Thank you Mark. I live in Northern Ireland and watch all your videos with great interest. This is my first ever comment on any You Tube video. I saw Paul's film soon after it was made and immediately added wood chips to my garden. It has improved ever since. Now with your help my understanding is growing about other things I need to do. Thanks a lot. I wish I had paid more attention to my father's advice when he got me to work with him in the garden when I was young. He's not here to ask any more. All the best to your boys and you. John
Hello John, When you father work in the garden after a long hard day at work. He relax about being there, and you will too. It is Ok not to know everything. I still make mistake. THANK YOU for writing your first comment on youtube and picking my channel to do so on.. Please any question small or large to ask .. THANK YOU, Sir.
I came across your videos about 10 days ago. I've been watching several every day since. Thank you for the effort you put in to sharing this wealth of information.
Your a good man all you have said in these last videos l have watched is all true l have been down this road for years, thanks for being kind to Paul, l know the Lord will bless you because of your meek and humble adatude ,,
Just found your channel and you have answered many questions I had about my B2E garden, my chips were really dry and soil health was dying, then I found cover crops and now worms. Will be sure to mention you in my video about soil health update. thanks again..
Thank you so much for your videos, I'm fairly new to gardening and we put in 2 raised beds last Spring, 18" deep, I layered in wood chips, wood ash, local seaweed (washed up from storms), year old manure, greens (vegetable waste, grass clippings), coffee grounds, etc. I just layered with wood chips between each layer filling the last 4 to 6 " w/a soil/compost mix. By the end of summer everything was 'decomposed' and everything I planted in the raised beds did great but I didn't know about leaving in the roots and planting living roots/cover crops over the winter or mycorrhizal. This is all new to me and the way you present this information makes sense to me and I look forward to experimenting with your ideas as I continue to expand my gardening areas.
THANK YOU..PLEASE keep me inform of how it is doing.. You can make a video of it with your cell phone a post it on you page. JUST let me know you did upload a video if you do this. THANKS again..
Love it! I've been planting a few blackcurrant bushes around, but I'll take a look at that list and see what else I can add. Been scattering the Winter Mix cover crop around - realising I have to grow a sample in a pot so that I can tell the difference between them and my various pernicious weeds...
Great series, Mark . Keep the vids coming. One point of clarity is that that Paul wouldn't want to be praised as a genius. He failed and prayed and received wisdom, which is the same wisdom that surrounds us all in nature - God's wisdom observed in the wild (when men don't goof things up by removing the covering.)
Great video mark, you answered my question in another video to start my garden with 4 inches of leaves and clear a circle and plant snap peas around tomato plant. My question today is when do I start incorporating cover crops and a perennial living root in the ground?
What a great video, thank you. That list is awesome. The concept of monoculture has never resonated with me, and now I understand why! Looking forward to adding more from the list next year. Quick question for you, in zone 3b, will the clover die off over winter or be more like dandelion and come back stronger next year? Thanks again, I appreciate you effort and information.
Hello, we are in zone 3b as well. We are just starting our BEG set up this fall. However all over our property we have white and red clover and it comes back year after year. Hope that helps! :)
I've heard a lot of people recently talking about legumes not being nitrogen-fixing for the soil in general, because they form symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria on their own roots, so the only way that the legume's nitrogen will get back into the soil is if you chop-and-drop. However, based on what you've said throughout this series, would the endomycorrhizal network help to distribute the nitrogen throughout the soil root system? Especially if the legume has more nitrogen than it needs. Thanks for all your hard work producing these videos!
Great video again. Thank you. A question to see if I did get it right: If you plant in the wood chips, You remove the wood chips from the area to be planted in and then bring in additional soil to bring the soil up to the level of the surrounding wood chips? You do not cover the planted (elevated soil) part with wood chips again?
Mark thanks for the great info. I can't wait to see how this turns out for you next year. I am new to Back to Eden gardening and learning along with you. Thanks again.
Hi Mark Thank you for for great detailed explenation. I am starting this fall by putting wood chips in my garden, my question to you is... How Do you plant seeds into the woodchips like parsley, celery etc? Thanks For The Help,
Hello, It is better to show you how... That will be in PART 11.. THANKS for waiting a little bit more. It should be done within the next 2 weeks or less, as soon as this rainy week stops for us...
