Why Spring is One of my Four Favorite Seasons

[StrawHat]

...others I talk too have to work shade and fertilizer and amendments of all sorts into their planning, then miser out water to the drip count...

About twelve years ago Herself and I made the decisions to remove or reduce our dependency on chemicals. Our gardens and yard are organic. I use compost to amend the soils and mix in leaf mulch to aid water retention. My “grass” is actually fescue, rye, blue stem, clover, moneywort, ground geranium, butter cups, and a couple more I forget. I cut it high to promote root growth, moisture retention and above all because the green color is in the top of the plants not the bottom.

Yes, there are loses but there are also gains. Life is a series of trade offs.

And, we are planning to move and start this all over again!

Kevin

 

[JWFilips]

For 17 years now my Circle garden (18 ft dia) has been organic...That is where most of my veggies are! Organic compost and organic fertilizers only!
Once you go organic it is very easy to keep it up! Just organic compost. The organic fertilizers like milo granite , etc Last a number of years. In the northeast here we need limestone / magnesium rock powder each year also some form of Nitrogen ( manure etc)
The plants do seem stockier and healthy Folks say the flavors are very intense! I use vinegar/ Dawn liquid for weed control
How ever I'm just as happy with my regular gardens but they take more work over the summer!

 

[fiver]

sounds like my lawn, it always looks like it needs to be mown.

the point of the recycle boxes is so I can return everything back into good dirt, then cycle it all back around through the top of the boxes returning the nutrients naturally.
I don't have a lot of leaves to work with, but use pretty much every single one of them I can get.

I think once the system is fully in place and operating the way I think it will, the only thing I may ever have to source is a small amount of manure.
should be no problem since my neighbor has horses and probably won't miss shoveling a few forks full out of his barn from time to time.

 

[462]

I'd be very glad to send you as many oak leaves as you'd ever want. Free, too.

 

[fiver]

if you video the trip to the post office... LOL.

 

[462]

Posting them is not a problem. I have small, medium and large flat rate boxes, print the labels, place the box on the porch, and the post office does all the rest.

 

[fiver]

I was thinking more like 2-3 refrigerator boxes..