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RE: How I Made 14, Four Foot By 12 Foot Garden Beds & Planted A Few Hundred Radish And Beet Seeds
Awesome! I wish I had soil lol... I am doing my roots in bales this year I had talked to someone and they said they had great success with them... I'm giving it a go....
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This is what I'm up against... and to top it off I'm on top of a ridge, so heavy rain = god soil goes into the hallow...
Thank you!! Are you able to put in a swale or some sort of burm to stop the good soil from washing away?
I have tried everything. I am now doing straw bale and Huglekultr as a water catch and mitigation. So far so good, but it will take me 2-5 years to build up enough to grow shallow. Ieven dug and cleaned the rocks from the top 6" (the big ones) but since there is so much clay it is next to impossible to keep it black. I can also get wood chips from the local dump for free which I use a lot of. It has been a huge learning experience since I have moved here.
It sounds like you've got some really good ideas. Just keep your head up and keep trying. Another suggestion that you just mentioned was hugelkultur Mounds. You can build those right on top of your rock
Yep! And in doing so I am adding tons of organic matter to the walkways as well, since it is a messy job :)
Looks great!