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A small patio we made with reclaimed victorian tiles. Looks great at the end and we finished just before the snow! #treaditgardens #patio #victoriantiles #reclaimed #landscaping #exterior #reused #diy #diygarden #transformation #pathway #outdoorspace (at Burry Port) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpi5BXrKzpa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Growing Vegetables in healthy beds. A lot of decomposition at various levels in mulch helps balance and fill the garden. #treadit #treaditgardens #collectivegarden #backtoeden #nodig #nodiggarden #notill #gardeningtips #vegetablegardening #growwhatyoueat #growfood #ecosystem #organicgarden #ediblegarden #healthyfoodchoices #raisedbeds #sustainablefood #sustainabledevelopment #composting #compostable #organicfoods #organicfarm #greenforce #mulch #imo #homegrownveggies #allotmentgarden #allotmentuk #allotmentlove #urbangardener https://www.instagram.com/p/Chr7L1fKrru/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A jigsaw garden is like a garden that has many pieces that make it work. Like catchphrase a garden can be an unfinished picture that we have to make an educated guess on to run. With all the pieces or most of the pieces in place we can see a fuller picture and therefore have a garden with a fuller quality. We do not want to overwork our garden, hammer the pieces into the jisaw or even forget the jigsaw entirely as this causes problems not just to the garden but our own efforts going waste. So practically we need an entire cycle of growth that is managed by us not laboured by us too much which needs attributes like decomposition, organic content, correct water retention, macropores, protecting properties and balance. #treadit #treaditgardens #collectivegarden #backtoeden #nodig #nodiggarden #notill #gardeningtips #vegetablegardening #growwhatyoueat #growfood #ecosystem #organicgarden #ediblegarden #healthyfoodchoices #raisedbeds #sustainablefood #sustainabledevelopment #composting #compostable #organicfoods #organicfarm #greenforce #mulch #imo #homegrownveggies #allotmentgarden #allotmentuk #allotmentlove #urbangardener via @preview.app https://www.instagram.com/p/CaUbzRIvmvC/?utm_medium=tumblr

Direct seeding under mulch in the early days. You can direct seed under even a harsh mulch and it does not really affect thier growth due to blocking thier growth. It is more that there is a risk of nitrogen fixing at a germinating level if the garden is prepared incorrectly. Nowadays i use a finer, part decomposing mulch ontop of a compost that works really well. #treadit #treaditgardens #collectivegarden #backtoeden #nodig #nodiggarden #notill #gardeningtips #vegetablegardening #growwhatyoueat #growfood #ecosystem #organicgarden #ediblegarden #healthyfoodchoices #raisedbeds #sustainablefood #sustainabledevelopment #composting #compostable #organicfoods #organicfarm #greenforce #mulch #imo #homegrownveggies #allotmentgarden #allotmentuk #allotmentlove #urbangardener via @preview.app https://www.instagram.com/p/CaRxb8-vKrE/?utm_medium=tumblr

Rocks in the garden = Minerals in our diet Here is why we often remove stones from the garden: - Easier cultivation - Keeping root vegetables straight - Easier on the hands - No gaps in growth Here is why we need to keep the stones: - a source material for minerals and nutrients - keeping air gaps and preventing soil compaction - helping with the correct water retention/drainage Solution: - Cultivation may need constant stone removal due to the soil movement and loss. The stones constantly are replaced from beneath. - No-dig gardens may keep a layer of stone under the garden as a source material beneath the harvest depth. So is your body short on magnesium or calcium? Try limestone as an underlayer. Potassium? granite? It is well worth trying the longterm garden solutions as intensional input so that we have plants the really do contain what they should and therefore we contain what we should. #treadit #treaditgardens #collectivegarden #backtoeden #nodig #nodiggarden #notill #gardeningtips #vegetablegardening #growwhatyoueat #growfood #ecosystem #organicgarden #ediblegarden #healthyfoodchoices #raisedbeds #sustainablefood #sustainabledevelopment #composting #compostable #organicfoods #organicfarm #greenforce #rock #stone #homegrownveggies #allotmentgarden #allotmentuk #allotmentlove #urbangardener https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ6DEO5PFDq/?utm_medium=tumblr

