No-Till Gardening No-till gardening suits gardens of every size, including small, city plots. Aim for beds no wider than four feet (1.2m) and you’ll never need to step on the soil inside. This helps to prevent the soil from becoming compacted, which lessens still further the need to...
If I wanted to set up my Blumat system outside in the raised beds, I would use the same carrots, but I would attach them to Blusoak Drip Tape, which is easier for covering large areas. I will cover this set up in spring when we all move back outside. Maxi Carrot delivering water...
If you've seen any pests or beneficial insects in your garden in the past few days please report them to The Big Bug Hunt and help create a warning system to alert you when bugs are heading your way. Comments "I have been square-foot gardening in raised beds using the method you descr...
Agriculture,Farming,gardening,Hawaii,Soil,Zero waste Farm Clean up: the no-till way August 26, 20152 Comments In the frantic days before I leave for California, I needed to put some serious order into the farm. I will be going to help harvest the Baker Creek pumpkin seed trails, and just...
Speaking of garden plants, here are the 6 raised garden beds that Scott built for us last month. We’re experimenting withlasagna gardeninga.k.a. sheet mulching or no-dig gardening, where you layer cardboard-straw-grass-manure-soil in the garden bed. The straw and compost will break down...
Having been open to an author, once “the dust of reading” has settled we must come to judgment. One of Woolf’s most useful tips is to wait till a book, first experienced in varying impressions, floats “to the top of the mind as a whole.” And the book having revealed itself as...
“We hope the editor will publish a similar volume annually.”–_Gardener’s Magazine._ Share on You may also like: Notes & Queries, No. 22., Saturday, March 30, 1850 by VariousA Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiqueries, Genealogists, etc. ...
Happy gardening dreams!!! See the beautiful, well planned garden? The secret is to only take pictures when it looks good. Yes, my gardens always look this good. Would I lie about something so important? This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged gardening problems, heirloom seeds, ...
I let a decent interval pass, and then one Saturday after trimming my hedge I went over in my gardening clothes to ask Jim if he'd like to borrow the clippers to keep his own hedge neat. He said, "I thank you kindly, but I plan to let it grow." I told him as politely as I...
I’ve certainly found that, even in the periods of hot, dry weather this year, I didn’t have to rush out with the hose each day as the raised beds (often criticized for drying out quickly) retained moisture below the surface in the plentiful organic matter. No-Dig Gardening in ...