5 Ways To Use Fall Leaves In The Garden - FREE FERTILIZER
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- Now is the time to collect the falling leaves to use as fertilizer for next years garden by nourishing the community of microorganisms all winter long!. In this video I show you 5 ideal techniques to use this wonderful gift of nature!
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THIS WORKS! I started 10 yrs ago with hard packed North Carolina red clay dirt. I've been collecting oak and maple and elm leaves from the neighborhoods where people bag and put them at the street. Many car trips (station wagon) yields 30-50 leaf bags that I use for methods 1 and 2. I now have black, loamy soil and gardening is easy :)
Hey tribe and soon to be tribe members: if you have children, tell their science teachers about Garden Like a Viking. The youth need to hear Nate's message the most. I've got my kid's teachers hooked, and this channel needs to GROW.
What a great idea!
I went in the forest last year and gathered about 1000 liters of leaves and tarped it for one year now it's all black humid fluffy soil. I just love it.
Wow
I was thinking about doing something like this. Getting leaves and soil
@@debo21210it’s not really soil. You need to mix it with soil. Otherwise it’s not strong enough to hold onto any weight and your crops (even short ones) will topple over.
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Nate aka Leaf Erikson the Viking 🍁🍂
Nate, you are without a doubt the best, most knowledgeable, most informative video creator there is - bar none!! ThanQ for all you do for us. You will soon have an entire tribe of pro-gardeners using the Viking methods! AND your guidance in the kitchen for utilizing all these fresh, organic nutrient dense garden gifts 💝puts your channel waaay over the top! By sharing that information, you are tempting people to expand their horizons, experiment w/things they've never tasted and increase their palate potential! ThanQ so very much from all of us! 🤩💖‼
Hello NATE!
OH WOW another fantastic video full of wonderful solutions for using autumn 🍁 leaves.
I was spoilt rotten a few weeks ago. Out of the blue our daughter and son in law, gave my husband and I unexpected gifts. Mine was a Ryobi vac blower. It sucks up and chops the leaves even smaller than a lawn mower. We found we had to go over the leaves 3 times with the lawn mower. With the vac blower, one time only. YAY!!!
So grateful and happy for such useful gift.
I wish we were able to burn the leaves, like the one method you demonstrated.
But we live in a complex, and we are not allowed to burn anyrhing. 😢
Awesome to see so many people are making comments.
And I keep sharing your videos with family friends and neighbours.
Thank You NATE, its going to take a while before our garden is looking as vabrant and thriving like your garden.
Well my husband is now taken over the cooking, he loving trying out new recipes,
I was able to give him parsley and green onions fresh from the garden. So its a start. 😂
Have lots of tomatoes 🍅, especially the tiny ones, love to pop in my mouth just after I have picked them. So YUMMY!
YOU THE BEST! 👍👍👋👋
So awesome to see that your chanell is growing. 🎉🎉
I have 6 chickens with a nice run .last winter i gave them a bag of leaves i had collected from town,every week.by spring i had afoot or more of the best black compost ever to spred all over my garden .the hens were most happy to help.
Perfect timing. Learning all about building soil especially using leaves and leaf mold makes me actually excited for fall time! Thank you for the knowledge brother 🙏🏽
It's a Great Day here in zone 8a! About 5 weeks ago mixed in some 3 year old leaf compost along with a good bit of the GLV home made Potash and had some of the sweetest Radishes ever!
I’ve noticed a massive change in my soil since I’ve started following your leaf mulching recommendations a year ago. Looking forward to seeing what repeated YEARS of adding this great resource does to my soil
it will literally improve every year!! good job!
@@gardenlikeaviking quick question that just came to mind. Is it ok to put red wigglers in to fasten the process a bit? and are you allowed to add food scrap, I did the bin and a floor pile covered. Im in zoneb6 in Allentown pennsylvania.
