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I'm removing mesh and volcanic gravel from my backyard with the intention to plant crops between the trees. My idea is to push my high density backyard a level further, by not only having trees planting somewhat closer than expected, but to also plant so many crops between trees so that they behave as a cover to prevent erosion, weeds, and actually, provide some vegetables. What problems might I face down the road? submitted by /u/yzT- [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I live in the Czech Republic and we inherited a field in a farming area. In the past few years it was used to farm potatoes and most recently it is used as a field to harvest the grass for hay for some horses. It is has a slight slope. The area has clay soil and it seems quite compacted. The area has very little rainfall and the field is quite dry. There is a well but it hasn't been used in years and I don't think it's in great condition. I want to create a small market farm next year. I was thinking of adding some swales to help with rain capture. The top of the hill has a very small vineyar ..read more

Snow melt usually causes a lot of pooling water, and we’re too far away to pump the water into the river, or into any sewer drains. Is it a good idea to pump the water into a large plastic holding tank, and use it for gardening at a later date? submitted by /u/CaribouNWT [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I’m currently in a frat in college and I want to try my hand at gardening, specially permaculture. We have a TON of grounds and are surrounded by Forrest, so I figured it would be a really fun and lasting project to utilize the land we have. The issue is that over the summer very few brothers will live in house and people are concerned about adding an extra responsibility to the brothers left in charge of grounds (or the garden simply failing due to lack of maintenance). During the school year this will be less of an issue. I’ll be there to take care of it as well as up to 100 other people wh ..read more

https://transformativeadventures.org/2024/04/01/debunking-the-2024-cardboard-sheet-mulching-myth-madness/ This in-depth article looks at all the published critiques of sheet-mulching I could find, and debunks the claims. Because many leading organic farmers and organic orgs recommend sheet-mulching as a good way to REDUCE chemical contamination of soil and food, making these claims without good evidence is highly irresponsible and messes with real people’s lives and real farmers doing great work to be more regenerative. submitted by /u/Transformativemike [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Zone 6a. The seed pods stayed on some branches all over the winter. Do I need to do anything else to them or could I just plant them and expect them to grow? Also the tree is sort of sad looking I know. It's at the end of the property on the stree and there's an electrical wire there so the city randomly sends people out to cut branches down. Also I had no idea that redbuds didn't live all that long (compared to other trees!). I guess I'd like to start seeds from it to continue it on if it ultimately does die. Two of the trunks have been cut back by the city so badly they're basically dead. O ..read more

Hi everyone! I’m working on a university project to design a more sustainable tree guard and I would love to get some input from fellow gardeners. This is mainly for use in revegetation areas, so places out of the way and on rough ground where you might have a crew of volunteers/gardeners plant an area and then possibly not go back for years. In these circumstances, the plastic tree guards that we are used to can create a lot of problems. Workers will need to revisit areas to clean up the guards that have disintegrated, replace them, and add new ones to trees that have outgrown the initial gu ..read more

I have a good friend with 2 acres who homesteads. Unfortunately the property is tick infested to an unholy level. The dad and one kiddo has already had Lyme - the kid was seriously ill. Besides Guinea fowl what would you recommend for knocking back the tick population? ETA: there’s 1/4 acre of the property without trees, the rest of the 2 acres is trees backing onto a swamp and the whole property is surrounded by forest. submitted by /u/SavvyLikeThat [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I need some different tips on how to make sand more fertile, and different perennial plants/trees species that are nitrogen fixing, and good ground cover and edible plants/fruit trees that can take heat and drought. Any feedback would be help. submitted by /u/pvplastkissmaass [visit reddit] [comments ..read more