Back to Eden Organic Gardening 101 Method with Wood Chips VS Leaves Composting Garden Series # 7
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2016
- SOIL FOOD WEB. This is Part 7 of 12 Part Series that will help you understand the PRO'S & CON'S of Back to Eden organic gardening method with wood chips to composting just Fall leaves. Great start for beginners Tour our secrets for organic soil & growing gardening vegetables 101 documentary with pest control. Looking into soil food web & soil health in a no till organic garden. diy garden. Organic gardening and farming.
I am in bed recovering from oral surgery watching all the episodes on soil food web. You are a Medical Doctor! I am in awe to see the soil through your eyes, perspective, knowledge and mostly the exploration of the wonders right under our feet. Thank You for sharing the joy of your discoveries and congratulation on your passion and generosity in sharing with us.
Feel better soon. And THANK YOU for your kind words.
Really interesting video. The microscope bit just got me; that is exactly the kind of analysis I need to see to fully understand. Well done! Please keep learning and sharing!
THANK YOU, ask any question you need to.. It will keep me focus..
Thank you very much Mark you are amazing teacher, never learned this much in school.
THANK YOU, Sir.
I feel as if I am a Protozoa consuming your series on soil 😉. Thank you oh so much, I am throughly enjoying my morning coffee on day 3 for me as I continue through. Getting to see all the goodies on the microscope was like unwrapping a gift, i was so excited to see it! Can’t wait to share the microscope view with my grandchildren who have enthusiastically joined me as we expanded our veggie garden. How many years weeds were viewed as villains to eradicate and they were just misunderstood…… Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
And THANK YOU so very much for watching. It is always great to hare with the grandchildren. Happy Gardening
Fabulous! More science, more science!
THANK YOU, I am glad to do so, and show how EASY it is to garden, There are no secrets...
I'm enjoying this whole series (watched Part 1 to this one, Part 7 so far today). Appreciate your detailed information and knowledge, and the visual aids you used to demonstrate what is going on in the soil when organic matter is utilized, in a natural forest setting... undisturbed soil. You've done a great job here, and I learned so much! Will continue to watch the remaining parts of this wonderful side by side comparison of the leaves compost bed vs. the wood chips garden bed. Thanks for sharing this. 👍♥️😊
It is my pleasure to share nature with you and how it works. THANK YOU.
Seventh grade Biology! Best memories.
SWEET, Thanks
I love microbiology. Thanks for sharing. That’s really cool stuff!
Wow, you are almost like a mind reader. I have been looking at Microscopes and cameras over a year now. Trying to make the right choice. Was looking at used because of cost. I tried to get my grandson to take some samples to school and come back with the info you just did. His ag teacher made him join the entomology class because of FFA needed him in that group. So he missed out on plant science. I have so much to say on what you are doing. And so happy you are sharing your results. Thank you! E :)
You are VERY WELCOME. If there is something I can Help you with please ask...
Your videos have really expanded my views on growing methods, especially for acreages. I really like your methods. I have been scrounging leaves for many years, hauling them home by the bagful and never having enough-I was drooling watching those dumptruck sized loads being delivered to you! I make soil as it's all clay here, a lifetime process. Watching you inspires me to do so much more...just need a tractor, fencing, working truck and a stronger back!
YOU ARE IN LUCK. All you need is your leaves. A few sunflower seeds. And some type of pine tree. And you build great soil..
I AM NJ ORGANIC:farm:garden Thanks.One leaf bag at a time when I can get them...I planted Austrian pines as they can deal with the clay soil,the deer make short work of sunflowers though-their favorite.
I FULLY UNDERSTAND, i feel your pain about the sunflowers. It is amazing how much deer can it in one night.
We just bought a house out in the country on 5 acres. I was planning to do wood chips but now I think I will do a combination. I have no shortage of leaves!
Mark, thankyou for a great video, I'm glad you are exploring and showing us what you're learning b/c we learn also ! God bless, shalom.