@@CultivatinggratitudeI am in zone 8b. I know that red wigglers do not survive cold weather. Earthworms that are native to the area also do a great job munching up greens and food scraps, though the red wigglers are faster.
@@sharonhochberg3671thank you so much for your help 🙂
@@Cultivatinggratitude Just be careful there aren't any Asian crazy worms (aka jumping worms) in there. Unfortunately the property I bought has them, they are pests.
Thanks for your videos Nate. They're excellent and appreciated. I'm going to start my first vegetable garden next season and I've watched all your videos. Ooook my friends. Lol you're awesome.
We’ve been collecting those maple leaves, Nate. We will flame them, then cover with chopped greens and leaves combo. Thanks for the details!
Every time I hear ok my friends I get a big smile on my face and heart , your channels help our gardens and our spirits grow ❤️🙏🏼
His voice is annoying
Great video Nate! Your channel is about to increase even more in numbers of subscribers. Keep up the good work. Much appreciated.
thank you for the positive energy my friend!!
BRO! YES! Finally, we got Discord! 🤣 I told you about a year ago that it's super legit. I would have done one myself but I'm so busy and quite technologically illiterate. Now many of us can share, ask/answer questions in real time and connect without relying on TH-cam chat. You're the best, Nate!
yes my friend so many have told me to hop on the discord wagon but I just didn't understand its usefulness until recently... now I'm loving it!!
I have all of my fertilizer made and honestly my new garden did the best it has since I started 4 years ago using only the fertilizer you have given directions for amazing results
Awesome video Nate. Neighbors' fall leaves are one of my most valuable free garden inputs.
So many minerals and micronutrients are released as they break down, and of course, the additional organic matter always helps the soil.
it is fun to watch them rake and bag all them leaves, then go buy mulch or bags of woodchips.
Excellent schtuff Nate! It definitely helped me this year!
The channel entitled: Growit Build it
Just came out with an update on his use of leaves. He started off with pretty much the red clay soil. After I think about 4 years he's gotten 9 in of nice dark organic soil...love them leaves!!
Every year about this time I add a post to my neighborhood fb group requesting leaves. People in the neighborhood bag up their leaves and I drive around with my truck and pick them. It takes me very little effort to collect 50-60 big black bags of leaves for my garden. After shredding, I have enough to cover 350 row feet of garden, with enough leftover to make 4-5 pallet-compost-bins full of compost.
yes that's the way to do it right there!!
Love it! Sooooo helpful! My kids are loving collecting leaves as a free resource for so much 🍁
Yesterday, just bury maple leave in my pepper patch
Agree with your methods, and I'm a believer that peppers love mulch more than other veggies
You nailed this information .
Wish I had chickens.
Thanks Nate
Glad to see this timely video , keep up the good work!
Just found you ❤
I had access to bags of leaves that would have ended up in the dumpster from numerous apartments that I know are not treated with chemicals I have over 50 large bags I've been starting my garden on a new piece of land very exited for next spring every year it gets better I spent 17 years at my last property with numerous gardens and green houses starting from scratch again takes time and a person needs to take advantage of every opportunity thanks for the great information ❤your channel
thats right my friend take full advantage!!
solid video mate
Looks great! Thanks for the knowledge!
Great video Nate. You're the best!
Awesome video! Thanks for these tips!!
Just found your page, love it man, subscribed. keep up the good work!
Thank you Viking, Great content.
I needed this video. Thank you!
Great video 🇳🇿❤
Awesome video Nate! I just came inside from from making a compost bed for the winter I just used rotten logs I have laying around we had a little skiff of snow 3 weeks ago melted & froze its been dry here since finally starting to rain now here I have a bunch of leafs I'm spreading out I raked up & I had a family of moose camped out in my yard for a week so I got moose poop & saw dust from cutting trees and house hold scraps! If has lived it will live again!
ANOTHER EXCELLENT VIDEO NATE
Great video, as always! Thank you
Thanks Nate...