I've been gardening for decades but am new to BTE and want to give it a try. Between Paul's documentary and your UA-cams I have learned so much I feel like a garden newbie! I have an area, formerly pasture, that I will be using for My BTE garden. Cows grazed on it and it is quite compact. Should I cover the entire area (about 1/3 acre) with paper And woodchips or should I leave strips to feed the soil? I don't know what it is that is growing there specifically.
Sure, IT is my garden on UA-cam and very kind people sending me message with information and then asking more question,, and then planting and growing to see how it works then.... Then showing you..THANKS
Its interesting looking back to see that Paul was doing these things THIRTY years ago! Coming from England originally it's interesting to see how the old cottage gardens always seem to plant flowers and shrubs in their vegetable plots too.. Maybe unaware they were reaping the rewards of those permanent root systems. Thanks as always for posting !!!
Thank you for this series. It’s an extraordinary amount of info delivered in a concise manner. I have just built a Hugelkultur bed over sandy soil. Any thoughts on how I should proceed with BTE vs FL?
i realize now after adding leaves for many years--it helps loosen up my clay soil. but it doesn't grow more soil!! i used winter rye years ago for green manure--will let the roots in the ground now -for aeration down below- central minnesota--zone4/3-- will try sunflowers/rye raspberry/ for energizing some new garden plots=in 2020 laid cardboard down-plant potatoes-with deepleaf mulch to rid old sod-for new raspberry patch==forgot to throw rye in fall-oops- thankful for your ideas/trials/success//and/ failures to move onto next phase of gardening tried kale for 2nd year now--very hardy to frosts (4x8 raised bed) pest free, and nice to pass along extras-- vates is my favorite over red russian/lacinto-dinasauer. looking for more recipes-salad/soups tomatoes= big mama for salsa (roma type)hybrid- fun to experiment--hybrid don't come back to original like heirlooms used black plastic under my tomatoes for long time--will try knock down rye to plant tomatoes into this year- laid old denim jeans down by tomatoes to lower the heat--no pests or BLIGHT bothered there== nrcs of ndak/n carolina has good crop cover info also!! also living web site/ and maritime gardener nova scotia==different twists to gardening things love the 8 raised beds 4x8ft thanks again -
Where in the list is sweet fern? It's the main cover in have on my lot and I have a strip 20ft by 900ft of it that's grown in with some 2-3 inch trees growing throughout. I was going to mulch all of it until I seen you videos, thanks for these they have help me to understand so much and better plan our garden! We are building our dream home this summer and you just made me realize that I have great soils already I just need to know what trees to much and add them back as wood chips!
@@iamorganicgardening I seen the fern in the list but since sweet fern is a shrub I figured it might be different. Thanks for the confirmation. Love your videos...keep them coming!
This is a little confusing like you said it is a shrub. But it is also a herd... I should have said this first, Sorry. See the link and the consider it a herd. www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/c/comptonia-peregrina=sweet-fern.php . Still in the ENDO type.
Wonderful work Mark. I can see from all the comments and visitors to your site that you are definitely connecting with people and giving terrific advice. I appreciate the testing you are doing and seeing the results. Your videos are well done and clearly understood. My only question at the time is do you have gophers, and if so, how do you handle this? I live in Arizona, about 4300 ft. elevation, dry and very warm, very rural with lots of critters. I can handle the rabbits & javelina, but the gophers and rats are definitely a problem. Any suggestions?? Again, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I had something worse then gophers...They were 35lbs ground hogs. I set out catch alive traps with carrots a peanut butter. And after catching them dove 73 miles a release them in a state park... THANKS
Mark, thanks a LOT for sharing your time & knowledge. About the gophers, I planted peppermint plants in my garden. "Youtubing," I watched some videos that explain me that gophers & mice hates peppermint. Thanks Again & Please continue doing it great! From Osaka
I like all yours videos. Have you ever tried growing clovers? I’m just wondering cause I would like to try that this year as a cover crop so it can replenish the soil with nitrogen plus I heard it’s a heavy feeder for phosphorus and potassium which I still need to get under control. Half of my garden is part sun half in part shade
The best gardening videos on the tube! I have a question and apologize before hand if I missed it in the video. My wife and I recently purchased a new house with some acreage. It has a large number of Black Walnut and Pecan trees on it so I have been looking into plant gilds centered on these trees. There are some severe limitations as to what plants are compatible with these particular trees but in my research I have come across a number that will work. In looking at the above list some are in the endo list while others are in the ecto category. Is that a problem or an advantage?
