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Applying Compost for Soil Amendment

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What happens here

Before tilling, the presenter loads a significant amount of 'black gold' (compost) into the tractor's front-end loader. He emphasizes the benefits of compost, highlighting its ability to enrich the soil and promote vigorous plant growth without the need for commercial fertilizers. He also advises viewers to check with their local municipalities, as some offer compost or leaf debris for free or at a low cost, providing an affordable way to amend garden soil. This compost will be tilled into the ground.

Goal: The presenter loads and spreads nutrient-rich compost onto the garden area using the tractor's front-end loader, explaining its importance for soil health and plant growth.

Tools and materials

  • TYM T254 Tractor with Front-End Loader
  • Compost

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i'll probably hit this area and where we're going to be tilling is kind of where this grass is so you'll see there's like weeds and grass and stuff no matter what when you disturb the soil you're going to get weeds and grass so the goal is to have all raised beds down here and i'm going to build five more raised beds so we're going to start tilling right on the edge of this sawdust that i put down for weed control which is a great idea by the way we're going to till all the way up through to the end of this box and i'm going to fall in a hole that i just dipped in a hole you'll see this ground's pretty rough right here but that tiller will smooth it out now what's in the bucket let's see what's in the bucket all right guys black gold not texas tea but you could make compost tea out of this this stuff is super awesome look how black it is we've got it in the top of every one of these plant beds and these plants are absolutely exploding with growth i'm going to have to put some cages on those tomatoes i've already got some about that big those are better boy tomatoes and that's yellow squash straight neck yellow squash so if you don't know it already your local municipality if they pick up leaf dander from the curb or grass clippings from the curb you may have access to this this stuff costs 20 bucks a pickup truck load for me but some municipalities give it away for free you just take your pickup or your trailer go up there and manual and talk about making a garden grow that will make it explode with growth so first thing we're going to do is take little tea this is little tea and we're gonna scoop up that compost there's a pile back there we're gonna spread it out on here and then we're gonna drop the tiller in the ground right on [Music]

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