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Post by lilolpeapicker on Oct 22, 2022 15:05:02 GMT -5
Should these beds be covered with leaves? binnylou , when I cut back the buckwheat some of the roots came up. Should I have just pulled it all and then laid it down. The late planted bed is showing signs of growth.
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Post by binnylou on Oct 22, 2022 18:47:05 GMT -5
lilolpeapicker , you’re looking to feed the soil, not trying to necessarily keep your buckwheat growing? So you want the mass of the planting to start breaking down? That was my objective when I chopped the mustard and stirred it in. If we’re wrong, we’ll do it a different way next year. I am thinking of seeding the compost pile with mustard in early Spring. And maybe…prepping my tomato beds this fall, making them ready to drop in the tomato plants. I’d like to over seed the beds with crimson clover, but have minimal soil disturbance come tomato planting time. If I don’t run out of time. Since I have the seeds, I’d best get creative. And yes, I did cover my mustard with chopped leaves, topped with straw.
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Post by desertwoman on Oct 22, 2022 19:48:42 GMT -5
When we did cover crops in the orchard we tilled the cover crop into the soil in the fall. Now that I am a no till gardener I don't know how I would approach a large orchard situation. But in my no till veggie garden I would be cutting the cover crop down, leaving the roots in the soil to break down and the cut part would be left to lie (lay? I never can remember which to use when) on top of the soil
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Post by gardendmpls on Oct 22, 2022 23:46:42 GMT -5
desertwoman , Lay is a transitive verb meaning to place something down flat and needs an object: I will lay the mustard on the bed. Lie is an intransitive verb and means to be in a flat position on a surface, either being there or moving there on its own: The mustard lies on the ground. I will go lie on the mustard. And don't get me started with chickens. They can lie and lay at the same time.
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Post by desertwoman on Oct 22, 2022 23:58:41 GMT -5
So am I understanding this... the way I used it , lie was the correct choice?. But I could have placed the cover crop , in which case I would lay it down? gardendmpls,
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Post by gardendmpls on Oct 23, 2022 0:22:41 GMT -5
desertwoman, yep, it was left to lie there (it was doing the lying) as opposed to you laying it there. Unless this wasn't what happened in which case you would be lying about laying it.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Oct 23, 2022 7:11:48 GMT -5
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Post by gardendmpls on Oct 23, 2022 8:35:05 GMT -5
lilolpeapicker, Just remember, the chicken lays an egg- she puts it down somewhere. The egg lies in the nest- it's not doing anything to something else. Just lying there waiting to hatch.
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