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COLD vs HOT COMPOSTING: Not the same process or product / permaculture homesteading
Hot composting and cold composting. Totally different processes and end products. One kills weed seeds, pathogens and parasites. One does not. The product you are looking for and how you intend to use it will determine the process.
HOT COMPOSTING
- You will 2/3 carbon (brown) + 1/3 nitrogen (green) ingredients.
- Balance of nitrogen, carbon, aeration, moisture by tarping to trap heat and turning as needed.
- Can be ready in a few months
- Perfect for growing spaces, vegetable gardens, and pastures as pathogens, parasites and seeds die off when exposed to 140-150°F (see sources below)
“Within a week, temperatures in a properly constructed compost pile will reach 130 degrees Fahrenheit. That quickly kills many seeds and stabilizes the composted material. But it takes 30 days of exposure to temperatures of 145 degrees or more to kill seeds from tougher weed species.”
Source: wssa.net/2009/04/want-to-keep-your-compost-weed-free/#:~:text=But%20it%20takes%2030%20days,seeds%20from%20tougher%20weed%20species.
“Most species of microorganisms cannot survive at temperatures above 60-65°C, (140-150°F).”
Source: compost.css.cornell.edu/physics.html#:~:text=Regulations%20by%20the%20U.S.%20Environmental,four%20hours%20of%20this%20period.
COLD COMPOSTING
- You will 2/3 carbon (brown) + 1/3 nitrogen (green) ingredients.
- Usually ready after 9-12 months+ depending on ingredient type and size
- No turning, no trapping heat, no monitoring moisture
- Super flexible system
- Great for adding to orchards or spaces where weeds can sprout
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Welcome to Axe & Root Homestead®! I'm a first generation, self-taught permaculture farmer in Central New Jersey. If you're looking for information on gardening, homesteading, canning, animal care, working with your land, or regenerative farming practices, I have lots of info to share:
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GROW & HARVEST Saffron: Vole Crop Cage, Companion Plant, permaculture homesteading
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Growing the world’s most expensive spice is easy and feasible in many climates. I’ve had great success with saffron here in NJ, zone 7, and am actually planting more today. I got mine from Tara at She’s Rooted Home: shesrootedhome.com/product/saffron-corms-2024/ Saffron is grown by way of a corm. I have grown this without issue in one portion of my yard for three seasons. This year I’m planting...
GAIN ALL OF THIS by using straw in Permaculture Orchards on the Homestead
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In permaculture, we stop isolating ourselves from the greater ecosystem and stop growing in sterile environments. So how can this straw break pest cycles, attract owls and predatory birds, protect soil, and attract bumblebees? 🌾 Mulch thick with straw (like 8” thick) to protect soil and plantings. As a result we prevent solarization, erosion, and nutrient loss. If you are growing in an orchard ...
NO PUMP NEEDED: ALL THE DETAILS about our permaculture pond setup & using aquatic plants, not pumps
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NO PUMP NEEDED: ALL THE DETAILS about our permaculture pond setup & using aquatic plants, not pumps
CALENDULA does what??? BENEFITS for the PERMACULTURE GARDEN // Companion planting, homesteading uses
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CALENDULA does what??? BENEFITS for the PERMACULTURE GARDEN // Companion planting, homesteading uses
PREPPING EVERYTHING for HURRICANE SEASON on a flood plain FARM + HOMESTEAD
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PREPPING EVERYTHING for HURRICANE SEASON on a flood plain FARM HOMESTEAD
Is COMFREY REALLY worth the hype? Chop & Drop Tutorial + Uses on the Permaculture Homestead
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Is COMFREY REALLY worth the hype? Chop & Drop Tutorial Uses on the Permaculture Homestead
EVERY GARDEN NEEDS THIS PLANT
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EVERY GARDEN NEEDS THIS PLANT
SAVE Water w/ YOUR PHONE in the Garden and Troughs with RainPoint 1-Zone Water Timer
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SAVE Water w/ YOUR PHONE in the Garden and Troughs with RainPoint 1-Zone Water Timer
BREAK the Fruit/Apple Tree PEST CYCLE! Graze fallen fruit from your apple and pear trees.
