Back to Eden Organic Gardening 101 Method with Wood Chips VS Leaves Composting Garden Series Part 3

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

Im a newbie,3 weeks in,but this is the best information on gardening as far as using our FREE NATURAL RESOURCES,leaves,wood chips and soil,would grass clippings be ok to use because i was using all these different fertilizers,bone meal, blood meal,tomato fertilizer,liquid fish fertilizer,etc,but now im going to use this method plus the cardboard boxes and I'll see what happens,very much appreciated my man 🙏🏾 (New Jersey)

[@moomoozxzx2]

Wish you had been my ag teacher!! I knew none of this, & wish my farmer father was still here to watch together & compare notes 😘

[@iamorganicgardening]

I fully understand what you are saying. Both my grandparents where farmers and I wish I knew this then to save them so much had work and worry.

[@homermitchelljr177]

This should be a required viewing for all gardeners old and new alike!! Very well done.I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE

[@iamorganicgardening]

+homer mitchell,jr LOL.. THANK YOU

[@Bowcase]

I agree. It would make a great class for every age of kids in school. AG classes, broken down like this, would make learning so much easier.

[@NS-pf2zc]

I'm totally using this series to explain the biology of soil to my students (AKA, my kids. We homeschool...broader courses of studies this way.)

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU for your very kind words.. If any questions please ask away..

[@NS-pf2zc]

I AM ORGANIC GARDENING - Will do! I've really enjoyed all of your videos. I'm thoroughly impressed and love your methods of teaching, experimenting, and how you use business sense as well. Nothing makes me happier than to see someone using responsible, thoughtful farming and to then take the time to teach it to all of us! Our country needs this desperately!!

[@Marie-ij3tk]

You are a born teacher. We need more people like you on planet earth. All the best to you and your family.

[@iamorganicgardening]

I am Just a Farmer enjoying sharing what I know that cost so little to try.. THANK YOU for your kind words.

[@nikkitobin8356]

I have NEVER been so enthusiastic in learning this part of gardening until I watched your videos ... U are just freaking AWESOME 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@iamorganicgardening]

Thanks a lot

[@surferdude-ll2qu]

Finally someone making it easy to understand soil these demonstrations are a big help. 👍🏻💪🏽🌱

[@iamorganicgardening]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks

[@Dabigez829]

Between you Mark and Paul and Luke the three gardeners everyone should know. We should all be grateful for your help and education.

[@iamorganicgardening]

Thank You.. All garden are good to know. If they wish to share a be corrected if needed..

[@bythesea49]

Your videos should be part of a child's education school program Mark, in school and online World wide....yes you are that good.

[@oldscout7]

School aged kids would simply LOVE you demonstrations and materials....KUDOS man!

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU for your kind words.

[@turnerschmidt]

I'd like to thank you for providing all of this great information to people like me who can benefit greatly from it.

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU kindly.

[@whynot2934]

I'm late to the party but I enjoy your videos! Your hard work is appreciated. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@iamorganicgardening]

I appreciate that! THANK YOU so much. Here to help.

[@bondoly66]

Are you a teacher? I have learned so much from you. Thank you for all the hard work you put in to these video demonstrations.

[@iamorganicgardening]

Hello, I am not a teacher. Just a organic farmer sharing what was told to me. So, I can grow healthy food to sell. THANK YOU very much for watching and your very kind words.

[@JOYful507]

@@iamorganicgardening --Your profession might not be teacher, but a fantastic teacher you are!!

[@charlesbale8376]

I appreciate the tips, tricks, and information that improves my gardening outcomes.

[@iamorganicgardening]

Here to always to help and share. Have a great holiday.

[@hb.hoffman7983]

Excellent! You have a teacher's heart for teaching! Thank you!

[@iamorganicgardening]

Thank You! 😃 . Always here to share and have fun gardening. Enjoy.

[@CheckSSForm]

Thanks for making this series Mark. Appreciate the time and effort! Glad the next video will address what to do with that rye to be able to plant into it.

[@iamorganicgardening]

+CheckSSForm THANK YOU. I am going to give a couple of Ideals that will help. Thanks for watching..

[@ummbilalqamar1540]

Thnx for such a detailed explanation of Gods work. Amazing!

[@iamorganicgardening]

My pleasure to share..

