orchard update

[denito9474]

Comfrey is supposedly a good grass barrier, it stops the runners

[nb160763]

i also do the whole" what shall i do or plant next"

just befor I go to sleep

my wife has said I'm obsessed with gardening.. I just love it...

[jihadacadien]

AHAHAHAHAHAH I'm a garden geek too cuz I think about my garden all the time too, exactly like you described LOL!!!

[1fanger]

Hi Christian. Joe from Pennsylvania, USA here. It seems to me that you are living in a very arid climate, judging from your videos. I think that heavy mulching, possibly using tarpaulins, in the beginning of your springtime, to smother your grasses might do the trick. Let the sun bake the life out of your grass around the trees. Clear or opaque tarps would act like greenhouses, gather the energy of the sun, and just cook those little grass plants in their own juices. What do you think?

Joe

[kokonutbaby1]

Have u seen any of those permaculture/food forest videos on youtu be? It's like a no dig philosophy & it makes great sense that we maybe are messing up natures natural way of layers/life cycles/bacteria, etc. so u just layer cardboard/straw & poke a hole in, plant and push back and/or replace the straw/mulch when u plant/harvest. It also told me I didnt have a grasshopper problem I got a big bird (turkey, duck) deficiency! LOL so I need some free range hopper eaters!!

[kokonutbaby1]

Hi Christian, great video as usual, I agree w/the rest, use that thick cardboard u can get free at any big box (refrigerator, stoves, etc) store & layer it on 2 or 3 panels on top of each other & wet it down good & u could even put that straw u use on top of that.. that should kill that ol' grass. I fight the same battle w/that creeping grass, I hate the stuff! And I bet that plastic tube around the trees would work or netting to keep out the rabbits.

The scourge I battle is grasshoppers,ugh!

[Tossdart]

Christian, good to see you. As you can tell it isn't too warm here. Still I start many trees from seeds, some started indoors & some out. Bing cherry like to be put into a freezer bag in potting soil in crisper, then to a pot then outside. I have only one survived blizzards. As well though I have an aspen that landed in a 4" pot. I left it. This tree now is 14" high & out stripped trees planted at 5 ft! Apples grow straight from core. My point is seeded trees outstrip bought & rabbits.

[kokonutbaby1]

Tossdart, can u add me as a friend so i can ask u something about germinating Bing Cherry trees from seed? It says I can't send u a message unless u add me, Thanks!

[sadia102]

You have put in a lot of hard yakka there. I have been using cardboard and newspaper to help keep down that rotten grass. Seems to be working. I like the squares. Why not? Orchard is looking good. Just planted some more fruit trees myself. Thanks for the vid ...great to hear you laugh.

[Julsinmaine101]

Your a hard worker!Great job~

[legend101zelda]

If the rabbits are trouble again, i think kyan pepper should drive them away, always worked for me. (if i spelt it right...)

[mombo39]

A great way to keep your grass from growing back: lay sheets of cardboard (old cardboard boxes) down and cover with mulch. I have been doing this since the spring and I haven't seen any weeds or grass growing through. I get free mulch from tree cutting services and free boxes from the grocery store. Good Luck and thanks for sharing your experience with us!

[bookhound63]

That's a nice orchard. On your drip system, can you cut the pipe at each tree and splice in more pipe? That way, you wouldn't have to dig the whole thing up.

Also, in your description you mention losing your trees to rabbits.

A family near my house recently put in an orchard. They put a flexible black pipe around the base of each tree. It was about 4-5 inch diameter and 1 1/2 to 2 ft tall. (I don't do metric) I assume it was slit down the side for easy removal. Maybe this would help.

[DizzyGee]

Haha... I do the same thing, i.e., more or less meditating while working and thinking about it in my free time. Right before going to sleep I also make myself a mental "to-do" list for my garden.

Thanks for the update; please keep 'em coming!

[scutter4christ]

It is always so interesting watching your videos. You seem like a nice guy and you always kinda teach something when you make a vid. So just wanted you to know that your efforts are appreciated.

[permacultureli]

imagine a wet dream where you are also watering...why not??...and its ok to experiment, we all have a little picasso, monddrian, miro...in all of us.

You can cover the square with cardboard...it is great.

I am into other things right now...not so much the garden, though its there and i am getting lots of tomatoes..I make gazpacho....mmmm good.

[MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!

[ohhyeahzulu]

it's ok christian, i'm a garden geek too. and i'm sure allot of your subscribers are as well lol

[nikki4612]

I like the square arrangement better. I saw a photo in a decorating magazine once of a beautiful garden at a mansion in Virginia. The back half of the property was an orchard laid out in perfect rows with squares of mulch around each tree equal to the width of the tree and green grass between the grid. Lovely. Thanks for the videos -- Nikki in Ponchatoula Louisiana USA

[kayBTR]

this is so funny to see a third person from south Louisiana watching these videos from Australia. I'm in Baton Rouge and I saw an 'evcrawfish' name on a comment and he was from south La.

[Tidnull]

sheet mulching is a great way to get rid of grass and build the soil!

[GoatHollow]

First comment, Ha! How's the weather down there? Been on chat with Hamish, He says its really been dry.

[theproducegarden]

got rain lately, dams still empty, i think summers gonna be dry again