Filling our log raised garden bed HUGELKULTUR style
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- We filled our log raised garden bed and we are ready for planting! We started with cardboard at the bottom, then big logs with smaller tree branches and woodchips between the logs, then leaves, native soil, kitchen scraps, native soil and finally topsoil compost mix.
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We are Matt and Diana and we believe in living life the #adventurousway. We are on a quest to explore ALL the National Parks while enjoying that RV life, but we are adding in an additional adventure of #buildingahouse to be our home base on the 40 acres of raw land we recently purchased in Vermont.
Filming dates: April 2021
Well done.....Banana peels can be chopped up,soaked in a bucket of water for a couple of months,just keep adding peels...then strain off for a plant feed,dilute with water 1/10...then add peels to compost....2 for 1 :o)
Nice, I didn't know about that! I think I remember bananas containing potassium, so I guess that's why it makes a good fertilizer.
Excellent
I don't know you'll have access to this where you are, but around here we have some commercial mushroom growers and the medium they use is basically sawdust. It is used once and then thrown out. If you can get it, this waste is a great filler and conditioner for poor soil and a good mulch, too. You do need to compost it for a few months before use, but because it's full of mycelium and bits of mushroom you don't really need to add anything else. You just need to turn it and keep it damp. Once the initial hot stage has cooled off, you'll also find that it becomes a giant worm farm.
A good rule of thumb for rotten for boughs and branches BTW, is that if you need to use a saw it's still too green to go into the ground/bed (it'll steal nitrogen during decomposition).
Still think you should build an extension and roof onto the raised bed and live in it. It's much too good for salad greens! :-)
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Thank you!
I would help my wife starting "Lasagna Gardens" like this starting with cardboard. It saves a lot of work over clearing and weeding a garden spot. This will work well for you. I live in Barre, VT and we have several raised gardens. You don't need to build those sidewalls that tall, but you will need to fence completely around it to keep deer and other critter out. My wife and I also own 10 acres in Bradford, VT where we cleared a spot for out camper. We see lots of deer, bear and turkey's there. Even in Barre we have had deer and moose visit out backyard. Raw land is not taxed to death in VT, but build a structure and you may be shocked.
wonderful log raised garden ✅ super enormous like 👍👍24
Thanks!
Well done!!!
Wow, looks awesome, good job.... !!!!
Thanks! :)
Looks great! I get the feeling that y'all may have hit the perfect time to have a haven in the woods, with an much self sustaining systems as possible. Here's hoping for a bountiful harvest.
These are certainly times which move self sufficiency higher on the priority list.
I do a LOT of soil sifting and I finally figured out that if you attach long rails on 2 sides of the sifting box, it will sit on top of a wheel barrow. No lifting required, just slide it back and forth to sift. Now the box can be bigger and deeper which increases production. So soon old, so late smart. Once we bought gardening mix and it was infested with thistle seed. Now we are cautious about importing soil. I find some high ground and sift what we need. It shapes the land, saves money and avoids invasive species of plants. There are some good vids on UA-cam to make a power sifter.
Thanks for the tip on the soil sifter. Also good to know that gardening mix can be infested with seeds.
Looks amazing! Based on the projects you’ve built so far the house is going to be around for several generations.👍🏻
We sure hope so! :)
Concrete blocks works great for flower beds too. I just like them because they don't rot and they're for most part permanent, my wooden flower beds are already starting to rot and they're only a few years old. Concrete blocks are relatively cheap. I have 6 3x16 flower beds I just built on a hillside on my property. I've been wanting to do it for a few years now and I'm glad I finished this project. Its going to look beautiful next year once I get everything rockin & rollin. The hillside is like the perfect spot for me, facing towards the south. (Lots of sunlight). I'm using the hugel method too, so I'm not planning to grow in these beds until next year also. Which is alright with me. I was thinking about painting the concrete blocks matted black just cause I have a bunch of matted black paint to use up in my barn but I might wait a year or so until the blocks begin to look more grittier. I don't like spending any money on my compost/soil. I think If youre spending $300 a year on compost for each bed-- you're doing it all wrong. I know alot of people who do this and I'm kinda mind boggled. You may as well just buy your food from the grocery store, it'd be cheaper and easier lol. You're log flower bed looks great btw, I'll be curious to see how your beds turn out next year. Keep us updated, k?
Congratulations the square garden looks great.
Thank you!
Bravo Diana and Matt. Your property is starting to really take shape. Cheers
Thanks! Slowly, but surely :)
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Looks like a lot of shade for a garden spot.
Unfortunately that's true. We don't get 100% full sun all day long in this spot, but before grading is done there weren't any other places where we could put it so that it wouldn't be in the way, and I wanted to start experimenting with gardening this year. This won't be the permanent spot for our garden. Once we clear more trees we will have plenty large sunny area for a garden.
You did a great job!
Thank you :)
Out here in the desert, we have to water our compost or it mummified- won't break down. You are unlikely to experience that! It looks good!
That's interesting! And it makes sense! Here we have plenty of rain so should be fine here.
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I think those logs will rot in a year or so.
Not to be a bad guy, but it's so much easier than you are making it. You are working way too hard.. Love you anyway..