👍👍👍 Always good guidance my friend
Beautiful, thank you
Great video! We use leaves for the deep litter method for our chickens, we spread leaves throughout the chicken yard, and we also put leaves in our compost pile. The chickens are great at shredding them. They provide great ground cover in the chicken yard which gives us lots of earth worms for the chickens to eat. New subscriber here! Be well.
YES! that is a fantastic method if you have chickens!... we used to have chickens when I lived in the mountains but here they don't "allow" them so we have to resort to these other methods
@@gardenlikeaviking Thank you for the response! We are not fans of being told we are “allowed” or not “allowed” to do things. That’s one of the reasons we moved from New York to rural Missouri around 3 years ago. Much more freedom. Be well.
Love your content. I live in the oldest desert on planet earth the Namib Desert. Needless to say growing ANYTHING is challenging. Also you introduced me to JADAM and now I have full hope I can do something in my sand dune of a garden. Love and greetings from Namibia 🇳🇦 ❤❤
good luck my friend let me know of your success!!
Thanks
Thanks for sharing
Your experience is priceless ❤
Thrive like the Viking.
Thankyou.
Had been watching your educational videos for a while, very informative
Nice video that just about covers all about leaves. Exciting time of year.
Thanks for sharing 👍🏼We collect them as well 🍁🍂🍁🍂 Happy New Year 🎆
Much leaf mold love tribe!
I really appreciate your work, it is inspirational. Greetings from Romania!
awesome , thank you !🙏
Hello 👋 how are you doing today??
Perfect - especially the warning on the garlic & walking onions I planted. :)
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Thanks so much for this information. I am a big fan of learning different growing/ feeding techniques in the garden. Leaf mulch is one of my favorites and I intend on getting more leaves from my neighbors.
So here in subtropical Australia we don't get many fall leaves. I've been chopping and dropping eucalyptus leaves around my food forest for free mulch. Some people say not to because of alellopathy but so far it's really helping. I'm thinking of switching to a more syntropic system with interplanted eucalyptus instead now
#5 for our garden!
We put down 200-300 bags of leaves.
If we don't chop them with the mower the wind will carry them away.
Great video. Along with other forms of compost, I make leaf mould primarily from oak leaves. If you add spent coffee grounds to the outside of the pile it will speed up the process without interfering with the fungal breakdown of the leaves. Don't have winter here so no resting beds. 🙂
I was starting to set up a handful of different cages I set up to create leaf mold- shredding leaves, etc, and got covid for my 1st time haha oh well. I wish I was outside though.
Hi Nate, just found your channel and Wow!!!! Absolutely brilliant mate, very informative, delivered and produced. 👍 I do have my own channel similar to this so will be checking in regularly for many new tips and ideas. Thank you 😊😊
good luck with your channel my friend stay consistent and provide a high value to time ratio for the viewer and you'll have success!!!
Long before finding KNF and Jadam, I always did a nice bonfire in the garden with the remnants from plants and yard waste, followed by a healthy coat of shredded pin oak leaves. Love the pin oak, much smaller leaf than it's red cousin, so it shreds quicker. I'll be planting my garlic in shredded maple and oak leaves this year.
Just found your channel and subscribed. All of the vids that I've watched so far are very interesting and I am planning on using some for my garden. I now do no till, plant winter rye in the fall as a green mulch. I leave the roots of all my plants (except the obvious ones) so they can decay and provide nutrients. About 6 months ago I set up a horse watering trough in my shop and began vermicomposting. All of my vegetable and fruit table scraps go in there and out comes "worm tea"...I've got 15 gallons so far. Is using worm tea part of what you're using in the garden?
Very helpful. I mulched my leaves with the mower and put the grass clippings and leaves on my beds. I’m the spring do I work them into the soil or just leave it on the top layer? Also should I cover with a tarp this fall?
What species of peppers were those, please? The ones you are turning onto Paprika? Just found your channel today. These liquid fertilizers were used long ago by my grandpa and dad! Good to see the exact “how too”s as I was young and don’t remember the exact way it was done 😊. Thanks much!