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BREAK the Fruit/Apple Tree PEST CYCLE! Graze fallen fruit from your apple and pear trees.
PROTECT YOUR ELDERBERRIES: Everything You Need to Know About Bagging Berries from Birds
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PROTECT YOUR ELDERBERRIES: Everything You Need to Know About Bagging Berries from Birds
Prune Tomatoes Like a Pro! Tips for Healthy Tomato Plants
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Prune Tomatoes Like a Pro! Tips for Healthy Tomato Plants
BUILD a PERMACULTURE homestead ECOSYSTEM with animals that CONTRIBUTE to the farm and to each other
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BUILD a PERMACULTURE homestead ECOSYSTEM with animals that CONTRIBUTE to the farm and to each other
Easy PERFECT CHERRIES Organically // No Herbicides, No Pesticides, No Nets
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Easy PERFECT CHERRIES Organically // No Herbicides, No Pesticides, No Nets
BLUEBERRY GUILDS: Permaculture approach to growing better blueberries
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BLUEBERRY GUILDS: Permaculture approach to growing better blueberries
Harvest AMAZING Strawberries: All Natural Organic Tips for Pest-Free better berries
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Harvest AMAZING Strawberries: All Natural Organic Tips for Pest-Free better berries
How I SAFELY WORK around LARGE HORSES on the Homestead
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How I SAFELY WORK around LARGE HORSES on the Homestead
Tour My Updated Permaculture Garden / No fence, less paths, more growing space
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Tour My Updated Permaculture Garden / No fence, less paths, more growing space
WOOL PREP for the Fiber Mill // What happens to the raw fleece/fiber after shearing?
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WOOL PREP for the Fiber Mill // What happens to the raw fleece/fiber after shearing?
Easy EDIBLE Windbreak with Permaculture Plantings (Serviceberry and Honeyberry)
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Easy EDIBLE Windbreak with Permaculture Plantings (Serviceberry and Honeyberry)
Permaculture Farm/Homestead Fruit Tree Guilds with Stefan Sobkowiak // Host: Angela Ferraro-Fanning
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Permaculture Farm/Homestead Fruit Tree Guilds with Stefan Sobkowiak // Host: Angela Ferraro-Fanning
Build + Regenerate Soil w/ Gabe Brown, author of Dirt to Soil // Axe & Root Homestead Expert Series
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Build Regenerate Soil w/ Gabe Brown, author of Dirt to Soil // Axe & Root Homestead Expert Series
Stop buying ELDERBERRY CUTTINGS and make your own! So easy!
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Stop buying ELDERBERRY CUTTINGS and make your own! So easy!
Rotational Grazing on the Homestead w/ Dr. Temple Grandin // Axe & Root Homestead Expert Series
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Rotational Grazing on the Homestead w/ Dr. Temple Grandin // Axe & Root Homestead Expert Series
Should You Have a Homestead Apothecary? Webinar w/ Lindsey Feldpausch, RH(AHG) of Herbal Academy
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Should You Have a Homestead Apothecary? Webinar w/ Lindsey Feldpausch, RH(AHG) of Herbal Academy
Do Farm Chores Change for Severe Winter Weather? Horses, sheep, ducks and geese during a snowstorm.
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Do Farm Chores Change for Severe Winter Weather? Horses, sheep, ducks and geese during a snowstorm.
What’s the Deal w/ Pruning Young Fruit Trees?! Apple, plum, peach, pomegranate, trim, organic
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What’s the Deal w/ Pruning Young Fruit Trees?! Apple, plum, peach, pomegranate, trim, organic
The Secret to Protecting Your Flock and Gardens from Wildlife / Permaculture Homesteading
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The Secret to Protecting Your Flock and Gardens from Wildlife / Permaculture Homesteading
How I Approach Building a Food Forest / Permaculture Homestead Gardening (Reupload with Sound Fixed)
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How I Approach Building a Food Forest / Permaculture Homestead Gardening (Reupload with Sound Fixed)
Seed Tray Drip Irrigation for the Greenhouse (SOLAR POWERED Drip Line Installation start to finish!)
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Seed Tray Drip Irrigation for the Greenhouse (SOLAR POWERED Drip Line Installation start to finish!)