[@4ninesfinesilver315]

Super demonstration Mark you are taking gardening to not to a new level, you are smashing it out of the park. Thank you

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU so very much for your kind words. LOVE sharing information..

[@PlantObsessed]

You should go to schools and teach this. The hands on science of this could get the next generation engaged.

[@iamorganicgardening]

The teachers play this in school for them.. Or assign homework to them to look for this..THANK YOU for your kind words...ENJOY.

[@mvandell]

thanks for taking so much time and care in explaining how all this works! Appreciated :)

[@iamorganicgardening]

AND THANK YOU for watching....

[@thegreatesthugger1]

Thank you so much for making a video like this, I never knew this is how one should do an organic garden - I am grateful

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU so very much.. Nature is always right.

[@jacquirose4528]

I live in outback Australia and have endured many droughts. Thanks for teaching me how soil can heal itself if we let it.

[@iamorganicgardening]

MY pleasure to share with you.. THANK YOU.

[@johnbeckman8916]

I can't wait to see the rest of this series unfold. The incorporation of Sunflowers throughout the farm is very interesting too. I hope that you explain your reasoning for that as well as you have done in this series. Great job!!!!!

[@iamorganicgardening]

+John Beckman THANK YOU...I will try make a better example to show that benefit of sunflowers. Thanks

[@jamellhart]

That was the best breakdown and explanation I've seen on this topic. Thanks for your videos! It's giving me a lot of ideas to work with in the next few months.

[@iamorganicgardening]

Glad to hear, and THANK YOU for your kind words.

[@maccliff2115]

Great Video. I’m a new backyard Gardner and I have heavy red clay. A hard pan at 12” deep it seems like. So I’m using grass clippings and fall leaves to break down and amend the clay soil. Great information.

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

Ok so grass clippings are good to use because I don't think he mentioned that...

[@backyardgarden9230]

I have learned so much from you. Thank you. I have a 12 acre wooded parcel and don't know how to start turning this piece to a more useful purpose. Your knowledge helps encourage me that it can be done one bit at a time. I will keep follow your video.

[@iamorganicgardening]

YES, small steps are the best.. TRY something simple plant some raspberries up or strawberries to get things going nicely for you. THANK YOU for watching.

[@VOTE4TAJ]

Hi Mark, It's a wonderful series, a lots to learn. Accidentally or by luck last spring I decided to build raised beds for my back yard small veggie patch. I stumbled across three wonderful products within a few days and that we're a few bags full of leaf compost, rabbit manure mixed with straw and 30 odd bags of fresh wood chips, I mix both manure and leaf compost and cover them with at least 2-3 inches of wood chips on top. The mixture was absolutely not disturbed except for harvesting potatoes (majority of them pulled out easily, very clean and healthiest produce in 12 years) Interestingly I got a few volunteer sun flowers both single and multiple heads, again with better than ever produce, following your experience and advice I am going to plant sunflower ahead of growing season (Calgary frost free days May 23-Sep 15) I am waiting for more updates in Back to Eden vs Fall leaves as I am moving to a larger property with more growing space and experience.

[@iamorganicgardening]

+VOTE4TAJ THANK YOU FOR SHARING. What a fine, plus rabbit manure- people say it is one of the best. You have the about the same frost dates as me. Let me know when you plant your sunflowers and how they are doing, PLEASE. And THANK YOU again.

[@VOTE4TAJ]

+I AM NJ ORGANIC:farm:garden I am back reporting on sunflowers that I planted couple of months ago. Finally they've decided to germinate even though we had very high temperatures, one thing that I have noticed while cleaning up the beds that there was plenty of life around grass and dandelion roots, your observation regarding Paul's Back to Eden Method that his apple trees are source of mycorrhizal fungi. I think I am going to the most healthy garden this year and in the following years because of your introduction to having living roots in the garden, even though our growing season is about 5 months.

[@iamorganicgardening]

+VOTE4TAJ THANK YOU for the Update. THAT IS FANTASTIC...Hear from you maybe again at harvest time...ENJOY

[@sweetythesweet6057]

Even my chicken understood what you tried to explain. Thanks for the Very useful information. 👍

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU for you great answer.. You are the best.

[@janedillpickle]

This is so interesting. I love how you demonstrated everything.

[@carcina27]

I think like you.....visual learner....well explained. Thank you

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU.. I do much better learning visually also..

[@jbbasralian]

Thank you. So nicely done. So well explained. I haven't found this level of explanation and clarity anywhere else on the Internet.

