Can you make a video on NC Helene toxic mud on homesteads? Radioactive? Plastuc toxins? Sewage? Death? Disease? They are allowing sheep, cows, horses to eat the grass & children running around in it.
Your city may say no chickens, but do they have a prohibition on quail? My city also prohibits chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys but because of the wording on the statute, other unlisted birds are not prohibited.
I am used to dealing with allelopathy around our yard. We have a large amount of garlic mustard in our area. If I want my garden to do well I've got to be on top of removing all garlic mustard I find in the raised beds. I leave many of the other weeds to help the soil microbes multiply. Our homemade compost with composted chicken manure, leaves, and charcoal are part of our gardens regular diet.
Today was 'get next year's soil ready' day. I shredded my entire compost pile down to basically pulp a couple of days ago. All of this year's soil that was used in buckets got run through my cement mixer with the shredded compost goo added along with some 5 year old sheep manure a farmer friend gave me. That's my scientific term for today by the way......goo. There were a lot of leftover tomatoes in there. LOL. All in, there's about 4 yards of soil/compost mix there. I piled it up in my soil bins, and covered it with tarps. It'll sit there and cook until freeze up and a bit next spring as well. I did this last year as well, and it seems to work pretty well. A lot of friend's gardens struggled this year due to the weather. While it sure wasn't the summer of 2023, I still made out better than anyone I know as far as production goes, so I must be doing something right.
@@GardeningInCanada I know a lot of folks are against burying compostable stuff because "anerobic bacteria bad" thoughts. Next spring, maybe I'll send you a sample of the soil from my pile to play around with to see what you find. Maybe it'll give you inspiration for a video on the pros/cons of mixing your compost into soil to rot vs waiting until it's composted before adding it.
Did you say you were in Calgary and hence the wind? That wouldn't surprise anyone who knows southern AB for its wind. I have a deep compost floor in my one chicken coup, I used the once a year cleanup to make a no-till bed ... it should be composted enough by the time I use it next spring. I put small wood chips, leaves and fir needles on the floor so a good mix of organics. The other coup has a wooden floor :( it sucks to clean BUT wood pellets for pellet stove works great with needles shavings and wood chips -- it takes longer to break down perhaps because it's to connected to the earth.
Maybe think about coturnix quail if you still want birds! We have 5 stealth quail on our terrace balcony 👀 very quite, much less space, and very cute. A bit more work in terms of feeding, they only produce small eggs, and don't live as long, but they're a wonderful animal and I've found them to be a really nice alternative for more limited conditions (but I'll get chickens as soon as I can, don't get me wrong 😅)
Excellent video, as usual. Gardening here in Medicine Hat has been challenging for many reasons, and soil quality is just a small part. I grow peppers which are big magnesium users, but instead of adding Magnesium Sulphate (epsom salt for us laymen) i just spray it on the the leaves. Works a treat for peppers, tomates, and roses! Probably a few others, too, but mostly my peppers.
Hi Ash, question: if I apply urea in the fall (November) to my vegetable garden beds will the nitrogen still be present in the spring ? I practice no dig and reason that it may help decompose the build up of organic matter … please comment- thanks
I bought bags of "black earth" at our local home hardware this summer. I've bought it before and no issue. This time it smelled really bad, and what surprised me is the lettuce I grew in it was inedible and tasted like the soil smelled. So I read the bag... And apparently it now contains community green bin material.... Sounds good until you realize that animal waste is put in it. Guess it wasn't fully composted? I'll never buy it again. QUESTION: is it safe? How long will it take to break down? 👍🇨🇦😊🙏🍎
I know this may be a silly question about manure of all things but, as rabbit manure is one of the rare( Idon't know any others) manures to be considered cold and good to be added fresh to soils, is that a exception?
At Rona you can buy pelleted hen manure from Comp. In Quebec. No smell. I use it for garlic fertilizer at planting and in the spring. I find city compost has every colour of plastic, glass and stones.
