[JRandomFreeper]

When I pulled back the mulch/leaves to get down to the landscape fabric, I found this. It's about 1/2" thick mat of mycelium growing on the wood chips covering the landscape fabric. It is very large, covering square meters of garden space.

That's part of the reason I decide to go no-till in this part of the garden. If I tilled that in, it would break up and die, and not hold water, or move nutrients to plants or build up the soil, or any of the other wonderful things those micro-organisms do.

I am very happy with this development.

/johnny

[greeneyes]

Good for you. Now do a little happy dance around the garden, and maybe throw a little rain dance in too.

[dennisw]

People mulch with wood chips here. It helps to have a hot climate to melt them down quicker. As of now I don’t have much of a veg garden but my fruit trees all have wood chips mulch

Free wood chips from tree trimming crews
Wood chip also work in a colder climate where I would pile them up so they can heat up. And take black compost from the lowest layers periodically. Cover with a tarp to retain heat so they melt down quicker.

Charcoal...you are copying Indians slash and burn which is actually a good strategy

[SisterK]

What a joy! What is not to love about no-till gardening?