[@iamorganicgardening]

Always a pleasure to share.. THANK YOU for your kind words and watching to.

[@the13thisreal]

This is an outstanding video. You did a great job explaining this concept. Thank you so very much!

[@iamorganicgardening]

Glad it was helpful! Here to help and share. THANK YOU so very much.

[@TylerrossGarvey]

Nice job man! Love it. I will be following for a while so keep it up!

[@munchkin5674]

Hi, I would like more information on how to use the Back To Eden Gardening Method in raised beds, from preparing to mainitaining the beds to planting, via transplants and seeds through to harvesting. I love these videos you have been doing explaining the soil food web. I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to the rest of the videos in this series! Your help is very appreciated!

[@iamorganicgardening]

+munchkin5674 Thanks for writing. It would be the same process in a raised bed. Step 1, add 4" of fresh wood chips to the top of the soil ( not store bought ) DO NOT TILL or Mix Step 2, pull the chips back to get to the dirt. Step 3, plant only in the dirt ( seed or transplant ) . Step 4, Water. Step 5, Plant 1-2 sun flowers seeds every 3 feet ( cut stem off at the end of the season, Do Not pull any plants root out at the end of the year> Just cut the top off. ) Step 6, Plant some type of permanent living root in the middle, Like raspberries ( just one plant every 3 feet ) to keep the mycorrhizal alive all year. Or winter rye, cover, etc. Step 7, ENJOY, It is that simple. Maintain a layer of 4" of wood chips . Very important, your raised bed soil has to be connect to the soil below. If you wish you can add worms, worm casting, or a 1 inch layer of straw under the wood chips. Hope this is helpful...Thanks

[@ImAChristianFirst]

+I AM NJ ORGANIC:farm:garden Weeds will grow year round in my yard and I welcome them.I just keep them cut so the neighbors don't complain. Most people don't realize the benefits of weeds in the yard as they draw up nutrients and top dress the soil. Dandelions provide a large tap root to do just what you said and encourage a relationship between the plant and microryza.

[@iamorganicgardening]

I agree with you, they have their place in rebuilding soil.

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

​@@ImAChristianFirstI never knew weeds were beneficial in gardening,so many people say get rid of them...

[@kazzana9013]

Glad you mentioned sunflowers, I want to grow heaps again this year. Trying to figure out how early I can plant them from your description. I am in a subtropical area, just north of Auckland, NZ, maybe 2 to 6 mild frosts a year. Have a nice range of vegies i can grow, year round, so beds are never fallow. Will be viewing all your videos as time allows.

[@allanpotocki5972]

Man I love the visuals, had a good laugh while I learned a lot!

[@dennismcarthur6192]

you are now professor mark. great job. good learning experience as were the other episodes.

[@iamorganicgardening]

+dennis mcarthur Not even close..But Thanks. Just a farmer with a HD video camera trying to find out the real truth for growing very healthy food...

[@danielkann4523]

Great video's Mark. Thanks for all your efforts to spread the (soil) word

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU.. Just following nature.

[@TOMMYSURIA]

Awesome way to illustrate what's going on in the soil. Kudos...

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU very much for you kind words..

[@thelittlesignpost]

Excellent videos, where I live in Thailand I am laying down leaves for my garden. The issues I have is that it's all red volcanic soil and in the heat the soil becomes like rock, so moisture is key, thus my use of leaves to help retain moisture and allow plants to grow. As a kid, I remember when I helped my mother to re-pot a plant that had grown in one small pot for around 3 years, my mother complained it did not seem to be growing anymore, the new pot was 3 times larger, so when the tight ball of roots had more room, it just sprang to life and I was so pleased, along with my mother! So my soil here is just like that old clay pot when its like rock it holds the roots and plants cannot grow! Therefore when I can keep moisture, the roots are no longer contained in their clay pot and are free to grow and produce, hence the leaves. I did not know about woodchips, so I am going to have to investigate where I can obtain some. Any advice on leaves or woodchips to avoid other than Eucalyptus, which I already avoid?

[@iamorganicgardening]

I do not think Eucalyptus leaves create a problem you should try a small test are for yourself and you will fine they are OK to use

[@chachadodds5860]

WoW!! I just found your channel. This series is awesome! You do such an incredible job of presenting these scientific concepts, in the field. Even an old gardener like myself, is excited to learn new information about soil building. I will be passing this on to my grandkids. Thank you!

