If money wasnt a concern , what is the one daylily you would add and
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add-on garden although small would have rare full sun
Comments (22)I agree with the idea of making a swath of grass/path following your existing shapes, and gardening the rest of the space. I also agree with a brick or stone edging. Both those things worked very well for me. I don't have a sidewalk on the outer edge; my constraint is a deep ditch, which forms the outer limit of the garden space. I like the relatively straight line it makes as the edge. You don't have to do it all at once - start with Yard Advisor's corner bed. Get that set up and planted and keep thinking about the rest. Over the following year - or two or three..., you can gradually extend the corner bed towards the house bed, and along the sidewalk. If you do it gradually, it won't feel like such a big change/lot of work but rather like a natural evolution for the space. That's the way I did mine. Initially, I created a big bed in front and a narrow one along the driveway. A couple of years later, a small one was added behind the driveway border where the driveway curves plus another small bed was added in the N&E corner of the property. After a couple of years it was clear that all of those needed to be made more coherent and connected. So I measured a consistent distance from the edge of the main, large bed to eastablish the ribbon of grassy path that ties it all together. The ditch limited the outer ('moat') bed to a very narrow shape but the brick edge gives it more definition and it all works quite well I think. I think something similar would work well for you as shown in Yard Advisors drawing. Here is a link that might be useful:...See Morehow would one add / help mycorrhizae
Comments (70)PHC, Myco, Soil Secrets LLC, and EctoMycoRUs all have a product to sell. Soil health is where the focus needs to be. I have to think that unless the soil has been sterilized (which folks do and then do go on to produce various crops), then the soil an individual is considering growing a plant in, is acceptable as a starting point, with numerous beneficial microbes contained within it. You could inoculate with earthworms too but after a few years of focused soil correction (balancing nutrition and OM) the earthworms come all by themselves. I don't fully trust any company that stands to make a profit by selling an inoculant that goes in the ground. I do trust the research that shows if you balance your soil's nutrients and contribute a smart ratio of green and brown manures, all the microbes take care of themselves and the soil benefits... If we are all now citing our comments, look to any one of Albrecht's Volume's (I prefer Vol. 7 "Albrecht on Soil Balancing", since he was a little less prone to run on sentences by then) and Hand's On Agronomy by Neal Kinsey. Acres USA website is a good jump off point since they've been working with Neal and Dr. Albrecht for a very long time and coordinated the development of Brookside Laboratories in New Bremen, OH. A company that represents no fertilizers, amendments, or any other products other than knowledge....See MoreWhat would you choose if money was no object
Comments (31)I am afraid that the gigantic French stoves with the enamel and sparklies everywhere are simply too much for me. It would be like having a large, immovable, Faberge' egg in the kitchen. No thanks. If money (and my wife's opinions) were no object, I would extend my kitchen 12' in two directions and switch to commercial gear. I'd have a dough sheeter, a much better ventilation system, walkin cooler and freezer, a commercial range, griddle, deep fryer, salamander, pizza deck, all modified by my engineering team for electronic ignition. I would keep my exact same coffee machine and speed oven and I would hire Nigella Lawson to come be my own personal iron chef judge....See MoreWhat to add into my new Daylily Bed
Comments (7)Sounds like you are adding quite a mixture! You are trying to achieve a soil with a high degree of humus in it. When you compost things to achieve humus, you combine brown organic material with green or nitrogen. The best ratio of these two materials are about 25 browns to 1 nitrogen, by weight. When you prepare your beds, of course you have to use what is available locally. Few of use can afford to truck in large amounts of anything. I like the following ingredients, but will substitute when needed. Use pine bark mulch, cones and bark nuggets. After aging for 6 months or so, they are excellent for browns, keep the beds aerated and retain moisture. Oak leaves are another excellent source for browns. Milorganite is a cheap, excellent source for nitrogen and iron. It's a slow release fertilizer that also prevents lots of pests that want to dig in your nice beds. Alfalfa pellets are another excellent source for nitrogen Both alfalfa and pine have components that promote plant growth. So if I start from scratch, add to a 4" sandy loam bed, 6" of browns and then by weight, add the appropriate amount of nitrogen. Apply a balanced fertilizer, like 10-10-10 to make sure you have adequate P and K. Turn the mixture over several times to make sure everything is combined and keep it moist so composting can take place. After a month of regular watering, you can plant in the bed. I usually work about a cup of milorganite in the mound under each plant. After a season or year, have a soil test performed on the bed and make any adjustments for fertilizing next spring....See More
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