THANK YOU, so very much.. It is always a pleasure to learn from others like you and to share it again...
AWESOME !!Great tool . Thank you so much for your help and work .
Always a pleasure to share..THANK YOU.
The best. Everything making more sense.
Fantastic video on the soil food web! It would be very interesting for my kids to see the microbial activity in real time under a microscope. Thanks for sharing!
THANK YOU, IT is a pleasure to know the your children will enjoy it also. THANKs
Fantastic learning episode, thank you so much.
I really enjoy this microscope... I have made a lot more videos showing the life in the soil. Thanks...
Thank you so much for the video. Very educational. I always enjoy your videos!
THANK YOU, I will always try my best. THANKS for watching.
great job once again mark. well laid out informative video! keep them coming.
THANK YOU, that is very kind off you. I am looking forward to learning more. AND TO SHARE,,
Like your microscope, I've learned a lot from this. Thank you
I've been doing the BTE method for over four years now. I have found that the leaves give much faster results because they break down so quickly. Once the chips thoroughly break down, they seem to deliver as well as the leaves. I think both are great at enriching the soil so I use whichever is readily available. ..from a former NJ girl.
LOVE Watching your videos Weather in NJ has been really rough this spring
THANK YOU. I think it is time to plant different types of vegetables and on different planting dates in the future...
Cool.
Brilliantly done!
THANK YOU. YOU HELP ME TO GO FORWARD..THANKS ALWAYS
That was SO cool! I love your content. I've learned SO much from your channel. Thank you for all you do!
Awesome! Thank you! My please to share .
I feel like I'm getting a college course in horticulture. :)
Nice microscope.
Got it ON SALE at Walmart.. THANKS
thank you for posting
THANK YOU for watching...
Tkanks for sharing your knowledge :-)
It is my Pleasure to do so.. THANK YOU for watching.
Nice educational video. Thanks a lot.
THANK YOU for your very kind words..
Amazing 🤩
Thank you! Cheers!
thanks for taking the time to share. you are professor mark
THANK YOU, what I am most happy about is everyone can go healthy food for themselves and enjoy life more...
Very cool
THANK YOU very much...
Hey Mark, great job ,really enjoying the series. A suggestion , I bought a scyth for cutting hay and find it very good for close contact weed trimming without bending over. You can get anywhere with the long razor blade.
Thanks for your insight.
So glad you got some rain!
YES & YES. THANKS. What are the size of the melons so far? I am building a area of wood chips 250 L x 50 W to grow melons next year. I think it is a great way to keep them off the ground and a bit dryer
I AM NJ ORGANIC:farm:garden No melons yet but lots of flowers. Can't wait to see your watermelons next year. I have put a thin covering of straw over the wood chips around a few plants so the tendrils can grab them and anchor the canopy leaves straight and upright and the plants look great. Is the straw over wood chips okay? Will I be able to add wood chips over the straw in the fall? Sorry if the question is obvious this is only my second year gardening!
ALL GOOD, straw on wood chips is fine. Then wood chips again. Just find out it they used round up on the filed where they got the straw from..
I AM NJ ORGANIC:farm:garden
Great point!
Mark: This was so helpful (wood chips vs leaves). Wish you were down here in NV or AZ. Would love to hear what you would have to say about growing things in this location. There's definitely a learning curve. I'm just about to start my second year. My daughter and I have totally transformed this place (with wood chips, raised beds, fruit trees, grape vines, etc). Would love to do more. My goal would be a block fenced enclosed acre in the desert that gets 13" of rain a year (here we get under 5" annually), doesn't freeze, and has year round growing. I found the area, I think I'm about 3.5 years away from that move. Linda
WOW!
THANK YOU..
Awesome mark!!! Love it. And to think when i lived in south jersey we would pile our fall leaves in the road and the town pocks them up and takes them to the land fill! Crazy stupid! If folks need leaves and live in camden county wait till fall and you can fine your hearts desire in front of peoples homes...for free!
