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Make Compost from Your Garden Pathways | No Compost Bins Needed! 

Huw Richards
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I'm very excited to share this composting concept that was inspired after visiting Liz Zorab a few years ago. One of the biggest challenges small gardens face is space to make compost, but you can turn your pathways into very effective compost makers and provide enough material for you to mulch your beds and pots provided you don't mind a slight loss of aesthetic! I really hope you take some inspiration from this and that you can adapt it to your own growing space to save space and money and help you grow more food in your vegetable garden.
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Intro - 0:00
Liz Zorab - 0:40
Wood Chip / Compost Hybrid - 1:50
Compost Pathways - 2:28
Protect Wooden Beds - 2:41
Cardboard Base - 3:04
Tips for hard ground - 3:55
Formula for volume of compost per area - 4:12
2x beds mulched from a single path - 5:06
First Layer - 6:01
Wood chip - 6:43
Adding compost materials - 6:59
Inoculate with Biology - 7:39
Speed up the process - 7:58
Maintenance - 8:33
Your Challenge - 9:06
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@vintagelife5195
@vintagelife5195 2 года назад
The low cost and sustainable stuff youve been doing has been really awesome. I liked the channel before, but now its on a whole other level for me. Thanks!
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
Wow that's so awesome to hear - thank you so much🌱
@resi2120
@resi2120 2 года назад
I agreeeeee!!!!! 😍💕👌🏻
@allansmithperinganda9493
@allansmithperinganda9493 2 года назад
Open poppy poppy
@allansmithperinganda9493
@allansmithperinganda9493 2 года назад
@@HuwRichards op
@danielsmith336
@danielsmith336 2 года назад
Add winecap mushroom spawn and the woodchips break down even faster, plus you get a crop of mushrooms every spring
@PaulSaxbyPhotography
@PaulSaxbyPhotography 2 года назад
Yet again a superb video demonstrating simple techniques to improve the garden. We have been doing this for several years, and it works brilliantly. One thing to note is that the material breaks down much slower than in a traditional bin as there is not the same area to generate heat, but our experience shows a greater fungal population in the material. The beds we use this material on show a much more positive improvement to the soil compared to the beds where we use traditional biological compost. The soil structure has a greater variety of soil life and the plants seem to be more resilient to disease. I have to say the production value of your videos is stunning, I am not surprised you are doing so well on RU-vid. Great video Huw, please keep it up.
@yukey2587
@yukey2587 2 года назад
After reading all the positive comments of how others have had success, I shall certainly try this in one pathway! And your video production has really developed well. Little outtakes, slo-mo flying woodchips, a little music, really well done. Thanks Huw, for all the hard work: in the garden, in the books, on the video, and for your diligence in learning and passing the info along. Thanks.
@bbales2305
@bbales2305 Год назад
And? Howz the path going?
@roisin252
@roisin252 2 года назад
I recently had trees trimmed and I asked for all the wood chip to be left in the drive. After shifting the mountain, the entire garden is now covered. It looks great and smells amazing. I’ll look forward to using it on the raised beds.
@Just-Nikki
@Just-Nikki 2 года назад
My husband and I have been doing this for several years. We noticed the same thing as Liz and it’s been a wonderful addition to our other composting methods.
@carollloydjones5735
@carollloydjones5735 2 года назад
Charles Dowding has also been doing this for years
@Just-Nikki
@Just-Nikki 2 года назад
@@carollloydjones5735 we call him garden Jesus in my house.
@Fragrantbeard
@Fragrantbeard 2 года назад
@@Just-Nikki that's hilarious and SO APROPOS!
@ohio_gardener
@ohio_gardener 2 года назад
Excellent Video! I have used free wood chips for the pathways between the raised beds for years, and the soil under those chips is the blackest, richest soil one can imagine. Another benefit of the wood chips is that they are a sponge for rain and retain the moisture for a long time. I have used the soil under the wood chips to fill new beds, and it is some of the most productive soil I have.
@rgonvsh69
@rgonvsh69 2 года назад
Lucky you... no free wood chips where I live in the US. We pay $30 a cubic yard plus $40 delivery fee for arborist woods chips.
