Almost Completed 4 ft x 6 ft Raised Bed SFG Garden and Testing your Soil and Water

[uberthawk]

earth worms need a place to hide when the ground is to saturated. add sum cardboard under the mulch to allow the worms to hide from the birds or if you use flat decorative rocks/pavers....another note on the copper run 2 parellel copper lines as opposed 2 1flat strip...the 2 lines hold a magnetic current when breached by a conductor, i.e. snail/slug they get a electrical shock.;) dont think when the copper ages and the oils dry up that the copper will prevent snails...unless u oil the copper

[MrSybertek]

The epsoma is really good. I have used it now all year and my veggies are growing awesome. I had a spring garden and now I did a fall garden and all is very good. Use what you bought and also get the Epsoma that is just like you got but in a brown and white bag. It has all the mycorzial and even more microbes. I use both along with a scoop of bone meal when putting the plant in the ground. I grow all mine from seed and within 3 weeks my plants always go over a foot, better than store bought.

[zekehooper]

for the calsium use egg shells. I know you may not eat eggs but I bet you could find some one who does.

[zekehooper]

John, in all the vids I haven't seen you useing any mulch on top of the beds? Is there a reasion why? Wouldn't mulch help with the water evaperation?

[leasmom96]

Rabbit manure and worm casings will help you.

[ursushoribilisron]

Dont buy anything or spend any money.

Offer to collect the used coffee grounds from all those espresso stands.

The grounds top dressed on your beds will increase acidity.

Good luck. I like your videos

[growingyourgreens]

I did read something about coffee grounds not being optimal for some reason, and caused extra disease(?) in some plants. I will have to relook into this... I will start to experiment in a small area with some Coffee Grounds.

[2008Raw2008]

got enough happy worms in the soil?

[growingyourgreens]

oh yeah, I got worms everywhere. Its sad when it rains, the worms come out, and the birds have a field day.

[zipopower]

If you are composting arent you getting the nutrients you need?

[growingyourgreens]

I would hope so... but compost quality can vary widely. If the nutrients are not in the items you are composting, they are probably not in the finished compost. I believe the top soils are devoid of minerals, so I believe minimallly adding minerals is very important.

[Necrowitch]

hrmm, maybe if i ever get serious about gardening, I'll test my soil too! =^-^=

[Food4Health1Spirit]

I thought that gypsum would raise soil pH, since calcium is an alkaline mineral, but I read that gypsum is neutral and can be applied to alkaline soils to move the pH toward neutral.

Coffee grounds contain nitrogen and can acidify the soil.

I heard of people using diluted sea water as fertilizer or keltic sea salt.

I think kelp of other seaweed would be a good way to supplement trace minerals from the sea to the compost.

[Food4Health1Spirit]

Volcanic minerals are also said to help improve fertility. Basalt meal.

Wood ash gives some fast acting nutrients, like potassium.

Chicken manure would be good for nitrogen.

Seabird guano gives nitrogen and phosphorus.

[civildisorder44]

Always great stuff, man.

I look forward to your videos

[KoryN38]

Nice video thanks for the info. One thing though. You might ask the other person with you to not make any noise for the few minutes that your filming. The back ground noise was distracting.

[loui0008]

what noise?

[jihadacadien]

I can't give you much help...I'm just in the stage of building my gardens....but I'll sure check up the info people will leave ;)