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Think DANDELIONS are BAD? THIS could change your mind forever!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2023
- Do you have dandelions or weeds in your garden or in your lawn?
Are you allergic to some part of them?
Before weeding, realize dandelions and weeds are actually giving you valuable insights!
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I don't weed anymore....I harvest biodymamic accumulators 😂
Chop and drop - or in Stefan condition, crimp and let lie.
Compost is one thing but diverse chop and drop is also way less work...
Bioactive nutrition miners😂
Dandelion also pulls the calcium up to the surface therefore as a compost tea it helps add calcium.
Yes 👍
Back in school in the 1980's I wrote a sci-fiction short story about dandy lions being alien plants. I just this year moved to property with 3 apple trees. Thank you for your advice and info on all thing growing.
Haha nice and we’re glad you’ve been enjoying the content
I have taken the approach of examining a 'weed' to determine what niche or niches it is filling in the ecosystem, and choosing my own replacement for it .. so all of my 'weeds' become intentional, and productive. Being better at filling those niches , the plants that I choose outcompete the 'weeds'. Currently, we are growing corn with daikon radish, sugar beet, buckwheat, vining cowpeas and sunflowers: no tillage other than what the roots provide, no fertilizers, no pesticides. We let the ducks come in once the vines are up far enough that they can't kill them .. and the birds take care of the rest. Thank you very much, Stefan!
Fantastic, keep on going.
what i do is either pull the weeds and drop them wherever they were growing as mulch or just chop the tops off as mulch. That way I'm accomplishing what the weeds were trying to do in covering the soil, and yes I know living roots are better, but they can suck water out that my other plants really need.
Weeds? Here at my place we call them native plants. Except my neighbours, they haven’t learned it yet. 😂
Except for star thistle it’s the devil lol 😂
@@Thecornerstonehomestead1 it might be a beast, but on the positive side, you could try to 'read' it - why is it there and then fight the permaculture way ;-)
It is a Poor Soil Quality indicator: It thrives in soils with low fertility and is well-adapted to compete in nutrient-poor conditions. If it is on your property, try to improve the soil with compost or mulch. Happy gardening 🌻🌻
I was always told that I should always plant seeds at full moon. In this video you just explained to me why. Thank you very much
Glad we could share some insight
I once read in the "Farmer's Almanac", the moon is *waxing* as it approaches FULL MOON phase and *waning* after full moon phase. As it is waxing, the water is being pulled toward the surface. The Almanac says to plant above ground crops during the waxing phases, and below ground (root crops), during the waning phases. The way I remember is: wax the TOP surface (car, furniture, etc), so plant above ground crops... 🙂
I've always loved weeds! They are a window into the state of the soil on sites.
Definitely
I only have plants growing out of place. Most weeds get to stay as long as they don’t choke out my garden. If I kill out the “weeds” in my lawn the lawn would be dirt.
I have/had a lawn like that, but you can improve the appearance a lot without pesticides by pulling up the weeds in the fall (if you get them right before the first hard frost, the perennial weeds will have a hard time recovering). Overseed in the fall, and next year you should have more grass. Mow it regularly to encourage growth, and keep handpulling regularly every time you mow (you don't have to get them all, even pulling up a few each time will allow the grass to move in and take over). I've been doing this for three years, and although my lawn is still far from perfect, there's now more grass than dandelions on the one side I have been tending to.
@@Cici1791 The thing is clover and dandelion are far more beneficial to the pollinators and the soil than a grass monoculture. I would not be a good HOA neighbor.
@@johndyer9232 Hahaha. I actually leave the clover, but try to pull as many dandelions as I can, or at least mow the lawn before their blooms go to seed. I compost the lawn/dandelion/clover clippings too. Besides, I have lots of other blooms in my garden for them to feast on. If I let the dandelions take over, they blow all over the neighborhood, and the neighbours resort to heavy pesticides. In the last few years, I’ve noticed that more and more people are opting for non-toxic lawncare treatments (the signs are posted on the lawns during the treatment period), so I want to encourage that. Better for the bees and the environment in the long run, I think.
GIFT of 'Teaching'! WEALTH of knowledge/Experience! Good cuts and footage! Thanks 4 sharing Stefan...Health and God Bless!
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you’re liking the videos 🥂
Received. Thank you, blessings back to you.
I'm planning to plant wild strawberries under my fruittrees but I fear that they will constantly be out-competed by weeds. I find that what we call weeds always grow with more vigour than the things I plant.
My lawn is the weed that I want to get rid of...
Hahaha 👌
sow some weeds : ))))
@Disabled.Megatron onc e my sunchokes multiply enough t ocover half a hectare, sure xD
Agree!! but in the meantime, "harvest" that lawn in the mower bagger and use it for mulch and compost. I am in suburbia, so restricted, but I refuse to keep the pristine, manicured lawn!
People love their open, empty, useless, boring, monotone, low-trimmed lawns. But nature is far more intelligent than us.
Agreed!!
Hay meadows... much more diverse and interesting.
Heavywieght book if you can get it are either one of the 15 or 30 year report surveys of her own garden by Jennifer Owen... and not special suburban English garden, all the plant and wildlife discussed.
Yes…and they pour TOXINS on them - thinking a lush green lawn isn’t an aster space! Ever see any POLLINATORS near or hovering about a lawn void of dandelions? A lawn is a “cushy/plush” place for dogs to do their daily business, kids to play soccer on,…and a future patch of land to plant some wildflowers!🇨🇦
Lessons in diversity... : ))))))
A good one. Thank you Stefan.
I love your informative videos and Love you for doing them. Cheers Just B.
