soil

In this wonderful video, Mark gives us some TOP TIPS on how to fill your raised garden bed WITHOUT SOIL. Listed below are some of the things he used. Leftover pottingmix Use your leftover pottingmix over and over again by using it to top up your raised garden bed. WIth some added nutrients you...

Hi all, I’ve just brought 4 raised garden beds. The first two I installed I got some premium soil from a landscape supplier, and it turned out to be quite acidic and full of stones. Where’s is the best place to buy bulk soil from, I’ll need about 2 cubic meters, or what should I look for when...

What a great way to save money and aid in developing your soil! Have you tried this before? How did it go? Top tip! Want to talk to Mark directly? Did you know that there is another way, outside the forum? Support Mark on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfsufficientme (the top tier $25 AU...

Here's some handy tips on how to improve your 'sandy' soil! On top of that Mark shows off some of his plants. Enjoy!

Hey everyone, Like a lot of other folks must be doing during C19 lockdown, I'm taking the opportunity to finally build our raised garden bed. As per Mark's videos I'm filling up the bottom with old wood and stumps as well as shredded newspaper that I have a lot of and other general natural...

Hi everyone! A journey through the rabbit hole of internet soil nutrition and mulching tips landed me here - and what a fab gem I've found. Looks like there is a lot of worldly knowledge to learn from. My name is Naomi, but please call me Spud. The photo is myself and my lovely partner...

Hi Everyone. Its been some time since I've posted any thing on the forum. My apologies. However I am keen to ask a few individual subject specific questions to you oil. Re: self sustainability and soil. I believe soil is crucially important for self sustainability (please correct me if im...

Didn't know where best to post this but I couldn't find another thread of a similar subject to ponder the question: What's best to do to condition this thick, clumpy, solid black vertisol soil to support new tree planting and growth? Chunk of black vertisol by Ash posted Aug 26, 2015 at 10:28...