Sheet Mulching: the Easy Way to Compost with Layers
Pioneering Today Podcast - Homesteading in a Modern World
Melissa K Norris
4.8 • 978 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2019
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
This is my favorite "lazy" way to compost and build up our vegetable garden soil. If you didn't get to cover crops or a traditional compost pile, you're going to love my sheet mulching method. Learn which manures are best and what materials I prefer for the top layer and why it isn't too late to do this. Get links to all the resources at https://melissaknorris.com/217 Increase your harvest and maximize the space you have using organic and natural methods to raise a year's worth of the fruits and vegetables your family enjoys & get all the pre-order bonuses with my new book The Family Garden Plan at http://familygardenplan.com
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to learn how to use herbs medicinally and not only medicinally but also grow them, |
| 0:06.4 | I can think of little else that gets me excited as knowing I can literally grow our medicine right outside our back door, then you, my friend, are going to want to make |
| 0:16.2 | sure that you are registered and signed up for our herbal summer series. This is completely free, though you definitely could charge for it because it is |
| 0:28.2 | packed with information. Once you sign up starting in August, every week you are going to get an email from me going over my top 10 favorite herbs. |
| 0:40.0 | Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb, |
| 0:47.8 | but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. |
| 0:56.9 | We go through all of the cautions, the medicinal properties, and its uses. |
| 1:02.1 | So when you get done done you will have in your pocket and hopefully by |
| 1:06.2 | that point in your medicine cabinet my favorite top 10 herbs to always have at the ready. Go to Melissa K Norris.com forward slash |
| 1:18.2 | summer herb and make sure that you get registered. Summer school is in session and it has never been better. |
| 1:25.8 | You are listening to episode number 217 of the Pioneering Today podcast. |
| 1:31.1 | Welcome, I'm your host, Melissa K Norris, best-selling author of three books founder of the |
| 1:40.0 | pioneering today Academy, as well as the main contributor at MelissaK Norris.com. |
| 1:48.7 | This is where we don't just inspire you but give you the clear steps to creating the homegrown |
| 1:54.0 | garden, pantry, kitchen, and life you want for your family and homestead. |
| 2:00.1 | In today's episode we're going to be diving into the things that we do in our |
| 2:06.2 | garden in the fall months. Now really depending upon your climate. |
| 2:13.7 | You can pretty much do this anytime |
| 2:17.0 | when you're an early fall, mid fall, late fall, |
| 2:20.0 | even the beginning of winter |
| 2:22.3 | if your ground isn't completely frozen solid and or you've got |
| 2:27.5 | quite a bit of snow accumulation already on the ground. |
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