Barren to Fertile Soil: Using Cover Crops and Sheet Mulch

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Here's how I brought very cheap but insanely effective fertility to my soil. Sheet mulches and cover crops are an incredible way to use nature to smother weeds, loosen soil, add tons of nutrients, remove contaminants, attract beneficial insects and other life, as well as condition the soil and microbiome. Without this cover crop I probably would have spent at least another $1,000 on initial soil to get my market garden going. It took about 6 months for the total process. But if you have the time this is far better for your soil in the long run than just bringing in a bunch of already made compost/nutrients.
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@NaturesAlwaysRight Год назад

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@tonibartling3844 6 лет назад

I heard of another guy that uses ducks to flatten but not break the cover crop so it feeds the soil and keeps the weeds from growing back. He just tosses peanuts in the field and they go for it and....nature takes care of itself!

@sheilasugar5269 5 лет назад

The way you got excited about card board tripped me out! I’ve had card board in my garage and basement that I’ve been trying to get rid of for over a year and it never occurred to me to USE IT! Lol!! I knew it was useful but now I know how. Awesome content! 💕🙏🏻👍

@janicesatterwhite8540 6 лет назад

Yeah the cardboard was a good score. I would love to see how you terminated the cover crop. I think you are doing a great job. Thanks for sharing. Janice

@lisamcnichols5791

This is GREAT! Exactly what I was looking for. Just moved to a completely barren yard in a new subdivision in Central Texas. I have massive amount of packing paper and cardboard which I’ve been using to start border gardens right now. I’m watering the soil, putting down several layers of packing paper which I then water and covering that with cardboard which I water. I’m trying to get out at night every other night when the temperatures go down to lift the cardboard and water the paper and then the cardboard itself. I’m go8ng to order hay next and put it in the cardboard and go back to the packing paper, cardboard, etc. We’ve cancelled our lawn company contract and I’ve asked my husband to not mow the backyard again. I was planning on just sowing a native wildflower mix everywhere and see what happens, maybe hand water the yard once a week (we’re in a stage three drought). I thought about adding daikon radish to the seed mix and now yarrow. I’ve always worried about clover taking over a yard, so I hadn’t planned on sowing it. After I use up all of my boxes I was going to have it top-dressed with soil from the landscape company and see what I’ve got to work with in the spring. There’s not a flower anywhere in sight here, but I plan on my yard being a pollinators paradise! I have on birdbath and one bird feeder I’ve put up and have been rewarded with increased bird activity, a few insects, and I saw a single wild bee sipping from the birdbath yesterday. I moved from a gorgeous yard in a forest in NY, so this is a hard transition.

@epicgardening 5 лет назад

Goin' back in time and watching this dude...love the music cuts :)

@prioritymaleman 6 лет назад

Well done. This is what I call a "value-added" video. While I love garden and urban farm/food forest tours, it's really nice to see something different. This is different and very educational. I'm in FL and it's 73 here today, so it feels like it's almost time to plant my garden. Maybe this fall a cover crop makes a ton of sense. Thanks for taking a simple concept...growing clover and grasses, sheet mulching etc., and turning it into a learning experience. One more thing: the patience you exhibit as you had to be itching last fall to get your farm going. Instead, you looked at the longer term and decided this would be of great long term benefit, so you prepped in the fall and now your farm looks great. Nice job!

@NS-pf2zc 6 лет назад

Oh fantastic!! I love how you worked with nature! We are starting out gardenwise and after digging one 30 inch bed about 46 feet long in our clay soil, with gneiss rock everywhere I threw up my hands in surrender and decided to sheet mulch the dang thing. Found manure delivered for free (well, for gas and a 6 pack), leaves takes out of yards and deep litter from my highly destructive chickens as compost. We used buckwheat for a cover crop, but plan to incorporate more in the future following the main gardening season this year. Thanks for the tips about biodiversity, grasses actually being of use, and just going for it!

@zagrosbahoz3062 6 лет назад

Great video. I'm definitely going to use your method when starting my garden. I will definitely be watching all of your videos in the future. Keep up the great work.

@myhillsidegarden3998 6 лет назад

That cardboard was a score for sure! So glad that you shared your process of how you got where you are. Nice video, thank you for sharing. Catherine

@pamelacollachi1162 6 лет назад

Thanks for the very informative video! Your garden looks great. I loved seeing the ladybugs and others all over your cover crop!! :)

@bestcrossroad 6 лет назад

You’re very hardworking! Excellent video. Thank you.🌷

@stephaniedawsey9354 6 лет назад

Awesome! Your video got me wondering about cover crops in a raised bed as well which apparently is a thing. You sound like a busy guy and I'm glad educating us by showing what's working for you is one of your gigs 😁

@samnorton9389 6 лет назад

You are doing the right thing, add organic matter, inoculate with compost and a riot of diversity.

@robmastin7964 5 лет назад

Awesome effort bro. Such a great watch, thank you so much for sharing this X

@siargaokid8007 4 года назад

I'm new here and I've looking for this specific kind of tutorial! your really good at what u do and your cinematography is triple A plus ;)

@colleenrodamer6230 6 лет назад

Thanks for sharing all your information thanks

@gbgb89 6 лет назад

I like your way of explaining a lot, I am from Germany and will start something similiar this year. I follow all your new videos and hope you will add a plenty more :) good luck!