[@iamorganicgardening]

Wow, thank you! Have a happy gardening year.

[@torea26]

Love the sunflower idea! Thanks for your detailed information!

[@iamorganicgardening]

+torea26 Thanks, and the best thing to you get to eat the sunflower seeds to..

[@joe4324]

Keep making these videos!

[@Dan4052]

Bravo! Such great information so creatively displayed!

[@iamorganicgardening]

Thanks so much! Happy gardening

[@SuperDuty23XL]

Great job and great information. We’ve done some wood chip gardening but I had kind of forgotten why it works. This re-enforces what I need to do in a future planting area we are making ready for next season. I am very motivated now to get our wood chips down!!

[@iamorganicgardening]

Excellent! so glad to Hear. THANK YOU.

[@johnjude2685]

Disturbing soil does help in removing the many fist size rocks in my suburban yard that landscaping cover up form building my house and its basement. Thanks, Mark I'm mostly an Organic Gardener, and this season, I'll be experiencing results of last fall cover crops and winter wheat where tomatoes will be growing Thanks Mark

[@iamorganicgardening]

Great to hear, Thanks

[@BIGALTX]

Nice video series. Thanks for sharing! I subbed

[@iamorganicgardening]

Good to hear from you..Sir. If any question, please ask. And THANK YOU very much for the sub..

[@jonfranklin9361]

Great info! New sub here. I plant sunflowers every year. Never new of the benefits to the soil. Pretty cool how it all works together.

[@iamorganicgardening]

Awesome! Thank you! for the Sub. Sunflowers do so very much for the soil. Sunflowers where native form CT to Mexico on the east coast.

[@radjenthakoer1682]

Thank you so much for sharing your valuable knowledge. Very impressive the self healing properties. It gives me solid guidelines in effortlless gardening.

[@iamorganicgardening]

Gardening is very easy and the rewards are fantastic.. Enjoy

[@kaarekolstad2193]

Fantastic! I agree with other commenters. This is great for kids as well.

[@iamorganicgardening]

It really is! Thanks

[@irishwanderer4206]

i love how ya make a guacamoley but still manage to explain it perfectly thanks for you efforts im subbed and stayin im an indoor organic gardener this is my first year with success vermicomposting its amazing what ya can do when you add such life to soil im sure those fungi and stuff is in my i hope they are ive already gathered half a bag of casting im going to sift the eggs out and rehatch them hopefully gather enough to make something.

[@iamorganicgardening]

Awesome! Thank you!.

[@mrstn123]

This is so interesting! I am going out and plant some sunflowers right now!

[@iamorganicgardening]

GREAT, you soil will THANK YOU.

[@mapinoita279]

Thank you for making this! You’re a born teacher!

[@iamorganicgardening]

Just a Farmer and gardener that enjoys sharing. THANK YOU.

[@pdeedee1699]

a lot of what you talk about is covered in Korean Natural Farming. I am starting my first back to eden food forest this year and am studying this KNF thing. I think the back to eden and KNF communities need to come together as theyre working towards the same goal, yet one rarely if ever mentions the other.

[@armaanrampadarath4436]

I also believe in the "leave it alone, nature heals on its own" method!

[@iamorganicgardening]

I agree. Unless very compact soil

[@tonyford526]

This is awesome, I am enlightened and ready to experiment. I thank you for doing this.

[@iamorganicgardening]

And I THANK YOU for watching too...

[@johnjude2685]

Enjoy the extra notes about sunflower as I did add a few around for cover crop to get the dead roots in my garden I've just started my prep work for this season . I built the garden with limbs,chips and leaves early fall 3 season ago and only had one sunflower every 2 foot added dead grass and leaves again last fall that I had ran thew my mulcher... I'll do as you said planting tomatoes and sunflower 2 ft away and try for a early start for the sunflower. Mark I'll give this a try and make a sign saying " Mark's tomatoes and sunflower garden test it Ohio " that's a test Sir

[@mideallen202]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING i have learnt soo much

[@muhammadkallouj5638]

Subscribed!! Amazing video, nice work!

[@Nafo-Radio]

This is a great video. Mulches should be as diverse as the plants in the garden.

