I do not intend to disagree w/ you and realize there are exceptions to every rule. W/ that said, this pomegranate has been in my daddy's back yard for at least 25 years. I live right beside him, and you know where I live:
For those of y'all in the Conyers area, there is a backyard nursery that we visit every few years. We had pear and plum trees that started producing on the second year after planting. Of course that means they were a few years old at purchase. But she is cheap and you will leave w/ free...
We put together a few potato beds yesterday using pallets. Pallets cut in half for 3 sides and 1 full pallet for back. I have been tasked to cut old fencing boards for other raised bed gardens, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
The girlfriend did a video of the woodchip mountain for our farm YouTube page:
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Yes sir. You have to plant "nitrogen fixer" plants such as bean or clover as companion plants. You also plant below the layer of deep chips into the earth beneath.
We are in the process of doing a "Back to Eden" style orchard in the front woods. I have moved a few hundred bucket loads of wood chips for that. I have done a wood chip border down the fence on the property line to control the underbrush that can't be mowed. I have dumped wood chips in duck...
We finally got on the "list". They have dumped over 100 loads. I have moved tons of wood chips and still have a pile that is 15' wide x 100' long. I will never need wood chips again. Finally had to cancel them as I ran out of yard to pile it in.
They all promise to drop it off when in our area, but drive right on past. We got so much last year that we almost ran out of yard to keep it, but have used it all.
We have practically been begging all spring/summer to have wood chips dumped at the house. I don't know what the tree companies are doing w/ them, but we haven't gotten a load yet.
I am planning to just keep adding to. Research Hugelkultur (https://www.google.com/search?q=hugelkultur&oq=huglekul&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.5241j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) and this is my attempt. Not making the raised beds yet, but getting the compost/dirt ready for them.
I have a huge pile of manure and hay that I am composting now. I throw on food scraps (vegetable), egg shells, coffee grounds and intend on putting the grass clippings from mowing the yard this weekend. I use the tractor to turn it the best that I can every other weekend. I do not water it as...