I FULLY AGREE. I am glad things are changing and people are glad to save them now. I get less ever year on my farm do to that. But very HAPPY to get what I can. THANKS for writing.
I bought a cheap 1600 times microscope just to see lol, it's awesome stuff... I wonder when someone is going to come up with that we are from the protozoa.... Just a green thought 😀 thanks Mark....
Good question! Maybe they do not wish to scare us. Thanks.
If the idea basically is to do it as much like nature as possible, wouldnt it be better to mix large wood chips, small wood chips, leaves, and even sawdust together in your mound to better replicate the natural size selection that is found in nature?
Wood chips work, but work better and better as the years go on, because you are starting from scratch with the largest of ingredients. Wouldnt it be better to combine smaller ones that are used up faster and larger ones for future growth?
That sounds like permaculture.
167 people like your microscope and 1 person remembers flunking biology.
SO TRUE..LOL. THANKS
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. You are an excellent teacher. I have taught high school and college courses, and so I am well aware of prep work you have to put in to make this quality of instructional video. I do have a couple of questions. what are the blue looking tube on the side of the plant rows? Are they for irigation? Do you irrigate? If I put leaves on my garden this fall can I plant next spring? Are all of your market crops grown with this method. Meaning without any fertilization or tilling?
That is a hold down the water drip line under neath. I ONLY water when necessary. So that year I did NOT water at all. Yes to the leaves.. Yes my whole farm is not till no fertilizer. THANK YOU.
Nice job. Please tell me more about your blue pool flex hose that you’re using would like to see the set up and how you’re using it
The Blue Hose is only used to weight down the drip tap for irrigation and to keep the crows from picking on th e tape under neath to drink water from it. Thanks for asking.
Did your dog go on strike? Cool video, love anything soil food web related. People think you're crazy talking about all that stuff..."just throw some NPK and forget it" they say. Have a good 4th!
Funny, she is out there with me all the time. But love to runs around the farm and chase everything. Or maybe she is camera shy. I will try maybe food in front of the camera next time. NPK stands for NOT POISON KID. THANKS YOU TO...
I agree; Leaves are really more of a back to Creation method than wood chips. Just take a look in the woods.
I agree with you too.. THANK YOU.
I wonder what a mix of the 2 would do?
@@michaelgibson2163 did you end up trying the mix? I wanna do that next year
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With it's large, elaborate root system, wouldn't asparagus be one of the best plants to put between other plants? Asparagus roots are also perennial, so they would remain in the ground, amending the soil.
Again thanks for your superb instructional productions. One more question: Where does one get the book where you got the illustrations used in this video and do you have any other books you recommend to improve learning this material?
Just search Dr, Elaine Ingham speeches or UA-cam or Google.. THANK YOU.
its becoming clear that a wider variety of species in the same ground the growth is waaaay more
Very True, THANKS
Hey, Mark. I love what you are doing here. I just found you last week. I have a question. If I place fall leaves on top of grass will it kill the grass? So I can start a garden?
Hello, Thank You for the sub.. If you put leaves 8 inch thick on top of the grass it will kill it.. Just putting leaves down is a start . but it needs more than that for the plants to grow..
Thank you so much for all this information, experimentation and exposure to a natural approach to organic gardening. I'm just a bit confused about what you mean by soil growing and I have a few questions in the hopes of receiving some clarification if you have the time.
1. Are you attempting to get the soil food web into your existing soil or on the top mulch layers?
2. Is it possible to achieve soil growth when planted directly into the soil without the mulch?
3. You have mentioned in other videos that soil is not grown through composting. Yet you have plants growing mostly on composting woodchips and leaf molds instead of directly in the soil beneath. Therefore your soil food web is happening on that top layer mostly. How would this improve the soil beneath?
Am so inspired by your dedication. Thanks again.
VERY Sorry for the DELAY..
