I'm finally back Steemit! I've been super busy on the homestead and I'm excited to show you all some of what I've been up to.
Expanding into the Forest
I've been working hard at clearing a 40 x 60 garden plot that was primarily occupied by large pine trees. Throughout the years we've used this area as "dump" for all of the brush, logs, and saplings we've cut to open up our front yard. Along with all of this littered throughout the area, there were large stumps and large pine trees that needed to be cut and cleared. This, along with all my other additions and projects, has been the most ambitious endeavor we've taken on since we began homesteading. In this first part of the series, I'll walk you through how we cleaned and cleared the area with just our muscle, blood, sweat, and tears, an axe and a chainsaw.
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Thanks! I pretty much live on a 200 foot sand dune. I have some bottom land that is silty sand and wet, but no clay anywhere. I’ve actually come to prefer sand, even raw sand over any other soil type. Perhaps it’s just because I’ve worked with it so much i know it so well. But I can plant earlier, and I never have any compaction. I can dig super easily, and it responds miraculously to organic matter. All my perennials love it, and most fruit and nut trees prefer it. Fertility issues with sandy soil, I haven’t experienced. The biggest downside I’ve experienced is how fast it dries out. With sandy soil mulching and no till is 100% a must. My soil is rich with mycorrhizal fungi from the forests, which they recently discovered mines sand for minerals.
With all that said, I plan on adding a lot of biochar and maybe some compost to the new area to help with water storage. Most places in this area only have an inch or so of topsoil. I’ll probably focus on legumes and biomass crops this year as well. But nightshades seem to love sand with a periodical urine boost 😜
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