i have 13 raised beds,when im expecting really cold,i put it over and on sides of boxes,then when spring comes what hasnt been decomposed,goes into my 15x15 corn bed right in the ground,turned under and by planting it ready to go,my beds are 4x12 beds,the outer edges do frezze by not deep withing the beds,trellis runs down center of box,the bokashi layer will have the hay almost decomposed by this time,i use on compost piles too,the EM1 that i made my bokashi with be like teenagers with a pizza in there hahahh,right now in my state is the best time to get the nemotodes in,they come in frozen packages,just dormant as the same as the frozen soil if you dig,nature has it way of culling by itself,if all the life stayed alive you have over crowding,so all the life we speek of in the soil,only about 25% would actually die off.
great thing about the cold here is all the moisture it holds in the soil,i havent watered my onions,garlic,cabbage,brocille or caulifuor not one time in 3 months,forgot the sugar snap peas,been 3 frezze here and coldest was 24 and didnt kill not one plant,none,stick your hand in my boxes and about 3 in deep soil is just right,thermals if you dig.
basicaly when im not gardening full on,i feed my soil to keep it in check and never dry,i have so much horse and cow shit in the soil,if you let cow shit dry,your done it wont rehydrate like it does fresh,my feeds for the bottom garden is just that ,compost out the kazoo and once month i hit the soil with comfrey and nettle -fermented,5 gal to 250 gal of water,right arounf end of march i have to start watering down there,but only so called nute if you want to call it that is the comfrey and nettle,the container garden up hill here i feed KNF feed schedule,kinda intimadating at first making your own feeds,after the first ferment you will wind up with every damn fpj you can imagine hahaah,my goal this season is fermenting some cactus,i feel the comfrey and nettle do such great job with heat issues cactus would be better,just a thought,i also burn egg shells and bones for P,just brown the shells for calcium,put each in vinegar ,when you can tap on side of the container and dont have any bubbles,its done,sea water isnt hard to find,drive 3 hrs from house and you be with sammy the shark hahahh,im telling ya KNF technic is awesome and cheap,the OHN was costly because of vodka used,i used ever clear it cheaper here.
i feel that with all the knf stuff i use once a week on the top garden saves me time and labor,simply because if you use the feed chart everything is already there,damn sure easier on my nerves,hahahah dont have to try to figure a problem out,so feed once week walk away and let the old hen do all the picking hahaahh
