First vegetable garden and first vegetable garden of the Lazy in the Allier
published: 24/03/21, 14:22
Hello everyone,
Small presentation station to explain our project (we are a couple) and the logbook of our vegetable garden (first time for me, Thibaut, 30 years old).
Ground:
* 2000 m2 around a pretty stone bourbonnaise, quite wooded with fruit trees, deciduous trees, a large pine (sick ...) and a weeping willow.
* (Very?) Clayey earth (I have not yet had the earth analyzed ...), which retains a lot of water (this winter the water filled the holes of old stumps and took several days to infiltrate) . Land never cultivated, so the advantage of starting from scratch with rich soil, but with the disadvantage of having well-rooted weeds (large clods of hair in particular) and very compact soil.
* Lots of earthenware! Even before a blanket was put in place, you could already see a lot of castings.
* Presence of a lot of '' wild '' biodiversity with different flowers, chives, daffodils ... Scattered on the ground.
Vegetable garden:
* At the moment about 150 m2. Installation in the fall of a cover without tillage with a layer of dead leaves (about 15cm) + woven tarpaulin in a roll. Some parts were only covered with dead leaves. Indeed, I discovered the Potager du Laesseux only two weeks ago ...
* For two weeks therefore, setting up gradually a thick layer of hay above the dead leaves.
* Desires to sow and plant all kinds of fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, parsnips, cabbage, leeks, squash, as well as legumes, edible flowers, honey flowers.
My thoughts and questions:
I have finished the first volume of the PP, and am short of the second. I also take the time to look at all the information contained in the videos on Youtube.
We are fortunate to have a neighbor producing hay, in bales and round bales, we favor the short circuit.
I have a few questions, and I would be delighted to receive help from the various Internet users ...
* Concerning the non-working of the earth as well as its warming for a clay soil ... Didier evokes the possibility of removing the hay so that the earth warms up as well as a possible passage of grelinette in the second volume. Can I do it in this order ?:
1) Spread the hay for a few days in good weather so that the earth warms up (a few days? A few weeks?)
2) Passage of the grelinette in length and width to `` aerate '' the soil
3) Remove most of the weeds that are still present even after the fall cover
4) Put back the hay and start sowing and planting directly in this soil
* Regarding surface composting, can I put kitchen waste under the hay, on the surface? Or should they be put on the hay?
* When do we know when to add a layer of hay? Every 6 months? Or every season?
* I already see traces and galleries of voles in and under my cover of dead leaves and hay ... Do you know if the technique of the rod and the bottle to make noise is really effective? And that of the crushed garlic in the galleries? I prefer to start warning before installing all my plants ...
Thank you very much to all those who will take the time to read us and / or advise us.
We are in a process of preserving biodiversity as well as soil aggregation, and it is with immense pleasure that we discovered this `` technique '' as well as the content of Didier and all those promoting this type. of culture.
Looking forward to chat with you.
Thibaut
Small presentation station to explain our project (we are a couple) and the logbook of our vegetable garden (first time for me, Thibaut, 30 years old).
Ground:
* 2000 m2 around a pretty stone bourbonnaise, quite wooded with fruit trees, deciduous trees, a large pine (sick ...) and a weeping willow.
* (Very?) Clayey earth (I have not yet had the earth analyzed ...), which retains a lot of water (this winter the water filled the holes of old stumps and took several days to infiltrate) . Land never cultivated, so the advantage of starting from scratch with rich soil, but with the disadvantage of having well-rooted weeds (large clods of hair in particular) and very compact soil.
* Lots of earthenware! Even before a blanket was put in place, you could already see a lot of castings.
* Presence of a lot of '' wild '' biodiversity with different flowers, chives, daffodils ... Scattered on the ground.
Vegetable garden:
* At the moment about 150 m2. Installation in the fall of a cover without tillage with a layer of dead leaves (about 15cm) + woven tarpaulin in a roll. Some parts were only covered with dead leaves. Indeed, I discovered the Potager du Laesseux only two weeks ago ...
* For two weeks therefore, setting up gradually a thick layer of hay above the dead leaves.
* Desires to sow and plant all kinds of fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, parsnips, cabbage, leeks, squash, as well as legumes, edible flowers, honey flowers.
My thoughts and questions:
I have finished the first volume of the PP, and am short of the second. I also take the time to look at all the information contained in the videos on Youtube.
We are fortunate to have a neighbor producing hay, in bales and round bales, we favor the short circuit.
I have a few questions, and I would be delighted to receive help from the various Internet users ...
* Concerning the non-working of the earth as well as its warming for a clay soil ... Didier evokes the possibility of removing the hay so that the earth warms up as well as a possible passage of grelinette in the second volume. Can I do it in this order ?:
1) Spread the hay for a few days in good weather so that the earth warms up (a few days? A few weeks?)
2) Passage of the grelinette in length and width to `` aerate '' the soil
3) Remove most of the weeds that are still present even after the fall cover
4) Put back the hay and start sowing and planting directly in this soil
* Regarding surface composting, can I put kitchen waste under the hay, on the surface? Or should they be put on the hay?
* When do we know when to add a layer of hay? Every 6 months? Or every season?
* I already see traces and galleries of voles in and under my cover of dead leaves and hay ... Do you know if the technique of the rod and the bottle to make noise is really effective? And that of the crushed garlic in the galleries? I prefer to start warning before installing all my plants ...
Thank you very much to all those who will take the time to read us and / or advise us.
We are in a process of preserving biodiversity as well as soil aggregation, and it is with immense pleasure that we discovered this `` technique '' as well as the content of Didier and all those promoting this type. of culture.
Looking forward to chat with you.
Thibaut