@ohio_gardener
@ohio_gardener 2 года назад
@@rgonvsh69 Here is SW Ohio the tree trimmers are anxious to get rid of loads of wood chips. They'll gladly drop off loads of 12 to 16 cu yds of wood chips.
@cynthiafisher9907
@cynthiafisher9907 2 года назад
@@ohio_gardener Same in SW Idaho. I’ve had many loads delivered for free.
@sarahbehler5437
@sarahbehler5437 2 года назад
@@rgonvsh69 our local dump/landfill/transfer station has compost & mulch. It can be a lot of work but is free! They will fill your truck with a bucket loader but I usually take garbage pails & fill my own. Screen out the trash and big stuff in the compost as I fill them. I use a screen with one inch holes but people use milk crates, chicken wire, or hardware cloth. Depending on the hole size you can get some very fine soil that is great for seeds! For me it is physically hard but I have no $$$, lol, so, the work =s food! Check locally, there are a lot of new food scrap compost programs in the USA now, might be happily surprised! Good luck!
@tracycrider7778
@tracycrider7778 Год назад
@@rgonvsh69 sad
@debbiehenri345
@debbiehenri345 2 года назад
I am doing something a little similar at the moment, but instead of making self-composting paths, I am making a self-composting new border over my very thin soil (overlying broken shale) in the back garden - this is where I want to grow future peas, beans and sweetcorn. Instead of using raised bed planks, I'm using thin tree trunks blown down in the storms to retain lots of dead Autumn tree leaves. I push these leaves aside, add the cardboard, rotting sticks, bark, weed leaves, etc and then pull the leaves back over the debris so that it looks a little nicer. By being fussy like this, I expect that keeps oxygen levels up too. I walk all over this little area to get to planters behind them, so they have traffic to help with the breaking down of materials.
@kirstypollock6811
@kirstypollock6811 Год назад
Hügelkultur! Go for it!
@Sirioenelmic
@Sirioenelmic 2 года назад
Great video Huw! I do this from 2 years and it works very well, for me is a lot easier than the compost piles. I dont move the materials, this material feeds both beds and is a fantastic way to use my organic waste! Also if u do this around your Fruit tree it increases the yield! Greets from Spain!
@carolyncarlon9870
@carolyncarlon9870 2 года назад
Funny…I used this method back in the ‘80s using horse manure from our neighborhood equestrian center. Loved the fact that any weeds were so easy to manage. Remember learning so much from Sunset Gardening and Organic Gardening (Rodale) magazines. This was before I learned about raised beds. But a great believer in square foot gardening then, too! I remember making manure tea. I’m a California native and have been living in Vermont for several years now. Lots to learn and enjoy. Love Liz and her honey. Love how you all make me laugh! Carolyn/Vermont Cat Lady 💃🏼
@sowgroweat6987
@sowgroweat6987 2 года назад
With its low fertility woodchip makes a great seed compost, I did a video on its use and tested against bought compost. One word of warning though, I have a path at home mulched with Birch chippings and when I used that it did not work anywhere as good
@lisathiedeman4487
@lisathiedeman4487 2 года назад
Not only amazing ideas in this video, but a great production as well! It's so beautiful!!
@SeeStuDo
@SeeStuDo 2 года назад
Liz is awesome and is a great inspiration. Love the stacking of functions in pathways!
@louisecruickshank9068
@louisecruickshank9068 2 года назад
Love, Love, Love this idea. I am in the process of putting down new garden beds and I know this system will be a great idea. I have failed miserably at trying to make compost, so I am exited to use this method. I have had a large black tub in my shade house just to throw in weeds etc, and just like Liz said, a saw that after some time it started to look like real compost, so I am very confident that the pathway method will work wonderfully. Thank you so much Huw for your videos. they are informative and very REAL and very helpful.
@ivancho5854
@ivancho5854 2 года назад
Interesting concept. I'd be curious to know if you see a change in slug and snail damage in the adjacent beds. I cannot figure out if it would increase or decrease their population and/or effects or even if there would be no change. I'm really looking forward to seeing your follow up videos. All the best.
@mayataylor8952
@mayataylor8952 2 года назад
I've been doing a similar method for a few years and I think it reduced slug damage on my vegetable beds. The slugs seem to go to the dead plant matter in the paths first, so there is much less damage to my produce. Then they are easier to find and pick off at night because they're out in the open paths. I live in a rainy climate and slugs are a constant battle.
