Forest Notes: Nursery Update! (& Irrigation)

Описание: Just a quick glimpse into one of the many projects I'm working on in the background when I'm not sitting on YouTube talking with you guys! :P

Link to full timelapse:    • Reorganizing the Nursery! A Timelapse  

About the space:

The spot in the woods I picked for the "nursery" is about 20x20 feet in size, and was a small open clearing (previously full of discarded trash, mostly carpeting and other flooring materials) and without vegetation for the most part, save for a few briars. So the soil was already pretty dry, dusty, disturbed, and devoid of most visible life (save for some mycelium), which made it the perfect location in my head.

It receives at least 5-6 hours of full sunlight daily when the canopy is filled in with leaves, providing evenly dappled light until early afternoon and then nearly full sun until early evening. It's within 100 feet of a water source in either direction (hose spigot and pond) and protected from the wind on almost all four sides by trees (and the house to some extent on the north side.)

The pathways are currently mulched with a "compost mix" that's predominantly bark fines, and inoculated with Stropharia rugosoannulata (as well as an attempt at our local Cantharellus cibarius.) Due to the nature of the irrigation (360 degree spinning sprinklers with a 4-6 foot radius) I plan on growing cover crops either in the paths or between the pots (or both) and then harvesting soil as needed. May do some of my Korean Natural Farming mixing in here as well for the final stage. (I really need a wood chipper to start working on more fresh mulch!)

This space is full of detritivorous insects who produce a substantial amount of frass and contribute to breaking down substrates both inside of and outside of the containers, as well as frogs, lizards, and snakes who help to keep the insect load in balance and actual pests at bay.

There's a little bit of room to extend the space out in either direction as it grows, but I'd rather maximize the efficiency of the existing space first. :)