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RE: "Back to Eden" Gardening: Adventures in Wood Chipping with a Sun Joe!
This made me smile in a few places, particularly the parts about the persistence of weeds! Something we probably all have experienced...Sigh...
Interestingly, the picture of the "weed" being pulled seems to be marshmallow, which is actually an edible weed. Used in salads or like spinach. So many edible greens can be "spinach." 😆
Isn't it surprising how far such a big pile of mulch doesn't go?! You also never look at dropped branches in quite the same way again. It's no longer mess, it's a resource!
I have been mulching an area with the straw from the rabbit cages and using every bit of waste cardboard and paper we produce as waste. I also learnt early on not to be frugal with that coverage.
Yes @minismallholding, there is no question ...
... for us we'll not be looking at any number of aspects of all we have learned in quite the same way again.
The "persistence of weeds" is a classic example. We watched a Geoff Lawson video explaining his remarkable view on different weeds and "weedy" bushes. His perspective was they are all, by design, serving a purpose. Each, in their own way, addressing a deficiency in the soil!?
Wow ... I would never have imagined that all those dandelions in my yard are a "good thing! I've known, going back to my Boy Scout days as a youth, that they are edible. Sort of ... 😉 But ... To consider their role in improving the soil would never have occurred to me.
Aspects of this whole new approach to gardening lead to my comments about being at this the rest of our lives. So much to learn and appreciate ...
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