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  • @rickandmariaolson2597
    @rickandmariaolson2597 День тому

    I'm gradually starting to grow food for my livestock. I've got an area where I might get 2 or 3 regular fruit trees, but can get multiple Cordon style trees 2 to 3 feet apart. Would you still put a guild right around the trees or spread them out throughout the trees? I will be planting dwarf trees near the back and doing exactly what your doing, but with plants native to tge Kootenays in S.E. British Columbia

  • @miyoshiko9405
    @miyoshiko9405 2 дні тому

    That's awesome, thank you!

  • @mrgolestani748
    @mrgolestani748 2 дні тому

    Where csn I buy the seed or the Safrron but from? Also can I grow it in Arizona?

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead 2 дні тому

      Hi! Yes you can! I get mine from ShesRootedHome.com. She grows in the Mojave Desert!

  • @bcworth444
    @bcworth444 3 дні тому

    I've seen these and wondered. Maybe you could expound on an upcoming video. The results don't look like compost - does it use heat? What kind of scraps can you use? Will the resulting compost attract animals if you sprinkle it on plants? etc If you like them, I'm intrigued!

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead 2 дні тому

      Hi! These are good questions! I’ve been using mine for almost a month. It does require a small learning curve to get compost texture results. For example, all food scraps in the karfo yields a moist paste-like result. Just like composting outdoors, we want a balance of carbon and nitrogen ingredients. So when I add in newspaper or leaves, I get a more earthy, compost-like result. The high level of heat this reaches produces the finished product in just 5 hours (2.5 on the express cycle) so I’m not sure about the integrity of any my mychorrizae or microbes. But still, I’m excited to have another way to keep food waste out of landfills. I hope that helps!!

    • @bcworth444
      @bcworth444 2 дні тому

      Interesting. Didn't know you could add carbon components and get closer to a hot compost. And as you say, so fast is very useful. Great info - thank you!

  • @BEarth41
    @BEarth41 3 дні тому

    Cool!! They look like pequin peppers!!😅

  • @smallmaranon3817
    @smallmaranon3817 3 дні тому

    beautiful!!

  • @jonas3333
    @jonas3333 4 дні тому

    Thank you! I think is what I'm going to go for with about the same size in my front yard. I might be able to pull off a small solar pump, but that's not guaranteed to work all the time/etc., so this makes sense. What I've dug out so far (with no lineer) is cracked clay now in draught-stricken SE Oklahoma, but it's a "wet" area in the yard (I've found crawdads while digging!) so it might work. One rather large concern I have is that the PVC water pipe to my home goes directly through this someday pond. Is that bad? It would be exposed under the water.

  • @jcarney1987
    @jcarney1987 4 дні тому

    I compost everything pretty much. I even had a chicken that died of heat stroke get composted and it slow cooked, when I turned the pile the chicken actually smelt like cooked chicken. My compost gets pretty hot though cause of all the chicken poo I add to it and I have to turn it daily to keep the heat down.

  • @dimples.51
    @dimples.51 4 дні тому

    Good stuff. Learned something new. ❤❤❤ Thank you.

  • @similis1134
    @similis1134 4 дні тому

    I raised my geese separately to other poultry, but they seem to be fascinated by the idea of smaller species existing around them. During breeding season my geese would feverishly guard groups of chicks in the pasture, like the chickens were, uh, their pets of sorts.

  • @mywoolmitten
    @mywoolmitten 5 днів тому

    Thank you for making things approachable!

  • @SAV3DnFORGIVN
    @SAV3DnFORGIVN 5 днів тому

    so the rock was layed on dirt? because we had weed fabric barrier [plastic] put down and its trash..weeds are crazy..i want to pull barrier out and just lay rock

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead 5 днів тому

      Hi! Yes, after removing the fabric I moved the rock back over the condensed ground/clay. I hope that helps!

  • @imnoone3051
    @imnoone3051 6 днів тому

    Great video! May I ask where you purchased your saffron bud? Thank you!

  • @GeorgiasGarden
    @GeorgiasGarden 8 днів тому

    Finally someone said this!! Thank you. It works!!

  • @MichaelB6453
    @MichaelB6453 8 днів тому

    Can you show us the results?… everyone has an idea, but I’d like to see your jar full of moths, or are they attracted to your tree?.

  • @ninagerulski8832
    @ninagerulski8832 10 днів тому

    You are my rockstar 🤩

  • @angela__angel
    @angela__angel 11 днів тому

    ❤❤❤ i love them all. thank you.

  • @carmenstephens2266
    @carmenstephens2266 11 днів тому

    Any suggestions where I can buy some of the flowers or seed❤

  • @LauLessPariah
    @LauLessPariah 12 днів тому

    Thanks for the info

  • @aldreen
    @aldreen 12 днів тому

    In Bangladesh we call it Zafran.

  • @amberdawn4759
    @amberdawn4759 13 днів тому

    My favorite rice for one...

  • @kimberlynnrowell8971
    @kimberlynnrowell8971 14 днів тому

    This is extremely interesting to me!! What is it used for though?

