5 THINGS I will do differently FOREVER in the garden! 

You certainly not wasting water. at times, viz., once in a fortnight or depending upon the temparature, one shud water the soil deeply. 2ndly, all the 5 points are most important in a natural garden and show results over a period of time. Of course, Gardening is not an instant coffee or a "2minute dish" One has to have lot of patience. You are definitely doing a very good job. Keep doing andn sharing as well.

Amazing As always great Tips ! Thanks

You can use living mulch like ground cover . It saves the costs and lots of plants are nitrogen fixers. .

I am mulching thicker (in some areas as a test) this year as well and am seeing the improvements, esp in my grow bags. I am planting more densely in other areas to test out the theory I learned on Gardenary's YT videos/free workshops). I'm seeing less powdery mildew and bugs on the "zucchini" bed that is densely planted. For fertilizer, I add some as I put in the plant/seed (since I'm still building my soil's microbial life) and then doing spot fertilizing. Tomatoes and peppers tho I will be doing fertilizer a tad more but less than half of what I was doing (mostly because I grow them in grow bags and some is lost with watering). I haven't done compost tea yet (so busy) but that has been one of the best and easiest ways to fertilize my whole yard in one go. Cover crops are the one thing that saved my soil from getting hydrophobic this year. I don't mind that (in my grow bags I tested it on esp) alfalfa is still sprouting up because the tomatoes in those bags seem to be doing better. I think there's something to the nitrogen fixing aspect so I will leave a few alfalfa plants to grow and trim it when it's above 6"+ (down to 3") and then tuck the cuttings under the mulch to decompose. I also think that the chopped mustard being tilled into the top 4"-6" of the soil helped the areas I tested it out on. Again, less bugs and powdery mildew (even the beds that have moderate mulch). I'm just trying things out and I'm different ways to find what works best for my own yard. I look forward to a few years down the road when I've truly gotten my soil health in good balance. I've heard it takes 2-4 years to really get "new" soil beds in state that requires minimal to no fertilizer. We built our beds a year and a half ago. I still need to put up my Birdie's bed but it focus has been on getting our first ever drip irrigation set up to 50+ grow bags/containers and 5 raised beds.....all while doing the usual soil prepping, seed starting, planting, and maintaining the garden. It's the best full time job I've had but I go at my own pace and take breaks.

Hell yeah, son! Biodiversity is my favorite.

Hi.. Do you think is it a good idea to mulch with pure compost, can it maybe "burn" the plant stems etc? And does the nutrients seep into the soil when you water it? Thanks a million.

It's good to water from above once in awhile. Spray off the aphids and clean off your plants. Not every day.

Thanks Tara, I've been guilty of just tossing a few inches of straw on top of my beds and wondering why my plants don't do so well (without a lot of fertilizer). I do bring a couple of Toyota truckloads of horse manure to my compost bin each year. I think it might act much like wood chips since it's mostly composed of wood shavings so, maybe, I'll top my beds with it after only a brief stay in the compost bin to allow it to cool down a bit. Whaddya think?

There are insects that are good, for gardening, but there are also bad insects. Fertilizing plants is not done with bugs. Bugs, and fertilization are 2 different gardening topics. Professional gardeners talk about both of these topics separately on the internet! Liquid fertilizer is what professional gardeners use to fertilize their plants. Pollinators are not needed, so they do not have to be attracted for further plant development. Plants can be pollinated with human involvement if pollinators cannot be attracted! In my opinion I think she has done a BAD job managing pests on the video. Plant roots is where her critters go, and are. The roots maybe can get damaged from allowing critters to be there, and burrowing in the soil. If plant roots get damaged then this can make it difficult, for plants to grow. Plant roots take up water, and nutrients from the soil, so by allowing critters to be there then they can prevent plants from getting water, and nutrients, so this could lead to plant death. If her critters eat then this can create another problem, for plants!