compostmike
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Been lurking a bit and figured I should finally make an intro instead of just reading old threads like a raccoon in the compost pile.
I’m Mike. Went through ag science years back, then somehow got more interested in the dirt than the crop. These days I’m mostly into living soil, compost, cover crops, mulch layers, worms, fungal networks, and trying to make a garden act more like a small ecosystem than a production machine.
I’m not really a bottle-chart guy. Nothing against people doing what works for them, but I usually look at roots, drainage, organic matter, airflow, insects, and the general biology of the bed before I start blaming one missing element. Same patterns show up in tomatoes, peppers, orchard trees, pasture, cannabis, pretty much anything with roots. The plant usually tells you something, but the soil was talking first.
I mess around with mixed beds, companion plants, compost inputs, leaf mold, native plants, and whatever beneficial bugs decide to move in. Still learning like everyone else. Half the time the garden teaches better than the books did.
I’ll probably mostly be chiming in on soil, compost, outdoor growing, pest balance, root-zone issues, and organic methods. Not here to preach. Just like seeing plants grow in a system that makes biological sense.
Glad to be here.
I’m Mike. Went through ag science years back, then somehow got more interested in the dirt than the crop. These days I’m mostly into living soil, compost, cover crops, mulch layers, worms, fungal networks, and trying to make a garden act more like a small ecosystem than a production machine.
I’m not really a bottle-chart guy. Nothing against people doing what works for them, but I usually look at roots, drainage, organic matter, airflow, insects, and the general biology of the bed before I start blaming one missing element. Same patterns show up in tomatoes, peppers, orchard trees, pasture, cannabis, pretty much anything with roots. The plant usually tells you something, but the soil was talking first.
I mess around with mixed beds, companion plants, compost inputs, leaf mold, native plants, and whatever beneficial bugs decide to move in. Still learning like everyone else. Half the time the garden teaches better than the books did.
I’ll probably mostly be chiming in on soil, compost, outdoor growing, pest balance, root-zone issues, and organic methods. Not here to preach. Just like seeing plants grow in a system that makes biological sense.
Glad to be here.