Gary Pilarchik: 3 Tips to Build Garden Soil Easily Over the Fall & Winter (Compost, Alfalfa, Wood Ash, & Mulch)

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   @jerrylawrence7478 11 months ago

   Thanks for your tips!

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   @THERUSTEDGARDEN 11 months ago

   Thanks so much for your support! Cheers & Thanks, Gary!
   
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   @chandrikatilwalli4741 11 months ago

   Thank you Gary! Very good info for beginners and all gardeners.

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   @lorrainedurgee1761 11 months ago

   Step by step on how to prepare my veggie & flower beds for winter is fantastic – that’s what all of us needs —love this show & tell — thanks u..

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   @terrypayne8953 11 months ago

   Thanks for the info

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   @rockyusa2012 11 months ago

   Great tips. I have not tried alfalfa pellets before.

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   @jaytoney3007 11 months ago

   Hi Gary. Frost tonight here in Sylacauga Alabama. It is forecasted to be 31F tonight. I did a big pepper harvest yesterday, but not a clean up harvest. II am still hoping for two or three more weeks of life from them. Either they will be wlting and I'll be doing a final harvest, or they will survive. They are in GreenStalk towers, so there is biomass that will provide some warmth for them. If they don't surviive, I have plenty of diced peppers to make salsa, and use throughout the year.
   The rest of my garden is doing very well, growing parsnips, carrots, beets, turnips, red cabbbage, Dutch Cabbage, Swis Chard, Komatsuna, Tatsoi, Yellow Heart Winter Choy, Nappa Cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and Pak Choy. In my herb garden, the peppermint, spearmint, oregano, chicory, rosemary, parsley, and comfrey are thrivng. The basil is near its end, but will probably survive the first frost. I'm using ten of sixteen raised beds for my fall garden. In the winter, that number will increase to fifteen, and sixteen in the spriing.
   Next year, I am going to switch over from growng potatoes to sweet potatoes. The climate in my area is better for them. Parsnips and ground cherres were my expertiments this year. I have to think of something else to experiment with for next year's garden. I am goiing to try some new varieties of zucchini, particularly the round zucchini, but I need something else, not exotic, and it has to be tasty. I hate it when my experiiments don't taste good.

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   @spacesignals 11 months ago

   Excellent metrics thankyou 😉

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   @trishbishop3923 11 months ago

   Gary, is it bad to amend beds like you’ve shown AND THEN cover with a tarp? I’m a bit concerned because I have outdoor cats and they do enjoy an empty garden bed for their bathroom. Sigh.

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    @francaughlan4424 11 months ago

    I’m planting a Fall/Winter garden… so this doesn’t work for me.

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    @stephenmoberg8807 11 months ago

    Hi Gary – your alfalfa and wood pellet compost combo is the bomb! Ready in 2 months – thanks for your imput- Steve zone 6 b