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RE: Project day two: beginning the dirt work
Wowy, that's some coffee! I thought i produced a lot of grounds!!?! Ah man i wish i could be there to help with your developments!!
Wowy, that's some coffee! I thought i produced a lot of grounds!!?! Ah man i wish i could be there to help with your developments!!
Lol that's two pots. Roughly a third of a cup of grounds a day. You're a huge help with all this man, you basically are here!
I remember reading there that the nitrogen in the coffee grounds isn't plant available the first year. Mixing in the shells and giving it a year to brew (compost) I believe makes both the nitrogen and calcium available. IT IS POSSIBLE that I'm completely wrong, but i'm sure about bits and pieces there. I suspect that the grounds will compliment your peppers really well with where you're located. Looks like some decent soil? - like at the new home?
Oh yes. The soil where I'm planting is incredible! The first two beds we're super soft and fluffy dirt. Dark with a great smell. It was barely even work to turn the dirt. The 3rd bed had a bit of gravel and clay, but still nice and dark. In the clay area, the weeds were more prevalent, which added a lot to the labor. I've been digging up the weeds in the area before digging a bed. Not sure if that's the right way, but that's how I did it lol
Makes sense that the goodness of the grounds and shells would take a while. It's gotta work it's way in there.
We are going to do no-dig gardening all over our place... tilling destroys the nutrients in the soil i guess.
One of our friends raises goats, and another friends dad has some two year old rotting straw that he needs to get rid of. This will be the foundation for our expanded garden for next year- that we will prepare this year.
Dang, I should have researched more! I just did it like we did when I was a kid. I'm gonna look into that now. It'll sure make it easier to plant if I didn't have to dig!
Yeah, i have a client who does his whole farm no-dig style. He says it decreases his yield slightly, but also greatly decreases the time it takes to farm!
Not to mention, it sounds easier! Digging beds, however much fun it is, is hard lol
Got your SBI shares bought bro :)
Should get you a couple cents extra per main post.