Yes! Thanks Bill. As an experiment I put a heap of pigeon pea through a little electric mulcher and I just discovered the pile yesterday actually! It has created the most beautiful soil underneath!!! I was absolutely amazed so thank you for this, I’m going to mulch up a heap of pigeon pea and prep the beds 😄🌿🙏
@@dreamsofgreen Pigeon pea is, I believe, one of those super nitrogen rich plants that serve as the party started in a hot compost pile. Sounds awesome from a scientific, microbiological point of view. LOL If you watch the whole video I posted in the other comment, he talks a lot about the woodchips. I just got a chip load delivered, and am applying it all over the farm! Yippie!
Thanks for your comment and I’m sorry to hear you’re going through a drought. I know it can be tough. For me pigeon pea and acacia were some great fast growing pioneers to help create much needed shade and reduce evaporation. I’ve lived through some scorching summers in Spain so I know they can be brutal! Wishing you much success and I would love to hear how your project progresses. All the best! 🌱🌿💚
@@dreamsofgreen Thanks for sharing. Much appreciated. Something resonated with your conditions. I think we share the same goal and we are working to improve what we have. My neighbours are outright negative but I have time on my side. Their future is clear and mine is unknown. Somehow exciting to think of it. Good luck with your project. I'll be cheering from this side of the world.
Thank you so much. I’ve just subscribed to your newsletter and look forward to watching more of your videos and following your journey. What a wonderful thing to be able to share and learn from each other across the world! My best wishes to you and keep following your beautiful vision 💚🌿
Hi. I just watched your film on shade, and this one and enjoyed them. I'm in Auckland NZ where we've had rain and more rain after several drier than usual years. Something I've found builds great soil in situ is burying kitchen scraps around the gardens. They create such amazing humus very quickly, which stays damp under mulch, and keeps worms in vege beds summer and winter. It seems to work in both wet and dry seasons. I also use large stones beside plants in summer, which keeps the soil damp and cool by each plant, in a similar way that your trees do on a larger scale in the paddocks.
Thanks so much for watching and yes, I think this is a fabulous method! I used to do this when I had a tiny backyard and didn’t have room for a compost bin. I don’t particularly enjoy turning huge piles of compost so I really like this as an alternative. I’m looking forward to implementing this now that I’ve emptied my big compost bin so thank you!🙏 Kind regards, Alex 💚🌿
Another wonderful video. Thank you from Queensland. I am on a food growing journey right now and not sure how the garden will cope with the coming hot and dry weather.
Thank you Veronica! I’m working on the veggie patch update and doing lots of pigeon pea mulching for nutrients and water retention. My best wishes for your garden! Alex 💚🌿🦋
Yes I absolutely agree! Either I line them with thick cardboard to insulate the soil, turn them into wicking beds, or put cardboard then compost and mulch straight on the ground and use old wooden fence posts to create beds. I have done this in the past and it gave me better results to be honest! So I will explore my options… 🌱🌱
WOW exactly what I’m facing, so dry at the moment. I just pulled all my celery yesterday. I grow in wicking beds, but ran out of water in my veggie garden tank, so couldn’t keep the water up to the celery, it started to go tough and dry. So pulled it, cut it up, blanched it and I now have a good supply of celery in the freezer!
This is a great idea for the celery Sharon! Yes we had a 40 degree day today so I feel your pain. The metal beds that I pulled out were so hot I couldn’t touch them - no wonder my soil was lifeless, I cooked it!
@@dreamsofgreen thanks Alex 😀 WOW 40 degrees already! Scary. Yes I believe those metal beds can be detrimental to the soil, even if you line with cardboard. I’ve heard one way of helping is to plant around the outside edges to create shade, but if you’re getting hot days, that might not help.
plant more, way more densely my dear and have layers for shade, as in permaculture. of course, that goes against the grain of a "clean and neat" garden but a little bit of planning will go a long way...blessings🙏
Thank you Paul and I couldn’t agree more!! I’ll be sure to do this next time round. So important to have the shade as I’ve found out.. and I love things growing a bit more wild and self-seeding 🌱🌿
And now much happier as well! So far, they’re doing a great job. Next we’ll be adding our huge compost pile to the enclosure. I’m sure they’ll love it!! 🌱🐓
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Love what u are doing and sharing! Keep it up.
Thank you! Will do! Alex 🌿🌿
If you cover your patch with woodchips, you may be able to grow veggies without watering.
