Jump to the following parts of this episode: 01:19 Best Type of Wood to Use for Mulch 02:43 Is it better to chip/shred or grind wood? 04:46 The type of Mulch you don't want to use 08:46 Double Ground Mulch - Best for Clay 10:50 How does someone know what kind of mulch they are buying? 11:40 Why you shouldn't buy mulch made out of pallets 12:25 Why you shouldn't use dyed mulches 13:16 Single sourced wood mulch vs native mulch 14:30 Partially Aged Mulch 17:23 Why can some mulches kill plants? 18:30 Premium Mulch, properly aged 18 months 19:00 How properly aged mulch feeds the soil 19:00 How mulch can help pest control 19:50 How properly aged mulch is fire resistant 20:20 How long can mulch feed your garden? 20:42 how mulch can bring more nitrogen into your garden 22:51 Screened 18-month-old mulch 24:45 how long it takes to make a good quality mulch 25:36 How to use mulch to make a growing medium 28:11 Tips about buying mulch
I really appreciate that your take the time to breakdown your video into timed segments. I'm will be changing over my parents garden to use more wood chips. We've been using compost I get for free from my city's compost program but now I need to find a new resource since I moved to another city. Everything we planted in it grew beautifully and produced abundantly. Glad we never used the store bought version of wood chips/mulch/compost. I read about horror stories of buyers who spread bags of the store bought stuff on their yards and gardens only to find them full of termites! That scared me away from the stuff. With your very detailed video I am more prepared to make a better informed purchase. Thanks from SoCal.
I just ordered 2 tandem trucks of wood chips for my paths through my forested garden. Told my husband before we spread that I'm going to scrape off the 4yr old composted chips for my garden. He thinks I'm crazy.....well, you know it is the right thing to do. Love your passion.
Pallets are not chemically treated to remove bugs. Wood pallets are heat treated to ISPM 15 guidelines to remove pests and reduce water content. Most pallets are not removed from circulation because of contamination, but because they are too broken to use. Methyl bromide was used in North America but has been phased out since 1/1/2005. Asia does use it still, but these pallets rarely make it over to America due to the ban. Also wooden pallets are made from different types of trees. Pine and Oak are the most prevalent, but market costs of raw lumber determines the stock used to make lumber. I agree that contaminated pallets should not be used. But the danger of a contaminated pallets is no greater than the risk of a contaminated tree or shrubbery . The biggest concern from pallet wood is nails. If your company is not diligent in the maintenance of magnets on their grinder or color machine, rusty nails could be a problem. Lastly, the carbon used in dyes is similar to charcoal which has been used in dyes for centuries. It will not give you cancer at any higher rate than a well done steak. Don't eat the mulch and you wont get sick. The poison is in the dose. Water can kill you at high doses. Pallet mulch is looked down upon by these guys because it is usually far cheaper than their wood scrap mulch. Caveat Emptor and do your research.
I think you may have conflated the scientists words with the hosts. The scientist stated that used pallets may be contaminated with chemicals, which can be true. The grinding company likely doesn't remove them. Also, they referenced the animals eating it not humans, getting a dog to stop chewing is nearly impossible. I personally garden with bare hands and would prefer to not bury my hands in latent chemicals nor do I want to consume veg grown in those chemicals. I also disagree with your comparison to a contaminated tree or shrub.
I like to think that this John Ferguson has been paying attention to the quality of his mulch and has immense knowledge about how it serves the purpose that people needed in each stage of its aging - and through TH-cam and John asking for John ferguson's information this guy laid his head down this night and felt validated that all his knowledge just educated a lot of people like myself😊 This is the most informational tree mulching video I have found!
I just watched an hour-long presentation by horticulturist professor Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott and there is only one thing that she said which disagreed with this video. She said that in experiments using wood chip mulch, the mulch did NOT remove any nitrogen from the soil when it was laid on top of the soil. It only did when the wood was mixed into the soil, so as long as you avoid doing that then they are fine to use. Also, coarser wood chips are far better than fine textured mulch like saw dust because it allows the ground to breathe which the soil bacteria need. I'll add that in experiments using wood chips from diseased trees, none of the diseases were passed on. Pathogens need the right conditions to get going such as compacted soil that can't breath but wood chips are loose so they prevent that. Pathogens also need wood that is larger than chips to get going.