The ideal of water retention in the garden. Water is a nutrient so we need it for the plants, however too much water damages plants and destroys soil. I could get a little umbrella for each plant in my garden when it rains or give them each a waterbottle in hot weather but this increases my shopping bill. Whereas a watering can, hose or cover often solves the problem, the root hair damage is often still affected therefore stunting plant growth. The question is can we get rid of the problem or at least some of it (depending on your climate) instead of trying to put a plaster on a broken leg? It looks like a yes if we look at some of our local eco-systems that filter and keep a sufficient retention of water (not too much or too little). After all we dont water our forests. By copying them and layering our gardens with: - A mulch (cover) - Compost (organic matter) - A soil that is an uncompacted Loam (the correct balance of silt, sand and clay) - While making sure our gardens do not have a pre-existing flood problem. This corrects water retention and helps prevent future compaction With the right foundation the gardens can overflow at a correct retention. Meaning they both hold water and overflow the excess water. Like a cup that can hold the right amount of water and not leak, that can cope with abundance and drought. #treadit #treaditgardens #collectivegarden #backtoeden #nodig #nodiggarden #notill #gardeningtips #vegetablegardening #growwhatyoueat #growfood #ecosystem #organicgarden #ediblegarden #healthyfoodchoices #raisedbeds #sustainablefood #sustainabledevelopment #composting #compostable #organicfoods #organicfarm #greenforce #mulch #waterretention #homegrownveggies #allotmentgarden #allotmentuk #allotmentlove #urbangardener https://www.instagram.com/p/CZydlxVvaBt/?utm_medium=tumblr

How to grow plants and not weeds. The soil always tries to cover itself with something. You can fight it or give it what it needs. The argument often looks like this, Me: Ground, i want you to grow this plant as i do not like or cant eat your plants. So i will take your plants away and plant some seeds. In the process i will also cultivate and make you softer. Ground: I will work for you but I will have no protection and can not hold onto my nutrients so i will grow your plants and whatever else i can to survive and i will become hard again. Me: What are these other plants doing here? I cant eat them and will constantly need to remove them so my plants do well, i will also need to loosen the soil again by working hard or i will have no food! Ground: Give me seeds for me to grow along with food and clothes. If you pay me with these i will work for you! You will only need to direct me and i will grow for you. So i can choose how to pay my garden and expect the garden to work well if i care for it and maintain it. Mulching and replacing what is taken from the garden is a fair exchange and will lead to specific garden growth. This means the plants you plant will be specifically grown and the garden will work for you specifically. #treadit #treaditgardens #collectivegarden #backtoeden #nodig #nodiggarden #notill #gardeningtips #vegetablegardening #growwhatyoueat #growfood #ecosystem #organicgarden #ediblegarden #healthyfoodchoices #raisedbeds #sustainablefood #sustainabledevelopment #composting #compostable #organicfoods #organicfarm #greenforce #mulch #imo #homegrownveggies #allotmentgarden #allotmentuk #allotmentlove #urbangardener via @preview.app https://www.instagram.com/p/CZtWUGSv3If/?utm_medium=tumblr

Why not try something different this year? Even in a small space a 'collective garden' can offer some long-term benefits to your garden and health. Have a garden bed that not only has what your body needs in the soil but also puts it into the plants that you eat! There are many benefits to this gardening method and too many to list in one post so.... Want to try or find out about a 'collective garden'? Contact me here or on my website for some free information as my focus is to help kick start this method of gardening. To find out more visit my website at treaditgardens.com #treadit #treaditgardens #woods #forest #forestgarden #woodlandgarden #gardening #garden #nature #green #organic #gardenlife #nodiggarden #sustainable #nodig #allotment #allotmentgarden #raisedbeds #diy #gardens #instagardeners #growyourown #growyourownfood #vegetablegarden #urbangarden #ediblegarden #plantlife #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantlove #urbanjunglebloggers https://www.instagram.com/p/CZGQw9bPOth/?utm_medium=tumblr