First garden, second garden and herb bed in front of second garden. No pesticides, no herbicides and absolutely no commercial fertilizer. May the canning jars be in our favor.
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First garden, second garden and herb bed in front of second garden. No pesticides, no herbicides and absolutely no commercial fertilizer. May the canning jars be in our favor.
Looking good 👍👍
From the bottom of my heart i write Thank you 💗. It means a lot comming from you, since you are actually the one giving me that last shove to replant. Now im truly glad i took your advice 😊. I pray your garden is doing even better than ours and youll soon be able to fill your adequate amount of jars and freezer space 👍.
I had a better reply with pictures written up 3 times, but it seems the internet hates ne today, lol, im doing well with the garden, the weeds are more succesful than id like but im out there figting the good fight 😂
How does one know when to harvest sweet potatoes they just keep growing growing. I live in hot humid Florida..so the curing will be easy. But no cool cellar or basement to store. I have a Mirro 92122A Polished Aluminum 5 / 10 / 15-PSI Pressure Cooker / Canner Cookware, 22-Quart ordered which is delayed.
I was just reading Mother Earth News. I used to get this 30 yrs ago..It has changed a LOT. Anyway there was an article for weed free garden paths. Went on to say they went to good will or similar and got unusable/stained clothes
(pennies on pound) donations and put them down on walk ways/paths then covered with mulch. And worked as well or better than reg. weed cloth. I thought it was great idea..so wanted to share. Then I thought of wrinkles in fabric..lol and my ocd kicked in. I see lots of variations you can use with this. It would hold in moisture also if you needed it. I buy the 1.00 mats at walmat for garage..when they get ucky I put in flower bed to stop weeds. Just move around when done in one spot.
Great looking garden! Any updates since the harvest?
What are you using for mulch?
Thank you yes, many updates since then 😊. As of right now we planted a bunch of winter veggies (some are volunteers) , radishes, mustard, beets, cauliflower, broccoli , dutch cabbage , red cabbage , savoy cabbage, carrots, Brussel sprouts, kale, dill. To be quiet honest, we use anything and everything organic as mulch. If we have a source of cow hay, we use that, grass clippings, leaves, pine needles, saw dust. Obviously You could use straw as well or wowood chips. Fertilizer, well .... rabbit- , chicken-, turkey-, cow-, pig-, goose-,sheep-, goat manure it all goes right from our pasture or coops into the gardens. Also after butchering ,bones (the once we dont use for broth, like trotters, hooves or skulls), innards, feathers , fish guts etc..
Well its definitely working! I like how you're using all the manure from all of your animals, oh and the bones too!
Can you tell me the general area of the country that you're located? I'm in Ohio myself.
Yes, absolutely! We are in the Arkansas ozarks, now we have been here for only a little over two years, before that those gardens did NOT exist. Since we moved here we (two people) have moved BY HAND many rocks, stones, roots, stumps etc., put in the fences etc. ..... now you probably would have to very much tweak operations for your gardening zone, but in a nutshell it shouldn't be much different and at the end youll get a fantastic havest... 💓💓💓
It may snowed, but under that snow we still have fresh greens. Just cooked chicken and greens soup yesterday...
Couple of days ago... if little ole ladies in the middle of nowhere in Siberia can live off grid and feed themselves year round, we can do it here!
we had one tiny freeze, all is left is green onions & herbs. I am just recovering from bacterial pneumonia so nothing got covered.
Oh noooo 🙁🤐... hope youll do better fast💓💓💓💓!!!yes, onions and hebs generally seem to do fine. So do leeks, brussel sprouts, white-red-savoy cabbage, carrots, mustard , kale.... but quiet honestly youll probably figure out very fast what you can or can not grow up there during winter 🤔 it shouldn't be much different from what we grow here???? Isnt it exciting to figure out a new growing zone, and if or how you can push the boundaries there 😊💓???
WOW! You guys have more snow than we've had so far this year!
You inspire me with your garden.