Weekend March 2-3:
I’ve been working on the garden for years; it was dormant for a few years (like 10) while I changed careers. The base soil if you want to call it that is sand. I added heavy black dirt to the upper 2/3 years ago; I’ve since added heavy red dirt (clay ) to half of the lower 1/3. For two years straight I’ve added 4”s of compost to the upper 2/3 and this year 4”s to the bottom 1/3. I clean horse pens for the free manure; kitchen waste is added to the compost. Our property is on a slope and heavy rains cause erosion problems. Above the garden the land is heavily terraced to divert water runoff.
Finished concreting the base of the fence, used 22 80lb bags, the Waskily Wabbits should be done, until they find another way in. They have been a real menace! I tried a hot wire system, it was not too effective and killed birds and squirrels; I didn’t like that.
Planted the Onions January 15th, Garlic was planted September 15th. They took a beating with the 30mph winds, 55 mph gusts last Monday.
Tilled and my wife planted corn, cukes, watermelons, bush beans and cantelope.
Bush Beans above
Cukes, and Melons behind the Rosemary above.
Corn below.
I started these the first week of January; I think I got carried away.
The Potatoes, planted February 15th are coming up. I planted then 8”s deep and I keep covering them up, and will do so until the ground is level where planted.
Never ending mulch pile.
Hmmm.. too many images...
I’ve been working on the garden for years; it was dormant for a few years (like 10) while I changed careers. The base soil if you want to call it that is sand. I added heavy black dirt to the upper 2/3 years ago; I’ve since added heavy red dirt (clay ) to half of the lower 1/3. For two years straight I’ve added 4”s of compost to the upper 2/3 and this year 4”s to the bottom 1/3. I clean horse pens for the free manure; kitchen waste is added to the compost. Our property is on a slope and heavy rains cause erosion problems. Above the garden the land is heavily terraced to divert water runoff.
Finished concreting the base of the fence, used 22 80lb bags, the Waskily Wabbits should be done, until they find another way in. They have been a real menace! I tried a hot wire system, it was not too effective and killed birds and squirrels; I didn’t like that.
Planted the Onions January 15th, Garlic was planted September 15th. They took a beating with the 30mph winds, 55 mph gusts last Monday.
Tilled and my wife planted corn, cukes, watermelons, bush beans and cantelope.
Bush Beans above
Cukes, and Melons behind the Rosemary above.
Corn below.
I started these the first week of January; I think I got carried away.
The Potatoes, planted February 15th are coming up. I planted then 8”s deep and I keep covering them up, and will do so until the ground is level where planted.
Never ending mulch pile.
Hmmm.. too many images...
When you figure you have enough put away for the winter... try a fermented sauce. Like brother Bill says, it has a whole 'nother level of flavors. Just don't make the same mistake I did the first time, and once you've loaded the jar... leave the lid on until you're ready for the final processing. the carbon dioxide produced by the fermentation displaces the air in the jar, and reduces the amount of oxygen in with the mash. This is a good thing. Each time you take off the lid outside of a space industry clean room you may let in something you don't want... (I got lucky, and the only thing I let in was Kahm yeast) and you let in oxygen. Just fill the jar about three quarters full to allow for mas expansion and crack the lid without removing it once or twice a day to bleed off excess pressure so the glass jar doesn't burst.
. All I'm going to sow is peppers I like and a few that sound interesting. 
