Twigs turned into sawdust are excellent organic matter supplements.this is conducive to our sustainable development

Our orchards get a lot of pruning every year and sometimes it’s hard to find a way to deal with them.we cannot burn them randomly because it will pollute the environment.but what we need to know is that these branches use the fertility of the land to grow. If we discard them or move them elsewhere, the land will lose the fertility of this branch forever.

the land in the forest is very fertile. The reason is that no one asked for it. Its leaves, branches, fruits and even bark return to the soil.our ecology can also emulate this, making our soil as ecological and fertile as the forest.

We don’t have much time to wait for the pruned branches to slowly decay. This process is too long.we use tree limb shredders to speed up the process.(or:wood chippers).whatever you say, this is by far the most effective method

The crushed wood chips are evenly sprayed on the ground and will blend with the soil. Wood chips are very small, which can accelerate their decay and turn into humus and nutrient soil.Branches crushed into sawdust will turn into humus nutrient soil. Although it is not as direct as fertilizer, it will turn into organic matter after being decomposed and mixed in the soil, which will increase the organic matter content and air permeability of the soil. those who know this should know that this More meaningful than fertilizer itself.

Please watch a short video below. We can more intuitively see the advantages of crushing branches into sawdust for fertilizer.

Paul Gautschi:nowhere in nature where man has not been do you ever see exposed dirt.that only happens when man comes it takes the cover off.everywhere in nature where man has not been it’s either covered with needles and leaves or grasses, but the ground is covered and the reason is because,the ground is a living organism.

and as all living organisms such as ourselves we have skin to protect us.the animals have fur,fish have scales,birds have feathers.and the soil is a living organism,and god has designed it,and made it so it’s always covered with something,and when you take the cover off,it becomes vulnerable .and it gets lost,and this is the thing that amazes me about us as.

intellgent human beings how we don’t see it ,because we’ve been experiencing it for thousands of years.in a negative way were all around us all through creation everything’s just growing beautifully with no work and we work hard to fail.

when we came to the Midwest here 200 years ago there was 8 to 12 feet of beautiful topsoil I mean gorgeous stuff and if you’ve ever flown across the Midwest and you look down at the ground it’s almost scary.it’s just parched cracked hard totally desolate it almost looks like desert there isn’t 8 inches of topsoil today.because it’s all blown and washed away.and they’re still cultivating this is not working and we’re losing topsoil.and topsoil in nature it takes 100 years to build an inch of topsoil I mean it is criminal.and incredibly devastating what we’ve done to the planet

DR.Don wilkin :soil conservation people in the Midwest will tell you that it’s okay to lose around 4 tons of soil per acre per year I don’t believe.I may be wrong.I don’t believe that soil is forming at the rate of 4 tons per acre per year,when the soil erodes the organic matter erodes and all the nutrients that were in the soil,erode and that’s just gone.that’s just a resource that isn’t there anymore.

Paul Gautschi:I found that if I try to help nature at any level,I mess it up.my approach now is just to look what it does,and say talk to me,show me what you’re doing because I want to copy it because it does it the best.I have two properties that I’m doing this on one this one here the ground is clay and rock it would be impossible to farm.it would be considered from the agriculture,point of view as marginal soil.the other place I have is 80 percent rock,totally a gravel pit.you couldn’t possibly tell it;you couldn’t possibly cultivate it.and in both of those places,I’m experiencing the most incredible beautiful gardens.I love that scripture where it says:”as we behold the Lord we’re being changed from glory to glory.”

I just put the cover down and God does it all.whatever organic natural thing you have at your disposal it will work and I’ve used everything from straw grass clippings leaves animal manures rocks but having used them all.I come back to wood chips and I see where it’s been for a while

and what it’s done.it is my favorite it just is the nicest thing to use.first of all when I speak of the wood chips I want to delineate between wood chips and other things that people put in the same category such as bark or shavings or sawdust wood chips when

I say wood chips I’m referring to branches that have been chipped branches of the trees which is about 90 percent needles and leaves that’s gone through a chipper or a tub grinder

Ji Douglas: the thing about mulch is pretty much in every municipality there’s mulch available,because someone’s chopping a tree down,somebody’s cutting trees somebody’s shredding leaves.if we can try and get things that are as close as possible to us,maybe it’s your neighbor that’s chipping up a tree next door.then that’s the best product for you.

there it is there’s two words I want you to think about when you come here sustainable permiculture.

everything you see here was created in nature for free.

all these wood chips just sit here I don’t do a thing.anytime I choose to plant put a seed in,it totally thrives.if I don’t use it,it just waits for me and develops,you know, richer qualities.

and in the meantime it doesn’t biow away,it doesn’t turn to weeds,and it just stays while

conversely anything that I do,if I don’t stay right on and maintain it,I lose it you know kind of thing.I’m a slave to it.and again it’s just this incredible quality of God fo just setting us free.