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RE: Daily update and a repurposing of moles August 8
You lucky goose!!!
We are looking at 95 degrees today - which is very hot for our area - and rain is not even in the conversation until winter...
Yup, they grow fast - but are breaking down the wood. The turning over trick works well for me, it seems to eliminate the brown dust - and I don't water my mulch LOL
Yeah, California is having a hard time this year. The fires aren't near you, are they?
So I should be turning this over? In this bed I put down compost first, then cardboard, then this 6-8" of mulchy leaf stuff. I water it daily. Should I stop?
Are you gardening in it? Sounds like a lasagne garden? Or are you trying to break it down for planting. Then you probably want to treat it like a compost and keep it at a certain moisture - like a squeezed out sponge ...
Yes, I read a (very little) bit about a lasagna bed and ran with that. It's not growing yet, I kinda wanted to let the good yummy stuff soak in and plant it in the spring.
It's pretty damp in there and I see worms every time I dig a small hole to check. Exciting and encouraging!
This one was my first ever no-dig bed after I learned about them from @brockolopolis and @elfmyselfandi
I'd say it's wetter than a squeezed out sponge, so I'll cut back a bit on the water.