@ivancho5854
@ivancho5854 2 года назад
@@mayataylor8952 That's really helpful to know. Thanks.
@racebiketuner
@racebiketuner 2 года назад
I've been doing this for three years. Previously little damage from slugs and occasional damage from snails. Now I find a slug once in a while and snails have been virtually eliminated. Last year I made an effort to increase polyculture and even more this year (currently about sixty varieties of veggies, herbs and flowers). This sustains a large and diverse insect population that brings in a lot of lizards, birds and other small animals that are looking for "protein snacks."
@ivancho5854
@ivancho5854 2 года назад
@@racebiketuner Polyculture is a very powerful method of combatting excessive beasties.
@theclumsyprepper
@theclumsyprepper 2 года назад
I have woodchips paths in my netted tunnel (my own design) and I find that wet woodchips are a haven for slugs so I have to constantly check for them. It's the opposite in my polytunnel as the chips are bone dry so slugs stay away from them.
@emdorris3319
@emdorris3319 2 года назад
Thant you for showing us some free methods of creating compost. You are awesome. I love watching what you do.
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching! :)
@susanabarker5017
@susanabarker5017 2 года назад
I could hear you say compost all day 😄
@deborahevans4811
@deborahevans4811 День назад
I'm going to try this on one of my woodchip pathways, thanks!
@TheJohn1423
@TheJohn1423 Год назад
Thanks for the video! I've been experimenting with this and accidentally discovered an effective method. I had placed many of my fabric grow bags on the woodchip surrounding my beds. When looking underneath the grow bags a few months later, I noticed some amazing worm castings/broken down chips. Worms seem to love it under there
@ferniek5000
@ferniek5000 2 года назад
Huw, Liz, Great Idea. I got a few giant loads of wood chips last year and I have noticed it breaking down fast in the pathways too. I am thinking of sifting it into a new bed for great soil for starting seeds. Keep up the good work. I appreciate and benefit from what you share.
@growsoilbiology
@growsoilbiology 2 года назад
I’m my previous experience sifted woodchip is terrible for growing seeds. Too much undecomposed carbon in there “robbing” the nitrogen and microbes from interacting with the plants. Definitely experiment for yourself but maybe don’t sow all your seed in sifted woodchips.
@ferniek5000
@ferniek5000 2 года назад
@@growsoilbiology I forgot to mention my secret ingredient: chicken poop :). I mix in the composted manure to combat any nitrogen issues. Good catch though.
@bbales2305
@bbales2305 Год назад
GREAT stuff! I laid my first go at a compost path this evening. After seeing this video I’ll have to fine tune a bit but excited to see what happens! Thanks for the instruction 👍👊!!
@melissalawson3828
@melissalawson3828 2 года назад
Oh wow- Sun! All my compost paths have turned to sludge with the incessant rain we’ve had here on the east coast of Australia. Love this idea. I’m on it once the rain stops!!
@minkademko2335
@minkademko2335 2 года назад
While pulling weeds, I break or cut them a bit, roots and all, and toss them anywhere I need to step in my garden. I don't have wood frames, just kind of mound the soil a bit where I plant. If I see any weeds popping up in the path, I just snip them off when they're a few inches tall and drop them. Works like a charm for me. Smaller sticks from around the property get dropped on the path as well.
@paulamcgivern8552
@paulamcgivern8552 Год назад
This is absolutely brilliant,Huw. Im currently experimenting with compashi beds - who says there is a quiet time in the winter garden! Keep up the inpiration we have a massive pile of outdated/unsustainable gardening/allotmenteering habits that need composting;)
@mmsdcb9081
@mmsdcb9081 2 года назад
What an awesome idea! I’m sure I could get wood chips locally , however I am concerned if the trees have ever been sprayed with insecticide or had a disease prior to cutting them down.
@lifelovelettuce
@lifelovelettuce 2 года назад
Sheet mulching on steroids! I have been using weed scraps and wood chips on my paths for ages. A small electric shredder works wonders and I have a local woodturner who supplies me with fresh, clean sawdust shavings for free. We free range chickens through the paths too and the resulting compost is amazing. I use it for almost everything, from compost for pots to seed starting mix. Lovely video, thank you.