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Have you ever planted ginseng? I just bought 5 year old roots and I'm giving it a try. If you have any tips I would be very grateful. 🕊🌳
Im a new gardener and I’ve watched a ton of your videos thank you for all your knowledge. I know you say not to worry about ph because the plants will create there own but I tested my very sandy soil because my plants were really sad and it came back that my soil is alkaline 7.8 . I live in the desert in California. Is there a fast natural way to remedy this? I’m sure using all your natural fertilizers and feeding the soil will eventually probably fix this but is there something else I should be doing and is there a faster solution for this in the mean time until my soil changes? Thank you!
Nate, I’ve started my leaf pile, now to wait that year out. Can you speed this next year up for me 😅
Great video
lol if you consistently add urine to the pile it will break down much faster!!
I got a Worx Leaf Blower/Vac for Father's day this year. It is amazing for mulching leaves for use in the raised beds, compost bin, or a Johnson-Su bio reactor. No doubt it will work with these methods as well.
If you use the vac to chop them up, the decomposition happens waaay quicker.
I collect the leaves for brown content in composting and always chop them up first.
The leaves I use as mulch I keep whole so they last longer. There are so many minerals in Fall leaves.
My leaf J-S turned out REALLY nice. Superb soil life when examined under microscope. Was interesting to see how the microbial populations changed over the year... but when applied, they are all still there, just that many are sporulated and then "hatch" when conditions are right.
yes that'll work wonders for this method and you can see why I always tell people to get WAY more than you think you need because once chopped up they'll almost disappear!!
@@gardenlikeaviking Just gathered 110 bags of leaves.. but I'm an amateur compared to my gardening acquaintance who, with her husband, regularly gather at least 500 bags of leaves, then carry them a good piece up a very steep hill to one of the few flat spots on their lot... and you should see the gardens!!! WOW!!!
i live in north central florida can i use the oak leaves from liveoak trees .i always have plenty of them ?
Hello NATE, IS this same with grass crippling
Mow the leaves first and catch them in bag for easy quick dumping and boom. Breaks down way quicker too.
Holy s*#t, so I can use fire to garden!!! Excellent, very Viking like
yes its actually one of the best possible methods because it clears the space of weed seeds while simultaneously fertilizing!!
Thanks Nate I've been out collecting leaves past month for the PSG, i don't have the problems you do, 6 bags covered it, that chard you put in your compost bin would be going on my dinner plate, there's not much good food sees my compost bin.
lol I'm just swimming in chard and other leafy greens already froze several huge batches so I just can't eat anymore I have to return it to the soil for next year! lol
You should see all the chemtrail dust on the leaves nowadays. Makes me wonder how good it is now...
I have watched this some 5 times, and have this huge question that I don't even know how to ask. In the past I tended to go from one season to another (seeding, planting, harvesting, etc) ending in Oct, putting the beds to hibernate for the winter. One method. But in your garden (and that is why I wanted so much to see your present garden) it seems you still have several things growing, or crops that don't need to come up yet. (or have you harvested everything?) So it seems you treat your garden in patches. Some patches are mulched one way, some another way, some still growing vegetables, some have cover crops, etc.. Isn't it a bit maddening? I appreciate the wealth of info you give in this video, but I think it can be a bit frustrating in knowing what to do. I know the most important thing is to cover the beds and not leave the soil exposed for the winter. If you get the gist of my frustration I wonder if you would address this issue on the Saturday Live.
absolutely my friend yes I will address this during the Saturday live!!... its a great question and I will answer it in depth tomorrow so thank you for sharing!!
Appreciated
@@gardenlikeavikingthank you. I have the same question🙂. Though I have another live event on Saturdays at the same time unfortunately. So... I am going to have to see the recording. I appreciate the information I get from your channel. Thank you for all your service to the community.
Last year I put all my leaves in our raised beds and flower beds,the worms loved them.