@@ErikLiberty so your saying when mulch is on top of the soil it does not break down from underneath and take any nitrogen, it just sits on top like plastic
All of his conversations must be recorded and transcribed into a transcript and MASS PRINTED AND MASS PUBLISHED. And he must write a book containing his biography on how he started his composting business COMPLETE WITH TECHNICAL DETAILS which are also self-teaching. He also must write a book, a textbook, a manual which are highly explanatory and highly illustrous and highly detailed, and highly self-teaching and highly self-explanatory with complete details containing illustrations of pictures of details that leaves nothing behind does not miss any of the smallest and insignificant details because it is what we considered as insignificant details happens to be the GIANT FACTOR IN CREATING A SUCCESSFUL COMPOST MAKING PROCESSING FACILITY! And he must video-tape everything and archived everything by using all kinds of analog and digital archival quality high grade media, and most important is the PHYSICAL PRINTED MEDIA. And he must set up a highly comprehensive school to past on all of his knowledge to the next generation.
I bought a small chipper for my 1 acre property. While it is not the greatest chipper, for the price I was able to afford, I have been using it and am happy with it. It just takes more time to break down. I just can't afford to buy someone elses product. This was an interesting video about mulching products!
The first cut wood chips I get delivered free I used in my paths and top dressing for my beds. The Bermudagrass I'm going to feed my horses is growing right through those wood chips. And the soil under it is definitely improved. Large piles I haven't used yet are decomposing and looking pretty good. One huge composting pile with green leaves and stems of different sizes. And yes I will being going through and sifting as I need. I have plenty of time on my hands because I am retired but very little money.
A lifetime of knowledge in this video and posted link regarding compost and mulch. Many of the questions I've had since following the Back To Eden method can now be answered here. Thank You
Be careful on where you buy your compost and mulch! 12:53 to 13:33 th-cam.com/video/t33azPJVRME/w-d-xo.html Worst and Best Wood Chip Mulch for Your Vegetable Garden The 3rd thing like the black dye, car bon black are known carcinogens so you wonder why so many pets are getting cancer these days. They're sitting on the mulch, smelling it, scratching it, rolling in it.
journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/methane_pain.html Jean Pain: France's King of Green Gold By Nicolas Poulain (From: Reader's Digest -- November 1981 -- pages 76-81) Jean Pain's composting method. In the late 1990s it was found out that by applying rock dust powders on a tree stump or mixing it with pulverized wood and spraying water on it, can accelerate the fermentation process to turn them into humus which is the final stage of composting.
This is EPIC TEACHING!! I love that you are giving this information to those of us who do not live near there!! I got 5 loads of “clearing wood chips” which has the leaves and needles, from the electric company! Not double/triple ground but It is sitting and decomposing for next year’s use!
Thank you John, I watched your video on the best kinds of soil and now learning about mulch, You are great. Wish I had a sweet guy like you in my life. .Keep up the good work!
This is exactly the video on mulches that I was looking for trying to figure out what mulch is best for container vegetable gardening. Thanks so much for sharing the knowledge.
John, this video is awesome! I learned so much from this. I appreciate you taking your time to interview and tell is about the various kinds of compost and mulch.
Thank you SO MUCH for doing this episode! I’m ready & educated to go get my mulch for my garden & better yet I live within driving range of this place! YAY!! Even if I didn’t you just educated me to know what to ask for:) Thank you!
This was a very informative video! I never stopped to think about old pallets being ground up and used, and what might have spilled onto them. While they are calling this mulch, it's technically more of a compost that's a lot closer to breaking down into humus. I almost never sit through a video this long, but this one held my attention!
You have been a power house for me towards learning how to grow organically, thank you for putting time into these videos. I appreciate you and absolutely love the videos!! Thank you thank you !!!!! 💯
I clicked on this video and did not have high expectations. However, I have learned much more than I expected and imagined. I was once blind, but now I see! There are differences in mulch!! I just bought some Cedar wood chips from Menards hours ago. Oh well, at least it will smell nice.
Great video! Thank you for all this information! This is the best explanation of the different types of mulch I’ve heard. It is so confusing when going out to purchase mulch. I now feel better equipped to make the best decision for my garden!
Big fan here! Had not seen this video, glad I bumped into it. I am 8 miles from this place and did not know it was around!! Will point my landscaper there and will go look at their plant selection too!! Passed this video to my sisters and my neighbors. Thanks for all you do!!!!!!!!
I m using mulch from wood .. from 2018 .. the : Carotes , red bits , garlic , deal , parsley , lettuce ... are growing like crazy ! I paid $64 for 2 yards ... in store that sell all typ of ornamental rock’s...in Arizona Great video and information !