@paulinamazurek8737
@paulinamazurek8737 2 года назад
Hej Hue, thank you for all you do for us and the gardens! A question for slugs in the compost... If they are coming to compost, doesn't it bring the risk to have after soil with slugs eggs in it?
@sinkintostillness
@sinkintostillness 2 года назад
That's exactly my plan from watching that Liz Zorab video! I got a little fed up maintaining my grass around my raised beds the past two years so woodchip it is. I'm quite excited about it becoming compost to throw into my beds once broken down!
@MichelleTech
@MichelleTech Год назад
From your future video on the results to this, I'm going to try this in my small garden space! Great idea, thank you!
@kathrynmettelka7216
@kathrynmettelka7216 2 года назад
I have used pine bark nuggets for my paths among beds for some years, but not ever considered the broken down materials as compost. I find the pine bark chips more comfortable to walk on than rock, which matters if you're 75 with 2 replaced knees. Grass for paths is too much work in summer. It's already in the 90s and it's still the middle of May.
@vaughan7835
@vaughan7835 Год назад
Hey Huw, I'm from NSW AUS. Finally I've started building a bitsa garden (bitsa this, bitsa that) on some wasted space, which I've cleared of weeds incl trees. I've built Hugelcultur beds w smaller branches, grass clippings & the black sandy soil from the paths on top. Filled the paths with woodchips & more grass clippings in layers. Looking great! Eventually I'll shovel that back onto the beds, (minus the larger sticks, which will build more hugelcultur beds) & fill the paths with more sticks & woodchips again. Never ending cycle! 👌
@carybradley3968
@carybradley3968 2 года назад
Love, love, love this idea! Thanks, Huw!
@marypulford6213
@marypulford6213 2 года назад
Received “The Vegetable Grower’s Handbook” in the mail today. Well done.
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
Thank you so much! Hope you enjoy it :)
@tinkeringinthailand8147
@tinkeringinthailand8147 2 года назад
I like it Huw. I noticed this happening with my rice straw paths so I'm gonna continue to add 👍👍
@damicolicious
@damicolicious 2 года назад
Not only am I going to try this, but I have been adding wood chips to my pathways for years, and I haven't even looked at what compost might be underneath a few cm down.. maybe I'll pull some back and start adding green material to what is already there, and then just start turning it 🤔
@vonries
@vonries 2 года назад
If you mix in coffee/tea grounds in your layers it will break down even better and faster.
@rebanelson607
@rebanelson607 Год назад
We used pine cones between the raised beds simply because they were available in abundance and they composted nicely. Unfortunately I couldn't work in the garden barefoot! Wonderful video!
@yeevita
@yeevita 2 года назад
Fantastic idea and very much what nature does. I don't have pathways but I do have patches of bare dirt. One wet year when weed meadows sprung up, after everything went to sleep, I flattened the dead meadows with cardboard. While my zone is not enough to keep the cardboard and underneath wet, it was enough to keep the dirt pliable and the weeds all broke down. It was wonderful. Since then, I have always kept my soil covered with cardboard and if weeds or other organic matters gets under there, I am fine with it. Sometimes I find earthworms under there, which makes me very happy. So having every bit of the garden living is a fantastic idea. I hope everyone does this, so pathways can work as well. I have not done a set-aside compost heap in a long time. I do do smaller buckets, set atop the soil between plants. The earthworms and fungi love it and the plants have a great time, so it is a good way to "keep" waste while it is breaking down.
@growsoilbiology
@growsoilbiology 2 года назад
I have previously used fresh woodchip only in the paths and scrape it up at the end of season - it worked well. Last spring I added Winecap mushroom mycelium (stropharia rugoso annulata) in the paths with the woodchip to ensure even quicker breakdown and to get a food crop from it! The first mushroom harvest today filled a 10L bucket, full! An enjoyable process but not good for people who enjoy turning compost to get a look at how it’s going.
@gauridevi2
@gauridevi2 2 года назад
Oh, wow. Is it easy to grow mushrooms like this?
@suevalenti9584
@suevalenti9584 2 года назад
LOVE this idea!
@sheharbano7381
@sheharbano7381 2 года назад
Good evening Huw! impatiently waiting for videos on your new garden setup.
