Back to Eden Method experiment
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Comments (13)Yes, thrips are a problem here. I was tempted to shovel prune my Pristine rose because the thrips attack it mecilessly, and I have never bought any other light colored rose because of them. I'm hoping more pest control will help with the thrip problem; I haven't really actively attacked them in the past, so I need to come up with a good plan. BTW, you all MUST click on the Janet's Planet link above, and see the over 700 pictures of that lady's amazing garden. I looked through photos of every kind of flower imaginable last night, and am so inspired to plant more and more. Her Eden rose is astounding, as are the rest of her roses and every other plant. I have no idea how she has time for anything other than weeding, spraying, and watering 24/7....See MoreBack to Eden
Comments (6)Leekie2ManE, Can you raise rabbits where you live? They are not noisy like chickens and require very little space to exist. The rabbit droppings are excellent for gardens. A worm farm is another way of breaking down the unused greens into compost. If you have the room try using an IBC tote cut in two as the worm bed containers. It makes two 3-1/2' by 4' rectangular worm beds that will keep out the critters that eat your worms. Blue barrels cut in two top to bottom and not across the middle are another way of making worm bed tubs that can be set up on a 2X4 stand you can build and a screen made out of 1/2" rabbit wire for the top lid can be used to keep critters and birds out. The biggest problem I see from people trying to mimic the video process in their garden space is impatience, they expect overnight success. It took years for builders of cities to destroy the land with bulldozers, tar, and concrete and now it will take a few years to bring it back into production. People toss out the unused plant waste (because it's not pretty) instead of returning it back into the soil as compost. The minerals in the tossed out plant waste is not being returned into the soil. Lou...See MoreBack to Eden
Comments (7)I just started to use it Dirtyguy50. Before people go anywhere, they need to look up the word "ramial". Try the big W! Wikipedia. It is, in the end, a tree branch. The smaller, the better. "Composition of RCWE Because they are the most exposed part of the tree to the light, and the most actively growing, young branches (and young trees) used in RCW are from the richest parts of the trees. They contain 75% of the minerals, amino acids, proteins, phytohormones and biological catalysts (enzymes) found in the tree." The above is from Wiki. I live, in Quebec! I know what they wanted, a use for wasted brush. The rest is an accident of science, or research if you will. I am just using tree leaves, weeds, and small branches , the size if a magic marker, no bigger. Most, are just larger than a pencil. It is the leaves really. Why wait until they fall??? Use them right as they get growing nicely. There are over two hundred trees in the yard I am doing this in. My other garden is fine, this is for the one acre of mostly clay wasteland. More later, but think of micro greens, the food. Rather than the sprouts, we eat the greens. More nutrtion. Most small plants that are edible, have higher nutrtion when they are small. Brocolli sprouts are a good example. Sprouted flour is another. Sprouted tree branch salad??? Works for me! The garden loves it! I really liked the BTE movie. A real down to earth man, and though I am not a religeous man, Jesus people are good people in general. Jesus is ok in my books too. : ) I found it after the fact, not before. I was looking up mulching from Ruth Stout when I found it. BTE is better, it is much cleaner. I barely have an inch down, all cut using a clipper, that is it. I am doing it, so I can kill the grass, and do not have to weed. Things are much more fertile as well. I let weeds grow in my garden. They must be good for something. I only pull the big ones, the others feed the soil anyhow. I get very few, because I plant intensely. So carrots, swiss chard, cukes, dill celery, beets, and more, all in one box. About 20 inches wide, by 6 feet long. I have a few on the go. Salad get's a seperate box, only chives, tall marigold, and dill allowed. Nature's bug fighters. Very easy to weed. Just lace the thing with lettuce seeds. The main garden is art! It is an old burned out barn. The old rock foundation remains. I dug most of it out last year. More later, but that garden has always been super rich, and has wood at least two feet deep, still rotting away. Everything grows nice! Except, I got a big tree beside it that should be cut. When it rains, it decimates the plants below it. I am just going to change the crops. I have pet worms. In a worm coop. lol I hate chickens! They stink. Plenty of birds, so why do I need chickens??? The trick is easy. Walk up to tree. No conifers, well, not too many. They do not rot fast enough. I use Manitoba maples a lot. Take pruning clippers, clip. Go to garden. Cut leaves off. Then clip branch. Four square feet takes about an hour and two cups of coffee, and a relaxing chair. Jobs done!!! It took about thre weeks to get those white tree eating worms, and about four weeks to get my first mushroom. It is a mess, but I am sure it will work. Can I post pictures on here? I will show you what I am doing so far. Nice to mett all you gardeners out there!!! P.S. I am a true research man. I really research and then decide. BTE, or wood chips, aka branches, I will call them that, will work. Enough data on it to fill one google cloud!!!...See MoreBack to Eden gardening, anyone ?
Comments (15)Hit submit accidentally. I do have communion with Him in the garden and the flow of awareness and knowledge is very strong.Smoking some God given herb also can magnify the experience and calm the mind to hear His voice.My idea of Eden is all native plants growing where they were meant to grow,feeding and nurishing all the native wildlife they were intended to.This is the perfect rain forest, whether in the Midwest or Southeast, it's the perfect rainforest.Man has made a mess of the natural order of things.Tried to recreate the world in his image.If you were to visit a tropical rainforest you wouldn't want to see it filled with a bunch of alien species from other parts of the world.You would want it to be pristine,untouched, the way God intended.So why not take the same approach to our own yards.You will have a clean heart which will make you more open to hearing His voice.His life flows through all living things and you can feel it also inside all the beautiful plants if you really desire to.The insects,the birds,all this life in the garden connected,wow, how amazing!...See Morelucillle
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