[@iamorganicgardening]

+The Autonomous Gardener THANK YOU. That is a great way of saying it, to teach someone. Thanks

[@Julie-bp1zf]

Thanks for making this :) I learned a lot and the bird in the end made me smile :)

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU... glad to hear it made you smile. Enjoy.

[@FOR8YESHUA]

Great video. Glad your Organic, and the earth is too.

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU for your kind words..

[@ernstbohm3295]

Great explanation! Well done thanks

[@iamorganicgardening]

Glad you enjoyed it! Here to share. THANK YOU.

[@kikifletcher3087]

Really good tutorial. I get it now. Thank you!

[@iamorganicgardening]

And THANK YOU for your kind words and watching too. ENJOY.

[@lauranyc4966]

ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS INFORMATIONS 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@iamorganicgardening]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks

[@chanding]

Can you speak anything to using bamboo as a mulch, the effects positive and negative? Many thanks, love these detailed videos!

[@hosoiarchives4858]

Incredible video, thanks.

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU..for watching.

[@OrganicFarmer123]

informative sir.thanks a lot for this video

[@Hans-sr2qg]

Thanks for this Amazing video. I wish that the farmers see this video en learn that exhausting the soil is not the solution to feed the increasing population in the future. Greetings from Holland.

[@iamorganicgardening]

Every year in the USA farmers are fixing and growing soil by 50 thousand acres each year.

[@longing4homeministries103]

Thank you for explaining this!

[@fiestacranberry]

Great series! But I'm confused. How do you get the seeds into the ground in such a large area without plowing? And when you say you plant sunflowers, what is the spacing per sunflower for each row? If you have trees, don't they shade your crop?

[@iamorganicgardening]

You will see that in my next video... THANK YOU.

[@ayalaseb]

i just sub'd. this series is awesome. Thanks for sharing!

[@ayalaseb]

+Juan Sebastian Ayala one question tho, is there requirements for the wood chips when you collect them? how do i assure fungi will appear in them?

[@iamorganicgardening]

+Juan Sebastian Ayala Great Question, Fungi & bacteria are all over the place. In wood chips it is on the outside surface of the living bark, and fungi is in the ground already to. It just needs a moist food source to grow. Like the wood chips and leaves. THANK YOU for your sub.

[@deb6740]

This is a really great video series. BUT.....argh!!!! I wish I had seen this video before my garden plot was plowed (to break up the dirt and sod/grass) a few months ago. My neighbor (who has gardened on his farm for 40 years) plowed a 20x50 garden area for me and broke up the sod. I got a bunch of old decomposing sawdust to go over the top, which I just applied this week (January). He said when the soil is dry and unfrozen he will come back and disc it a second time to get the sawdust/compost turned in , and smooth it out. Now I am concerned if this will ruin my soil which is already heavy clay. Is there anything I can do to repair the damage? Should I just smooth it out then cover it with leaves, wood chips or straw...then take my chances?

[@sikamikan]

Great content. Thanks for sharing

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU for watching and glad to hear you Sub also...

[@beaverrick9789]

Very Interesting, Thank you.

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANKS..

[@vinc8ntl8r]

How do you deal with pest like aphids and cabbage worms? Great videos I always rewatch it to refresh my memory 😁

[@iamorganicgardening]

Insect netting for the cabbage worms. Aphids you start early with using worm casting to improve you soil heath when planting.

[@vinc8ntl8r]

@@iamorganicgardening ok thanks!

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

​@@bbtruth2161How would the birds help???

[@outdoorcountryboyforlife6511]

Just found your channel. finished 1-3 videos and watching the rest today. I purchased an old farm that nothing has been grown on for over 12 years. I have a 3 acrea field thats has grass and has been mowed bi-weekly for all these years. I want to start prepping it for a garden next year 2017. the soil is a red clay-sand mix, I want to do organic. Question is should I cover it with wood chips, saw dust, leaves, card board news paper, etc.this yea?. do I need to lime it? any help will be appricated. p.s. all the farmers around here say spray it with round up and then till it. not asking any of them for anymore advice. you say organic they all just laugh and say good luck. Help me bust their bubbles, lol.

[@iamorganicgardening]

WELCOME to Farming. I do not know what type of equipment you have. But if I bought you farm I would plant a mix of pear millet, sorghum sudan grass & sunflower ASAP. This video might help kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmO6eqice9h7mas. PS, never use saw dust...

[@georgevalenzuela2489]

Great explanation! Thanks!