Great video! Would love to spend some time around this man, and maybe garner some small pieces of knowledge. Most of my living is made stacking hay in season, for the last twenty years....have to clean my wagon off daily. Twenty pounds or so of hay fines. At that time I had purchased my own place and planted a few fruit trees, so I disposed of those cleanings by mulching them, and everything else. Made a huge difference on water savings, in the severe drought we were/are in ? A decade ago I asked for tree services to deliver their chips, which were free. I also began asking farmers I stacked hay for, for unwanted bales. Kinda been overran with it! The only cost associated with it was the fuel it took to get it here. A very minimal expense, since I took it if I was in the area and headed home anyway. I started filling a large arena. It has outgrown that. The only drawback that I realize is the amount of water I have to pump to speed the process. Some will have to without added water. Hundred of tons on this small scale composting place, maybe thousands...more likely thousands. I;ve got lots of land to work with. Many years ago I noticed the spiders. I went out looking for a skunk at night and with a flashlight and noticed my yard looked like someone had sprinkled glitter? Checked it out and there were millions of spiders! Would love to have a tub grinder to break this stuff down into smaller pieces as well as allowing me to mix feedstuffs for cattle. Just questionable about making it pay its way on this small scale operation? Thankyou for making this very interesting video!
I'm trying to rehab a wild fire area on property in the Sonoran dessert in AZ. Going to see how mulch can help save the natural landscape, cholla, mesquite, creosote, jojoba... See what happens.
journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/methane_pain.html Jean Pain: France's King of Green Gold By Nicolas Poulain (From: Reader's Digest -- November 1981 -- pages 76-81) Jean Pain's composting method. In the late 1990s it was found out that by applying rock dust powders on a tree stump or mixing it with pulverized wood and spraying water on it, can accelerate the fermentation process to turn them into humus which is the final stage of composting.
Wow so back to Eden gardening isn't so simple. This is the first channel to really explain the science behind mulch. Glad I didn't just go buy random mulch for my garden
Why isn't it simple? Just spread wood chips and be done with it. When this guy says the mulch robs the soil of nitrogen, its because they mix it with the soil.
I was about to buy some too. I was really wanting to use the branches and choking vines I cleared by chipping them, saw the price of a small chipper and was thinking maybe a company that sells trees or large branches for the utilities or city would come and chip what I heaped. Any ideas, viewers? Am I on the right track, or is there a cheap, albeit labor intensive method I haven't seen or heard or "thunk"? Thank you in advance for help. I want to figure it out this week or next.
LetTheWritersWrite It is simple. Mulching is your top layer, the action is under it in the dirt. Don’t mix it up just lay your wood on top and only plant in soil underneath. The mulch retains moisture, cools the ground, and creates a layer UNDERNEATH where the mulch meets the soil line that is favorable to insects, fungal and bacterial colonies, and worms- this is where the composting begins. It will then continue down into the soil over time. Never mix animal compost either, always just use that as a top dressing on your mulch. Always pull the mulch away when planting into dirt.
@@buyerofsorts The wood chips that contact the soil takes nitrogen that would have filtered down to a nitrogen deficient soil. Also while planting around the wood chips it naturally bury's the chips lower thus depriving nitrogen even lower in the soil.
Many blessings John, Another great video!! I have a local sawmill that sells cypress mulch and cypress saw dust... I planned on purchasing to mix into our raised garden bed. The saw mill owner said the dust is sold to large potting soil companies to mix into their potting soil. A neighbor said the cypress mulch/saw dust not only kills bad bugs... but also good ones - and it is not good for vegetables. I was unable to find a clear answer after googling topic. Appreciate any comments. Life, Love & Peace to ALL. 🕉💜☮🌻👩🌾
Last week bought 16 bags of Cedar Mix Mulch mainly for carport and garden path, but was going to use some around my plants. Glad I watched this video. Gotta thank youtube here also. Years ago, you had no where to go to learn stuff in five minutes, now we have youtube. ciao.
Oh, how I wish John was closer to where we live! Too far away. We have heavy clay soil here, and a year of his chipping material could process this land into such much more of a workable, valuable growing place!
Thanks for the insight, very helpful. It’s not something a typical person even thinks about when trying to buy mulch for their gardens or flower beds. 👍
Great video very informative just what I was looking for, I live in Great Britain so Natures Way is a tiny bit out of my way lol but so awesome you are so lucky to have such a great resource...
Thank you for always educating and enlightening me on gardening, growing, and health and nutrition for myself, but for my soil, plants, and produce as well. Blessing to you John.
One local tree service dumps wood chips on the lot where i lived last year. If you dig down in the pile, its not decomposed at all until its at least three to four years old; this is the problem I see with Back-to-Eden gardening... I buy bags of soil from Lowes under the brand name HARVEST and its much better quality than Miracle Crap. I mostly use Garden Soil, its a little rough and shrinks in 2-3 months as it breaks down. Sometimes I get compost from walmart because its pretty cheap, just to add organic material to some really hard clay soil. I'm in the process of sheet mulching with cardboard to kill the grass, covering it up with Black Kow, Garden Soil, Worm Castings and used Potting Soil. Trying to go No-Till on a new property, if it works out, just add more bags of compost/manure/humus. If it does not work as intended, I can always dig in the material and have a load of organic material in the soil. Been using these HARVEST ORGANIC products from Lowes with great success. The compost from Walmart is basically a filler and not finished or even rancid if the bags are wet. Humus/Manure (yellow label) improves the soil and I even used it as a mulch to conserve water over the summer and dug it in in the fall for added benefit... Not all of us have a cheap source of compost in large quantities.
