The Big Garden Is Planted! - Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - RareSeeds. com
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Date: 2021-05-17
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Dione.
My -soil- is like yours here in Northern Australia. Boulders the size of my head held together with red sticky clay. Like you I brought in loads and loads of horse manure and then I went with the Back to Eden style in covering it with hardwood wood chips. I sprayed the soil with a biotia booster mixed with molasses water to kick start the microbes in the soil. So far so good. I'll be watching your progress with enjoyment. Cheers. Edited to add: May I suggest mulching your new garden with old hay or straw. The garden is going to get over grown with weeds pretty quickly and you'll be spending all your time trying to get ontop of them without it. Also how are you planning on keeping the deer out of the garden? Cheers.
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My -soil- is like yours here in Northern Australia. Boulders the size of my head held together with red sticky clay. Like you I brought in loads and loads of horse manure and then I went with the Back to Eden style in covering it with hardwood wood chips. I sprayed the soil with a biotia booster mixed with molasses water to kick start the microbes in the soil. So far so good. I'll be watching your progress with enjoyment. Cheers. Edited to add: May I suggest mulching your new garden with old hay or straw. The garden is going to get over grown with weeds pretty quickly and you'll be spending all your time trying to get ontop of them without it. Also how are you planning on keeping the deer out of the garden? Cheers.
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ANXIETOR
I've been gardening on crap clay based soil all my life (N. E. Ohio. I see it's already been mentioned in the comments, but what has always worked for me is using a super cheap store bought soil test kit. You've already added tons of nitrogen with all that manure. Every fall i put a foot deep layer of leaves on all the beds, then mow over them, then till them in. Now my soil is loamy enough to easily push an entire shovel blade in by hand. Also, if you put in permanent walkways you wont be compacting your soil by walking on it. Thanks for the peek at your garden.
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I've been gardening on crap clay based soil all my life (N. E. Ohio. I see it's already been mentioned in the comments, but what has always worked for me is using a super cheap store bought soil test kit. You've already added tons of nitrogen with all that manure. Every fall i put a foot deep layer of leaves on all the beds, then mow over them, then till them in. Now my soil is loamy enough to easily push an entire shovel blade in by hand. Also, if you put in permanent walkways you wont be compacting your soil by walking on it. Thanks for the peek at your garden.
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Lady
The way we do it at my home is how my grandfather was taught when he was younger, he does a large mound of dirt, puts 5 corn in a circle, then beans between the corn stalks, then squash around the outsides. The corn supports the bean growth while the squash keeps the weeds down and the soil wet and shaded on hot days. They are companion plants. I hope you will try planting them all together because it saves a lot of space and work. It keeps the soil healthy because corn drains nutrients and the others add to the soil. :)
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The way we do it at my home is how my grandfather was taught when he was younger, he does a large mound of dirt, puts 5 corn in a circle, then beans between the corn stalks, then squash around the outsides. The corn supports the bean growth while the squash keeps the weeds down and the soil wet and shaded on hot days. They are companion plants. I hope you will try planting them all together because it saves a lot of space and work. It keeps the soil healthy because corn drains nutrients and the others add to the soil. :)
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Brian
Great looking setup. You have good space so clearly out of the GTA. I do thank you, this is quite inspirational.
With all those tomatoes you should think about doing some companion planting -- to things like carrots, basil, chives, peppers that help the tomatoes and are edible. Calendula acts like marigolds and nasturtiums are partially edible and help repel pests. You should get a lot of good food. I you are finished tilling you should get some worms for you clay soil.
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Great looking setup. You have good space so clearly out of the GTA. I do thank you, this is quite inspirational.
With all those tomatoes you should think about doing some companion planting -- to things like carrots, basil, chives, peppers that help the tomatoes and are edible. Calendula acts like marigolds and nasturtiums are partially edible and help repel pests. You should get a lot of good food. I you are finished tilling you should get some worms for you clay soil.
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Ontario
Wow youve actually got a fairly large garden plot there. Enough space for a large market garden! Before fishing my true passion is gardening/agriculture. I can already see youre gonna get the bug for it hahah. Next thing you know you will be building greenhouses, 4 season poly tunnels and growing more veggies than youve ever seen. Good luck bud, and even more luck with the weeding! haha: )
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Wow youve actually got a fairly large garden plot there. Enough space for a large market garden! Before fishing my true passion is gardening/agriculture. I can already see youre gonna get the bug for it hahah. Next thing you know you will be building greenhouses, 4 season poly tunnels and growing more veggies than youve ever seen. Good luck bud, and even more luck with the weeding! haha: )
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jmspaintings
I feel your pain! I'm gardening on a slope in Northwestern Massachusetts. We have heavy soil as well. I've been digging and building mounds like yours across the hill. No fun. Add to that some highly annoying and never ending quack grass. May you never have any! I also planted a three sisters garden this year. Looking forward to seeing how yours does. Best of luck!
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I feel your pain! I'm gardening on a slope in Northwestern Massachusetts. We have heavy soil as well. I've been digging and building mounds like yours across the hill. No fun. Add to that some highly annoying and never ending quack grass. May you never have any! I also planted a three sisters garden this year. Looking forward to seeing how yours does. Best of luck!
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Kevim
the great thing about heritage seed is you can save seed from your harvest to plant the following year; too bad about the chickens-chicken manure aged is like steroids to plants -pure nitrogen; if you have plants struggling give em some hen manure.
your new garden plot is another step towards self sufficiency; the potential to feed your family; prepping awesome
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the great thing about heritage seed is you can save seed from your harvest to plant the following year; too bad about the chickens-chicken manure aged is like steroids to plants -pure nitrogen; if you have plants struggling give em some hen manure.
your new garden plot is another step towards self sufficiency; the potential to feed your family; prepping awesome
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Msilverhammer
Plant marigolds and nasturtiums to keep away pests naturally.
Also, check plant and vegetable compatibility, as some plants and vegetables grow better, or worse, when planted near another plant or vegetable that they do not like.
Start a compost pile, and use eggshells, coffee grinds, grass clippings from the compost pile to improve the soil.
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Plant marigolds and nasturtiums to keep away pests naturally.
Also, check plant and vegetable compatibility, as some plants and vegetables grow better, or worse, when planted near another plant or vegetable that they do not like.
Start a compost pile, and use eggshells, coffee grinds, grass clippings from the compost pile to improve the soil.
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Yeeyee
All that clay will pack under the soil that is being loosened by the tiller. Your area looks flat. My concern is that you are building a pond bottom of compacted clay, and will have drainage issues. I also would want to know if the grass that was feed to the horses was sprayed with herbicide. That horse manure could have persistent herbicide in it.
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All that clay will pack under the soil that is being loosened by the tiller. Your area looks flat. My concern is that you are building a pond bottom of compacted clay, and will have drainage issues. I also would want to know if the grass that was feed to the horses was sprayed with herbicide. That horse manure could have persistent herbicide in it.
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El
There is something extremely satisfying about growing your own food. Not just at harvest time, but the entire process of tilling, planting, weeding, knowing the food you and your family are consuming are chemical free. Really enjoy all your videos and look forward to seeing some of your harvests later this summer.
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There is something extremely satisfying about growing your own food. Not just at harvest time, but the entire process of tilling, planting, weeding, knowing the food you and your family are consuming are chemical free. Really enjoy all your videos and look forward to seeing some of your harvests later this summer.
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