Answer To #1.. Yes the whole complete soil food web.. Which includes both types of mycorrhizal fungi that can ONLY grow in soil ( which is sand, silt , clay and small amount of organic matter). Only part of the Soil food web can grow in mulch.
#2 You can have a green mulch which I do on my farm also. It is planting a cover crop and keep it at least 5 inchs tall or tall to shade the soil in summer. To grow soil you must have a living root in the ground 24/7 ..365 days a year. The plant will use sunlight as fuel to take in CO2 and release the Oxygen for us. But will take the carbon and mix it with water in their roots to feed the soil food web. This is their main food source ( NOT organic matter ).
#3.. You are 100 % correct. Half my farm I grow in compost because I receive about 10,000 cubic yards of Fall Leaves each year that I get paid a dumping fee for.. So I put it to use as leaf mold and grow in it . The other half I grow soil with using sunflower to reach deeper into real soil and brake it up and start building the soil food web for me..
THANK YOU SO MUCH for asking these question.. IF I did a poor job answering them PLEASE write back until I fully understand you you can share with a gardening friend..THANKS again.
+I AM ORGANIC GARDENING
You must have thousands of people writing to you all at once... it's amazing how you take each one seriously to answer in detail. Thank you so much. You have indeed answered my questions thoroughly.
So I understand from your answers that it is possible to grow plants in compost but to grow soil we need to have living roots in the soil beneath, throughout the year. Green mulch is the ideal condition for this.
I have a large garden that I've been planting using the permaculture principle for many years using straw and newspaper as mulch. But straw is expensive where I live! Have attempted the no-dig Hugelkultur but couldn't pull that through for every bed. The weeds are still a challenge although I would look out for edible weeds and let them thrive to appease myself. A few weeks ago while trying to control bindweed it disturbed me to pull them out as I noticed how deep they went loosening the soil like worms do. Googling this radical concept of 'leaving weeds in the ground for the good of the soil' brought your YT videos on to my radar for the first time. I've been since then indulging in all the infos you're providing and also found Paul Gautschi as a result and am simply blown away by both of you. I'll be from now on planting green mulch under wood chips throughout the year and planting my vegetables into the soil and compost around the cover crops. This is it!
Thanks a million!
Haha, at first I thought you were saying your new garden tool was the plastic spoon. 🤣
That is funny.. Will I am always happy to the little things too. THANK YOU for the laughter.
Ah. Soilgasm!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH...
Mark, rookie here, and your videos have been very helpful to me. I do have a question for you. You use the Field Peas to help the potatoes grow. But I'm confused why then we can't just let weeds stay in the ground. Would they not also help? I get the field peas provide nitrogen but do not weeds do the same? I guess I'm just confused why some things compete for nutrients but other things help. any insight would helpful. THanks sir!
The Field Peas is part of the LEGUME family and this family is one that fixes nitrogen on it roots. No weeds do that. But weeds are helpful in breaking up soil that is hard and compact. And you know they grow fast and tall. Now this is a problem it will shade out the other plants way to much. But it cut down not pulled they keep the soil covered, which is a good thing. THANK YOU
Thanks for your helpful videos Mark! Because of squash-bugs I stopped growing zucchini and other squash. I decided to try again this year. I have sprayed my plants (and surrounding wood chips) with a combination of Neem & Dr. Bronners. What's you opinion on this? Thanks!
SORRY, I do not know about spraying plants. I do not do that at all.. But the wood chips will help keep the soil cool and moist and it turn you will have a healthier plant that will fight of the squash bugs.
Thanks, for your reply, Mark!
I hear you can stuff squash blossoms with goat cheese and fry them. I even think there’s a heirloom that produces lots of large blossoms
Yes.. and they are so gooooood.... THANKS
Hi Mark ... did you take Dr. Elaine Ingham's course ? If so let us know how you liked it.
No , I have not... I direct email her with questions.
How about a trial of Leaves & Wood chips combined?
The winter rye you use, does it need to be planted every year or, does it come back year after year?
