It's always better if we can learn from others mistakes. It only took me six decades to figure this out, lol.
I'm so glad you mentioned the pine shavings. I learned the hard way that too much of them can goof your garden up. I now use the composted pine as a dressing for my blueberry and azalea plants.
Hi, thought you might like to know about this. He copied this article word for word from Rodale's.
https://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/wellbeing/modern-homesteading
Holy shit!!! Just when you think humanity might not be doomed, you find another asswagon. Thanks @bobbleheadstead for the heads up.
lol :)
Yea I had read that somewhere and it stuck with me. I have several large pine trees so If I dont use it all on my blueberries or the occasional fruit tree I will dump the rest around the pine trees. It is also good to check the ph of our soils around your plants so you can adjust with the 2 different mulch piles.
I totally agree, having a soil test done was one of the smartest things I ever did. It was so easy and my county extension office handled the whole thing for me. They even loaned me the tool to take the samples with and deciphered the results and made recommendations of what to add and how much.