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead 14 днів тому

      I use it in rice dishes, like paella 🖤

    • @kimberlynnrowell8971
      @kimberlynnrowell8971 14 днів тому

      @@AxeAndRootHomestead I never heard of it lol, I'm really digging finding out all the things nature gives you that I and most people don't even know about or how to use or eat

    • @amberdawn4759
      @amberdawn4759 13 днів тому

      You can buy saffron at the store and you make yellow rice with it. You crush it before using it.

    • @ProjectThunderclaw
      @ProjectThunderclaw 12 днів тому

      It's a spice, great for fish, rice and in baked goods. It's actually very well-known and popular, just not so much in the United States. It's also famously expensive, because you have to hand-pick it like this and the labor cost really adds up.

    • @jessibell-pj8dx
      @jessibell-pj8dx 12 днів тому

      It’s used as a spice, medicine, and dye!

  • @giovannamaltese3876
    @giovannamaltese3876 15 днів тому

    Thank you I will try that

  • @dianaadamson2583
    @dianaadamson2583 15 днів тому

    I have a question? I planted two Apple trees last Fall. Mid Summer one of the trees leaves started to curl and turn brown and some of them had little pin holes in them. The shop I bought them from said to use BT spray. I had asked specifically for something Organic. i bought the BT spray , but when I got it I read the back and didn't want to use it. Can you give me some recommendations? I plan on putting a Guild around it. Thank you.

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead 14 днів тому

      Hi! That’s a good question! Little holes are often caused by caterpillars or worms eating the foliage. The brown and curling leaves could certainly be a result of that, or of a type of blight. You might reach out to your county extension office as location and environmental factors are important when diagnosing these things. As for BT, I wouldn’t spray it either. Guilds, cleaning up fallen fruit, apple maggot and coddling moth traps, attracting birds, and foliar sprays to build up the tree’s immune system are all worth the effort, in my opinion. Check out The Holistic Orchard by Michael Phillips. It’s my favorite.

    • @dianaadamson2583
      @dianaadamson2583 13 днів тому

      @@AxeAndRootHomestead thank you very much! I will look into these things:)

  • @LaceyVandepol
    @LaceyVandepol 17 днів тому

    What might some corrections look like? My gelding bullies my mare to no end

  • @morgue83
    @morgue83 17 днів тому

    These kinds of videos I greatly appreciate and hope they will prepare me with a garden-full future. Awesome

  • @daniellegorbett9371
    @daniellegorbett9371 18 днів тому

    Can you please share more about this?

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead 17 днів тому

      Sure! Stay tuned for spring planting. 🖤 Thank you for watching.

  • @jasminemohandes-barg8030
    @jasminemohandes-barg8030 18 днів тому

    Fast and furious 😂😂😂

  • @lornapenn-chester6867
    @lornapenn-chester6867 19 днів тому

    I find it incredible that you haven’t got thousands of comments! I’m watching and thoroughly enjoying your videos that seem very well researched. Have you done a degree in this?

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead 17 днів тому

      You’re very kind. Thank you and thanks for watching! I’ve been practicing for over a decade now. I was largely self taught until I went to Cornell for permaculture to make sure I was doing the right things. 🖤

  • @lornapenn-chester6867
    @lornapenn-chester6867 19 днів тому

    I can’t find that cover crops chart.. I find the page on cover crops but not the chart. Am I being dim?!❤

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead 17 днів тому

      No worries! Here you go friend: rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/choosing-the-best-cover-crops-for-your-organic-no-till-vegetable-system/

    • @lornapenn-chester6867
      @lornapenn-chester6867 16 днів тому

      @@AxeAndRootHomestead Thank you!!

  • @lornapenn-chester6867
    @lornapenn-chester6867 19 днів тому

    Really interesting and what we want to do here in Ireland ❤

  • @pfchangas
    @pfchangas 19 днів тому

    What's the need for arrowroot powder?

  • @kajabraun6835
    @kajabraun6835 22 дні тому

    When I add baking soda the deodorant becomes gritty

  • @Michael_Weirdo
    @Michael_Weirdo 25 днів тому

    I love hearing "I don't like bits for horses" while you're dealing with a previously fearful horse. Especially when you have that kind of tack on. It's absolutely obvious how much time, care, and love you've put into this adorable, gorgeous animal.❤

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead 25 днів тому

      I appreciate your comment very much. Thank you for being kind! 🖤

  • @ninagerulski8832
    @ninagerulski8832 26 днів тому

    Do you cut them down mid summer?

  • @TheFenfur
    @TheFenfur 26 днів тому

    I have probs with slugs chomping em. Any tips?

