October 2023 - Bite Sized Gardening

How To Recycle Compost For Seed Sowing

On October 27, 2023 By Stefan Drew

Compost

Can We Recycle Compost For Seed Sowing? Here’s How I Do It And How I Feed The Seedlings If The Compost Is Nutrient Depleted. There’s no need to buy new compost every time we want to sow seeds or grow more plants.… More Leave a comment

The Secret Language of Trees

On October 27, 2023 By Stefan Drew

Tree

What Is The Secret Language of Trees? How Do They Communicate With One Another and Why? The following YouTube video explains the secret language of trees far better than I ever could and I recommend watching it if you want to understand trees and other plants.… More 2 responses

Do Plant Teas Work? Do Compost Teas Work?

On October 23, 2023 By Stefan Drew

How To Dig For Victory

Does Nettle, Comfrey OR Weed Tea Work? People Claim They Are A Great Fertiliser But What Does Science Say? Are They Myth Or Magic? More Below People make many claims about plant based teas. They claim they add nutrients to the soil and that when used as a foliar spray it combats pathogens.… More Leave a comment

Companion Planting: Facts & Myths

On October 19, 2023 By Stefan Drew

How To Dig For Victory

Companion Planting Ideas Have Been Around For Centuries, But Do They Work, What Does Science & Experience Tell Us? The move to cut out the use of harmful pesticides in gardens and allotments has encouraged many people to investigate companion planting and the internet is full of companion planting charts, articles, videos and suggestions that many of us want to believe.… More Leave a comment

Life Of Forest Fungi

On October 17, 2023 By Stefan Drew

How To Dig For Victory

The Following Life Of The Forest Fungi Video Was Filmed In Poland So Starts With European Bison Grazing Amongst The Trees. But The Basic Principles Of Forest Fungi Are Sound Across Europe And Beyond. Forest floor fungi For educational purposes below the video is an approximate rendition of the video script.… More Leave a comment

Leaky Dams aka Porous Check Dams

On October 15, 2023 By Stefan Drew

Techniques

Leaky Dams Are A Feature Of An Increasing Number Of UK Water Catchments, & Here Is Australia’s Answer To Erosion Control In the West Country, we are well aware of how leaky dams can help control erosion, rainwater run off and inadvertant nutrient enrichment of water catchments.… More Leave a comment

6 Soil Erosion Control Techniques From the Caribbean

On October 13, 2023 By Stefan Drew

How To Dig For Victory

Soil Erosion Control & Hillside Garden Terracing For Trees, Food Forests & Crops Are All Included In the Short, Informative & Amusing Video. The following video is a masterpiece and quickly demonstrates a host of techniques. It starts by introducing the A frame, then shows how an A frame can be used to mark contours.… More Leave a comment