The Compost Pile | Gardening & Homesteading
May 12, 2026 · 21 min · 13 segments
In this solo episode of The Compost Pile, David walks through the garden discussing one of the most important gardening skills you can develop: observation. Plants are constantly giving us signs about…
Welcome back to The Compost Pile, your source for all things gardening and homesteading.
Today, I'm out here in the garden by myself today, and wanted to take an opportunity to talk about a very simple topic, and that's the fact that the plants are kinda talking to us.
They're telling us something, and are we looking and listening to the signs that they're putting out there? It's very rare that a plant just dies or just randomly fails.
Most of the time, all these plants are telling us something, and they're giving us indicators of where to look to find the resolution to the problem.
But most of the time, especially for those of you who've been gardening for a while, the more you observe your surroundings and what's happening out here, the easier it is to begin to identify common traits in things that happen and where to go to find the resolution.
Unexpected evening rain, but we're gonna walk around, and we're gonna take a look at several different things and see what we can find, and talk about observing what the plants are telling us.
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Welcome back to The Compost Pile, your source for all things gardening and homesteading.
Today, I'm out here in the garden by myself today, and wanted to take an opportunity to talk about a very simple topic, and that's the fact that the plants are kinda talking to us.
They're telling us something, and are we looking and listening to the signs that they're putting out there? It's very rare that a plant just dies or just randomly fails.
Most of the time, all these plants are telling us something, and they're giving us indicators of where to look to find the resolution to the problem.
But most of the time, especially for those of you who've been gardening for a while, the more you observe your surroundings and what's happening out here, the easier it is to begin to identify common traits in things that happen and where to go to find the resolution.
Unexpected evening rain, but we're gonna walk around, and we're gonna take a look at several different things and see what we can find, and talk about observing what the plants are telling us.