THANK YOU very much for your kind words. OK, Both trees are Ecto. So if you wish to plant endo plants you have to get a few perennial roots establish of Endo growing well in a group close together before adding more..endo..HOPE this is helpful, if not PLEASE WRITE BACK...Mark
Your comments reminded me of a question that I have had for a long time...should I leave the root system in the ground of the vegetables I grow like tomatoes, beans, etc? Should I just cut the plants off at ground level when I finish the season and they die back?
Thanks for the list and information. Its interesting to watch you learn before our eyes. I am somewhat confused, after preparing to do the sunflower, winter rye thing, what I should do now. Skip the sunflowers? Plant the native grasses etc? I have hostas that could be moved to the garden area. TIA for anything you can do to help me understand.
Hello. I watching fron the Mojave desert. I'm starting Back to Eaden here. It's going well but I want to get some more rooted plants on the bits I've covered so far otherwise if we get cort with a flash flood it will wash all my precious woodchips into the neighbors property. Is the file you linked still available? When I try to download it it just says download pending and does nothing more.
I have a clover and Kentucky bluegrass mix growing in the lawn around my 12x12 BTE bed. Is that sufficient for legumes or do I need to actually plant more within my garden itself?
I'm wondering if you can do this also with only plants you can also eat? So without the Rye grass, but with something instead to eat so you could eat all year long? Love the concept, but will love it even more without the grasses.. :) I'm afraid I will be too busy with little children around here, to also cutting the grass in spring/summer instead of just eating from (winter) crops.. (maybe some 'weeds' that has also that fungi that you can eat as salad or something else?) Would safe space also for plants that can be eaten.. Thank you!
It's December today as I watch this video for the first time. I'm going into my 2nd year of BTE gardening. I've spread horse manure, then leaves, then wood chips. I've been told horse manure can hold a lot of seeds and produce weeds in the next season. Is this good for promoting the fungi and agrigates in the soil, or does it depend on the type of seeds in the manure? Just wondering if I'm lucking out by not getting a cover crop in for the winter. Thanks for all the advice!
Hi, THANKS, all links are posted in the video description section. This is it also..Mycorrhizal LIST link: www.rootnaturally.com/PlantListMycorrhizal.pdf .
YES, easy. Is there any way you can post a picture on your google page or up load a video on UA-cam of those 9 feet Okra. You can teach me how to grow them next year..THANK YOU VERY MUCH...
THAT IS JUST AMAZING... THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking time to show this to me... That has to be a record of some kind. I always enjoy the beautiful flower too. Leaving those roots in the ground is going to help so much...THANKS AGAIN
Happy to do it for you. This variety is Cow Horn okra and is supposed to be an heirloom variety. If you would like seed, seed me your mailing address and I'll send you some pods I've saved...I've got PLENTY! Side note if you are on Facebook, I shared your channel name and my video to you on my page today - Penny Lyons
What are your thoughts on container growing? I don't imagine you'd have a ton to say in your position, but in-ground planting isn't feasible for me. I don't like the thought of using inorganic fertilizers, but I'm not sure compost has much place over the long term in a container garden as quickly as it breaks down structurally.
Container Growing with compost is GREAT. When your ground is not feasible, that is the right choice to grow in Compost. But better yet and some native soil to that compost and also grow a legume ( clover ) on top help and nitrogen and add shade to keep the soil temp down..THANK YOU for the question, hope I shared some info with you...
Hi Mark...what about bindweed-our wood chips are covered in it! We are not at our farm in the spring, so by the time we get to our farm, it has overwhelmed the garden. I would appreciate your advice...I feel defeated by weeds
This is not a real organic way of doing it. But you might want to cover your garden with a silage tarp. You must way it down a lot so it does not blow away.
i am super OCD about weeds. i don't want a single one in my garden because i'm afraid they'll take over (i fight bermuda grass all the time). we have a lot of 'volunteer' clover. do you suggest i leave it? or will it 'take over? i'm nervous to leave it :) thx.
I am trying to start pepper seeds in the the ground in the middle of lawn grass and white dutch clovers. Will the the grass and clovers take over and stunt the pepper seedlings or kill them? I just put in lemon, lime, orange, and peach trees, have native grass, white clovers, one tomato plant and want to add peppers directly
You have to cut the grass and clover in the area down to soil level large enough to give thee pepper plant room to grow. BUT FIRST.. Pepper love heat and need it. Day and night temps should be above 70 degrees. THANK YOU. Peppers ar mostly start indoors for 8 weeks first. Then planted out.
I AM ORGANIC GARDENING Thank you , Mark. I forgot to mention I have clay soil underneath. Do I need to loosen the top soil a little with a shovel before sowing seeds or just seed and cover with a thin layer of soil.
