Soil building over winter

[JamesY]

A little unconventional, bit this is how we do it. Maybe im a little lazy

 

[Patchouli]

Looks rich. Purty poultry

 

[JamesY]

Thank you!

 

[Bacpacker]

Makes me wish I had my gardens fenced in. That dirt is super rich and soooo loose.

 

[JamesY]

Makes me wish I had my gardens fenced in. That dirt is super rich and soooo loose.

Its completely different from whatbwe started with. Pure white beach sand. The bte method and out soil building has helped alot!

 

[Bacpacker]

Mine is mostly clay. I've been putting leaves on it since we moved here. But we didn't have but just a few trees for many years. It's helping, but the chickens would add so much more.

 

[JamesY]

Agreed!

 

[joel]

Chicken, rabbit, hog, horse, cow manure, I have not used human waste yet, maybe after SHTF.
I use leaves,straw, hay, dry & green grass/weeds,corn cob & stalk & other garden waste,
coffee chaff, coffee beans, wood dust, bark chips & kitchen scraps.
I worked with a gardener who grind up pine cones, it made nice mulch, took 3 years to totally rot.
I never ran chickens over winter mulch, most of the insect are helper in making compost into soil.
Plus I grow all for seasons.

 

[JamesY]

Chicken, rabbit, hog, horse, cow manure, I have not used human waste yet, maybe after SHTF.
I use leaves,straw, hay, dry & green grass/weeds,corn cob & stalk & other garden waste,
coffee chaff, coffee beans, wood dust, bark chips & kitchen scraps.
I worked with a gardener who grind up pine cones, it made nice mulch, took 3 years to totally rot.
I never ran chickens over winter mulch, most of the insect are helper in making compost into soil.
Plus I grow all for seasons.

Yeah they do, but it curves the feed bill a bit.

 

[joel]

That is "All Four Seasons" not for season.
It is the last of December & we have had two days above 70 degrees.

 

[Meerkat]

A little unconventional, bit this is how we do it. Maybe im a little lazy

Thanks fro info ,looks good.

 

[Weedygarden]

Mine is mostly clay. I've been putting leaves on it since we moved here. But we didn't have but just a few trees for many years. It's helping, but the chickens would add so much more.

I have seen people drive around and collect bags of leaves that people leave out and take them home for their garden. I have added leaves to my garden beds for years. I can tell a huge difference in the places that have had more than those that have not. Clay needs lots of amending to make it worth gardening.

 

[Dani]

I am guilt of stealing some of those bags of leaves in the side of the road. I normally garden year round, but this last season I took off. What I normally do is when a winter crop is done and I am changing over to spring, I will take old hay and put on my raised bed then layer it with compost that has been sitting up. I do save organic material to add into my compost along with leaves, wood ash, manure from the cow and goat barns and the chicken coop. I used to be able to save more kitchen scraps but now they normally go to the pigs. When I go to plant I just make a hole where the hay layer is to get to the soil. Once the plants start coming up I mulch the row.

 

[JamesY]

Leaves are awesome. I had a man give me 6 bags yesterday. They went right in the garden in piles for the chickens to spread out

 

[joel]

Been using leaves,old hay, horse & cow manure for fifty year,nothing better.
I now use coffee waste, too.