#YellowRattle is used proactively to create & restore wildflower meadows, where it aids #biodiversity by suppressing dominant grasses & recycling of #soil nutrients. This improves chances of other species of wildflowers becoming established.
This is one of the best #NoTill#plants to sow if you're into #rewilding projects at your home & around your community. It's really easy to get yellow rattles established & an excellent choice if you're unable or don't want to till any topsoil. Scatter seeds across mowed lawn & water once - nature will help with the rest. It doesn't require good soil. You can tap a few seeds in the wild in late Summer to start your meadow rewilding. Seed pods are silver gray & sound like a rattle.
The #project will include a number of activities, such as the possible #reintroduction of lost wildlife like butterflies, rare #plants & beavers & the moving of #funghi to restore #soil.
This is a very good question thank you for asking it.
I have always noticed that when I add a mix of native soil to my piles they tend to decompose better, probably because of all of the microbes and bacteria that are in the topsoil.
I like to put a ratio of 1/10 of native soil in the middle of the pile.
Meet the woman turning Yellowknife's fish waste into gardening gold
Karine Gignac expects to start selling compost made of fish scraps, grain and wood chips this month
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In the future, Gignac envisions playing with different compost recipes, processing other animal carcasses, and extracting gasses from the composting process for electricity generation. She also wants to try using compost to remediate soil." #News#Gardening#Soil
If you plant a tree every day, in a lifetime you will plant a forest.
Our habits make us, #composting is a very rewarding habit, if you do it every day, in a matter of years you will be able to fix your topsoil, #GrowYourOwn plants, and create abundance.
You will also do your part in putting the carbon back into the #soil and help balance the #climate.
I don't have a lot of space, but I've planted 2, plus am tending 2 others who went ahead & planted themselves. 😀 It's their world, after all. I am simply their minion. 🤣 I also have a bush who thinks they're a tree.
@compost I'm so proud of this little guy. Most of the good trees have been cut for construction, and the large hardwoods are a scary thin line. Maybe I can slowly stretch this into a forest that doesn't look like it will tip over
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The first sign of spring in an unintentional garden the past three years- daikon radish sprouts. We scattered seeds as a soil booster and I discovered that I don't much care for the radish part, but the greens and seed pods are really tasty and make a great salad. #Spring#Soil#Gardening
Yes, I grow beets for the greens. I have some sweet pickled beets in the cubbard, but nobody but me really likes them here. So we don't serve them very often. Everyone likes the sauteed greens though. So I grow beets to harvest the large leaves all summer.