You've certainly made a huge difference over the past few days! Digging that creeping grass out was a necessary compromise with no-dig purism. The garden will be so much better for it, and it will give you lasting benefits in controlling that pest which is so useful in your pastures where it belongs, where it resists trampling by the livestock. Your hard work is just the boost I needed to tackle another bed in my own garden on this glorious day!
@@huttonsvalleypermaculture The days aren't long enough, even in summer. I avoid the middle of the day because of plagues of biting flies. That Japanese sickle you encouraged me to buy is the business for weeding a no-dig garden that's got away from you! Hold the weed or clump to the side with one hand, and slice the weed off its roots just below ground with that sharp tip. Or winkle out treacherous buttercup roots. I tidied up a sizeable area today, and was rewarded with lots of peas. Seed Saving Handbook has been ordered!
Watching you makes me itch to get into my garden but, alas, it is 16 F (-8 C) again this morning in this area of the northern hemisphere. Do you grow your avocados without any winter protection?
Too cold Sue - it's hard for me to imagine living through that cold a winter. I have frost protection over my avocado trees which have been struggling with the few freezes that we get here. You need to get them to a certain height and they are more able to stand up to cold because then most of the tree is above the frost zone closer to the ground. I'm definitely giving them lots of support and hopeful for a harvest one day!
@@huttonsvalleypermaculture I am growing 2 avocado trees; you will get a laugh out of how I am protecting them from winter weather. Over each tree I have an arch constructed from a cattle panel, covered and buttoned up with 6 mil plastic and covered on all sides with heavy thrift-store blankets and a tarp over all that to shed water. Inside the hut I have 3 strings of incandescent Christmas lights. I have been able to maintain 30-40 degrees above ambient. During the summer I open the huts and cover with shade cloth. I had tiny fruit last year by hand pollinating. It is a lot of trouble but I am retired and have the time to do it.