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead 25 днів тому

      We have a lot of slugs and snails which is why we have ducks here at the homestead. They love to seek them out!

  • @kalzone3579
    @kalzone3579 26 днів тому

    They look gorgeous

  • @sujimartens6757
    @sujimartens6757 29 днів тому

    Thank u for this video! We have cedar beds and have grass walkways but the torpedo grass w rhizomes are coming up from under the beds and it’s costing me so much time and money having to completely dig the beds up! Did u have that problem and did the gravel work? Any other ideas? Thank u

  • @Dragons_Den_Gaming
    @Dragons_Den_Gaming Місяць тому

    I’m currently trying to grow my own apple tree from a seed and it’s a bit older than 1 year old. Do you have any tips? Also, those sparrow house are really neat!

  • @adonna_
    @adonna_ Місяць тому

    What’s the molasses and water do? I’m a newbie. Thank u!

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead Місяць тому

      Hi! Thanks for being here! It’s a lure for Apple maggots and coddling moths!

  • @hydrotilling7043
    @hydrotilling7043 Місяць тому

    That could’ve all been trees you could’ve planted on Valentine’s Day Mrs. I’m so smart

  • @hydrotilling7043
    @hydrotilling7043 Місяць тому

    She don’t know what she’s talking about If you do it her way you won’t get any food at all You will have a whole bunch of rodents living there She think’s she’s smart But she is not because she doesn’t get to play with all the soil underneath of her Her plants will get hot from the cardboard overheating the soil She can’t even show you her garden because there isn’t one Just get some chemicals spray it all over the area kill everything Wait then till it into the ground and start new growth again Remember your plan for duplication is saving the seeds and growing them as soon as you can and making more plants and trees

  • @hydrotilling7043
    @hydrotilling7043 Місяць тому

    I invented Hydrotilling to be able to help you in your garden 🪴 to be able to give you the power of water 💧 to protect you to establish new land and preserve what you have🌼🌸🍑

  • @OftheTold-7
    @OftheTold-7 Місяць тому

    ^^ Sweet set up

  • @csjr9
    @csjr9 Місяць тому

    Tuffiom landscape fabric and preen have entered the chat...lol ua-cam.com/video/V_I6XbZaLlo/v-deo.html

  • @michelleallman4360
    @michelleallman4360 Місяць тому

    It also dose wonders ontop of Georgia red clay. That's my yard full of rocks and so hard too dig this way softens and nurtures that clay for growing I do t understand it but it's been working for me as well for 4yrs

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead Місяць тому

      Love that! Studies have shown that when you add organic matter and soil (and compost) to even sand or clay, decomposers and mychorrizae move in, creating soil where there wasn’t any before. Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown is an incredible book on this.

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead Місяць тому

      If you actually tried this method, you would not be saying any of this. Sorry.

  • @JosiahTam-n3o
    @JosiahTam-n3o Місяць тому

    I've been struggling with the exact same thing and I'm going to try this. My question is, did you weed out the gravel before doing this or how did you avoid pushing the weeds back into the freshly landscape fabric removed area? Thanks!

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead Місяць тому

      Hi! I typically weed weekly. But the crabgrass stuck in the fabric simply wouldn’t budge. It came right up with the fabric. Does that answer your question?

  • @soldiernomore3843
    @soldiernomore3843 Місяць тому

    It's soil dirt is what you sweep under the rug

    • @gussampson5029
      @gussampson5029 Місяць тому

      No, dirt is what you order by the ton and dump on top of cardboard in order to improve soil into which you intend to plant a garden.

  • @adonna_
    @adonna_ Місяць тому

    How long does it take to break down and ready to plant?

    • @AxeAndRootHomestead
      @AxeAndRootHomestead Місяць тому

      Hi! I plant immediately into the new garden area. The plants can begin to grow while the cardboard decomposes. Timing of decomposition depends on how thick the cardboard is stacked, how much water is applied, and a number of other factors. But typically, a few months. 🖤

    • @adonna_
      @adonna_ Місяць тому

      @@AxeAndRootHomestead Thank you.

    • @tayloranderson7281
      @tayloranderson7281 Місяць тому

      @@AxeAndRootHomestead what time of year should you lay the cardboard and dirt? Should I wait until after last frost and plant directly or should I do it before last frost to allow enough time for the cardboard to break down? Thanks for the help!

  • @gimlee7664
    @gimlee7664 Місяць тому

    Capsaicin doesn’t affect birds