The compost I got from walmart was great if I had wanted a weed garden. I bought it early, when I was ready to use it the bags were puffed up. When I opened them they were little greenhouses full of dandelions, cockle burs, burning nettles, quack and crabgrass,ect....
Check your local sanitation department-they remove fallen trees and have a designated area where they dump it for the public. Also,tree cutters/landscapers.Ask for slim branches with leaves intact. ;
Hi! I know this is really late, however you can try GetChipDrop dot com. They have hilarious explanations of how it works and why you don't want their product on YT.
You can use the wood chips offered by your municipality. You just have to be patient and let them breakdown before using them. You can't beat free. Unless you're renting or planning to move soon, having a big pile of free wood chips in the yard decomposing is like an investment in your garden's future.
I love the way you American peeps say "compost" . . . . It's a bit like me going to your local and asking for a pint of lager and a packet of crisps and the barmaid asking me to say it again. We over here (England) say "compost" is as in 'postulate' rather than a post you shove in the ground . . . . love your vidz dude, keep it up and keep growing your greens :)
That is Johns Problem... He can't shut up... He just goes on and on repeating the same thing over and over... 90% of his video that are 20 to 30 minutes should be only 3 to 5 minutes.... Rattle Rattle Rattle....
Actually, I appreciated John being more specific & breaking it down for aNYONE to understand. He’s an experienced videographer & eliminates unnecessary questions by simplifying it more. Great vid...
Z71Ranger Yeah, sometimes less is more. Let the person being interviewed do the talking and keep it interesting by asking good questions. Too many interviewers are far too interested in showcasing their knowledge.
Jump to the following parts of this episode:
01:19 Best Type of Wood to Use for Mulch
02:43 Is it better to chip/shred or grind wood?
04:46 The type of Mulch you don't want to use
08:46 Double Ground Mulch - Best for Clay
10:50 How does someone know what kind of mulch they are buying?
11:40 Why you shouldn't buy mulch made out of pallets
12:25 Why you shouldn't use dyed mulches
13:16 Single sourced wood mulch vs native mulch
14:30 Partially Aged Mulch
17:23 Why can some mulches kill plants?
18:30 Premium Mulch, properly aged 18 months
19:00 How properly aged mulch feeds the soil
19:00 How mulch can help pest control
19:50 How properly aged mulch is fire resistant
20:20 How long can mulch feed your garden?
20:42 how mulch can bring more nitrogen into your garden
22:51 Screened 18-month-old mulch
24:45 how long it takes to make a good quality mulch
25:36 How to use mulch to make a growing medium
28:11 Tips about buying mulch
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I really appreciate that your take the time to breakdown your video into timed segments. I'm will be changing over my parents garden to use more wood chips. We've been using compost I get for free from my city's compost program but now I need to find a new resource since I moved to another city. Everything we planted in it grew beautifully and produced abundantly. Glad we never used the store bought version of wood chips/mulch/compost. I read about horror stories of buyers who spread bags of the store bought stuff on their yards and gardens only to find them full of termites! That scared me away from the stuff. With your very detailed video I am more prepared to make a better informed purchase. Thanks from SoCal.
Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens - you are a professional 👍😎👌🙏
I just ordered 2 tandem trucks of wood chips for my paths through my forested garden. Told my husband before we spread that I'm going to scrape off the 4yr old composted chips for my garden. He thinks I'm crazy.....well, you know it is the right thing to do. Love your passion.
John Ferguson is a mulch/soil teacher. I learned more watching this video than I have in years gardening. Thanks very much for posting this.
Pallets are not chemically treated to remove bugs. Wood pallets are heat treated to ISPM 15 guidelines to remove pests and reduce water content. Most pallets are not removed from circulation because of contamination, but because they are too broken to use. Methyl bromide was used in North America but has been phased out since 1/1/2005. Asia does use it still, but these pallets rarely make it over to America due to the ban. Also wooden pallets are made from different types of trees. Pine and Oak are the most prevalent, but market costs of raw lumber determines the stock used to make lumber. I agree that contaminated pallets should not be used. But the danger of a contaminated pallets is no greater than the risk of a contaminated tree or shrubbery . The biggest concern from pallet wood is nails. If your company is not diligent in the maintenance of magnets on their grinder or color machine, rusty nails could be a problem. Lastly, the carbon used in dyes is similar to charcoal which has been used in dyes for centuries. It will not give you cancer at any higher rate than a well done steak. Don't eat the mulch and you wont get sick. The poison is in the dose. Water can kill you at high doses. Pallet mulch is looked down upon by these guys because it is usually far cheaper than their wood scrap mulch. Caveat Emptor and do your research.
