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Big work day coming up, December 3 As we settle in for winter, we are continuing to take steps to prepare the soil for spring awakening.  In order to do that we need your help.  We plan to build a hugelkultur bed and refresh all of our other beds with compost.  Hugelkultur is a great way to use all of the … Continue reading November/December Garden Update

As we have entered into fall proper over the last month, things have definitely changed in the garden.  When last I wrote, we were discussing how to improve soil fertility in the garden because we had a disappointing harvest this year.  Since September we have taken a number of steps to improve our fertility. We have installed yarrow … Continue reading October Garden Update

This month we harvested a fair number of peppers and tomatoes from the new bed.  However productivity in the older beds has suffered.  We believe there are a few different reasons for that: We had problems with our soaker hoses springing leaks. Tree roots have made their way into the beds and formed a thick … Continue reading August/September Garden Update