When it comes to soil amendments, there is an endless supply of information on the Internet. But not all so amendments are good for your soils and this is particularly true for some of the more exotic ones. This gardening in Canada video goes over exactly why you may want to skip these three soil amendments for your garden soil
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Ashley has had a passion for plants since she was a small child. In the long summers as a child, she would garden alongside her grandmother and it was then that she realized her love for greenery. With years of great studying, Ashley had begun her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan.
At first, her second love, animals, was the career path she chose but while doing her undergrad she realized that her education would take her elsewhere. And with that, four years later she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor’s degree in science and a major in Soil Science.
Some of Ashley’s interests are YouTube, in which she posts informative videos about plants and gardening. The focus of Ashley’s YouTube channel is to bring science to gardening in a way that is informative but also helpful to others learning to garden. She also talks about the importance of having your own garden and the joys of gardening indoors. Ashley continues to study plants in her free time and hopes to expand her YouTube channel as well as her reach to up-and-coming gardeners.
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GIC Crew! What videos are we wanting to see this next bit?
Also sorry for the audio… the amount of wind here is next level 😅
I love the intro! “I broke the law.. does that shock you”… 😂
Do you have an opinion on using Vinegar to kill Canadian Thistle in raised beds ? Digging up and replacing many cubic ft of good soil is not that appealing to me. Thx
Going to watch this a few times. About to clean cow and chicken pens.
Thank you Strength and love.
I was arrested this summer cuz my chickens got out. Booked, locked up. Lol
Too wordy!
feeling very included this time since you didn't say this is just for cold weather gardeners lol
Can you comment on NC Helene toxic mud on homesteads? Radioactive? Plastuc toxins? Sewage? Death? Disease? .
That eye candy is very distracting. What were you saying about something or other?!
Dose adding baking soda help fix the soil with chocole ash .?
Good morning. It should be clear, however, what the difference is between fertilizers and amendments. Somehow in your videos these two aspects are mixed. It is rather a mess of the soil here than a science. Are you usually high?
Excellent video, as usual. Gardening here in Medicine Hat has been challenging for many reasons, and soil quality is just a small part. I grow peppers which are big magnesium users, but instead of adding Magnesium Sulphate (epsom salt for us laymen) i just spray it on the the leaves. Works a treat for peppers, tomates, and roses! Probably a few others, too, but mostly my peppers.
I bought bags of "black earth" at our local home hardware this summer. I've bought it before and no issue. This time it smelled really bad, and what surprised me is the lettuce I grew in it was inedible and tasted like the soil smelled. So I read the bag… And apparently it now contains community green bin material…. Sounds good until you realize that animal waste is put in it. Guess it wasn't fully composted? I'll never buy it again. QUESTION: is it safe? How long will it take to break down? 👍🇨🇦😊🙏🍎
Would pelletized chicken manure also be a “no” because of uric acid?
Thank you for your videos especially then about fungus in the soil…I have thrown away many plants thinking that they were sick or change the soil. Now I take my fork like a the mermaid 🧜♀️
Yeah..i buy bags of manure and let it sit about a year..learned that the hard way
Hi Ash, question: if I apply urea in the fall (November) to my vegetable garden beds will the nitrogen still be present in the spring ? I practice no dig and reason that it may help decompose the build up of organic matter … please comment- thanks
8 always use rabbit or sheep manure and never had a problem. Never knew about the composted.. the rabbit I put in my compost and sheep I buy so will smell from now on
Great video ! Funny and informative ❤
Zinc–A zinc watering can
Iron- A bucket of rusty nails- broken iron
Copper – a copper watering can
Copper+zinc – a brass watering can
Silver – a coin in the watering can or old silver utensil
I know this may be a silly question about manure of all things but, as rabbit manure is one of the rare( Idon't know any others) manures to be considered cold and good to be added fresh to soils, is that a exception?
I always check out your videos and often learn something beneficial and helpful in my own gardens and landscaping. But for the male viewers, tell us about the white car in the background. Thanks for the knowledge.
Picked up some contaminated soil from a neighbor a couple years ago, flowers did not mind, but the cucumbers and peas did nada.
Make my own hot compost, leaf mold and worm castings, do not trust anything from big box stores or even nurseries.
Enjoy your videos, Stay Well!!!
I was going to ask about the compost minion lol
the one time where micronutrients CAN be beneficial is in POTTING MIX!
Biohazards are also something to keep in mind when applying (fresh) manure. From pathogenic enterobacteria to all kinds of parasites. 🦠
I wish I had my own "Compost Bitch" like you have, Ashley. 😄
What about rabbit manure from your own rabbits? Is there any concerns using that?
Your city may say no chickens, but do they have a prohibition on quail? My city also prohibits chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys but because of the wording on the statute, other unlisted birds are not prohibited.
Wow 😳 this has convinced me to start testing my soil. Thanks for sharing!
This explains my teeny fruit n veggies oh yes it sure does
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Man you are too much in love with the sound of your own voice!!!
What are your thoughts on vermi compost &/or worm castings tea? I have some UGLY clay soil that I have been trying to amend for 40 years
Soil nerd master class. "Pfft. I'll have chickens. Screw you toontown officials, im a badass gardening YouTuber! I'm almost above the law!!"
Frikken awesome! 😂
So no more sprinkling a wee bit of hen manure in my planters every few weeks to keep the squirrels from digging 🙁
Maybe think about coturnix quail if you still want birds! We have 5 stealth quail on our terrace balcony 👀 very quite, much less space, and very cute. A bit more work in terms of feeding, they only produce small eggs, and don't live as long, but they're a wonderful animal and I've found them to be a really nice alternative for more limited conditions (but I'll get chickens as soon as I can, don't get me wrong 😅)
Did you say you were in Calgary and hence the wind? That wouldn't surprise anyone who knows southern AB for its wind.
I have a deep compost floor in my one chicken coup, I used the once a year cleanup to make a no-till bed … it should be composted enough by the time I use it next spring. I put small wood chips, leaves and fir needles on the floor so a good mix of organics.
The other coup has a wooden floor 🙁 it sucks to clean BUT wood pellets for pellet stove works great with needles shavings and wood chips — it takes longer to break down perhaps because it's to connected to the earth.
All of my "weeds" plantain all over my property and lawn have been speckled with white or completely covered… was a dry summer… nothing else in the lawn had that on them. Any idea what it is and why it would target plantain? Probably happened because I was thinking about harvesting some and drying it for my apothecary 🤦🏻♀️. Darn old Murphy! 😂 but seriously though, any thoughts from anyone would be lovely, I thank you in advance.
I am used to dealing with allelopathy around our yard. We have a large amount of garlic mustard in our area. If I want my garden to do well I've got to be on top of removing all garlic mustard I find in the raised beds. I leave many of the other weeds to help the soil microbes multiply. Our homemade compost with composted chicken manure, leaves, and charcoal are part of our gardens regular diet.
would this cautionary practice apply to orchards as well, for top dressing trees?
Turfgrass Epistomology has announced he will say things about your liquid aeration from 3 years ago.
Please please be in the chat when he is live.
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that overt vocal fry is career ending.