What was the reason for winterizing the jadam liquid fertilizer? What happens if you don't drain it?
Please sir can i use it on my opened field corn and whate ratio per an acre
Great video thank you. I normally compost out leaves. Our land is surrounded by Mediterranean Oak which hsve small waxy leaves which take ages to break down. Now I have a few more options as to what to do with them.
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@@KimWilliamsystunisia same here. Nice to meet you here
@@KimWilliamsystunisia well I’m originally from Malta but live in Houston Texas USA. You?
@@David_Robert originally from London UK, now living in Tunisia 🇹🇳
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thank you my friend I'm in northern indiana
How can I find out where to get leaves like that in my city?
I would love to know how you got all of your peppers to be red at the same time. Haha.
BTW, Nate, are your garden patches pretty well dedicated? One patch for tomatoes, another for potatoes, etc. or do you change their positions even though you don't do rotation. During winter with winds blowing everywhere does your garden look like one big patch? or do the patches remain more or less distinct? Do you still use bags or grow bags? If so, how to you treat them for the winter? and the barrels of liquid fertilizer, do they remain outside frozen?
I will also address this comment tomorrow during the live... thank you!!
actually I will also probably make a video about this next week
@@gardenlikeaviking It would be great to see you work your fall garden patch by patch. No words needed. Believe me, nobody would doze off watching you work.
I can't find the link to the discord channel anywhere, can anyone tell me what it is?
Do you use comfrey in your garden?
I would love to know how you think about it.
I am getting ready to start my compost leaf pile but im new to this, if I don't have any greens or manure for the nitrogen, what else can I use or buy, is grass clippings fine?
yes fresh grass clippings are a perfect source of nitrogen green material... also you can use urine or the homemade "urea fertilizer" from my video... that really helps to speed it up... also any of the liquid fertilizers from this channel will be helpful especially the "weeds" fermented tea
@@gardenlikeaviking Thank you soooo much, I started two piles differently and I can't wait to see what the outcome will be! As always A PLEASURE Sir watching and listening to all the information and education about Gods creation you share and how we can use it to our benefit.
??? If you put the leaves that are lawn-mowered and greens on the raised beds with veggies growing in it , doesn't that take up nitrogen while it's breaking down ? Would love your opinion on that.
Can horse manure be used?
I have lots of sawdust and coffee grounds. Can I use them to make compost? Maybe together, just the two items?
that will eventually break down yes but it won't make the ideal compost nutrient profile... I'd really try to source some true green material and also add some real nitrogen source such as urine or chicken manure etc.... sawdust can take ages to break down otherwise!!
@@gardenlikeaviking Thank you Nate. I can get grass clippings and cow dung.
Hey Nay,can I use it as a leaf mold?
no this is very different from the leaf mold soil we gather from the forest for use in the microbial solutions... this is more like "leaf mulch"
@@gardenlikeaviking thanks a million times.
Hi new sub here. Did you say urine? If so what kind ? Diluted? This is the first time i am hear in of this .~ Tammy
So, I have always peed directly in to my comport piles, or even just empty plant beds... Ummm, it's not recommended unless you live in the country.. don't want ppl watching you pee outside. Lol I also think only male urine is useful... But I may be conflating that with a dish where they soak eggs in the urine of young boys... 😂😂😂
Leaves, ash, and so on all feed our bacteria, add some nice fungal components and off to the races! Unless growing just grassland, then that's all ya need
hardwood leaves are one of the finest fungal foods there is!!!
@@gardenlikeaviking very true! I'll try and get a list of the various leaf types C:N ratios and post in the group server! Would be a great resource for those composting, to use hardwood leaves as you mentioned if they are looking for more fungal or more thin for the bacterial focused composts!!