I think you may have conflated the scientists words with the hosts. The scientist stated that used pallets may be contaminated with chemicals, which can be true. The grinding company likely doesn't remove them. Also, they referenced the animals eating it not humans, getting a dog to stop chewing is nearly impossible.
I personally garden with bare hands and would prefer to not bury my hands in latent chemicals nor do I want to consume veg grown in those chemicals. I also disagree with your comparison to a contaminated tree or shrub.
I like to think that this John Ferguson has been paying attention to the quality of his mulch and has immense knowledge about how it serves the purpose that people needed in each stage of its aging - and through TH-cam and John asking for John ferguson's information this guy laid his head down this night and felt validated that all his knowledge just educated a lot of people like myself😊 This is the most informational tree mulching video I have found!
This is a masterclass.
I just watched an hour-long presentation by horticulturist professor Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott and there is only one thing that she said which disagreed with this video. She said that in experiments using wood chip mulch, the mulch did NOT remove any nitrogen from the soil when it was laid on top of the soil. It only did when the wood was mixed into the soil, so as long as you avoid doing that then they are fine to use. Also, coarser wood chips are far better than fine textured mulch like saw dust because it allows the ground to breathe which the soil bacteria need.
I'll add that in experiments using wood chips from diseased trees, none of the diseases were passed on. Pathogens need the right conditions to get going such as compacted soil that can't breath but wood chips are loose so they prevent that. Pathogens also need wood that is larger than chips to get going.
@@ErikLiberty so your saying when mulch is on top of the soil it does not break down from underneath and take any nitrogen, it just sits on top like plastic
@@grofam9888 Yeah, you don't need to worry about wood chips taking nitrogen from the soil. Wood chips are good.
Love how your videos are so inclusive and not critical of those who’re different.
Yes!
I love how happy he is!
Two soil guys getting excited talking about soil. I love it!!!
I get excited talking about soil sometimes too 😆
Soilers 😁
@@spirittimber LOL
they are soilmates
i love the fact that he discusses mycelium so frequently. Fungus is so important to soil generation! Love it all! :)
He seriously referenced a Yugo! Really showing his depth of wisdom and diverse knowledge bank.
All of his conversations must be recorded and transcribed into a transcript and MASS PRINTED AND MASS PUBLISHED. And he must write a book containing his biography on how he started his composting business COMPLETE WITH TECHNICAL DETAILS which are also self-teaching. He also must write a book, a textbook, a manual which are highly explanatory and highly illustrous and highly detailed, and highly self-teaching and highly self-explanatory with complete details containing illustrations of pictures of details that leaves nothing behind does not miss any of the smallest and insignificant details because it is what we considered as insignificant details happens to be the GIANT FACTOR IN CREATING A SUCCESSFUL COMPOST MAKING PROCESSING FACILITY! And he must video-tape everything and archived everything by using all kinds of analog and digital archival quality high grade media, and most important is the PHYSICAL PRINTED MEDIA. And he must set up a highly comprehensive school to past on all of his knowledge to the next generation.
Your a legend, enthusiastic and dedicated. Thanks for all of your information.
I bought a small chipper for my 1 acre property. While it is not the greatest chipper, for the price I was able to afford, I have been using it and am happy with it. It just takes more time to break down. I just can't afford to buy someone elses product. This was an interesting video about mulching products!
I solved that size problem with my chipper shredder. I run it through twice or a third time. Makes the most beautiful mulch and compost you ever saw.
The first cut wood chips I get delivered free I used in my paths and top dressing for my beds. The Bermudagrass I'm going to feed my horses is growing right through those wood chips. And the soil under it is definitely improved. Large piles I haven't used yet are decomposing and looking pretty good. One huge composting pile with green leaves and stems of different sizes. And yes I will being going through and sifting as I need. I have plenty of time on my hands because I am retired but very little money.
A lifetime of knowledge in this video and posted link regarding compost and mulch. Many of the questions I've had since following the Back To Eden method can now be answered here. Thank You
Best mulch primer I’ve had the pleasure of studying. I will be sharing with my OG cohorts!
Now I'm wanting to dig everything up and start again. Wish I'd seen this before I'd bought that chocolate brown dyed mulch from a big box store.
