Post by jack on May 2, 2012 16:02:18 GMT -6
Gidday
I am very openly admitting that I am an untidy gardener. I do it as a deliberate policy because I have always noticed that nature is also very untidy and just drops it's litter wherever it falls or blows and I try to garden as naturally as possible.
Like when I pick my veges for my evening dinner I simply cut the, say cabbage that I want and trimm off all the outside leaves and let them lay and when I pull my carrots I rip the tops off and let them drop to whence they came.
O.K. I know I could put them into the compost but my argument is that nature does not like bare soil. Besides, I know I can make good compost but no way can I make it as good as the Good Lord can and He makes his compost on the surface of the soil by using worms, fungi and bacteria from the soil and the result is a much healthier soil. And another advantage is that the slash from the veges also works as a mulch to suppress weeds.
I am lazy yes, and when it comes to weeds I don't attack them as often as I should but once again I only cut them off and let them lie where they are for the same reason.
So YES I AM A UNTIDY AND LAZY GARDENER but at least I have a good reason.
I am very openly admitting that I am an untidy gardener. I do it as a deliberate policy because I have always noticed that nature is also very untidy and just drops it's litter wherever it falls or blows and I try to garden as naturally as possible.
Like when I pick my veges for my evening dinner I simply cut the, say cabbage that I want and trimm off all the outside leaves and let them lay and when I pull my carrots I rip the tops off and let them drop to whence they came.
O.K. I know I could put them into the compost but my argument is that nature does not like bare soil. Besides, I know I can make good compost but no way can I make it as good as the Good Lord can and He makes his compost on the surface of the soil by using worms, fungi and bacteria from the soil and the result is a much healthier soil. And another advantage is that the slash from the veges also works as a mulch to suppress weeds.
I am lazy yes, and when it comes to weeds I don't attack them as often as I should but once again I only cut them off and let them lie where they are for the same reason.
So YES I AM A UNTIDY AND LAZY GARDENER but at least I have a good reason.
It's all good 
many times Ill toss veg waste right into the veg garden n cover it up with dirt ;D
"Mowable" 