Yes, all plants leave in the ground, The roots acts a naturally tilling. Nature never pulls plants out... The old roots HELP grow soil and lets more air and water in. THANK YOU for watching.
Hello. The best thing is this about your question... YOUR choice your garden, what i mean by that you can choose anything from then endo mycorrhizal list ( at least 4 ) to plant in that living strip area to keep the soil alive and that you do not remove the plant or roots. Like strawberries can be one, and some type of clover... THANKS
Paul save me wasting 10 years of college and countless hours learning stupid math and grammar...Amen. Direct to the source. Trial and error is the best method.
Thanks! Sounds like another good reason to grow many herbs. I know comfrey is not suppose to be uprooted (only cut off the leaves) so does that mean we should also grow a certain number of herbs that should never be uprooted?
The Key to good soil health is never remove roots.. You can good beets lets say but you should have clover or other herds/plants thee by the share the same root area. Just like in nature.. THANKS
I will be taking the Master Gardener Class this winter. But in the mean time I have never added nitrogen to my 20+ acre farm to grow or produce vegetables.. THANK YOU..
Sorry, I don't understand why you're digging up your soil to make a raised bed. Wouldn't it be better just to move the wood chips aside and plant everything into the soil?
I have been coming back to your videos for seven or eight years and still appreciate them.
Thank you Mark. I live in Northern Ireland and watch all your videos with great interest. This is my first ever comment on any You Tube video.
I saw Paul's film soon after it was made and immediately added wood chips to my garden. It has improved ever since. Now with your help my understanding is growing about other things I need to do.
Thanks a lot.
I wish I had paid more attention to my father's advice when he got me to work with him in the garden when I was young. He's not here to ask any more. All the best to your boys and you. John
Hello John, When you father work in the garden after a long hard day at work. He relax about being there, and you will too. It is Ok not to know everything. I still make mistake. THANK YOU for writing your first comment on youtube and picking my channel to do so on.. Please any question small or large to ask .. THANK YOU, Sir.
I came across your videos about 10 days ago. I've been watching several every day since. Thank you for the effort you put in to sharing this wealth of information.
THANK YOU for your time watching them, very KIND of you.
@@iamorganicgardening Thank you Mark!
I've really enjoyed this series, your attention to detail, observations and explanations were fantastic.
THANK YOU. I have learned a lot from very kind people...
Your a good man all you have said in these last videos l have watched is all true l have been down this road for years, thanks for being kind to Paul, l know the Lord will bless you because of your meek and humble adatude ,,
THANK YOU.. Gardeners like yourself are the always kind to nature and people.
Just found your channel and you have answered many questions I had about my B2E garden, my chips were really dry and soil health was dying, then I found cover crops and now worms. Will be sure to mention you in my video about soil health update. thanks again..
THANK YOU for the sub. Always here to share and help.
I came across your material yesterday, you are incredible thanks so much for your efforts and great information
Just a farmer sharing how to grow healthy organic food..
Thank you so much for your videos, I'm fairly new to gardening and we put in 2 raised beds last Spring, 18" deep, I layered in wood chips, wood ash, local seaweed (washed up from storms), year old manure, greens (vegetable waste, grass clippings), coffee grounds, etc. I just layered with wood chips between each layer filling the last 4 to 6 " w/a soil/compost mix. By the end of summer everything was 'decomposed' and everything I planted in the raised beds did great but I didn't know about leaving in the roots and planting living roots/cover crops over the winter or mycorrhizal. This is all new to me and the way you present this information makes sense to me and I look forward to experimenting with your ideas as I continue to expand my gardening areas.
THANK YOU..PLEASE keep me inform of how it is doing.. You can make a video of it with your cell phone a post it on you page. JUST let me know you did upload a video if you do this. THANKS again..
Love it! I've been planting a few blackcurrant bushes around, but I'll take a look at that list and see what else I can add.
Been scattering the Winter Mix cover crop around - realising I have to grow a sample in a pot so that I can tell the difference between them and my various pernicious weeds...
THANK YOU. That list shows so many combo's...That is a great plan.
I finally got around to watching Part 10. Great video! What you're sharing here makes sense. It will be interesting to see the results!
YES, I agree..the green strips is just like it as in nature...THANK YOU for watching..
Great series, Mark . Keep the vids coming. One point of clarity is that that Paul wouldn't want to be praised as a genius. He failed and prayed and received wisdom, which is the same wisdom that surrounds us all in nature - God's wisdom observed in the wild (when men don't goof things up by removing the covering.)
