The one thing about the film Back to Eden that is easy to miss is the need for a nitrogen source at the beginning of the bed making and then the addition of manure based compost every once in a while. It's easy to focus on the wood chips and lose focus of the parts regarding the horse manure compost and the chicken manure compost. I think for most of us incorporating that compost is going to be critical to having the success we desire. Also, Paul has an area to store a large quantity of chips that are in a constant state of decomposition so it is my guess that after the initial quantities of fresh wood chip mulch was used he adds partially decomposed mulch to the beds only and not fresh chips.
Glenn
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