Thanks for the kind words we’re glad you’re loving all the content 🥂
Amen and amen 🙌🙌🙌💚
I semi-deliberately scorched a low-mown patch of my lawn using a walk-in cold frame and it sent up some thick-bladed grasses after the frame was blown over in a windstorm.
Useless little factoid: I live somewhere that gets just under 2ft of precip every year on average and has a short, muted dry season between february and april.
Have y'all tried planted by the moon phases? Ive used it some but not religiously.
Yes - my Father and family always planted according to the moon cycles. There are a number of reasons and purposes for this preserved method of planting!
I was originally born in Newfoundland, and most still plant according to the moon cycles, as they gather Caplin (small fish) rolled up on beaches at low tide, while the moon is FULL and bright - making it also easier to see in the dark. They used Caplin (nearly extinct as used as “bait” fish in lobster, crab and other fishing practices), but now use other fish and fish parts as “fish fertilizer” , and sea kelp as a fertilizer and when lining your crops, the SALT in the KELP/SEAWEED is perfect eliminator of snails, slugs, and other pests! Seaweed is also the only ideal/perfectly balanced fertilizer. It’s eaten by many nations, and helped the IRISH during the horrific famine!
So…YES…there is much wisdom and knowledge which comes with planting by the Moon Cycles!, BUT…it’s all the information accompanying this practice since Antiquity and beyond that is PRICELESS and absolutely fundamental!
Hope that helps…have and awesome day! Cheers🇨🇦☺🇨🇦
Gardener Scott cameo at 1:24
Not only are dandelions, plantains, and lamb's quarter indicators of soil condition, they are also nutritious edibles and medicinals. Maybe we should stop vilifying them and let them work for us.
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I was gonna mention that too. I actually prefer lamb's quarter over amaranth and garden spinach. I let it grow and seed wherever so I can harvest, blanch and freeze it for the winter months. The seed heads are good too. I get mushroom compost delivered in the fall. I let the dandelion, plantain and lamb's quarter grow around the edges and get an amazing harvest from them through out the growing season. The dandelion roots are fat and long and pull up so easy. Very satisfying! ☺ I can also tell you that my native pollinators have a field day with all these plants. We let the plantain whips grow and the little bees go to town. They are quite fun to watch and listen to. We also leave any native milkweed grow no matter where is pops up and I can tell you that we have a yard full of monarchs that come year after year. It's pretty amazing.
I have Soil and Health, and An Agricultural Testament by Howard. He was a pioneer in understanding the soil.
Classics and so foundational.
Good video as usually! Thank you!
However, there was a (possibly common) mistake, too. Tides are not anyhow related to full Moon. Yes, they are related to Moon, which is creating tidal bulges on opposite sides of Earth, along the line from Moon to Earth and those bulges are moving on Earth surface, because Earth is rotating with respective to that Moon-Earth line. Tides are stronger when Moon is closer to Earth in it's orbit, especially strong tides caused by Moon occur when Moon is in perigee - the closest point to Earth in it's orbit. But Moon phase can be anything during that time. Sometimes we see so-called "supermoon" - full Moon close to perigee. Sometimes full Moon phase occurs when Moon is at it's distant point from Earth - at apogee.
Great perspective. Thanks again
Glad you enjoyed it!
Atleast some is talking facts!! Thanks a lot for video!!
Glad you liked it!
totally awesome video and very adjucative
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How do we get rid of gophers or moles ? One is living under my fig bush and is eating the branches
You can wrap the trunk and lowest branches with mosquito netting or wire mesh. A cat or dog helps get rid of them.
My motto is, If you can't beat them, eat them
You really need to clarify the moon's role ... So if:
- the moon revolves around the earth every day/night cycle (whether it is visible or not), the tides come'n'go in a predictible fashion.
- Tides are caused by moon-gravitation - implying the movement of water in some way.
THEN:
- Why does it even matter if the moon is "FULL"?
- Does it's emitted light matter?
- Because simply , tides don't cease movement when the moon is not visible to us.
So it seems you're implying that moonlight is affected growth in some way.
It’s not the moonlight but the gravitational pull that is strongest at full tide. Ask anyone that’s on the coast. Highest high tides at full moon.
Very good video
Thanks for the visit
Tilling is killing!
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I don't know if you could do a video on on to control bedstraw or Gaillet in french. Friends of mine in more or less your area have a major problems their animal pasture are infested and me completely different region i start to have the same issue
The plants will grow when the conditions are right. Change conditions and the plants will change.
I always listen to my soil. And to my "flocks and herds" Also, I listen to God.
Hey Stefan! I planted my permaculture orchard last spring and am preparing for my first winter. The original layer of mulch that I put down has decomposed and I was planning to put a thick layer down this fall to protect roots from frost (I'm in lower NY).
I fertilize with manure and realized that if I put a layer of mulch down in the fall, that I will end up putting manure on top of the new mulch layer in the spring which seems unwise.
How would you recommend that I mulch/fertilize in this situation?
If you can put the manure down first (after leaf fall) and cover with mulch it will have time to work into the soil for a great start in spring. Just an opinion, I’ve never done it.
In 2014 I started a yard work company: Diamond Yardmasters. We learned how to get rid of weeds, and got very good at it! We defined weeds as, "that which the customer didn't want there." Not a bad working definition for a yard worker, but now I am a permacultureal microbe farmer. (I grow microbes; they grow my food!)
I have studied the work of Elaine Ingham, and she has a better definition of a weed. A weed is a plant that grows best in bacterial dominant soils (which is precisely what uncovered dirt becomes!), they grow fast, give little to the soil by way of exudates, and they focus on seed production. They are, in my opinion, wonderful commando pioneer plants!
I have learned that simply covering your ground, and planting a lot of "good stuff" that is more exudatally generous, will change your soil biology such that weeds are not favored! I love it.
Elaine is a champ, great definition.