Growing Potatoes the No-Dig Way.
Post Archives from the ‘Step-By-Steps’ Category
Neet note about lettuce from the garden
Limp Lettuce: Home grown lettuce is often too limp to go right from harvest to salad bowl. How to crisp it up? Wash in cold water, shake gently and refrigerate in a plastic bag for an hour before dinner.
The Making of Farmhouse Cheddar | Chickens in the Road
This is a great article on making Hard Cheese (Cheddar) at home. The Farmhouse cheddar takes significantly shorter period to age and be ready to eat than regular cheddar. I can't wait to try it.
The Making of Farmhouse Cheddar | Chickens in the Road.
Garden Plan – 2011: Fall 2011 Actual
About this Garden Plan
This is the current layout of our first two boxes. I have updated all the Varieties to show the seeds or plants we placed in each foot. (updates as possible) We have them covered in clear plastic tents at night and early morning, then it is out in the cool sunshine.
via Garden Plan - 2011: Fall 2011 Actual.
Organic Gardening Articles and Advice – GrowGuides from GrowVeg.com
Organic Gardening Articles and Advice - GrowGuides from GrowVeg.com.
This is a great jumping off site. Terri and I highly recommend the Garden Planner... it is Wonderful.
Autumn Sown Broad Beans (Fava Beans)
Autumn Sown Broad Beans (Fava Beans).
Who knows... maybe we can come up with a use for these... maybe with a good Chianti...
How to set up a School Garden
How to set up a School Garden.
One of the things that Terri and I have talked about is setting up Square Food Garden boxes for some of the schools. This is a great article on just that subject.
Apple Pollination Groups – Choosing Compatible Trees
This is a great article on Apples
Apple Pollination Groups - Choosing Compatible Trees.
Building a Drip Irrigation System for a Square Foot Garden | My Square Foot Garden
Building a Drip Irrigation System for a Square Foot Garden | My Square Foot Garden.
Great article on building a drip system
Spring Gardening Checklist: repost
The link below points to a checklist (That I have quoted below) for square foot gardening that came from mysquarefootgarden.com
Emily's site is a wonderful resource and is well worth taking a look at. I have only quoted the article below as a convenience to you (the reader), please visit her site to see the whole article (with some shopping links included).
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