[@iamorganicgardening]

Great to hear that you enjoyed it. THANK YOU. Have a great week ahead.

[@bobc.1848]

Hi. I very enjoyed your program. I have hard thick red clay that hardly anything grows on. I would like to plant a garden on it this spring. My initial thought was to till the clay with lots of leaves and even wood chips to break it up, get some nutrient into it and make it a viable growing medium. You say not to till it because it will kill what is in it that supports growing. Nothing grows now except some grass in the top 2 inches. Are you saying that putting the leaves and/or wood chips will make the soil fertile enough to garden in such a short period of time? How long does this process take, without tilling, before I can begin growing root vegetables, greens and even trees? Please explain the times involved. Thank you.

[@iamorganicgardening]

You can till and build a raised bed 8 inches tall with or without borders ( Tillig is OK the very first time ONLY. Not after that .. ) Because you have nothing in the soil to HURT . Add you wood chips and leaves in. DO NOT do this to a flat piece of ground. Because You do not have any good drainage in that clay. The raised bed will have that because it can drain because it is higher than you flat clay soil. You CAN grow peas, beans and any brassic the first year. But keep all soil covered with at least 2 inches of leaves and wood chip mulch. If more questions please write back..THANK YOU.

[@iamorganicgardening]

This Play list will explain it better kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKXdqahnadVpo68 .

[@seanmcguire7974]

Thos would be great for a kids science project

[@2111onyx]

very well laid out video puts it in good visual perspective. sub'd

[@iamorganicgardening]

+2111onyx THANK YOU and THANK YOU for sub'd..enjoy

[@theekim6625]

I loved this.

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU so very much. Enjoy.

[@chrisc4117]

Thank you so much sir for your wonderful explanation. I enjoyed your video a lot. Must have been a pain to clean after though with the syrup and all 😂

[@iamorganicgardening]

Yes.. it was. And I a wish to THANK the people that made my pressure washer too.

[@SatyaPriante]

great videos. pretty new to gardening, just wondering if a plant like comfrey could be used in the same way that sunflowers are being used here? thanks

[@iamorganicgardening]

YES, Comfrey is great in both ways because it flowers to.. Strawberries are also good to plant. THANK YOU for watching.

[@SatyaPriante]

Thank you, it's a very informative video series!!

[@booswalia]

Well done!

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

[@redddbaron]

Brilliant series!

[@iamorganicgardening]

+Red Baron Farm THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Tried my best, hope i got it right.

[@godisblackmatter7844]

Awesome breakdown 👏🏾

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU..

[@roscorude]

What's the name of sunflower seed you use. I'm in 4b I dont believe I have time to plant 30 days ahead of my peppahs and tomatoes. Still going to plant a week or two ahead.

[@preparing4miracles]

Really appreciate your knowledge and sharing it with us! i utilize alot of these techniques and understand permaculture no till regenerative biodynamic etc.. just starting out on a new parcel of land only has 2 small trees so we dont have enough leave mulch. my biggest concern with using "city'' or other major leaf source will it have any non organic chemical residues such as insecticides, pesticides, herbicides, so on.. and if it is present would that then make my garden not organic?? I could be wrong but had the question pop up. Thanks for your time and everything you do!

[@iamorganicgardening]

I fully understand your concern on this thought. I had the same . The items you listed that might be on leaves is used early in the seasons and wash away in a month after spraying or applying. So way before leave fall to the ground. So i found out the if there is and of the things still the the microbes bind them to a carbon particle and keep the in the ground and the plant's do not take it up in the roots.

[@joebullock3385]

Great lesson

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU so very much. Have a great weekend

[@dannythered23]

Hello. I'm new to gardening. I just watched this video and saw your advise not to dig up the soil. I just dug up the soil of an old gardenbed, hoping to break up the thick clay. A few weeds were vacating the bed aswell but I dug them out. Now I'm having regrets about that. Do you have any advice on how I can amend my mistreatment to my soil?

[@dannythered23]

Oh and awesome videos, by the way. Hope lies in those who share knowledge.

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU.. Maybe I ask is this bed a raised garden bed or a flat ground bed? Before I answer your question...

[@dannythered23]

Oh a raised bed, sorry. At the side of my house. Thanks for replying. Ive also got a inground bed that hasnt had attention for a while, lucky ive not touch that yet. Your videos have already inspired my approach for that bed.