Picked up some contaminated soil from a neighbor a couple years ago, flowers did not mind, but the cucumbers and peas did nada. Make my own hot compost, leaf mold and worm castings, do not trust anything from big box stores or even nurseries. Enjoy your videos, Stay Well!!!
Thank you for your videos especially then about fungus in the soil...I have thrown away many plants thinking that they were sick or change the soil. Now I take my fork like a the mermaid 🧜♀️
All of my "weeds" plantain all over my property and lawn have been speckled with white or completely covered... was a dry summer... nothing else in the lawn had that on them. Any idea what it is and why it would target plantain? Probably happened because I was thinking about harvesting some and drying it for my apothecary 🤦🏻♀️. Darn old Murphy! 😂 but seriously though, any thoughts from anyone would be lovely, I thank you in advance.
What are your thoughts on freshwater seaweed?? I live on the Columbia River and I harvest seaweed that washes up on the beach all the time. I have been lining my garden beds with it and am just hoping for the best.
Zinc--A zinc watering can Iron- A bucket of rusty nails- broken iron Copper - a copper watering can Copper+zinc - a brass watering can Silver - a coin in the watering can or old silver utensil
@@wayneessar7489 ty....likely need to read-up. These were things my Grandma did. She even put nails in the dirt beside plants. Perhaps it wasnt iron that the plants were using.
Soil nerd master class. "Pfft. I'll have chickens. Screw you toontown officials, im a badass gardening TH-camr! I'm *almost* above the law!!" Frikken awesome! 😂
I always check out your videos and often learn something beneficial and helpful in my own gardens and landscaping. But for the male viewers, tell us about the white car in the background. Thanks for the knowledge.
Ive heard that rabbit manure is very mild and wont burn plants, even if used as mulch. But I always mix my rabbit manure into my general compost pile, and use it in my garden about one year later.
@@GardeningInCanada I've never seen it in potting soil, usually you buy it on its own then add it to the soil yourself. its also known as water storing crystals. In desert regions they add them to the soil at commercial scales to retain moisture. It reduces water usage by 50%.
8 always use rabbit or sheep manure and never had a problem. Never knew about the composted.. the rabbit I put in my compost and sheep I buy so will smell from now on
Do you have an opinion on using Vinegar to kill Canadian Thistle in raised beds ? Digging up and replacing many cubic ft of good soil is not that appealing to me. Thx
That’s really tough. Are there perennials? If not then sure. Are you planting in the next few months? If not sure. The biggest issue is that those dang things have roots that are incidious. You would really need to soak the soil which is always scary to me. Have you tried solarizing?
No perennials and done planting for this year. Supposed to have a few warm days next week I can add some clear plastic and see if that helped come spring. Thx.
I have the kiddy pool to dump my grow bag soil into - just can't decide whether to leave it outside and then the snow will just mud it too much or put it in the middle of my living room 😬Seriously, where do you keep yours?
Officer, that's not a chicken. That there is an emotional support animal. I have a doctors note to show you. Yes... I know there's 20 of them. Don't judge me for the amount of support I need.
About the micronutrients... I disagree completely with you when you said skip them without mentioning that in some cases like mine where I have almost 8 of pH and based on the soil tests my soil is also totally lacking of iron and zinc so I have to apply micro nutrients frequently to keep my plants happy plus the fact that started to apply elemental sulfur to slowly lower the pH. Putting all soils in the same basket and generalizing and saying skip micronutrients in general is wrong.
If you have hard info on your soil and are not guessing absolutely add them. But if you are “thinking it’s an xyz” you really need to be careful because you will do some damage. The reason why I am so cut and dry on not using them is because they are VERY difficult to get out of a soil system once they are in. Many are not water soluble which is generally the default “water it out” solution for over fertilizer. I’d prefer someone who suspects micronutrient issues to try foliar applications first. If it’s moving the needle then consider something more invasive.
