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This year I was hoping to be able to grow 2 tons of vegetables. It’s not going to happen. Why? Because I totally failed at rotating my crops. Keeping your soil healthy is essential to organic gardening–and I flat out asked too much of mine without giving enough in return. Basically, some plants take certain Read More >>
This year I’m on a mission to grow 4,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables in my suburban backyard. In 2012 I was able to grow 2,028 pounds, and in 2013 I’m going double or nothing. I have absolutely no idea if I’ll be able to achieve my goal. But, as with any adventure, half the fun is getting there. ~Mavis ******* It’s Read More >>
When I first built our garden boxes back in 2009 I was totally new to raised bed gardening. I was going for maximum space and didn’t put to much thought into how deep my garden boxes needed top be. So I purchased the most inexpensive untreated wood I could find, 8′ x 8″ x 2 Read More >>
Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 37 of 52 I recently pulled up the beans and discarded all but two of the zucchini plants we had growing along the fence. Last year I was able to grow oodles of zucchini and other squash, but this year, not so much. I’m not sure if it was Read More >>
Yesterday I shared some pictures of heirloom squash from the exhibition hall at the National Heirloom Festival. So today I thought I’d post a few pictures of other stuff I thought was cool {and because you probably don’t want to see the other 442 pictures of squash I took}. 😉 The Ye Old Dunk tank Read More >>
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