A vegetable lazy Sarthe
published: 15/11/16, 11:08
Hello everybody
I decided to share some photos of my garden, in order to get in touch with possible lazy gardeners Sarthe, and to share some experiences.
Before starting the lazy garden:
First here is what the garden looked like last summer (July 2016), before I discovered the videos of Didier. First year of installation, with already some mulching tests, at some places insufficient (I realize now):
Most boards were prepared with the grelinette, then covered with straw, leaves and a few thin layers of grass clippings. When the seedlings were set up, I spread the mulch, but did not necessarily postpone it later, which made me grass quite quickly.
We can see at the bottom a board of wheat, which found grass very quickly (I will come back later, for a test of wheat lazy).
So I made a small reserve of hay (small boots of 20 kilos bought on the right corner) to set up in the month of October.
Precision: I do not own this land or tenant: I use it until the day it will be sold for land to build.
First observation:
probably first an insufficient layer (~ 10 cm), but a line of small carrots covered pierced the hay:
So, I added a new layer of hay, preserving this line of carrot
Experience of lazy wheat:
This is how I proceeded this year, hoping to have less grass on my wheat:
beginning the 15 October, instead of this board, there was a hedge / shrub, shaved by the owner of the field, so a lot of roots, never worked.
Starting place:
I just cleared the leaves so that my wheat grains are in direct contact with the soil (no tillage):
Wheat sown on the fly:
then covered with hay (about 5 cm):
at October 30, wheat begins to pierce the hay:
at November 10:
Stay tuned ...
That's it, I'll be curious to test other methods or get feedback, also aware that it does not necessarily make economic sense to mulch with hay to grow cereals. (It is also necessary to think about the harvest, but at home it is especially for the pleasure).
To see if some have already tested the Fukuoka-Bonfils method (with blanket of white clover) detailed here:
https://jardinons.wordpress.com/2013/01 ... a-bonfils/
Good day to all
I decided to share some photos of my garden, in order to get in touch with possible lazy gardeners Sarthe, and to share some experiences.
Before starting the lazy garden:
First here is what the garden looked like last summer (July 2016), before I discovered the videos of Didier. First year of installation, with already some mulching tests, at some places insufficient (I realize now):
Most boards were prepared with the grelinette, then covered with straw, leaves and a few thin layers of grass clippings. When the seedlings were set up, I spread the mulch, but did not necessarily postpone it later, which made me grass quite quickly.
We can see at the bottom a board of wheat, which found grass very quickly (I will come back later, for a test of wheat lazy).
So I made a small reserve of hay (small boots of 20 kilos bought on the right corner) to set up in the month of October.
Precision: I do not own this land or tenant: I use it until the day it will be sold for land to build.
First observation:
probably first an insufficient layer (~ 10 cm), but a line of small carrots covered pierced the hay:
So, I added a new layer of hay, preserving this line of carrot
Experience of lazy wheat:
This is how I proceeded this year, hoping to have less grass on my wheat:
beginning the 15 October, instead of this board, there was a hedge / shrub, shaved by the owner of the field, so a lot of roots, never worked.
Starting place:
I just cleared the leaves so that my wheat grains are in direct contact with the soil (no tillage):
Wheat sown on the fly:
then covered with hay (about 5 cm):
at October 30, wheat begins to pierce the hay:
at November 10:
Stay tuned ...
That's it, I'll be curious to test other methods or get feedback, also aware that it does not necessarily make economic sense to mulch with hay to grow cereals. (It is also necessary to think about the harvest, but at home it is especially for the pleasure).
To see if some have already tested the Fukuoka-Bonfils method (with blanket of white clover) detailed here:
https://jardinons.wordpress.com/2013/01 ... a-bonfils/
Good day to all