Good morning. It should be clear, however, what the difference is between fertilizers and amendments. Somehow in your videos these two aspects are mixed. It is rather a mess of the soil here than a science. Are you usually high?
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GIC Crew! What videos are we wanting to see this next bit?
Also sorry for the audio… the amount of wind here is next level 😅
I ❤ you , make some videos bout plants, I wanna know
Fruit trees- how to protect fruit from squirrels. Also how to fertilize or add to the soil for healthy fruit trees.
Overwintering blueberry bushes please
Very nice g ❤❤❤
Can you make a video on NC Helene toxic mud on homesteads? Radioactive? Plastuc toxins? Sewage? Death? Disease?
They are allowing sheep, cows, horses to eat the grass & children running around in it.
Wow 😳 this has convinced me to start testing my soil. Thanks for sharing!
I love the intro! “I broke the law.. does that shock you”… 😂
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Your city may say no chickens, but do they have a prohibition on quail? My city also prohibits chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys but because of the wording on the statute, other unlisted birds are not prohibited.
I am used to dealing with allelopathy around our yard. We have a large amount of garlic mustard in our area. If I want my garden to do well I've got to be on top of removing all garlic mustard I find in the raised beds. I leave many of the other weeds to help the soil microbes multiply. Our homemade compost with composted chicken manure, leaves, and charcoal are part of our gardens regular diet.
Today was 'get next year's soil ready' day. I shredded my entire compost pile down to basically pulp a couple of days ago. All of this year's soil that was used in buckets got run through my cement mixer with the shredded compost goo added along with some 5 year old sheep manure a farmer friend gave me. That's my scientific term for today by the way......goo. There were a lot of leftover tomatoes in there. LOL. All in, there's about 4 yards of soil/compost mix there. I piled it up in my soil bins, and covered it with tarps. It'll sit there and cook until freeze up and a bit next spring as well. I did this last year as well, and it seems to work pretty well. A lot of friend's gardens struggled this year due to the weather. While it sure wasn't the summer of 2023, I still made out better than anyone I know as far as production goes, so I must be doing something right.
Wonderful! I’m filming a soil testing video this weekend and I really hope it doesn’t decide to get mega cold
@@GardeningInCanada I know a lot of folks are against burying compostable stuff because "anerobic bacteria bad" thoughts. Next spring, maybe I'll send you a sample of the soil from my pile to play around with to see what you find. Maybe it'll give you inspiration for a video on the pros/cons of mixing your compost into soil to rot vs waiting until it's composted before adding it.
I do bury compost too although i also airate(?) the soil before planting the seeds and everything. @@blacksmithden
Great video ! Funny and informative ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Did you say you were in Calgary and hence the wind? That wouldn't surprise anyone who knows southern AB for its wind.
I have a deep compost floor in my one chicken coup, I used the once a year cleanup to make a no-till bed ... it should be composted enough by the time I use it next spring. I put small wood chips, leaves and fir needles on the floor so a good mix of organics.
The other coup has a wooden floor :( it sucks to clean BUT wood pellets for pellet stove works great with needles shavings and wood chips -- it takes longer to break down perhaps because it's to connected to the earth.
Thank you Strength and love.
Looking forward to this new series.
It’s nice and quick usually only five minutes video type thing. But it’s pretty informative.
Maybe think about coturnix quail if you still want birds! We have 5 stealth quail on our terrace balcony 👀 very quite, much less space, and very cute. A bit more work in terms of feeding, they only produce small eggs, and don't live as long, but they're a wonderful animal and I've found them to be a really nice alternative for more limited conditions (but I'll get chickens as soon as I can, don't get me wrong 😅)
Excellent video, as usual. Gardening here in Medicine Hat has been challenging for many reasons, and soil quality is just a small part. I grow peppers which are big magnesium users, but instead of adding Magnesium Sulphate (epsom salt for us laymen) i just spray it on the the leaves. Works a treat for peppers, tomates, and roses! Probably a few others, too, but mostly my peppers.
