Building Garden Soil with Free, Local, and Abundant Resources

How we use free, local, abundant resources to build our garden soil.

OYR is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost, mulch, and compost tea. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used.

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Phil Cooke says:

09/10/2020 at 05:13

Very helpful, thank you.
shembop says:

01/03/2021 at 11:11

Nice simple well put together video
Charles Bale says:

17/03/2021 at 14:49

Thank you for sharing.
Melissa Mccormack says:

08/04/2021 at 09:02

Love this. I had no idea about municipal mulch programs. Turns out my nearest city had one! I gotta clean out my truck now lol
Z E says:

21/06/2021 at 03:23

Human manure is the answer if done correctly.
Jason says:

22/07/2021 at 14:40

If you get a composting toilet, than you wouldn't need all the synthetics, it would be a closed loop nutrient system
racebiketuner says:

29/08/2021 at 00:06

Thanks for all the great information on your channel :-) I was using a lot of these resources until 2021. So far this year I have been unable to find a local source for any type of manure that is free of aminopyralids. Lots of farmers and ranchers claim that their manure is "organic," but change their story when you ask them to give you something in writing that it's 100% free of persistent herbicides. Have you had any similar experiences? If so, please consider updating this video to include them.
Josiah B says:

13/10/2021 at 18:28

I’d love a follow-up to this talking about the ratios of each kind of compost you use and how you mix it and when to apply it to the garden beds.
Christopher Pisz says:

29/10/2021 at 16:05

Spent brewery grain is something I did not think to check on! Thanks!
Urban Gardening with D.A. Hänks says:

23/11/2021 at 18:23

If you have a local greasy spoon nearby, you can get a ton of eggshells for nothing as well. Just rinse them before you dry them, and then run them through your blender to make eggshell sand. Juice bars are a huge source of nitrogen-rich waste, and if you know a local sawmill or woodworker, you can get a lot of sawdust to mix with it. As you said, it's all free for the taking if you know where to look.