@riikkaroine1609
@riikkaroine1609 2 года назад
I love your videos. And now I have my own brand new compost. Thank you.
@TheSuspiciousStew
@TheSuspiciousStew Год назад
So excited to try this out!!
@yx6889
@yx6889 2 года назад
I can't wait to try this. Thank you!
@janicejurgensen2122
@janicejurgensen2122 Год назад
I am soo I x items to do this! Thank you and Liz for this efficient and great idea!
@rubiccube8953
@rubiccube8953 2 года назад
I Adopted similar method when I found that the wood chip at the allotment had a lot of leaves. Chipped up Christmas Trees. I laid a layer of coffee grounds to attract the worms, layer cardboard worm food , thick layer chipped Christmas tree , layer plastic landscape fabric cut with soldering iron. A stapled pelmet of 6 inch landscape fabric either side to stop the crows pulling the fabric up. On top more green clippings. When weeds started to grow I pulled the middle fabric up and laid it on top again. And put more wood chip on top. Meanwhile underneath the wood chip was turning into compost which I sieve and allow to mature with comfrey and grass chippings.
@gigis.garden
@gigis.garden 2 года назад
I've done this for a few years it really works
@maramakesjournals2319
@maramakesjournals2319 2 года назад
Great idea! I love it! I’m going to try it to reclaim paths thru my little gardens. I’m even going to try it in the fairy garden, or maybe encourage them to clear some paths. Like a college I read about that didn’t create sidewalks until the students made paths in the lawns.
@patriciahogg5763
@patriciahogg5763 2 года назад
GREAT tips!! Will definitely try! 😊
@looneygardener
@looneygardener Год назад
This perfect for me!!!! I have two narrow pathways and lots of cardboard I have been saving. I do trench compost, but I've really packed my garden this year. Great idea!!!!
@taniamew
@taniamew Год назад
I love this idea ❤️
@claireclarke6412
@claireclarke6412 2 года назад
Love this idea ❤
@Landbodysoul
@Landbodysoul Год назад
Good idea if you don't want to have to mow etc. However, all the work of sourcing cardboard and wood chip and laying it all out. Then lose the valuable resource of grass clippings which is also highly beneficial. So many gardening choices and dilemmas. Thanks for another great vid Huw.
@terrinegron
@terrinegron 2 года назад
Fabulous Idea!!! thank you! Gonna do it my veggie garden!
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
Go for it! :)
@mamazeeto623
@mamazeeto623 2 года назад
Love it ! What a fabulous idea I’m going to start one tomorrow! Love your new direction thank you
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
Thank you! Best of luck :)
@rikkebadsberg8544
@rikkebadsberg8544 Год назад
Looks interesting - I will try it out in my garden 🎉
@pharmajo6368
@pharmajo6368 2 года назад
I do a less intentional version of this - all of the old plants that i pull out of my garden at the end of the season go through my mulcher and then straight onto the paths. No mixing, no maintenance, just give it time.
@KitchenGardeningwithMe
@KitchenGardeningwithMe 2 года назад
Really useful video and great concept 👍
@cheerio9119
@cheerio9119 2 года назад
Huw...FABULOUS BOOK!!!! Just received, folded lots of pages and highlighted it already! I have a TONE of gardening books and this one will remain in my short pile that I grab often for certain. Very useful and well condensed info. You should be so proud, Congratulations and thank you from Canada :) Happy gardening!!
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you find it useful :) Thank you for your support
@garden.timelapse4406
@garden.timelapse4406 2 года назад
Beautiful garden! 😍
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
Thank you! :)
@pmd7914
@pmd7914 2 года назад
Exactly what I did in the vege garden at my last home.
@mothturtle7897
@mothturtle7897 2 года назад
I'd already planned to put a woodchip path alongside my vegetable patch, just hadn't got around to getting to the sawmill yet. This is an interesting idea. I bet my local hedgehogs would love it too.
@papawin5532
@papawin5532 2 года назад
Thanks you Huw.l like this all videos👍👍👍
@emmahedgesparrow6170
@emmahedgesparrow6170 2 года назад
That was excellent, thankyou Huw
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
You're very welcome :)
@gaiasoundandvision
@gaiasoundandvision 2 года назад
Love this! :) You're full of amazing ideas Huw :) thank you so much for sharing them :)
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
You're very welcome :)
@RoseBornagain
@RoseBornagain 2 года назад
I can see a nice artichoke plant..wow.