Be careful on where you buy your compost and mulch! 12:53 to 13:33 th-cam.com/video/t33azPJVRME/w-d-xo.html Worst and Best Wood Chip Mulch for Your Vegetable Garden The 3rd thing like the black dye, car bon black are known carcinogens so you wonder why so many pets are getting cancer these days. They're sitting on the mulch, smelling it, scratching it, rolling in it.
journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/methane_pain.html Jean Pain: France's King of Green Gold
By Nicolas Poulain
(From: Reader's Digest -- November 1981 -- pages 76-81) Jean Pain's composting method. In the late 1990s it was found out that by applying rock dust powders on a tree stump or mixing it with pulverized wood and spraying water on it, can accelerate the fermentation process to turn them into humus which is the final stage of composting.
@@darthvader5300 Wow, thanks for the info!
This is EPIC TEACHING!! I love that you are giving this information to those of us who do not live near there!! I got 5 loads of “clearing wood chips” which has the leaves and needles, from the electric company! Not double/triple ground but It is sitting and decomposing for next year’s use!
Thank you John, I watched your video on the best kinds of soil and now learning about mulch, You are great. Wish I had a sweet guy like you in my life. .Keep up the good work!
Excellent presentation... so worth my time 🙋🌹 8-20-22 GA USA
Absolutely Amazing Information. God bless you two and everyone involved in this.
Wow! I'm convinced- it's a 5 hour drive for me but I want to get my mulch from this guy from now on!
Thank you so much John and John for this very informative video🙏John this interview with John is one of the best 👍 love all your videos❤️
Really awesome video. He's a super knowledgeable guy. I see where I've made mistakes in the past. Thank you
This is exactly the video on mulches that I was looking for trying to figure out what mulch is best for container vegetable gardening. Thanks so much for sharing the knowledge.
Great video. Very informative! Thanks for sharing. I never knew the hidden dangers. 😮
I've learned a lot from this video. thanks
John, this video is awesome! I learned so much from this. I appreciate you taking your time to interview and tell is about the various kinds of compost and mulch.
been watching this channel for years. He is the real deal
Thank you SO MUCH for doing this episode! I’m ready & educated to go get my mulch for my garden & better yet I live within driving range of this place! YAY!! Even if I didn’t you just educated me to know what to ask for:) Thank you!
This was a very informative video! I never stopped to think about old pallets being ground up and used, and what might have spilled onto them. While they are calling this mulch, it's technically more of a compost that's a lot closer to breaking down into humus. I almost never sit through a video this long, but this one held my attention!
You have been a power house for me towards learning how to grow organically, thank you for putting time into these videos. I appreciate you and absolutely love the videos!! Thank you thank you !!!!! 💯
I clicked on this video and did not have high expectations. However, I have learned much more than I expected and imagined. I was once blind, but now I see! There are differences in mulch!! I just bought some Cedar wood chips from Menards hours ago.
Oh well, at least it will smell nice.
I came to get a quick answer before I went to buy some mulch....ended up staying to watch the whole thing. I love this! So interesting and useful :)
Great video! Thank you for all this information! This is the best explanation of the different types of mulch I’ve heard. It is so confusing when going out to purchase mulch. I now feel better equipped to make the best decision for my garden!
I am a future homesteader and you are giving me such great education John. Thank you.
I hope to one day :) good luck good vibes
Big fan here! Had not seen this video, glad I bumped into it. I am 8 miles from this place and did not know it was around!! Will point my landscaper there and will go look at their plant selection too!! Passed this video to my sisters and my neighbors. Thanks for all you do!!!!!!!!
Outstanding explanation! I am reworking my farmland using these ideas. Thanks.
I just bought 3x ground mulch and am waiting for it to get delivered today. Thanks for doing these videos and providing your audience with awareness.
Thanks for bringing the soil scientist on!
This is exactly what I needed to know! Thanks for sharing with us.
I m using mulch from wood .. from 2018 ..
the :
Carotes , red bits , garlic , deal , parsley , lettuce ... are growing like crazy !
I paid $64 for 2 yards ... in store that sell all typ of ornamental rock’s...in Arizona
Great video and information !
Man that was an incredibly awesome video absolutely loved it
Great video! Would love to spend some time around this man, and maybe garner some small pieces of knowledge. Most of my living is made stacking hay in season, for the last twenty years....have to clean my wagon off daily. Twenty pounds or so of hay fines. At that time I had purchased my own place and planted a few fruit trees, so I disposed of those cleanings by mulching them, and everything else. Made a huge difference on water savings, in the severe drought we were/are in ?
A decade ago I asked for tree services to deliver their chips, which were free. I also began asking farmers I stacked hay for, for unwanted bales. Kinda been overran with it! The only cost associated with it was the fuel it took to get it here. A very minimal expense, since I took it if I was in the area and headed home anyway.
I started filling a large arena. It has outgrown that. The only drawback that I realize is the amount of water I have to pump to speed the process. Some will have to without added water. Hundred of tons on this small scale composting place, maybe thousands...more likely thousands. I;ve got lots of land to work with.
