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Very cool seeing someone else on HN take on restoring their backyard soil. I've been at it for two years in my quarter acre plot and the results are starting to
by dsaavy 5y ago
Very cool seeing someone else on HN take on restoring their backyard soil. I've been at it for two years in my quarter acre plot and the results are starting to show, so keep at it! Very interested in your bootcamp link so thanks for posting that.
Personal tangent: The property I have was a typical Roundup maintained monoculture lawn without any insect diversity, bees, etc. Now it's teeming with all types of insects and different native species that have re-established themselves and I've been able to use about half of the property for fruit and vegetable production. It's awesome to see the progress that's possible even in such a short time.
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoJust bought a house surrounded by mostly lawn. I’m starting by sheet mulching my lawn with cardboard covered by a thick layer of wood chips. Hopefully the underlayer will be ready for planting next spring. Going to fill in between the food plants with clover, sweet peas, and lupine for nitrogen fixing. I’m looking forward to the transformation.
- dsaavy 5y agoThat sounds awesome. Best of luck. You might have heard of this already, but for anyone else who might come across this comment, there's a site called https://getchipdrop.com/ https://getchipdrop.com/ where you can sign up to get a free truckload of wood chips from arborists that just did work nearby. Just beware that you can get a TON of chips dropped off so be ready to move all that matter lol.
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoYes! Highly recommended. Took about two days for a load to show up, then the guy asked if I would like a free load of firewood too.
- songzme 5y agojust tried it out in Santa Clara and found a neighbor giving it out 10 mins walk away from my house. Really cool, thanks!