You do not have to plant ever year ONLY if you let it go to seed.
Do you have a problem with the squash vine borer and if so how do you deal with it?
Not yet,
What is the blue strip along your plants in the wood chips?
I cover to a drip tape for watering which I never used.. THANK YOU for asking.
Teach us how you " test" your soil. Or do you send it out for Analysis?
I use the Solvita Test. Something NEW in the past few years, It is a home test ( pricey ) that test the CO2 ( soil respiration ) from the soil. This in turn show how much soil life there is. THANK YOU for asking. Will be doing videos on this soon..
what is the name and model number of microscope that you are using ? thank you
IT is from AmScope - Model B120C-E3.. Thanks for asking.. Search Goggle for the best price,,
Do you think leaves are twice as good as wood chips for a back to eden garden? Kind of looked that way. Or is that leaves break down quicker?
I think fall leaves on top of the soil planted with a cover crop of some type will build soil better and quicker..then just wood chips so far. But you can plant some type of cover in wood chips to.
Why didn't you grow a cover crop in the wood chips to help build the soil there. Have yo ever had a problem with squash borers, and if so what did you do about it? They wipe out my crop.
YES, YES & YES....That will be in the next video or two. I am still waiting on the seed I ordered a week ago.THANK YOU. All types of squash bugs are very hard to deal with. You will always get some. I always have lots of them on my plants at one time. I just make sure that the plant is as healthy as it can be from the time I plant it until they get to it. By then the plant is done giving a harvest anyway. I have tried all types of things..But trying to keep the plant healthy is the best. I am trying to insect net the whole plant from start to finish and lure bees in though a opening to pollinate.. lots of work this way
How thick is your mulch? Do you have to worry about Nitrogen Immobilization by adding so much wood chips high in carbon?
THANKS for asking, It is 8 to 10 inch thick. No I am NOT worried at all. That is an old wise tail about wood chips. But if you use saw dust and dig it into the soil it will do that.
Okay so since it's not being mixed into the root zone it won't cause immobilization. You are lucky to have such large quantities delivered to your farm. I have to use a pitch fork and load up my truck to get mulch from the local township building so it is quite a lot of work to mulch my garden and blueberry bushes but at the end of the day, its worth it!
YES. it is good hard work. But once you are done you can do so many other little things in the garden. MULCH is so worth the effort. THANK YOU.
Mr Pat, I would also speak to the supervisor in person and if you are will to take a full truck load they wood deliver it to you. They are the nicest people that get very little credit for their hard work. And they love to help farmers. IF NOT I will call them for you..
Can name the camera make and model please? Sorry it I missed it.
Please look on my Facebook page. Will show all info on it.
what courses have you taken with Dr. Elaine Ingham
Sorry, none so far. But would love to one day when I have the funds. But I do get very kind and helpful replies when sending Dr Elaine Ingham emails. This is truly and great gift from her.. THANK YOU. many blessing.
What do the bacteria eat?
Everything ... rocks sand, clay all organic matter
@@iamorganicgardening I visited the web site in the link included in the PlantListMycorrhizal.pdf - mycorrhizae.com/. If one uses the products offered on this site is the project/garden still organic?
Mark, how come you chose to toss the sunflower seeds in freely and didn't provide seed soil contact in that case?
The size of the sunflower root... is the factor. Thanks
Your plants look great. but I believe you have or maybe a lot of people have a misconception of the BTE method of gardening I watch a lot of Paul's videos and I heard him say that where he grows his plants such as lettuce carrots potatoes and such is grown in mulch which he gets from his wood chips another words very small twigs and leaves that he has screened from woodchips . he doesn't need to screen them for his orchards. the woodchips are chipped with the leaves so trees get all they need. Now saying this I will start to collect leaves for my garden and also for my lawn. how did you mulch your leaves .
What I am showing everyone it is NOT about what cover you use, all covers work. It is ALL ABOUT mycorrhizal fungi and the soil food web. THANKS for writing..