GLP Gardeners have begun planning my spring garden using Ollas for irrigation

I usually spray every year with neem, but forgo it this year because I bought some soil from a soil farmer. Had great stuff in it but I think I over watered a few times and washed out the nutrients too fast, killing the microbes.

Thought about ordering the ladybugs but by the time they would have arrived it wouldn’t of mattered. We went to Yellowstone and left them under the care of my near blind father so by the time I got home and noticed the infestation it was beyond the point of no return. Was close to harvest, 3 weeks out.

My indoor was great, but outdoor has such a different turnout, even if it’s the same strain.

Thanks for the other recommendations though, will definitely try the garlic oil in my red chard and kale, damn bunnies love it.

Ok Lancifer. I now have homework! Lol.

The gardening revolution guy is in my neck of the woods. Very cool!

Our beds are 8-12 deep. Not really deep, but I find it is quite sufficient for all of your standard garden plants. We also have a veritably endless supply of manure, so the beds get covered in that, sometimes after it's composted and sometimes straight to the bed to sit and age over the winter.

Last year and the year before, our garden was taken over by bindweed. No fun at all. Have to re-do the entire thing, but have a plan for a chicken moat around it and that should prevent bindweed from creeping in. A reclamation project, if you will. Tried doing other beds scattered about, but it was too chaotic over three acres.

It's going to cost a couple hundred for the weed barrier I need, but it's really not optional. Have beds in the greenhouse and do alright with it, but it can't quite cover all of our needs.

Ok. Off to my homework.

Cool thread, Silver Patriot! Appreciate it!

As long as I planted Kiwi on the garden side of the moat, that should work out well. This bindweed is pretty insane, and the garden spot is the only pretty level and good sun place we have. I was planning on using shade cloth over part of the moat.

I'll watch your video later tonight. Really good info.

Hope everyone has great gardens this year!

Great soil amendment choices. That Azomite is great stuff, are you able to purchase it locally or do you buy it online?

Another rock dust mineral source is Mezotrace, it is sold for animal feed supplementation and human consumption, it seems a little expensive but I've been taking it on and off for a while and I think it's helping my teeth. Now when I buy it I say "it's cheaper than the dentist" and I've noticed it seems to work synergistically with a probiotic. I'm going to step up my consumption of Mezotrace and see what happens.

I have some Azomite that I got for a tree I'm especially fond of. I put some on the roots last fall and I will do it again early this spring.