New Compost Bin
Last weekend I was getting kind of sick of our composting system (piling up compost behind the garden and blocking it off with skids so that Puck won’t eat it), and so... Read More
Root Crops
Flowering Onion (click for a close-up) We’ve never had much luck growing onions or other root crops. In Morris, our soil was too heavy, and root crops were leafy at best. We... Read More
Garden Preparation: Part 2
Two weeks later we finished spreading the compost and tilling the garden. Jessi’s half is on the left; Chris’s half is on the right. Let the games begin!
Garden Preparation: Part 1
One long weekend, sunshine, and several shovels full of dirt turned the giant mounds of compost pictured in my last post into this: We actually expanded the garden a bit this year,... Read More
Last year’s garden in the backyard and compost
Here is a bed in the back I tilled under. I planted rye late last summer (or was it fall?), but it didn’t take too well. I think I should have watered.... Read More
Wider Paths
This morning we worked some composted manure, kelp meal, and our regular compost into the beds in the back yard. I think we officially have “raised beds” now – even after all... Read More