Adventures in Tucson Desert Gardening
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2024
- Any day I can get two yards of locally made mulch is a great day. The drive to and from the location is phenomenal, which I hoped to share as well, especially for those who have never experienced the Sonoran Desert or Saguaro National Park. Come along for the ride and see how we dwesert dwellers mulch our gardens!
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Late to the party! I loved the scenery along the road. Wow! You have a long trek to get mulch! I feel spoiled! Especially sisnce I use chopped fall leaves for mulch everywhere. My husband spreads it all over the in-ground garden, which keeps weeds down. And I use it in my herb-and-flower bed once it has been completely planted. And then I use it anywhere I feel the plants would benefit. Weather has been odd. Wet at the end of April and beginning of May. Then it switched to hot and dry for 3 weeks. Lots of stuff just burned up. I couldn’t stop to mulch because I had SO MUCH to plant to catch up. Some things just had to be let go. The temperatures have moderated, and we've been getting nice rain every few days, which is great. But the wind! It dries stuff out, too. So mulch helps there. Great video!
Thank you so much Sheri! It's been super hot here, and quite a few newly planted trees are getting sunburnt. The mesquite trees, as well as mulberries and quite a few other trees are deciduous, but the leaves seem to break down fast. Hopefully when the landscape matures even further, I will have an abundance of leaves and other organic material. Until then, I mulch! Lol
Excellent video! A+
Well thank you my friend. Much appreciated.
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Nice job Josh!
Thank you for taking the time Minty!
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Very well done sir.
I appreciate it my friend. Took a lot of effort to put it together.
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Tank has priced his product - mulch in this case - to the market. That is to say, what the market will bear.
5 years ago Tank was trying to make payroll. Now he has the luxury of enjoying the entrepreneurial fruits of his labor and risk taking - capitalism.
As a buyer, you have a choice - pay his price or take your business elsewhere. That's also how capitalism works.
There is no one to blame. This is capitalism at work in the real world. :)
I thought of you the other day when I was watching a YT about a family run compost business in Rhode Island. If I recall correctly, their premium product was $360/yard and they sold as much as they could produce on their the small part of their farm that was suitable for composting. 👍
It's a crazy world. I'll be tagging along :) All the best, friend.
For a minute I thought you were diving one of those English right hand steering wheel trucks.
Lol! Things have a way of flipping 180 on a Camera. It is odd looking.
I am absolutely watching and I feel humbled by your video. 👍 Where to start. The landscape is absolutely mesmerizing. And your dedication to your project is more than admirable. Such a long drive, and the chips were not cheap at all. I had no idea. But I suppose that your ressources are not for the grab, where as in other locations with a denser population and an abundance of bio mass people might get it for free from landscaping companies. And the companies in Tucson who are selling the chips know that there is no cheaper alternative for their clients, so they can ask those high prices.
Just keep in mind that the first year the fresh wood chips might draw some nitrogen and nutrients from the soil, which could lead to less or a slight decreased amount of growth in the first year. So it might be needed to add a little manure to the mix when you see that the trees or plant need some extra nutrients, but try to avoid powerful fertilizers. Top dressing with some compost would be much better. It is a long term strategy in terms of biology. But the effects of the reduced heat in the soil are obviously immediately.That will most certainly benefit the existing micro biology. And if the nitrogen draw from the wood is not too much for the soil you will most certainly see improved growth if the soil temperatures are within or closer to the ideal spectrum of temperatures that plants and trees and their roots and the micro biology prefers. And in later years the slow breakdown from bio mass and the increased numbers of micro biology population will only improve the soil, and increase the nutrient value and water storage capacity.
It would be most ideal if the fresh wood chips could mature for a year. And most ideally with the Dr. Johnson and Dr. Su bio reactor. But that might be a step too far for this round. But it is an interesting concept which I can highly recommend if it is feasible for your location and with your climate. And it is also recommended to buy a PH meter that has two separate probes. I think that they are less than 30 dollars. It is not the most accurate tool, but good enough to keep a check on the PH values.
If the wood for whatever reason would change the PH in the soil it is something you want to know so that you can address the situation. If the PH is not correct the trees and plants can show signs of nutrient deficiencies. At that stage it doesn't help to add more nutrients. Because with the wrong PH the plants and the trees are not able to consume those nutrients. Which would burn the roots. At that stage you need to address the PH issue, but not in a drastic manner. Because the plants and the micro organisms do not like those big shocks. So if you keep an eye on the PH you can prevent that you have to take those drastic steps.
But any form of wood chips is better as no wood chips at all. Just make sure that you are on top of the situation. It is best practice to measure so once in a while, but when you see yellow leaves you really need to measure so that you know what cure to apply. Because the wrong cure for the wrong cause can make matters only worse.
Sorry for my long story. I try to to share what I learned to the best of my knowledge and as accurate and complete as possible. If any of my statements are wrong then I hope that people are willing to correct me. But keep in mind, I am not a professional scientist. I like to learn more, and it doesn't hurt my feelings when I get corrected.
Said perfectly. Thank you for sharing knowledge to all who read the comments.
I don't know if it was a made decision or if you just happened to find your self outside of Tucson. Either way, for a homesteader you live close to a city that probably has more research and science for growing in the dessert than any other single location. The University of Arizona (established 1885) has been in the Ag Extension business since AZ became eligible for Federal funds granted by Congress (the Morrill Act became law -1862.
You would do all desert homesteaders a favor if you you included a relevant white paper from the UofA Ag Extension service once a week. ♥
Wow. Thats more expensive than mushroom compost delivered.
It is certainly at a premium, which is why I try to use as much natural mulch as possible first, but just didn't have enough to do everything.