[@williamday7026]

hi mark I added a lot of manure to my garden in the fall, I was going to tiller it in in the spring and then add the chips, you say not to tiller so what should I do, I would like to add that I have a lot of clay in my area, befor I added the manure I put down a need of shredded leafs and on top of the manure I have been dumping kitchen scraps all Winter, thanks for your help and the educational video are great though a little tough to absorb it all lol have to watch more than once that's just me lol thanks

[@iamorganicgardening]

Hello, You just watch part 3, If you go back to part 2 you will see how to grow soil without tilling or add manure. Plants and thier roots feed the soil and makes it healthy... Thanks

[@williamday7026]

Thanks Mark, I was wondering about what I should do now that I added the manure, I'm thinking that I should at least turn the soil to mix it into the ground, is there anything else I should do to help the soil recover once I turn it ,thanks again

[@iamorganicgardening]

Plant some clover ( that has a perennial root and gives make free nitrogen for your plants all the time). No need for manure ever again. Thanks

[@iamorganicgardening]

Also look into worm castings to add if you wish. Manure has a high salt level to it..

[@williamday7026]

Ok thank you ,I just ordered some organic premium castings from a place in cali,to far too drive I live in siny lol ,I appreciate all your help

[@jwman1ify]

Great video!

[@iamorganicgardening]

THANK YOU so very much.

[@gerryreimer9090]

I enjoyed your video. Thanks

[@iamorganicgardening]

+Stonemason Reimer THANK YOU.. Question, Did yo think it was to Long..?

[@gerryreimer9090]

+I AM NJ ORGANIC:farm:garden No.I think you did a fine job, I really liked when you went to your plots to show your demonstrations. Tell me, are you going to drill when planting?

[@iamorganicgardening]

+Stonemason Reimer That is a good Ideal. But working to improve on a farm tool I have already, a forrower. I would never be able to simple rake all the chip and leaves aside. But it will never touch the soil. Then use just a push type seeder or transplant fro thing grown in pots or trays

[@gerryreimer9090]

+I AM NJ ORGANIC:farm:garden When you plant this year, would you mind showing how you go about planting in the different plots. Once again, Thank you for your videos.

[@iamorganicgardening]

+Stonemason Reimer I will do that. Hopefully soon. Thanks

[@robx9843]

Hi Mark, Great vid. I now understand the importance of a living root. Because of this, would u recommend allowing weeds/crabgrass to grow in a vegetable garden rather than pulling? I was thinking about pulling them once they turn to seed. Your thoughts? Thanks

[@iamorganicgardening]

When any weeds are growing it is better to cut off at the soil.. Then you can plant some fast growing rye seed to smother them out. Weeds mean poor soil, but it is the first step to repair it. always have the soil cover witha living root that you choose. THANKS

[@nhatnh]

Could you pls give more detail on how weeds mean poor soil but not for cover crops? Many thanks

[@nooroamaui1444]

Enjoy your video. I am growing root crops in clay soil will your method be a success to my cropss?

[@iamorganicgardening]

I grow root crops in clay all the time. If you have doubts start small and build a raise bed of soil only 8 inch tall a 3 feet wide. Plus you can add used coffee grounds 2 cups per square foot.

[@andabien3]

You specified single-stem, single-blossom sunflowers (did I get that right), but you didn't say why those are the preferred type. Why are they preferable?

[@iamorganicgardening]

Just less shading and you can remove tom bottom leaves if needed. Thanks

[@johnjude2685]

QUESTION I planted winter wheat can I cut off anytime as I'll be planting tomatoes in about 6 weeks about 14 of May. Thanks

[@iamorganicgardening]

Yes, cut down now is OK.

[@WAYNESVILLE]

Hey man I'm starting a market garden. I was going to lay cardboard over the existing forage to smother it out and put at least 6 inches of wood chips for walkways, shaping the beds with the wood chips and then filling the beds in with compost from my local environmental center (it's really good stuff I grew in it last year in raised beds and got amazing results). I'm considering just using leaves instead of cardboard. What do you think?

[@loanauditscal]

Two thumbs up!! I was wondering...I have a huge Eucalyptus tree that gives off lots of leaves. Are they alright to use as a cover? They are pretty dried out but still smell a bit of eucalyptus.

[@iamorganicgardening]

Yes they are great. They will never transport anything bad to your soil or plants.