@ashdav9980
@ashdav9980 2 года назад
Very interesting….we are on our second year of raised garden beds (6 beds 9 feet each) and we did mulching between the pathways to create a large square on the garden perimeter for easy lawn mowing not having to go between the beds. Good to know it will eventually turn to compost and we can use it in our beds and replenish the compost on the paths.
@stefanfaraway6567
@stefanfaraway6567 2 года назад
Wow, what a great idea!!! Thank you!
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
Glad you like it! :)
@MermieOriginals
@MermieOriginals 2 года назад
I've been doing this...out of laziness, lol. Chop and drop to best effect! I now just throw kitchen waste directly on the beds before it gets covered with hay in Autumn. Having fun right now seeing potatoes popping up everywhere - when I harvest I always throw the tiny ones back in the beds. :)
@missourigirl4101
@missourigirl4101 2 года назад
Aww missed the live. Love this channel
@CoastalGardensNW
@CoastalGardensNW 2 года назад
That's a Briliant idea huw 👍
@martynsmith630
@martynsmith630 2 года назад
Hi Huw Liking your composting idea on paths but what happens if you have dogs, cats and birds in the vicinity. Could you substitute straw for woodchips.
@smithy4121
@smithy4121 2 года назад
My neighbours cat was using an area in my garden as a toilet after I put down chicken manure pellets. I wanted to woodchip that area so I sprinkped orange oil around and they haven't done it since. I've heard orange satsuma ect peelings work too and is free but messier. I don't think that would have a detrimental effect on the finished compost but not sure.
@zaoan636
@zaoan636 Год назад
I just start gardening on a blank plot, and I was thinking to use pathways to make compost as well. I do not really have raised beds, instead I plan to make some movable frames (beds) as boundaries for my planting. Then I can shift these movable frames onto the pathways for planting in new seasons, then the previous garden beds become pathways to be topped with grass, chip wood etc. I can't wait to give it a try
@booswalia
@booswalia 2 года назад
Your wood chips are much finer than mine but I covered my walkways last fall with cardboard and wood chips. I must give it a try in one of the aisles now.
@georgiakelly765
@georgiakelly765 2 года назад
We have woodchips on the floor of our chicken run and between raised beds. I was going to add it to the compost bin, now I'm just going to scoop it directly into the beds next winter/spring. Great tip. Not sure if the food scraps would work for us. We have super sticky clay soil that i have tried to build up with organic matter for 3 years, unsuccessfully. First year of raised beds and so far it's amazing.
@esrcornwell
@esrcornwell 2 года назад
Huw, This is really a great idea!
@johnsheppard8102
@johnsheppard8102 2 года назад
great idea many thanks
@joewamsley8004
@joewamsley8004 2 года назад
We have a weedy grass path and most just mound beds. We just put the weeds we pull from the beds on the path and mow the path. I think I will spread woodchips late in the year and then in the spring turn the path into the garden.
@pissrockdust5997
@pissrockdust5997 Год назад
I have tried something similar to this and I still practice it to some degree. I have not been able to eliminate the compost bin because a large amount of the compost in the pathways disappears into the soil before I’m able to scoop it into the beds. Spreading out all of your compostable materials onto the soil like that means you are doing wonders for the soil... in your pathways. But the soil eats it when you spread it out like that over a large surface area. Obviously you’ll still get compost but you will get far less scoop-able compost in the end. I have come to find the JADAM system (the whole system, not just a few input recipes) has the best answer for this: Add your compostables directly to the beds in the fall and let them break down over winter and it will be ready to plant in the spring. If you don’t want to wait that long, just surface-till the uncomposted material into the top 2” a couple weeks before planting. During the growing season you can just pile up your raw materials or put them in a bin until fall. (Of course crop residue/pruning waste always stays where it is though) Those pathways have a lot of solar surface area and you’re missing out on a lot of potential photosynthesis which could be producing even more organic matter for you, if you plant, say, Sudan grass which will grow 6 feet in 6 weeks if you let it- just cut it when it’s too tall to walk on and add it to the beds, compost pile/bin, or JLF bucket. I’m not trying to be a dick, just being frank/talking shop. I know nobody wants to come across as a snobby purist but the more I tinker the more I realize the JADAM answer is the answer, basically always.
