I use a lot of the things he mentioned in our garden. One thing I didn't consider was tea and coffee. We don't drink much coffee, but have tea bags 2-3 times a week that we can use.
Just today while working in my beds I thought about getting a couple bundles of earthworms to put in the beds. They will add to the fertility over time.
Never used asprin. But I have used tums type tablets, epsom salts, wood ash, eggs shells ( I saw he used whole eggs). Lot of that stuff adds small amounts of mineral stuffs. Micro nutrients can add as much as major fertilizers.
I use a lot of the things he mentioned in our garden. One thing I didn't consider was tea and coffee. We don't drink much coffee, but have tea bags 2-3 times a week that we can use.
Just today while working in my beds I thought about getting a couple bundles of earthworms to put in the beds. They will add to the fertility over time.
7 Things To Bury In Garden To Make Better Soil
I kept waiting thru the whole video hoping he would mention Caustic Pelosi Calcium.
...naa, it'd probably just sprout thorn trees.
On second thought, I can deal with thorn trees
We don't have extension offices. We have to pay a fair dinkum lot for a soil profile, so that is reserved for special occasions.
Pine straw pretty much makes soil sterile and nothing can or will grow there. People used to plant junipers for landscape, and maybe still are. Yuck,I have never liked them. Where junipers grow, when people removed them, the soil has to be removed for a few inches down and replaced with new soil to grow sod, plants or anything. I have seen it many times. I had a couple junipers in my yard when I bought my house, and I promptly mowed them to remove the prickly top, and then dug the roots out. All of the soil on my property was bad, really bad clay that would kill just about everything I planted. I had to learn to keep adding peat moss, compost and aged manure. The peat moss seems to be one thing that has made the most difference in improving my soil. I do know that different soils need different things to improve them. We need organic matter, lots of it.Not sureif itstrue but I heard pine straw kills worms?
Aspirin on plants.
I am curious what state you live in? I thought that almost every county in the country had an extension office. I can see that places like NYC might not have them. I have not done a lot with our extension office, but I have done some things. They have sold seedlings, will test soil, have classes and other services. One summer, I attended a class on bread making with some children from our school.We don't have extension offices. We have to pay a fair dinkum lot for a soil profile, so that is reserved for special occasions.
I printed this but haven't tried it yet, so no idea how well it works. I will post the link.
Pine straw pretty much makes soil sterile and nothing can or will grow there. People used to plant junipers for landscape, and maybe still are. Yuck,I have never liked them. Where junipers grow, when people removed them, the soil has to be removed for a few inches down and replaced with new soil to grow sod, plants or anything. I have seen it many times. I had a couple junipers in my yard when I bought my house, and I promptly mowed them to remove the prickly top, and then dug the roots out. All of the soil on my property was bad, really bad clay that would kill just about everything I planted. I had to learn to keep adding peat moss, compost and aged manure. The peat moss seems to be one thing that has made the most difference in improving my soil. I do know that different soils need different things to improve them. We need organic matter, lots of it.
I am curious what state you live in? I thought that almost every county in the country had an extension office. I can see that places like NYC might not have them. I have not done a lot with our extension office, but I have done some things. They have sold seedlings, will test soil, have classes and other services. One summer, I attended a class on bread making with some children from our school.
I see pine trees, not junipers, where nothing is growing underneath. Junipers are evergreens.Pine straw comes from pine trees. Not junipers. We have grass growing under and around our pine trees and use the needles for mulch.
I printed this but haven't tried it yet, so no idea how well it works. I will post the link.
Pines are evergreens too.I see pine trees, not junipers, where nothing is growing underneath. Junipers are evergreens.
Yes they are. Anything that stays green over the winter and doesn't lose its leaves. Actually the "leaves" on an evergreen are the pine needles.Pines are evergreens too.
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