Can folks post pics or videos of their gardens here? Mid summer is when we typically get discouraged because we can't keep up with weeding and I'd like to see whatever other folks gardens look like this time of year. #grownostr #permaculture
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Apart from the garden beds, it's overgrown and unkempt, but coming into spring I'll start bringing it under control. 
Texas, 40% shadecloth, trying to keep things alive :). Tons of 1st year biochar in beds, not enough mulch. 
I'll post mine tomorrow, I have to weed my giant weeds so they don't go to seed but I use them for compost and harvest with a hoe
Sorry it’s not a better picture, but putting kids to bed right now… these are our 4 raised beds for veggies and some herbs 
One of my favorite times of year
Garden 1 of 4.
40. 100 sq ft beds.
Total space about 8500 square feet.
Mostly veggies.
Other 3 gardens are still under construction (permaculture).
Main issue now is keeping up on harvest, processing and watering.
now I grasp the scale of what you’re doing 😂
How do you like the wood chips for your path?
I like them, but the main reason I use them is it leveled out the garden and it really helped out with areas that water gathered in the winter. I no longer have puddle issues. Some spots the chips are a foot deep. It seems to be improving the soil in the paths. Accidentally dropped seed if left alone are growing some decent quality plants.
We don't have a good source of chips. All the tree companies out here seem to use them as Mulch for their other clients. So we're trying out grass paths. Definitely thought covering the beds with rabbit crap would Mulch out the weeds but it totally didn't this year.
Grass or perennial cover crop mix would be great. Mow it every so often shooting the cover crop onto the growing beds effectively fertilizing them. I am going to experiment with that method in another area. No matter what anybody says weeds will always be an issue. There also is no way around hard work. It’s kinda like the sowell quote no solutions only trade offs.
That makes sense. I keep seeing claims of outcompeting weeds, but I haven’t seen a working model.
I think they lessen over time and change as the soil improves. For me spring weeds are more tenacious than summer weeds. It’s like everything they go overboard with their expert claims trying either to sell a product or their services. You know the shill,“ no more pests ever.” “No more weeds.” “The biggest, the best and the most nutrient dense crop ever.”
How about, “get mineral profile balanced, try to improve biological practices and you will be surprised at how successful your garden can be.”
I mean… I do add minerals, but from tiny diluted amounts of sea water like the Koreans do. And I do ferment up some Jadam stuff… use fermented plant juice and water soluble calcium etc etc.!But nothing is making all those buttercups go away 😆 and nothing beats the aged chicken poop 💩
Chicken shit is the shit. Tons of calcium and phosphorus.
What I really wish I could find is a secret Shilajit source in the Olympic mountains. 🏔️
Humic acid, fulvic acid, complete trace mineral profile, aminos, carbs…
But I’m not about to dump the pricy stuff in the dirt.
What are we looking for? Is it just oozing out of rock.
Yep. Black goo that smells like burnt pine trees. And the way you test that it’s the right stuff is that’s its water soluble.
When I’m out looking for mushrooms with the wife she is going to get a kick out of me smelling the rocks.
What I’m baffled by is chaga. I’m not sure if the black mass I see on the Douglas first is just healed over wounds or chaga. I have chewed on some of it, but still uncertain.
I agree on improving the soil to reduce weeds. We fucked up and tried to use the pigs to knock back the weeds... I think it might have worked if I immediately put 6in of compost on the beds, but I'm still learning about all this timing shit.