Hi Ash, question: if I apply urea in the fall (November) to my vegetable garden beds will the nitrogen still be present in the spring ? I practice no dig and reason that it may help decompose the build up of organic matter … please comment- thanks
Some yes but not all. It will leach particularly if you have a wet winter, fall and spring
I bought bags of "black earth" at our local home hardware this summer. I've bought it before and no issue. This time it smelled really bad, and what surprised me is the lettuce I grew in it was inedible and tasted like the soil smelled. So I read the bag... And apparently it now contains community green bin material.... Sounds good until you realize that animal waste is put in it. Guess it wasn't fully composted? I'll never buy it again. QUESTION: is it safe? How long will it take to break down? 👍🇨🇦😊🙏🍎
@@wendyburston3132 if you’re worried put it down in fall and it should be fully broken down by the time you plant
Preparing my garden for next year.
It is definitely time!
Yes it it and I have already purchased a few seeds.
I know this may be a silly question about manure of all things but, as rabbit manure is one of the rare( Idon't know any others) manures to be considered cold and good to be added fresh to soils, is that a exception?
At Rona you can buy pelleted hen manure from Comp. In Quebec. No smell. I use it for garlic fertilizer at planting and in the spring.
I find city compost has every colour of plastic, glass and stones.
Good to know!
It is awesome...!
Called Acti- sol.
Thank You!
You're welcome!
Picked up some contaminated soil from a neighbor a couple years ago, flowers did not mind, but the cucumbers and peas did nada.
Make my own hot compost, leaf mold and worm castings, do not trust anything from big box stores or even nurseries.
Enjoy your videos, Stay Well!!!
What are your thoughts on vermi compost &/or worm castings tea? I have some UGLY clay soil that I have been trying to amend for 40 years
Thank you for your videos especially then about fungus in the soil...I have thrown away many plants thinking that they were sick or change the soil. Now I take my fork like a the mermaid 🧜♀️
I just use year old chicken poo, shavings/chopped straw and regular compost. It seems to work.
Sounds like a good plan! You diluted it pretty good it sounds like.
All of my "weeds" plantain all over my property and lawn have been speckled with white or completely covered... was a dry summer... nothing else in the lawn had that on them. Any idea what it is and why it would target plantain? Probably happened because I was thinking about harvesting some and drying it for my apothecary 🤦🏻♀️. Darn old Murphy! 😂 but seriously though, any thoughts from anyone would be lovely, I thank you in advance.
What are your thoughts on freshwater seaweed?? I live on the Columbia River and I harvest seaweed that washes up on the beach all the time. I have been lining my garden beds with it and am just hoping for the best.
No issues there! I would compost it or use it simply as a mulch. No incorporating it imo.
Going to watch this a few times. About to clean cow and chicken pens.
Thank you
You're welcome
Dose adding baking soda help fix the soil with chocole ash .?
Zinc--A zinc watering can
Iron- A bucket of rusty nails- broken iron
Copper - a copper watering can
Copper+zinc - a brass watering can
Silver - a coin in the watering can or old silver utensil
Iron oxide..... rust...... is not soluble.
If you have chlorosis a different approach is needed.
@@wayneessar7489 ty....likely need to read-up.
These were things my Grandma did. She even put nails in the dirt beside plants. Perhaps it wasnt iron that the plants were using.
Nice and good ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much 😀
Yeah..i buy bags of manure and let it sit about a year..learned that the hard way
Can you comment on NC Helene toxic mud on homesteads? Radioactive? Plastuc toxins? Sewage? Death? Disease? .
Soil nerd master class. "Pfft. I'll have chickens. Screw you toontown officials, im a badass gardening TH-camr! I'm *almost* above the law!!"
