Much of my garden is now doing pretty well but getting it here hasn't been easy. Over the last 13 years I've learned that adding a ton of organic matter and using the best organic fertilizer and pouring on the water is still not enough in this concrete like, rock rich high desert country. Not by a long shot. I've learned that I also need to have lots of great fungi and bacteria and enzymes thriving here to make it work well. Slowly I'm making progress. So I'm always looking for and trying new things to make my garden grow better, faster, with fewer bugs and a lot less work. A girl can dream, can't she?
Among many, many other websites I've studied... I've seen all the videos by Geoff Lawton - 'Greening the Desert'. I've also seen all the videos by Elaine Ingham about "compost and microbes'. Good info. In my area some stuff works, some not so much and some not worth trying. I tried something new last summer. The first trial I did was spectacular but I won't recommend it to anyone until I've tried it 3 times and each test shows great results. Will test again when the weather warms.
But in the meantime I saw this video a few days ago. It sounds too good to be true. Sound simple enough and sometimes it the simplest things that can work so well. It's just a 5 minute video. I hope you will all watch it and tell me what you think.
Turning desert into grasslands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
My final thoughts... I think the Salton Sea has several problems and this probably won't work there but it sure sounds like it could possibly work in most places. And I don't have access to animals or organic manure. Dumped a large amount of local manure on my gardens many years back. It must have been saturated with Roundup because it ruined my gardens for several years. But I'm trying to think of a comparable substitute I could try.
Please let me know what you think.