Yes! Thanks Bill. As an experiment I put a heap of pigeon pea through a little electric mulcher and I just discovered the pile yesterday actually! It has created the most beautiful soil underneath!!! I was absolutely amazed so thank you for this, I’m going to mulch up a heap of pigeon pea and prep the beds 😄🌿🙏
@@dreamsofgreen Pigeon pea is, I believe, one of those super nitrogen rich plants that serve as the party started in a hot compost pile. Sounds awesome from a scientific, microbiological point of view. LOL
If you watch the whole video I posted in the other comment, he talks a lot about the woodchips. I just got a chip load delivered, and am applying it all over the farm!
Yippie!
Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently live through a drought and we are creating swales. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for your comment and I’m sorry to hear you’re going through a drought. I know it can be tough. For me pigeon pea and acacia were some great fast growing pioneers to help create much needed shade and reduce evaporation. I’ve lived through some scorching summers in Spain so I know they can be brutal! Wishing you much success and I would love to hear how your project progresses. All the best! 🌱🌿💚
@@dreamsofgreen Thanks for sharing. Much appreciated. Something resonated with your conditions. I think we share the same goal and we are working to improve what we have. My neighbours are outright negative but I have time on my side. Their future is clear and mine is unknown. Somehow exciting to think of it. Good luck with your project. I'll be cheering from this side of the world.
Thank you so much. I’ve just subscribed to your newsletter and look forward to watching more of your videos and following your journey. What a wonderful thing to be able to share and learn from each other across the world! My best wishes to you and keep following your beautiful vision 💚🌿
Hi. I just watched your film on shade, and this one and enjoyed them. I'm in Auckland NZ where we've had rain and more rain after several drier than usual years. Something I've found builds great soil in situ is burying kitchen scraps around the gardens. They create such amazing humus very quickly, which stays damp under mulch, and keeps worms in vege beds summer and winter. It seems to work in both wet and dry seasons. I also use large stones beside plants in summer, which keeps the soil damp and cool by each plant, in a similar way that your trees do on a larger scale in the paddocks.
Thanks so much for watching and yes, I think this is a fabulous method! I used to do this when I had a tiny backyard and didn’t have room for a compost bin. I don’t particularly enjoy turning huge piles of compost so I really like this as an alternative. I’m looking forward to implementing this now that I’ve emptied my big compost bin so thank you!🙏
Kind regards, Alex 💚🌿
Another wonderful video. Thank you from Queensland. I am on a food growing journey right now and not sure how the garden will cope with the coming hot and dry weather.
Thank you Veronica! I’m working on the veggie patch update and doing lots of pigeon pea mulching for nutrients and water retention. My best wishes for your garden! Alex 💚🌿🦋
Maybe the raised beds (metal framing?) are to exposed to sunshine on the sides, so moisture evaporates even faster.
Yes I absolutely agree! Either I line them with thick cardboard to insulate the soil, turn them into wicking beds, or put cardboard then compost and mulch straight on the ground and use old wooden fence posts to create beds. I have done this in the past and it gave me better results to be honest! So I will explore my options… 🌱🌱
@@dreamsofgreenHi Alex. I was wondering when you took off the metal framing, how deep the dryness was going. Thank you for your reply.
I hadn’t watered them for a few weeks to conserve my tank water as I knew I was ripping them out, so everything above the ground was pretty dry!
Ah, ok, I understand.
Actually sorry I forgot it had rained quite a bit! But yes, still all dry.
WOW exactly what I’m facing, so dry at the moment. I just pulled all my celery yesterday. I grow in wicking beds, but ran out of water in my veggie garden tank, so couldn’t keep the water up to the celery, it started to go tough and dry. So pulled it, cut it up, blanched it and I now have a good supply of celery in the freezer!
This is a great idea for the celery Sharon! Yes we had a 40 degree day today so I feel your pain. The metal beds that I pulled out were so hot I couldn’t touch them - no wonder my soil was lifeless, I cooked it!
@@dreamsofgreen thanks Alex 😀 WOW 40 degrees already! Scary. Yes I believe those metal beds can be detrimental to the soil, even if you line with cardboard. I’ve heard one way of helping is to plant around the outside edges to create shade, but if you’re getting hot days, that might not help.
Yes, I’m thinking no metal beds… timber instead 💚
plant more, way more densely my dear and have layers for shade, as in permaculture. of course, that goes against the grain of a "clean and neat" garden but a little bit of planning will go a long way...blessings🙏
Thank you Paul and I couldn’t agree more!! I’ll be sure to do this next time round. So important to have the shade as I’ve found out.. and I love things growing a bit more wild and self-seeding 🌱🌿
@@dreamsofgreen 🙏
You have some very healthy looking chickens 😊
And now much happier as well! So far, they’re doing a great job. Next we’ll be adding our huge compost pile to the enclosure. I’m sure they’ll love it!! 🌱🐓
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