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RE: Daily update and a repurposing of moles August 8
Yes it does! When I spray it, it kinda washes off down into the bed. I'm not gonna eat it, I'm gonna let the soil here eat it. It'll make better use of the stuff than I will.
Check this stuff out too! It grew up in about five hours while I slept!
And then...
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.