RE: "Back to Eden" Gardening: Adventures in Wood Chipping with a Sun Joe!
Wow Rob, what a wonderfully crafted post, so much detail. It must have taken you hours to prepare.
I recently bought a 3000 mt2 plot (with house and barn) in Bulgaria. Back in early December, with the help of a workawayer, I made a couple of beds to prepare for spring planting. I didn't have woodchips so used some old hay from the barn to cover several layers of cowdung (again from the barn), soil and some dried grass cuttings, with a layer of cardboard over the dung and soil. All was soaked with water and aged urine.
One bed was as above (measuring 7mts X 1.2 mts), the other was (is) a hugelkultur bed with lots of old logs and branches forming the structure, with soil and dung spread over, covered with mulch.
Both beds were layed straight on top of the existing (strimmed) vegetation, following the no-till method so as not to disturb the microbiome of the soil.
I was happy to see them covered with a thick layers of snow when I returned from the UK yesterday after 7 weeks of being away.
This week I plan to start some seeds indoors in preparation for planting the beds after last frost.
I am.on the lookout for a woodchipper machine which will handle 80mm branches to prepare more areas for planting and growing organic food.
I look forward to reading your subsequent posts and following your journey brother.
Resteemed your post.
Namaste
Atma
You are very kind @atma.love, as this …
… indicates you must have invested your time in reading it. 😉 It is very encouraging to know that you have found some value in it. And, yes, it has taken me a lot of effort to put it together. If it is going to “have my name on it,” then I was raised to make sure I do my best.
In the past, my efforts on these posts are as much as anything, for capturing my memories where they will be ”immutably enshrined” in a blockchain. Beyond that? Well, I just try to take it as it comes …
Your new property and the steps you have taken are intriguing. We are so new at learning all of this, I don’t have much to offer in the way of helpful ideas, other than you may find the links in my first post in this series of value. Particularly the one referenced in the title to this post - "Back To Eden".
You mention:
Are you of English descent? Or Bulgarian? I am guessing the former. Either that, or you have developed an excellent command of the English language, for someone for whom it is not their native tongue.
As you appear to be newly engaged “in here,” I would encourage you to follow the links I have provided at the end of my post for the Natural Medicine community. I think you might find it of real value to you, as you begin your “journey” here on our Steem blockchain. If you have written an introductory post, I’d welcome a link to it. I’ll be sure to read it.
Until we “meet again,” all the best to you for a better tomorrow!
P.S. If you have any questions, comments, and / or concerns about our Steem blockchain, please feel free to let me know how I can help. I’ll be happy to do what I can.
Hi Rob, thanks for your reply. Yes, this (apparent) body was born in England.
Here's my intro post https://steempeak.com/hive-120078/@atma.love/who-am-i (tagged naturalmedicine) which yes is a great community.
Paz y amor
Atma