Many years ago I noticed the spiders. I went out looking for a skunk at night and with a flashlight and noticed my yard looked like someone had sprinkled glitter? Checked it out and there were millions of spiders!
Would love to have a tub grinder to break this stuff down into smaller pieces as well as allowing me to mix feedstuffs for cattle. Just questionable about making it pay its way on this small scale operation?
Thankyou for making this very interesting video!
Love it. Soil for blueberries at 25:45 - 26:20. Also, rose soil! 👨🌾
I'm trying to rehab a wild fire area on property in the Sonoran dessert in AZ. Going to see how mulch can help save the natural landscape, cholla, mesquite, creosote, jojoba... See what happens.
journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/methane_pain.html Jean Pain: France's King of Green Gold
By Nicolas Poulain
(From: Reader's Digest -- November 1981 -- pages 76-81) Jean Pain's composting method. In the late 1990s it was found out that by applying rock dust powders on a tree stump or mixing it with pulverized wood and spraying water on it, can accelerate the fermentation process to turn them into humus which is the final stage of composting.
Vèry informative, I hope we see more of this gentleman. He was a wealth of garden knowledge.
I nominate John Ferguson to be the Mulch King!
Great episode!I really enjoy these and the science behind your vids
Excellent! I watched this twice a few weeks apart. Second time with more seasoned ( fermented) understanding.
Thank you for the “Master Class” on mulch and mulching. The information you gave is very important,
Wow so back to Eden gardening isn't so simple. This is the first channel to really explain the science behind mulch. Glad I didn't just go buy random mulch for my garden
Why isn't it simple? Just spread wood chips and be done with it. When this guy says the mulch robs the soil of nitrogen, its because they mix it with the soil.
I was about to buy some too. I was really wanting to use the branches and choking vines I cleared by chipping them, saw the price of a small chipper and was thinking maybe a company that sells trees or large branches for the utilities or city would come and chip what I heaped. Any ideas, viewers? Am I on the right track, or is there a cheap, albeit labor intensive method I haven't seen or heard or "thunk"? Thank you in advance for help. I want to figure it out this week or next.
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It is simple.
Mulching is your top layer, the action is under it in the dirt. Don’t mix it up just lay your wood on top and only plant in soil underneath. The mulch retains moisture, cools the ground, and creates a layer UNDERNEATH where the mulch meets the soil line that is favorable to insects, fungal and bacterial colonies, and worms- this is where the composting begins. It will then continue down into the soil over time.
Never mix animal compost either, always just use that as a top dressing on your mulch. Always pull the mulch away when planting into dirt.
Back to Eden isnt actually just mulch it's composted mulch etc
@@buyerofsorts The wood chips that contact the soil takes nitrogen that would have filtered down to a nitrogen deficient soil. Also while planting around the wood chips it naturally bury's the chips lower thus depriving nitrogen even lower in the soil.
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the information!
Hey, could you do a video on making your own mulch?
Many blessings John,
Another great video!!
I have a local sawmill that sells cypress mulch and cypress saw dust... I planned on purchasing to mix into our raised garden bed. The saw mill owner said the dust is sold to large potting soil companies to mix into their potting soil. A neighbor said the cypress mulch/saw dust not only kills bad bugs... but also good ones - and it is not good for vegetables. I was unable to find a clear answer after googling topic. Appreciate any comments.
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Last week bought 16 bags of Cedar Mix Mulch mainly for carport and garden path, but was going to use some around my plants. Glad I watched this video. Gotta thank youtube here also. Years ago, you had no where to go to learn stuff in five minutes, now we have youtube. ciao.
Thank you John! I love learning from you
I really like the fast forward button on these vids. Great information.
I get my mulch from the Amish. They use the double grind method. The stuff is more like fluff than mulch. It's amazing stuff.
Of course they double grind, they don't have the internet!!! 🤣
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@@refinedinsanity2609 Where are you getting it from?
Best mulch video I have seen. Thanks 👍
Love your work John!
Oh, how I wish John was closer to where we live! Too far away. We have heavy clay soil here, and a year of his chipping material could process this land into such much more of a workable, valuable growing place!
John, I really enjoy your videos. This was very interesting.
Thanks for the insight, very helpful. It’s not something a typical person even thinks about when trying to buy mulch for their gardens or flower beds. 👍
I would have love to hear the expert speak more. Great information.
Outstanding information John, thank you very much!!
I am glad I watched this today. I was thing about using new wood chips on my garden.
Great video very informative just what I was looking for, I live in Great Britain so Natures Way is a tiny bit out of my way lol but so awesome you are so lucky to have such a great resource...
WoW 😮 had no idea....what an eye opener! Thank you both!!
Now I want to be a Soil Scientist!!