I understand. THANK YOU. But it is the first thing that pop into my mind...
Yes. I wasn't trying to argue as much as fill out some missing info that I'm sure (knowing Paul) he would have wanted said.
Thank you for the list, much appreciated. Your land is looking awesome. Next year's crops should be wonderful
THANK YOU..I wish I could be planting next year crop now. But in a way I am with these seeds and plants helping....
Great video mark, you answered my question in another video to start my garden with 4 inches of leaves and clear a circle and plant snap peas around tomato plant. My question today is when do I start incorporating cover crops and a perennial living root in the ground?
Any time you wish.. Now, Like strawberries plants for perennial living root in the ground. etc.
What a great video, thank you. That list is awesome. The concept of monoculture has never resonated with me, and now I understand why! Looking forward to adding more from the list next year. Quick question for you, in zone 3b, will the clover die off over winter or be more like dandelion and come back stronger next year? Thanks again, I appreciate you effort and information.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH..That is best answered by a seed company on line Just google it. They have more facts..THANKS
Hello, we are in zone 3b as well. We are just starting our BEG set up this fall. However all over our property we have white and red clover and it comes back year after year. Hope that helps! :)
Mark, you have some good info in this series, thank you very much.
It is from a lot of very kind helpful people. I will pass it on..THANKS
I've heard a lot of people recently talking about legumes not being nitrogen-fixing for the soil in general, because they form symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria on their own roots, so the only way that the legume's nitrogen will get back into the soil is if you chop-and-drop. However, based on what you've said throughout this series, would the endomycorrhizal network help to distribute the nitrogen throughout the soil root system? Especially if the legume has more nitrogen than it needs. Thanks for all your hard work producing these videos!
That is going to be one on my future videos topic. To Clear thing UP about that...with real Facts...THANK YOU.
Top man! Im learning so much, awesome job
THANK YOU. And Thanks for watching too.
Great video again. Thank you. A question to see if I did get it right:
If you plant in the wood chips, You remove the wood chips from the area to be planted in and then bring in additional soil to bring the soil up to the level of the surrounding wood chips? You do not cover the planted (elevated soil) part with wood chips again?
Correct.. no cover with wood chips. That whole new area that i planted THOSE seeds will be something growing green all the time. Thanks for asking
Another brilliant vid Mark! Keep em coming!
THANK YOU.. And for your help..
Mark thanks for the great info. I can't wait to see how this turns out for you next year. I am new to Back to Eden gardening and learning along with you. Thanks again.
THANK YOU...
Hi Mark Thank you for for great detailed explenation. I am starting this fall by putting wood chips in my garden,
my question to you is... How Do you plant seeds into the woodchips like parsley, celery etc?
Thanks For The Help,
Hello, It is better to show you how... That will be in PART 11.. THANKS for waiting a little bit more. It should be done within the next 2 weeks or less, as soon as this rainy week stops for us...
great,
thanks
I've been gardening for decades but am new to BTE and want to give it a try. Between Paul's documentary and your
UA-cams I have learned so much I feel like a garden newbie! I have an area, formerly pasture, that I will be using for
My BTE garden. Cows grazed on it and it is quite compact. Should I cover the entire area (about 1/3 acre) with paper
And woodchips or should I leave strips to feed the soil? I don't know what it is that is growing there specifically.
This is a great list.
THANK YOU...
Awesome mate; Could you provide a list of where you learn all this things?
Thanks
Sure, IT is my garden on UA-cam and very kind people sending me message with information and then asking more question,, and then planting and growing to see how it works then.... Then showing you..THANKS
Its interesting looking back to see that Paul was doing these things THIRTY years ago! Coming from England originally it's interesting to see how the old cottage gardens always seem to plant flowers and shrubs in their vegetable plots too.. Maybe unaware they were reaping the rewards of those permanent root systems. Thanks as always for posting !!!
In a way I think they did know, and they never ask really WHY. But, saw nature doing it...THANKS
Very helpful
Glad to hear that THANK YOU.
Thank you for this series. It’s an extraordinary amount of info delivered in a concise manner.
I have just built a Hugelkultur bed over sandy soil. Any thoughts on how I should proceed with BTE vs FL?