@Gtmustangmt
@Gtmustangmt 2 года назад
I’m definitely going to do this..
@nicolabludau720
@nicolabludau720 9 месяцев назад
I really like the idea! Great video thanks. I still search an easy method to chop up the weeds without getting carpal tunnel and using secateurs.
@annepahler8726
@annepahler8726 2 года назад
Fascinating idea. Will have to give it some thought. However, as I do not really have stationary beds and pathways, maybe I'll have to vary the method a bit.
@luisfernandonavarrofelix1508
@luisfernandonavarrofelix1508 2 года назад
Gracias por compartir, de verdad son muy buenos consejos, coincido con algunos comentarios, antes tu canale.parecia muy bueno, ahora está genial, sin duda vas un paso adelante cada vez. Saludos desde México
@blancaestelarivera3711
@blancaestelarivera3711 2 года назад
Good morning Huw! Al rato nos vemos 😉
@mayarmenta7327
@mayarmenta7327 2 года назад
HEY YO LO CONOCI PRIMERO 😂😂😂😂😂
@blancaestelarivera3711
@blancaestelarivera3711 2 года назад
@@mayarmenta7327 😀
@stompthedragon4010
@stompthedragon4010 2 года назад
Brilliant.
@rowanwhite3520
@rowanwhite3520 2 года назад
Brilliant! Thank You!
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
You're welcome! :)
@ramthian
@ramthian Год назад
Lovely 🥰🙏
@davidfoster-smith211
@davidfoster-smith211 2 года назад
very exciting idea :)
@fayprivate7975
@fayprivate7975 2 года назад
Such a great idea! My garden isn’t geometric like yours, though. AND it’s on a hillside, not steep but I could possibly slide with the cardboard, unexpectedly.
@cynthiafisher9907
@cynthiafisher9907 2 года назад
We did that as kids, so fun!
@lakshmanankomathmanalath
@lakshmanankomathmanalath 2 года назад
Great! Thank you🙏😊💙
@anderskjellander6322
@anderskjellander6322 2 года назад
Thanks
@efraintoror3480
@efraintoror3480 Год назад
GRACIAS POR TUS VIDEOS, SON GENIALES Y ME GUSTA MUCHO LA FORMA DE COMO EXPLICAS Y COMO TIENES TUS SEMBRADIOS
@criscunhagallichio2553
@criscunhagallichio2553 2 года назад
Amo seus vídeos, sou do Brasil ❤
@martenalvarado7147
@martenalvarado7147 2 года назад
Going to try this in sunny San Diego, but I'm probably going to throw a layer of pine needle mulch on top of the lasagna to keep the moisture in. I look forward to your videos as much as Kevin's, thanks Huw!
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
Sounds like a great lasagne :)
@plot1895
@plot1895 2 года назад
I will start a composting pathway tomorrow on my allotment plot. It’s a hard pathway and paving slab raised beds, so we’ll see how it goes.
@HuwRichards
@HuwRichards 2 года назад
Brilliant! Best of luck with it :)
@diarmuidodonnabhain9668
@diarmuidodonnabhain9668 2 года назад
I am ahead of you for once on this one iv mulched my paths and I don't use raised beds home for slugs I think and my plan is that eventually from mulching my paths and beds and layering the beds with compost all will eventually be all connected with mycelium like the soil in the woods
@raielenekirby4930
@raielenekirby4930 2 года назад
I love this... have been considering a change to wood chip paths.... What would you suggest to do for lining if covering a gravel drive way turned raised bed /no dig garden?
@artart8433
@artart8433 2 года назад
thank you so much
@kassiapencek6185
@kassiapencek6185 2 года назад
Very smart
@diarmuidodonnabhain9668
@diarmuidodonnabhain9668 Год назад
I, also do, this but iv changed my mind now I'm creating new beds using beach tree cuttings then grass, clippings wood chips them more grass then woodchips again I don't use timber raised beds I had dug out paths for composting to fill up then decided to make beds, for underground mycelium connection with my existing beds like, a forest or woods I want mushrooms and to just, walk where I like
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