What Did 5 YEARS of Adding Wood Chips Do to Our Garden?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 เม.ย. 2023
- In this video, we talk about what adding 5 years of adding wood chips to our garden has done to our ability to build soil and produce nutrient dense food.
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For years, I used pine bark mulch in my flowerbeds and had amazing results. Then I learned you shouldn't do that, and so now nothing thrives. Thanks internet!
I've been using wood chips in the garden for 40 years and it's the best black dirt ever. Put Lime on it once in a while.
If you take care of mother nature, She will take care of you. Nice content.
It's nice to see someone who actually understands rough soil. So many times I see people complaining about how poor their soil is but I see thick, verdant sod around them. I've been working a patch of nearly pure sand for ten years with my mother and just yesterday we were marveling at the sod we've managed to build in spots. I don't remember ever being able to cut a big chunk of ground and have it stay together before. Wood chips, manure, and autumn leaves are a big part of how we made that happen. Cheers, and keep spreading the good word.
I'm waiting for delivery of 50 yards of chips later today. You've eased my mind that I'm on the right track.
I started the "Back to Eden" Gardening method about 5 years ago. 4" of chips year after year and I went from hard sand to 11" of great soil. Each year gets better and better. I have chickens now and hope this will help over all. The chips were the best for weed control. I am adding "Electroculture" this year to improve things even more.
I started using wood chips after a month and a half with no rain. At first I just layered between the rows, then I plowed them in before the next planing. Now when we get a period of no rain the soil is moist and my plants look alive and healthy.
Bought a broad fork from a craftsman in North Carolina at the beginning of the lockdown, when my thinking changed about where I purchase most of my necessities. It has much longer handles than what you have. Have you thought about moving the coop once a week during the time it's in the garden area? That will resolve that issue and keep a healthier envoriment for the chickens with less parasite pressure.
Great Soil there now. Chickens and Wood Chips go hand in hand. Peace from Mineral County WV So glad we don't have Red Clay Soil here
My wife and I are 65+ years old. A few years ago she wanted a veggy garden. So I bought a rear tine tiller and had at are hard backed soil, mostly clay. That first year some plants did great while others not so good. She was watering by hand with a hose and for the most part the water was just puddling on top and the weeds were crazy. A couple of years ago she bought six light Brahma chickens and I built her a coup and run similar to Carolina Coops - American Coop. She would go to the wood mill and buy a bag of pine shavings for the hen house. We would clean it out every spring spreading it on the garden. I'd till it in with some aged cow manure, re-roll the heavy duty garden fabric and call it done. All the plants have been doing great with this process so far and the soil has been becoming fluffier. This year I'm installing irrigation lines and drip emitters to make it easier and better for watering.
I live in the desert. Sandy soil, it's not terrible, but not a lot of organic matter. Last year I got a large chip drop from an arborist (pine tree). I capture rain water and use that in the garden and to moisten the compost pile. It's done wonders for my soil. I'm ready for another drop this year.
But I don t see worms, I had a hen when she saw me with a shovel she came running I was looking for worms for fishing , dam she got some of the best fishing worms at times . still love your video, Yup you need to work your yard and have a good garden with the price of food today,
As a line clearance arborist I thank you for the shout out, we are always overflowing with wood chips and are constantly on the look out for free places to dump. I have added about 4 loads into my little garden. If you have a compost pile it will eat these chips for lunch and be asking for more by dinner. Seriously I could add 12 cubic feet give or take a bit, throughout the compost flip and in two days it was soil!
About 8yrs ago I got tired of the mosquitos in a seasonal swamp in my front yard. Over the corse of about 2yrs I had about 400cuyrds of wood chips delivered for free. I have since put my garden on this area and the amount of worms is amazing. Some areas of this was covered in 4ft of chips.
Best part was the “coupe de ville” as a car guy and gardener I got a kick out of it
Leaves work better than anything else I have found to improve soil. It's just hard to keep them in place. I put grass clippings over the leaves to help lock them into place and keep em from blowing away. I started with half clay myself last spring. In a year it's made the soil look like potting soil about 3 inches down and very soft.
The forest and all its critters been doing this for a long time… wisdom from nature.. even if you use leaves in the fall, can build you good soil as well. Good knowledge.
I use leaves and cow manure in my sandy soil and it's getting blacker every yr.with excellent results.
I bought my house in 2019 and that summer I started adding woodchips to my 1/4 acre backyard...... A total of 18" of woodchips and my soil, now, is amazing! I will be moving soon and plan on doing the same thing....
I'm using woodchips in the duck-run that is attached to the duck's house and they have 24x7 access to the run.