Just and wood chips on top of you mound. Use transplants starts only the first year
I AM ORGANIC GARDENING will do. Thank you very much.
i realize now after adding leaves for many years--it helps loosen up my clay soil. but it doesn't grow more soil!! i used winter rye years ago for green manure--will let the roots in the ground now -for aeration down below- central minnesota--zone4/3-- will try sunflowers/rye raspberry/ for energizing some new garden plots=in 2020 laid cardboard down-plant potatoes-with deepleaf mulch to rid old sod-for new raspberry patch==forgot to throw rye in fall-oops-
thankful for your ideas/trials/success//and/ failures to move onto next phase of gardening
tried kale for 2nd year now--very hardy to frosts (4x8 raised bed) pest free, and nice to pass along extras--
vates is my favorite over red russian/lacinto-dinasauer. looking for more recipes-salad/soups
tomatoes= big mama for salsa (roma type)hybrid-
fun to experiment--hybrid don't come back to original like heirlooms
used black plastic under my tomatoes for long time--will try knock down rye to plant tomatoes into this year- laid old denim jeans down by tomatoes to lower the heat--no pests or BLIGHT bothered there==
nrcs of ndak/n carolina has good crop cover info also!! also living web site/ and maritime gardener nova scotia==different twists to gardening things
love the 8 raised beds 4x8ft
thanks again
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VERY NICE.. WOW.. So great to hear. THANK YOU for sharing.
Where in the list is sweet fern? It's the main cover in have on my lot and I have a strip 20ft by 900ft of it that's grown in with some 2-3 inch trees growing throughout. I was going to mulch all of it until I seen you videos, thanks for these they have help me to understand so much and better plan our garden! We are building our dream home this summer and you just made me realize that I have great soils already I just need to know what trees to much and add them back as wood chips!
In the first group ENDO. Just listed as Fern. Best Wishes for your new dream home.
@@iamorganicgardening I seen the fern in the list but since sweet fern is a shrub I figured it might be different. Thanks for the confirmation. Love your videos...keep them coming!
This is a little confusing like you said it is a shrub. But it is also a herd... I should have said this first, Sorry. See the link and the consider it a herd. www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/c/comptonia-peregrina=sweet-fern.php . Still in the ENDO type.
Wonderful work Mark. I can see from all the comments and visitors to your site that you are definitely connecting with people and giving terrific advice. I appreciate the testing you are doing and seeing the results. Your videos are well done and clearly understood. My only question at the time is do you have gophers, and if so, how do you handle this? I live in Arizona, about 4300 ft. elevation, dry and very warm, very rural with lots of critters. I can handle the rabbits & javelina, but the gophers and rats are definitely a problem. Any suggestions?? Again, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I had something worse then gophers...They were 35lbs ground hogs. I set out catch alive traps with carrots a peanut butter. And after catching them dove 73 miles a release them in a state park... THANKS
Mark, thanks a LOT for sharing your time & knowledge. About the gophers, I planted peppermint plants in my garden. "Youtubing," I watched some videos that explain me that gophers & mice hates peppermint.
Thanks Again & Please continue doing it great!
From Osaka
awesome and thanks for the list.
Hope it adds some information to you..THANKS
It sure did and will help in next years planting.
Thank you for the chart!
THANK YOU for you kind words and watching too. Enjoy.
I like all yours videos. Have you ever tried growing clovers? I’m just wondering cause I would like to try that this year as a cover crop so it can replenish the soil with nitrogen plus I heard it’s a heavy feeder for phosphorus and potassium which I still need to get under control. Half of my garden is part sun half in part shade
The best gardening videos on the tube! I have a question and apologize before hand if I missed it in the video. My wife and I recently purchased a new house with some acreage. It has a large number of Black Walnut and Pecan trees on it so I have been looking into plant gilds centered on these trees. There are some severe limitations as to what plants are compatible with these particular trees but in my research I have come across a number that will work. In looking at the above list some are in the endo list while others are in the ecto category. Is that a problem or an advantage?
THANK YOU very much for your kind words. OK, Both trees are Ecto. So if you wish to plant endo plants you have to get a few perennial roots establish of Endo growing well in a group close together before adding more..endo..HOPE this is helpful, if not PLEASE WRITE BACK...Mark
Your comments reminded me of a question that I have had for a long time...should I leave the root system in the ground of the vegetables I grow like tomatoes, beans, etc? Should I just cut the plants off at ground level when I finish the season and they die back?
Yes. Cut them at ground level and the roots will decay over winter or in time for the next planting...THANKS
Thanks for the list and information. Its interesting to watch you learn before our eyes. I am somewhat confused, after preparing to do the sunflower, winter rye thing, what I should do now. Skip the sunflowers? Plant the native grasses etc? I have hostas that could be moved to the garden area. TIA for anything you can do to help me understand.