Frikken awesome! 😂
I always check out your videos and often learn something beneficial and helpful in my own gardens and landscaping. But for the male viewers, tell us about the white car in the background. Thanks for the knowledge.
This explains my teeny fruit n veggies oh yes it sure does
What about rabbit manure from your own rabbits? Is there any concerns using that?
Ive heard that rabbit manure is very mild and wont burn plants, even if used as mulch.
But I always mix my rabbit manure into my general compost pile, and use it in my garden about one year later.
Would pelletized chicken manure also be a “no” because of uric acid?
I wish I had my own "Compost Bitch" like you have, Ashley. 😄
Have you ever done any experiments with hydrogel as a soil amendment?
Are we talking the potting soil hydro stuff?
@@GardeningInCanada I've never seen it in potting soil, usually you buy it on its own then add it to the soil yourself. its also known as water storing crystals. In desert regions they add them to the soil at commercial scales to retain moisture. It reduces water usage by 50%.
This is why I try never to do my gardening inside a Molybdenum mine.
8 always use rabbit or sheep manure and never had a problem. Never knew about the composted.. the rabbit I put in my compost and sheep I buy so will smell from now on
So no more sprinkling a wee bit of hen manure in my planters every few weeks to keep the squirrels from digging :(
I was going to ask about the compost minion lol
the one time where micronutrients CAN be beneficial is in POTTING MIX!
Do you have an opinion on using Vinegar to kill Canadian Thistle in raised beds ? Digging up and replacing many cubic ft of good soil is not that appealing to me. Thx
That’s really tough. Are there perennials? If not then sure. Are you planting in the next few months? If not sure.
The biggest issue is that those dang things have roots that are incidious. You would really need to soak the soil which is always scary to me. Have you tried solarizing?
No perennials and done planting for this year. Supposed to have a few warm days next week I can add some clear plastic and see if that helped come spring. Thx.
I have the kiddy pool to dump my grow bag soil into - just can't decide whether to leave it outside and then the snow will just mud it too much or put it in the middle of my living room 😬Seriously, where do you keep yours?
Omg! I’m literally working on that video as we speak 😅😅 Sundays video I’ll have info!
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Man you are too much in love with the sound of your own voice!!!
I was arrested this summer cuz my chickens got out. Booked, locked up. Lol
@@BonnieKennedy-pj7tn what was the change? Chickens at Large?
@@benjamin734 livestock at large
Lol, and I don't have red hair! Lol
Officer, that's not a chicken. That there is an emotional support animal. I have a doctors note to show you. Yes... I know there's 20 of them. Don't judge me for the amount of support I need.
@@Freeland-Farm I only have 3 laying hens! Lol
feeling very included this time since you didn't say this is just for cold weather gardeners lol
About the micronutrients... I disagree completely with you when you said skip them without mentioning that in some cases like mine where I have almost 8 of pH and based on the soil tests my soil is also totally lacking of iron and zinc so I have to apply micro nutrients frequently to keep my plants happy plus the fact that started to apply elemental sulfur to slowly lower the pH. Putting all soils in the same basket and generalizing and saying skip micronutrients in general is wrong.
If you have hard info on your soil and are not guessing absolutely add them. But if you are “thinking it’s an xyz” you really need to be careful because you will do some damage.
The reason why I am so cut and dry on not using them is because they are VERY difficult to get out of a soil system once they are in. Many are not water soluble which is generally the default “water it out” solution for over fertilizer.
I’d prefer someone who suspects micronutrient issues to try foliar applications first. If it’s moving the needle then consider something more invasive.
Good morning. It should be clear, however, what the difference is between fertilizers and amendments. Somehow in your videos these two aspects are mixed. It is rather a mess of the soil here than a science. Are you usually high?
summary?
Too wordy!
That eye candy is very distracting. What were you saying about something or other?!
Biohazards are also something to keep in mind when applying (fresh) manure. From pathogenic enterobacteria to all kinds of parasites. 🦠
Thank You!
No problem