How to plant seeds in a young Ruth Stout garden. Like our content??? Consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive chat (where you get a say in our video production), content, and more! / frenchiepowell
Thanks for different ways to plant. Tons of spent goat hay here in northern middle Tennessee, so tried Ruth Stout method last year when I first learned about it.....a little skeptical.... Thought my sweet potato vines were growing wild without potatoes. Was shocked at harvest time to find potatoes almost the size of footballs. An old timer told us..."Ain't no sweet tater too big. Have a sweet tater party!"......lol. watermelons "sweetest" ever, per another recipient....and volunteer grape tomato vine that went on forever.....a good learning experience.....did not tend that garden area, did not water it either....
Very helpful, thanks! I've seen everyone plant their potatoes using Ruth Stout method, but never saw how to direct sow seeds using her method. I have clay soil that turns to cement in dryer summer months. Ruth Stout method will build rich loose soil on top of that, allow the seeds and plants to breath, and make it easy to pull any weeds that do manage to pop through. Thanks again!
We have had it work with lettuce, so I believe so. The only annual crop I wouldn't do on top of the soil is corn. Since corn needs depth of stem to hold up the plant, it must be planted about two inches deep. Which a good measured and cut planting stick allows one to do. But yes, with small seeds it most definitely works 🙂
Great question Jessica! In fact even in the dry season we never water at all! Deep mulch gardening holds in the moisture. Last year during a drought, our lawn was drying up but our garden was flourishing :) Where I've done this in desert climates, I stick my finger through the mulch to test soil dryness, then water in the evening before sundown if the dirt was dry. In Fresno California in the dead of Summer, we changed a place from watering EVERY day, to watering once every week!
I usually don't, since I'm generally planting in spring and we get rains soon enough. But if the soil is dry I'm not against watering, then laying down the hay.
@@frenchiepowell perfect thank you. We live in the lower mainland of BC so usually spring gets enough rain but since we are planting a bit late we have been a bit dry, of course it is going to rain next week so I guess we are good. We are new to this so thank you so much for your reassurance and help.
