@@GardenerScott I apologize for my poor english: please, can you tell me how you made this wonderful peacock ? I really want to build one, to balance my energy and wind on my little garden. If it`s posible, of course. God bless you !
Nice video, getting all the basics and getting the work in line. Sometimes you know that a lot of things need doing but dont know where to begin so thats a handy guide :) works in other areas of life as well 😁😁
This year I want to establish compost bins. i have piles of lawn clippings (grass and weeds)from mowing that have overwintered. No herbicides were used on that material. Would that and other dead garden refuse, such as shown in your video, be carbon or nitrogen material? I'm glad I found your channel. You're an excellent teacher.Thank you.
Hi, Tricia. Almost everything I noted in the video would be a brown, or carbon material. Fresh lawn clippings are high in nitrogen and considered a green material, but after overwintering, they're most likely a carbon (brown) source now. Thinking of carbon and nitrogen as brown and green can help you identify the material status, as a rule of thumb. You point out another way to think of it; if it's dead, it's carbon, if it's alive (or freshly cut), it's nitrogen. Generally, when establishing compost you want a ratio of 4:1, brown:green, carbon:nitrogen. Fresh-cut grass is one of the best nitrogen materials you can use, but a little goes a long way. Once it browns, it loses the nitrogen richness. Thanks.
HELP!!! Hello my name is Matthew and today is day one of farm living I am 33 and have made the leap I have taken over a farm that has a 2500 sqft garden problem is last people here left everything dead plants landscape cloth, t post, metal staples.... everything how do I start to tackle this any advice would be appreciated I am in eastern WV zone 6b please
Congratulations for the leap, but I know it can be hard. I approach it one project at a time. Start small and don't try to get all 2500 sq ft done at once. I have many videos that explain much about gardening and you can find a lot of information that can help.
Great question. I do all the watering by hand. Most of the perennials and landscape plants are xeric and require little water, but the vegetable garden has normal watering needs. I enjoy watering and use it as a nice therapy. :)
That's a good question and I plan to cover that in the next cleanup video. I do not regularly chop and drop my tomatoes. Fungal and bacterial infections can devastate tomatoes and I've been lucky to avoid that. One way to avoid infections is to remove the tomato plants from the garden each year. I don't even put them in the compost.
looking forward to next video
I love your gardens . I really like that little bobbin bird .He is cute.
Thanks. He's one of my favorite parts of the garden.
Thank you so much for your video ! The "Chop and drop" method will be in my garden starting this year. God bless you and your family !
Thank you, Florin.
@@GardenerScott I apologize for my poor english: please, can you tell me how you made this wonderful peacock ? I really want to build one, to balance my energy and wind on my little garden. If it`s posible, of course. God bless you !
Florin, I did not make it. I bought it years ago.
Nice video, getting all the basics and getting the work in line. Sometimes you know that a lot of things need doing but dont know where to begin so thats a handy guide :) works in other areas of life as well 😁😁
Ain't that the truth. :) Figuring out where to begin has always been a showstopper for many, including me. I'm glad I could help. Thanks.
This year I want to establish compost bins. i have piles of lawn clippings (grass and weeds)from mowing that have overwintered. No herbicides were used on that material. Would that and other dead garden refuse, such as shown in your video, be carbon or nitrogen material? I'm glad I found your channel. You're an excellent teacher.Thank you.
Hi, Tricia. Almost everything I noted in the video would be a brown, or carbon material. Fresh lawn clippings are high in nitrogen and considered a green material, but after overwintering, they're most likely a carbon (brown) source now. Thinking of carbon and nitrogen as brown and green can help you identify the material status, as a rule of thumb. You point out another way to think of it; if it's dead, it's carbon, if it's alive (or freshly cut), it's nitrogen. Generally, when establishing compost you want a ratio of 4:1, brown:green, carbon:nitrogen. Fresh-cut grass is one of the best nitrogen materials you can use, but a little goes a long way. Once it browns, it loses the nitrogen richness. Thanks.
HELP!!! Hello my name is Matthew and today is day one of farm living I am 33 and have made the leap I have taken over a farm that has a 2500 sqft garden problem is last people here left everything dead plants landscape cloth, t post, metal staples.... everything how do I start to tackle this any advice would be appreciated I am in eastern WV zone 6b please
Congratulations for the leap, but I know it can be hard. I approach it one project at a time. Start small and don't try to get all 2500 sq ft done at once. I have many videos that explain much about gardening and you can find a lot of information that can help.
Your garden is very nice. I can’t wait to see how things grow. How does it get watered?
Great question. I do all the watering by hand. Most of the perennials and landscape plants are xeric and require little water, but the vegetable garden has normal watering needs. I enjoy watering and use it as a nice therapy. :)
Salut -
Quick inquiry, per se:
Snow in the soil throughout Winter, or covered and allowed to heat itself? Thx
I use mulch or cover crops to cover my soil and let the snow fall and melt into it.
Do you chop and drop your tomatoe plants?
That's a good question and I plan to cover that in the next cleanup video. I do not regularly chop and drop my tomatoes. Fungal and bacterial infections can devastate tomatoes and I've been lucky to avoid that. One way to avoid infections is to remove the tomato plants from the garden each year. I don't even put them in the compost.