Thank you for always educating and enlightening me on gardening, growing, and health and nutrition for myself, but for my soil, plants, and produce as well. Blessing to you John.
Wish I could see this sooner. Just bought some bags of mulch at Lows yesterday ☹️
wow I never thought of using good mulch. Thank you John.
John did a very good job of explaining things. I didn't know how important fungi and "white bacteria" were.
Thanks for adding to my gardening knowledge
The only difference between chipped or ground wood - or sawdust - is how quickly they break down.
Slow release is not a bad thing.
It’s the nitrogen
Great videos and information learned a lot of beneficial tips that will help me grow a successful garden!
So much knowledge! Thanks, I am building a backyard food forest and I need all of the help I can get.
One local tree service dumps wood chips on the lot where i lived last year. If you dig down in the pile, its not decomposed at all until its at least three to four years old; this is the problem I see with Back-to-Eden gardening... I buy bags of soil from Lowes under the brand name HARVEST and its much better quality than Miracle Crap. I mostly use Garden Soil, its a little rough and shrinks in 2-3 months as it breaks down. Sometimes I get compost from walmart because its pretty cheap, just to add organic material to some really hard clay soil.
I'm in the process of sheet mulching with cardboard to kill the grass, covering it up with Black Kow, Garden Soil, Worm Castings and used Potting Soil. Trying to go No-Till on a new property, if it works out, just add more bags of compost/manure/humus. If it does not work as intended, I can always dig in the material and have a load of organic material in the soil.
Been using these HARVEST ORGANIC products from Lowes with great success. The compost from Walmart is basically a filler and not finished or even rancid if the bags are wet. Humus/Manure (yellow label) improves the soil and I even used it as a mulch to conserve water over the summer and dug it in in the fall for added benefit... Not all of us have a cheap source of compost in large quantities.
The compost I got from walmart was great if I had wanted a weed garden. I bought it early, when I was ready to use it the bags were puffed up. When I opened them they were little greenhouses full of dandelions, cockle burs, burning nettles, quack and crabgrass,ect....
Wow, you've answered all my mulch questions. Thank you so much.
OMG thank you for this. You help clear my mind.👍🏽❤️
This was very very informative and just what I needed
Very helpful information! Thank you for taking the time to make this video.
I live in CA and too far to go buy at your store. What mulch can I buy at a store compared to your premium mulch ?
Best composting guide I could buy
Excellent video! so much info for a new gardener like me :). the only problem is...where do I go, in my area for really good mulch
Check your local sanitation department-they remove fallen trees and have a designated area where they dump it for the public. Also,tree cutters/landscapers.Ask for slim branches with leaves intact.
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Hi! I know this is really late, however you can try GetChipDrop dot com. They have hilarious explanations of how it works and why you don't want their product on YT.
Excellent information guys, I learned a lot. I will never use the free "mulch" offered by my municipality again.
You can use the wood chips offered by your municipality. You just have to be patient and let them breakdown before using them. You can't beat free. Unless you're renting or planning to move soon, having a big pile of free wood chips in the yard decomposing is like an investment in your garden's future.
John, this was a great video!!! Gracias desde México :)
Lots of good information!
Brilliant! I've just started hearing about the ratios of carbon to nitrogen, very interesting!
Thanks for the information, I didn't know any of this.
Great info you guys!
I love the way you American peeps say "compost" . . . . It's a bit like me going to your local and asking for a pint of lager and a packet of crisps and the barmaid asking me to say it again. We over here (England) say "compost" is as in 'postulate' rather than a post you shove in the ground . . . . love your vidz dude, keep it up and keep growing your greens :)
Extremely valuable resource for crops coming from a 'Soil Scientist', I've never heard of one...How Cool Is That...Peace :)
Awesome full of very useful information I will come back to reference!
Another great video, you are an inspiration for our garden and youtube channel :)
Very informative.
On the technical side...windscreens are a must.
Now I need to find a place like this where I live in Missouri
When you interview people let them do the most of the talking.. I did like the information you give thanks
That is Johns Problem... He can't shut up... He just goes on and on repeating the same thing over and over... 90% of his video that are 20 to 30 minutes should be only 3 to 5 minutes.... Rattle Rattle Rattle....
Actually, I appreciated John being more specific & breaking it down for aNYONE to understand. He’s an experienced videographer & eliminates unnecessary questions by simplifying it more. Great vid...
@Shane Stephen Why don't u shut up? U prick.
Z71Ranger Yeah, sometimes less is more. Let the person being interviewed do the talking and keep it interesting by asking good questions. Too many interviewers are far too interested in showcasing their knowledge.
@@sandramcshane1747 where is Shane the prick?
Great video on mulch.
Great wealth of knowledge, thank you. I hope John is ok, he looked like he was suffering, to his credit made it all the way through.