Hoi Ben, Great to view your short clips on youtube from POV. There's so much all round info around, your practical snippets of your surroundings, actions and thoughts push this knowledge into practice for me. Looking forward to you new platform and book! Salut, Thijs
@brianflanagan66232 жыл бұрын
I used to double dig, but basically follow no dig now (Charles Dowding), good results and saves time and effort.
@mikepapa3196 Жыл бұрын
Yeah hi Ben, speaking of frosts here in the southern hemisphere this last spring here on the south island of New Zealand we had a very late frost this year (2022) which damaged early fruit tree blossoms and early spuds and general garden vege, much later than "normal" and now a warmer autumn for this time of the year. Fun stuff! Oh yeah and one other thing, got directed to you and your work only recently after taking a workshop with Jodi of Roebuck Farms here in NZ, your book was on his list of "very good books" along side the likes of John Jeavons! I've lots to read up on now! many thanks. Cheers Mike (west coast south island NZ)
@nineallday0002 жыл бұрын
agreed even on a larger scale, i find subsoiling a lot less appealing than i used to considering the fuel used. I have to see a really good reason to do it, whereas before i thought keyline subsoiling was the be all end all
@mandysandbach2 жыл бұрын
Garden sage, rosemary and thyme are herbs I’ve used for dry areas in my yards . We are zone 5 5a semi arid desert in southern Alberta . Very little rain tho maybe 270 per year
@apalaghieilucian30522 жыл бұрын
this is pure gold
@freedomruss2 жыл бұрын
The ground I'm most familiar with is really rocky. The kind of rocky that breaks shear pins on tilling equipment and leaves you with bruised feet from stomping on your fork only to hit boulder after boulder. It's really hard work that's best done with a mini ex with a digging bucket! That said in spots where I didn't go to all that pain and suffering and only applied mulch I was able to grow pretty much any leafy green I wanted and perennials would be happy almost anywhere tilled or not. We also have a lot of wild carrot, (Queen Anne's Lace) which shows me that domestic carrots will be pretty happy as well, and indeed they do well even in hard soils if you can get the germination thing nailed. 🤷♂️ There was a frost on September 22nd in Gold River BC (Vancouver Island) just on the rooftops the ground still being warm enough after the 26 degrees Celsius daytime high. Forest fires in the hills and a frosty roof seemed a little like global weirding. Strange days we live in. Sometimes those droughty spots can be best utilized by building a sit spot, storage shed, playground, horseshoe pit etc etc, if growies don't like it it might be perfect for a building as the footings will stay dry so hopefully less rot inducing moisture present in the direct area around the building. Makes sense to my building maintenance brain! Loving the new content Ben. Your experiential capital is priceless! Thank you for sharing!
@danam25842 жыл бұрын
Very nice! Thank you Ben.
@Dævïd9-112 жыл бұрын
Maybe orange amaranth in the dry area?
@diamondbackecological2 жыл бұрын
Simply the more organic matter content within the soil less need for any type of soil disturbance. Outside of anything but the hardest clay pan soils, organic matter will be naturally in Incorporated into the soil subsoil structure through the action of plant roots and macro and microbial action. The same levels of biological action will also produce porosity loft and decompaction in the soil layer through natural decomposition and the actions of micro macro soil life along with the combination of actively growing plant roots, along with saprophidic and mycorrhizal fungal actions also act to decompact the soil. Just takes a few seasons
@wholesystems2 жыл бұрын
I agree..!
@jmhamilton872 жыл бұрын
I’m on south eastern USA piedmont red clay soils…. I have to broadfork. Maybe as my garden soil gets better with all the compost/rotted manure I won’t have to. Of course then I lose a good workout ;)
@PermacultureHomestead2 жыл бұрын
got it, ive observed the same, only clay hard pack soil needs 'tilling' or broadforking
@HansQuistorff2 жыл бұрын
My farm slopes from gravel/sand to sand to clay lake bottom. I ordered my Meadow Creature narrow for digging roots. It has helped me establish blueberries on the edge of the clay field. The clay field is verry old and has established its own hydrology system. Breaking it causes more compaction. Moles tunnel to the wet areas during the dry summer then with the winter flooding the tunnels help rehydrate the clay for the next summer.