostly clay, we have added a lot of compost and after a year of gardening it is breaking up alright but I'd like to improve further. Would you recommend adding perlite to increase the aeration and workability? We grow in slightly raised beds.
Hi, I really love your videos!!
I really like the idea of not disturbing the soil, but I find a problem that I think is geographical.
I have 1 year of growing food with double dig method, and It's a lot of work but give me results, when I think of transition to no-dig I realize that I can't buy compost on my province, because it isn't well know and common use here where I live. I'm from Argentina. And i'm trying to make my own compost know, but it takes time.
Sorry for the long comment, greetings from here, really in love with your videos.
Oh my goodness I hadn’t subscribed!! Remedied
This I've learned over the years as a big fan of the organic Gardening staff and authors JI Rhodale and staff at Organic Gardening Mag. Compost is King and less disturbance of the deeper soil where the bacteria and fungus thrive !
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