Pulpiteer said:
I love seeing the chickens at work - I hope to have some someday. They must speed up the processing of your compost a ton.
I've continued my permaculture study through the winter, so I'm looking forward to following your glog again this year. One of the things I read was "Paradise Lot" - wondered if you heard of it.
Good luck this season!
Great book! Checking it out right now.
http://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Lot-One-Tenth-Making-Edible/dp/1603583998
Also love some of the youtube channels on permaculture. This guy is funny as hell and an excellent grower...
He throws some good philosophy in there as well.
Roguejim said:
Rich,
Is the compost used as a mulch? How do you add compost to an existing garden if you're using a no till method?
Ok, generally with a no till garden, a new plot is initially broken up (which is what mine will be, a new plot) and you prepare it in a way that will produce a soil food web environment that begins to take care of itself over time. Any time you break land for a garden where a monoculture has been (grass) this is how its done. As monocultures tend to leave soil a "one trick pony" So... with my new plots, I do initially till it, then work on all my compost, then cover with WOOD MULCH. The wood is the final icing on the cake in terms of the soil food web. The decaying material brings with it all the microbes, bacteria and fungi a grower could ever want

In the following years, the soil structure will change and the only disturbance that will be needed will be the planting hole when you transplant seedlings.
JoeFish said:
I will be looking forward to the answer to this. I will be using this no till method this (and my first) year.
Look up ^
mx5inpa said:
I add mine to the top. Worms and weather work it in.
Pretty much
wrathsu said:
This is my first year growing super hots and I am planning on growing them in 5 gallon buckets. I'm in North Georgia, any suggestions on what type of soil I should be using?
FireEater101 said:
When I have transferred the seedlings from my seed tray to Solo Cups and put under my lights I have used ProMix BX with Myco. Used it last year and again this year...good soil in my opinion.
mx5inpa said:
I love Pro-Mix BX. No nutes so you always know where you're starting.
Pro Mix works. A lot of people use it. I used to as well. Over the years, I've learned that its MUCH cheaper to build your own container soils and seed starting mix. For what it costs a grower to buy a bundle of ProMix, I can make over three times the amount of medium. Not only that, but when you create and build your own, the understading of the soil food web, comes along with the process. Enabling you to branch out and learn how different materials affect your microscopic soil life.