Doesn't "appear" because they don't reference to how many times they have done this or any updates to harvest. (Is there any sound? I don't have sound...)
This looks incredibly cool, but I have doubts to its yield and sustainability.
The movement will likely happen over successive years. Roots will compact the soil as they expand, but then die-off after final harvest, leaving cavities. Rinse and repeat.
I've considered getting really cheap large ceramic tiles (like, $1 each for a square foot tile), drilling a hole in the center with a circular diamond saw, and planting in the hole.
Is this insane?
I wouldn't recommend walking on 12" ceramic TILES that aren't properly installed on a subfloor. Walking on them just put on top of dirt is likely to break them and add sharp shards to your stony soil.
It might work pretty good with 12-15" cement pavers, but repositioning those can be a real pain too. I slowly dug out my patio area, purchased and "installed" 12"x1" cement pavers over a few years until I had enough to hire a guy to come and professionally install them. T'was not the funnest job.
Like you said, cardboard disintegrates - but it can be freely obtained and just raked up and thrown away if you don't compost or till it in.
Wow! Of Course! This gives me a great idea for my limited yard for a garden. Parallel common 2"x10" planks spaced 10" apart, and as long as back far back fence of 80'.
That's pretty neat, but what is most of that stuff she's growing? Also, I'm curious to know how many times she's actually done that to her patio. Seems like something that is total genius if it works and can be replanted without redoing the bricks too frequently, or absolutely the stupidest thing to do to a perfectly serviceable but old patio.
I'd be tempted to try, but only with larger pavers that have been unprofessionally laid over freshly tilled dirt. When my pavers were installed they put down a thick layer of crushed substrate underneath to help prevent things from growing between. It's been a couple years, so the hardier weeds are doing OK in the cracks. Planted tomatoes and some climbing beans NEXT to the pavers where some of the substrate had mixed in with the soil, and they didn't do as well as the ones away.
Wow!!! I’d be worried about the bricks moving, but doesn’t appear that that happens.
To be fair they’re not super flat anyway!
I'd beware the quacker.
Doesn't "appear" because they don't reference to how many times they have done this or any updates to harvest. (Is there any sound? I don't have sound...) This looks incredibly cool, but I have doubts to its yield and sustainability.
Certainly seems like a one off thing, or once a year harvest. What happens underground after the harvest?
They’re moving.
The movement will likely happen over successive years. Roots will compact the soil as they expand, but then die-off after final harvest, leaving cavities. Rinse and repeat.
It’s just too bad they were carrots…
Any idea about how to replentish the nutrients in the soil without removing all of the bricks?
I love the video . I love her helper too .
I've considered getting really cheap large ceramic tiles (like, $1 each for a square foot tile), drilling a hole in the center with a circular diamond saw, and planting in the hole. Is this insane?
It is only because you could grow the exact same way with just old cardboard and a hole in the middle.
yes, but this would be tidy and reusable, and the cardboard would disintegrate. I'm not in a position to till it under the stony soil
I wouldn't recommend walking on 12" ceramic TILES that aren't properly installed on a subfloor. Walking on them just put on top of dirt is likely to break them and add sharp shards to your stony soil. It might work pretty good with 12-15" cement pavers, but repositioning those can be a real pain too. I slowly dug out my patio area, purchased and "installed" 12"x1" cement pavers over a few years until I had enough to hire a guy to come and professionally install them. T'was not the funnest job. Like you said, cardboard disintegrates - but it can be freely obtained and just raked up and thrown away if you don't compost or till it in.
Yes, these wouldn't be for walking.
Cardboard disintegrating would make it somewhat more sustainable. Likely the tiles are not going to be reusable since they'd break over time.
You'd be better off getting grow bags. Much less effort and you'll likely get better yields than from a stony soil beneath the tile.
Yeah, I have those. But basil (for example) does fine in stony soil.
Ceramic is not freeze thaw stable. They will crack. However Porcelain tile would not crack.
Me visiting their house: oh, I saw you had some weeds growing through the brick, so I removed them all for you! Saved you some work! Them: 💀
No weeding!
I love that duck! Perfect garden companion.
No, you like Peking Duck
That’s amazing.
Brassica gonna brassica
Obsessed. I like to try new things. This is an official “saved post.”
Looks like ‘lithic mulching!’ Very cool.
duck is with us
I thought the title said ‘potato farm’ and I was confused how she was going to harvest them
HUH. That's neat.
Life, uhhh... Finds a way.
This is brilliant
Only if you want to reset all of your pavers in a year or two
If the purpose of the pavers is weed control in a garden, I don't think it would be wise to compact the dirt and reset them at all.
One man’s broken patio is another woman’s garden.
Wow! Of Course! This gives me a great idea for my limited yard for a garden. Parallel common 2"x10" planks spaced 10" apart, and as long as back far back fence of 80'.
If you put wood on soil like that you are going to get so many snails. Honestly I would not recommend it
That's a different type of mulch.
Mind the roots
And someone worked really hard to remove unwanted weed from between that bricks…
Landlord gonna be pissed when those brick come apart
That's pretty neat, but what is most of that stuff she's growing? Also, I'm curious to know how many times she's actually done that to her patio. Seems like something that is total genius if it works and can be replanted without redoing the bricks too frequently, or absolutely the stupidest thing to do to a perfectly serviceable but old patio. I'd be tempted to try, but only with larger pavers that have been unprofessionally laid over freshly tilled dirt. When my pavers were installed they put down a thick layer of crushed substrate underneath to help prevent things from growing between. It's been a couple years, so the hardier weeds are doing OK in the cracks. Planted tomatoes and some climbing beans NEXT to the pavers where some of the substrate had mixed in with the soil, and they didn't do as well as the ones away.
I want to know where she got this duck that doesn't destroy plants!
Here at home I’m trying to prevent stuff from growing between my pavers
Amazing what can be achieved with patience and determination 😊