You can do all of them together.. They are all in the ENDO group. Please check the list...THANK YOU.
Hello. I watching fron the Mojave desert. I'm starting Back to Eaden here. It's going well but I want to get some more rooted plants on the bits I've covered so far otherwise if we get cort with a flash flood it will wash all my precious woodchips into the neighbors property. Is the file you linked still available? When I try to download it it just says download pending and does nothing more.
Go to my Facebook page under photos and you will see the list their under: Types of Mycorrhizal fungi plants
Paul, in one of his videos, said the first thing to plant in a garden are fruit trees.
That is a very good point.. THANK YOU.
This is true bro he also said his garden runs off towards the sheep padock so he won't get root rot
I have a clover and Kentucky bluegrass mix growing in the lawn around my 12x12 BTE bed. Is that sufficient for legumes or do I need to actually plant more within my garden itself?
It has to be next to your vegetable plant..THANKS
I want to improve my soil using your system, problem is it's in a tropic, no fall leaves, no wood chips, what can use??
You just need a find something you can grow quickly and then cut down and create a dead mulch...
I'm wondering if you can do this also with only plants you can also eat?
So without the Rye grass, but with something instead to eat so you could eat all year long?
Love the concept, but will love it even more without the grasses.. :)
I'm afraid I will be too busy with little children around here, to also cutting the grass in spring/summer instead of just eating from (winter) crops.. (maybe some 'weeds' that has also that fungi that you can eat as salad or something else?)
Would safe space also for plants that can be eaten..
Thank you!
YES, you can use strawberries plants instead of rye grass. Depending on the area you live in. THANK YOU for asking and watching too..
Will this work in the Caribbean. We only have wet and dry seasons. What will be the best why to go around this
Mark thank you a million any chance of a date on your videos would be helpful sincerely noel new zealand
I try to get one post every Saturday. THANK YOU for asking..
The brassica family can they be grown near endomycorrhizal plants since they respond to ecto and endo cheers
Yes, they can. Thanks
It's December today as I watch this video for the first time. I'm going into my 2nd year of BTE gardening. I've spread horse manure, then leaves, then wood chips. I've been told horse manure can hold a lot of seeds and produce weeds in the next season. Is this good for promoting the fungi and agrigates in the soil, or does it depend on the type of seeds in the manure? Just wondering if I'm lucking out by not getting a cover crop in for the winter. Thanks for all the advice!
May I ask where you heard this from...?
I'm a part of the Back to Eden gardening forum on Facebook as well as a few Vermicomposting groups and I've heard this a few times on these.
Joy, May I ask what ended up happening for you? Thanks
would love a copy of that list at the beginning....please share where I can find it. thanks
Hi, THANKS, all links are posted in the video description section. This is it also..Mycorrhizal LIST link: www.rootnaturally.com/PlantListMycorrhizal.pdf .
Yeah Mark! No more sharp shooter to dislodge the 9' okra plants or hand cramps from pulling stuff up. A quick machete chop should get 'er done.
YES, easy. Is there any way you can post a picture on your google page or up load a video on UA-cam of those 9 feet Okra. You can teach me how to grow them next year..THANK YOU VERY MUCH...
THAT IS JUST AMAZING... THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking time to show this to me... That has to be a record of some kind. I always enjoy the beautiful flower too. Leaving those roots in the ground is going to help so much...THANKS AGAIN
Happy to do it for you. This variety is Cow Horn okra and is supposed to be an heirloom variety. If you would like seed, seed me your mailing address and I'll send you some pods I've saved...I've got PLENTY!
Side note if you are on Facebook, I shared your channel name and my video to you on my page today - Penny Lyons
What are your thoughts on container growing? I don't imagine you'd have a ton to say in your position, but in-ground planting isn't feasible for me. I don't like the thought of using inorganic fertilizers, but I'm not sure compost has much place over the long term in a container garden as quickly as it breaks down structurally.
Container Growing with compost is GREAT. When your ground is not feasible, that is the right choice to grow in Compost. But better yet and some native soil to that compost and also grow a legume ( clover ) on top help and nitrogen and add shade to keep the soil temp down..THANK YOU for the question, hope I shared some info with you...
