I Built 12 Inches of Rich Soil Using Woodchips

Описание: Sometimes we start out with a garden ecosystem that is so depleted, importing fertility is the best option to kick-start the cycling of nutrients and fertility that will eventually be self-sustaining and form a closed loop.

My topsoil was nonexistent when we bought this house. It was sod laid on top of a straight, 100% clay subsoil riddled with large river/glacial rock deposits. There simply wasn't enough biomass on site initially, and so I have been importing free woody debris (a waste product from tree trimming) for over a decade to help build a thick, fertile foot of humus, rich with fungal and invertebrate life. Here's a look at how that process has worked for me, and how I inevitably need to move biomass around my property to tweak my design and improve fertility around my fruit guilds.

I apologize in advice for the sound quality on this video. I didn't have a camera stand with me and was covered in soil from working, so I just filmed holding my phone, and for part of the video, the audio is muffled. And then the wind kicked up, so for part of the video there is wind noise. I hope the concept demonstrated here is helpful to you, even if the sound isn't perfect!

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