I created 5 huge piles of compostables 2 years ago. They look really good under a thin outer layer that is still intact. I went to move them and they are loaded with fire ants! My garden soil is worth it and pretty useless. Is there a way to rid the compost of ants without destroying the life of my garden? I need to add the compost but don't want the ants. There are ants in the garden already but moving all that by hand with all the ants inside it sounds like misery.
Why was I told that oak leaves will rob nitrogen from the soil that it comes in contact with? I know manures can offset this, but will straight leaves cause a problem? ( sorry for a newbie question)
I think "rob" is a harsh way to describe whats happening; i think its the same thing as with wood chips-
Leaves need nitrogen to be broken down, and if you dont provide nitrogen source (like Nate said-urine or chicken manure) the leaves will temporary tie up nitrogen from the soil to complete the decomposition process. I may be wrong but i dont think that will be a problem as you plant seeds or plant transplants below the level where nitrogen exchange between soil and leaves is happening.
But still for good measure just add some nitrogen on top of the leaves to speed up the decomposition
Thanks...I was going to use oak leaves as a winter mulch over my raised beds and wasn't planning on adding any manure/urine for decomposition. When I move the mulch aside to plant in the spring, I didn't want to starve my seedlings of nitrogen in the early stage. Maybe I'm worrying too much as a novice :)@@myfitstoreuk5608
myfitstore described it pretty well!!... so long as you don't mix the leaves into the soil you'll be just fine... scoot them aside in the spring then plant directly into the soil below... still its going to be the best results if you can add some nitrogen in the form of urine or the fish fertilizer is best...
hey guys what would happen if someone used the sea cucumber DNA and the millipede DNA to fill in the gaps of every farm animals genomes
Avoid burning leaves.... Carbon is better in soil than in the atmosphere. Anyway thanks for sharing 🖐️
I agree about the carbon being better in the soil!!... however... these leaves will release the exact same amount of CO2 whether they are burnt or allowed to decompose over the year... none of it will be sequestered into the soil unless there is a living root in the ground and even then they will take atmospheric carbon and pump it into the ground.... only a plant can do this process...
@@gardenlikeaviking ok, Thanks a lot for details. I appreciate that 🙏
Haha I have Two oaks and three sycamore 😂
lol its the lawn mower for you!!
Anybody have indoor worm bins and use leaves in your bin without introducing other pests inside? I saw bake in an oven at 350 for 10 minutes, someone suggesting boiling….. I’d love to use leaves and not have the pests inside.
I use leaves in my worm bin. I brought it inside and covered it with an old pillow case and the. Put cardboard diagonally across so they still have good ventilation but no creepy crawlies can escape. I will feed about once a month but will take the worm bin outside or garage so no flying critters can get iin the house. As long as they only spend 15 min while I feed them outside they won't freeze. I grabbed worms this year from my outdoor bin with outdoor compost so it's got every possible outdoor critter in there. I don't mind. Mid March I will harvest castings for my seedlings and it will be almost warm enough for them to be outside again. At least this is my plan. So far nothing has escaped my worm bin 🤞 I did not bake or sterilize anything. My worm bin compost even has composted cow manure in it. Worm videos here on youtube are all about predigesting bedding material. Worms don't live in sterile environment. They are composting worms that love microbes.
@@healthyfitmomyes, I have been watching lots of videos. I was just hoping to add leaves and not have pill bugs come inside.
@@healthyfitmomhmmm. I have red wigglers. I had no idea they compost animal manures. Don't know how 8 missed that. Thanks
fungi breaks it down
Is this your subtile way of saying l need to buy a lawnmower? Lol
lol you could just shred them with your hands but it'll take a while!!
I made a pile at my friends house last year, and it was gone in spring. It just digested down to an inch or less. Amazing. So make sure to catch Nate say get 3 times as many as you THINK you need. Maples are dropping now up in S. Ontario Canada, zone11. I am collecting like a squirrel this year. 🙏🇨🇦👊🏻👨🏻🌾💖🍃🍂🍁🍂🍃🎃🦃🥧🥗🌽
Like a squirrel hey, love it 😅