Hi Mark...what about bindweed-our wood chips are covered in it! We are not at our farm in the spring, so by the time we get to our farm, it has overwhelmed the garden. I would appreciate your advice...I feel defeated by weeds
This is not a real organic way of doing it. But you might want to cover your garden with a silage tarp. You must way it down a lot so it does not blow away.
@@iamorganicgardening I am using black plastic much to my chagrin.
Hi Mark, if you have sandy soil do you need to build up mounds before you put leaves or wood chips on top?
Adrenaline Mma same
i am super OCD about weeds. i don't want a single one in my garden because i'm afraid they'll take over (i fight bermuda grass all the time). we have a lot of 'volunteer' clover. do you suggest i leave it? or will it 'take over? i'm nervous to leave it :) thx.
(keeping in mind i already have strawberries, raspberries, apple peach and pear trees, asparagus, blueberry bushes and a few other trees growing)
Most of those are deep roots also. A vegetable plant need to be with 8 inchs of the permit root one to get mycorrhizal fungi
YES, Leave it. It is very good to the garden. It is on that list ( Clover )
thx :)
I am trying to start pepper seeds in the the ground in the middle of lawn grass and white dutch clovers. Will the the grass and clovers take over and stunt the pepper seedlings or kill them? I just put in lemon, lime, orange, and peach trees, have native grass, white clovers, one tomato plant and want to add peppers directly
You have to cut the grass and clover in the area down to soil level large enough to give thee pepper plant room to grow. BUT FIRST.. Pepper love heat and need it. Day and night temps should be above 70 degrees. THANK YOU. Peppers ar mostly start indoors for 8 weeks first. Then planted out.
I AM ORGANIC GARDENING Thank you , Mark. I forgot to mention I have clay soil underneath. Do I need to loosen the top soil a little with a shovel before sowing seeds or just seed and cover with a thin layer of soil.
I would try both ways and this way you can see what will work better for you next year... THANKS
Hi Mark,
Do you recommend inoculating cover crop seeds?
Yes, Just the first year..And because it should cost less then $10.. THANKS
Did I hear you say never pull out plants at end of growing season, just cut it at ground level? What about tomatoes, peppers etc.?
Yes, all plants leave in the ground, The roots acts a naturally tilling. Nature never pulls plants out... The old roots HELP grow soil and lets more air and water in. THANK YOU for watching.
WOW- I didn't know that. Thank you for answering so fast. I usually don't get my questions answered
Would garlic be considered a cover crop?
I think so. It is a living root to grow soil over winter. I have seen people plant tomatoes right into their garlic bed, THANKS
Some grasses can be invasive, do you ever have a problem with the grass spreading and taking over? Is it a certain type of grass you can use or avoid?
Hello. The best thing is this about your question... YOUR choice your garden, what i mean by that you can choose anything from then endo mycorrhizal list ( at least 4 ) to plant in that living strip area to keep the soil alive and that you do not remove the plant or roots. Like strawberries can be one, and some type of clover... THANKS
Paul save me wasting 10 years of college and countless hours learning stupid math and grammar...Amen. Direct to the source. Trial and error is the best method.
YES.. fully agree. THANK YOU.
TOMAS SURIA who is paul?
Paul Gautschi's Back to Eden garden
With all the nutrients and nitrogen in comfrey, I'm surprised comfrey is not on the list. What do you say?
I thought the same thing.. Did research, it is listed as a herb. And Herbs, all is in the list. Thank You for asking.
Thanks! Sounds like another good reason to grow many herbs. I know comfrey is not suppose to be uprooted (only cut off the leaves) so does that mean we should also grow a certain number of herbs that should never be uprooted?
The Key to good soil health is never remove roots.. You can good beets lets say but you should have clover or other herds/plants thee by the share the same root area. Just like in nature.. THANKS
OK. Thanks for explaining this important info.!
a master gardener told me to add nitrogen to woodchips by using fertilizer is that true?
I will be taking the Master Gardener Class this winter. But in the mean time I have never added nitrogen to my 20+ acre farm to grow or produce vegetables.. THANK YOU..
Sorry, I don't understand why you're digging up your soil to make a raised bed. Wouldn't it be better just to move the wood chips aside and plant everything into the soil?
Sure, Please go back and watch parts 1 through 9 first...THANKS
Why aren’t you correcting your soil compaction?
I think i am with all the long term perennial roots I have.
Could I get a link to mycorrhizae plant list?
Sure, this is it... www.rootnaturally.com/PlantListMycorrhizal.pdf
The more I learn, the more dumb I become...
Not at all.. I have made so many mistake but learn from them. ENJOY.